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2011 Italian Open (tennis)


The 2011 Italian Open (also known as the 2011 Rome Masters and sponsored title 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament, being played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 68th edition of the event and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place from 9 to 15 May 2011.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doublesChampionRunner upSemifinalsQuarterfinalsRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QualifierQualifying FinalistQualifying 1st round
1000900
600620
360395
180225
90125
4510701
101
2530
1420
1

Prize money

All money is in Euros

StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doublesChampionRunner upSemifinalsQuarterfinalsRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Final round qualifyingFirst round qualifying
€438,000€134,500€350,000€100,000
€205,000€63,400€175,000€50,000
€104,400€32,000€87,500€25,000
€53,500€16,400€40,000€12,500
€27,750€8,540€20,000€6,250
€14,635€4,550€10,275€3,170
€7,715€5,400
€1,820€2,900
€900€1,500

ATP entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
ESPRafael Nadal11
SRBNovak Djokovic22
SUIRoger Federer33
GBRAndy Murray44
SWERobin Söderling55
ESPDavid Ferrer66
CZETomáš Berdych77
AUTJürgen Melzer88
ESPNicolás Almagro99
FRAGaël Monfils1010
USAMardy Fish1111
USAAndy Roddick1212
RUSMikhail Youzhny1313
SUIStanislas Wawrinka1414
SRBVictor Troicki1515
FRARichard Gasquet1616
  • Rankings are as of 2 May 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • ITA Simone Bolelli
  • ITA Fabio Fognini
  • ITA Potito Starace
  • ITA Filippo Volandri

The following players received entry via qualifying: Main article: 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's singles qualifying

  • RUS Igor Andreev
  • URU Pablo Cuevas
  • ROU Victor Hănescu
  • POL Łukasz Kubot
  • ITA Paolo Lorenzi
  • JPN Kei Nishikori
  • ESP Pere Riba

The following players received entry from a lucky losers spot:

  • FRA Adrian Mannarino
  • FIN Jarkko Nieminen
  • ARG Carlos Berlocq

Withdrawals

The following notable players withdrew from the event:

  • CRO Ivan Dodig (plays at Zagreb Challenger instead)
  • LAT Ernests Gulbis (withdrew due to respiratory problems)
  • SRB Janko Tipsarević (withdrew due to a right leg injury){{cite web | author-link = Janko Tipsarević | access-date =10 May 2011
  • ARG David Nalbandian (withdrew due to illness)
  • ESP Tommy Robredo
  • FRA Gaël Monfils (withdrew due to sickness){{cite web | author-link = Agence France-Presse |trans-title=Monfils withdraws | access-date =9 May 2011
  • ESP David Ferrer (withdrew due to illness)
  • JPN Kei Nishikori

WTA entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki11
ItalyFrancesca Schiavone42
BelarusVictoria Azarenka53
ChinaLi Na64
SerbiaJelena Janković75
AustraliaSamantha Stosur86
RussiaMaria Sharapova97
PolandAgnieszka Radwańska118
FranceMarion Bartoli129
IsraelShahar Pe'er1310
RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova1411
GermanyAndrea Petkovic1512
SerbiaAna Ivanovic1713
EstoniaKaia Kanepi1914
ItalyFlavia Pennetta2015
RussiaAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova2116
  • Rankings are as of 2 May 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • ITA Alberta Brianti
  • ITA Corinna Dentoni
  • ITA Romina Oprandi

The following players received entry via qualifying: Main article: 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Women's singles qualifying

  • SLO Polona Hercog
  • USA Varvara Lepchenko
  • USA Christina McHale
  • ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues
  • ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja
  • AUT Tamira Paszek
  • AUS Anastasia Rodionova
  • RSA Chanelle Scheepers

The following players received entry from a lucky losers spot:

  • GER Angelique Kerber
  • CHN Zheng Jie

Withdrawals

The following notable players withdrew from the event:

  • BEL Kim Clijsters (torn ligaments, right ankle)
  • SVK Dominika Cibulková (left abdominal injury)
  • GER Julia Görges (lower back injury)
  • RUS Anna Chakvetadze (withdrew due to sickness)
  • HUN Ágnes Szávay (lower back injury)
  • USA Serena Williams (pulmonary embolism)
  • USA Venus Williams (torn abdominal)

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 2011 Italian Open – Men's singles

SRB Novak Djokovic defeated ESP Rafael Nadal, 6–4, 6–4

  • It was Djokovic's 7th title of the year and 25th of his career. It was his 39th consecutive match win. It was his 2nd title in Rome, also winning in 2008. It was his 4th Masters of the year and 9th of his career.

Women's singles

Main article: 2011 Italian Open – Women's singles

RUS Maria Sharapova defeated AUS Samantha Stosur, 6–2, 6–4

  • It was Sharapova's 1st title of the year and 23rd of her career.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2011 Italian Open – Men's doubles

USA John Isner / USA Sam Querrey defeated USA Mardy Fish / USA Andy Roddick, w/o

Women's doubles

Main article: 2011 Italian Open – Women's doubles

CHN Peng Shuai / CHN Zheng Jie defeated USA Vania King / KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–2, 6–3

References

References

  1. "2011 Rome – Men's singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "2011 Rome – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. (5 May 2011). "Injured Kim Clijsters pulls out of Italian Open". BBC Sport.
  4. (20 May 2011). "French Open 2011: Williams sisters have made Paris an open goal for Maria Sharapova, says Martina Hingis". The Telegraph.
  5. (16 May 2011). "Sharapova outclasses Stosur to take Rome". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  6. (14 May 2011). "Sharapova stuns No. 1 Wozniacki in Rome semis". CNN.
  7. (16 May 2011). "Maria Sharapova sweeps past Sam Stosur to conquer Rome". The Guardian.
  8. "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com.
  9. "WTA Tour rules". wtatour.com.
  10. "Prize Money internazionali BNL d'Italia 2011". internazionalibnlditalia.com.
  11. Matthew Cronin. (11 May 2011). "Gulbis hopes for quick respiratory recovery". Miller Sports Group LLC.
  12. (10 May 2011). "Nalbandian 'not right physically', to miss French". Miller Sports Group LLC.
  13. "Venus, Serena, Clijsters pull out of Madrid".
  14. (17 May 2011). "Djokovic beats Nadal in Rome in French Open warm-up". USA Today.
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