2011 Sony Ericsson Open

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles

SRB Novak Djokovic defeated ESP Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)

• It was Djokovic's 4th title of the year and 22nd of his career. It was his 2nd Masters of the year and 7th of his career. It was his 2nd win at Miami, also winning in 2007. The win brought Djokovic to 26 consecutive match wins dating to the 2010 Davis Cup final.

Women's singles

Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's singles

BLR Victoria Azarenka defeated RUS Maria Sharapova, 6–1, 6–4

• It was Azarenka's 1st title of the year and 6th of her career. It was her 4th career Premier win and 2nd at the Mandatory level. It was her 2nd win at Miami, also winning in 2009.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's doubles

IND Mahesh Bhupathi / IND Leander Paes defeated BLR Max Mirnyi / CAN Daniel Nestor, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–5]

Women's doubles

Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's doubles

SVK Daniela Hantuchová / POL Agnieszka Radwańska defeated USA Liezel Huber / RUS Nadia Petrova, 7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–8]

Tournament

The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami. This was the twenty seventh edition of the event and took place from March 22 to April 3, 2011. The tournament was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour and the 2011 WTA Tour. It was a Masters 1000 series event on the ATP Tour and a Premier Mandatory series event on the WTA Tour. It was the second event to be staged in 2011 in either category. The tournament was played on 12 Laykold Cushion Plus courts which have been rated slow by the ITF.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $4,500,000 each (WTA Tour and ATP World Tour).

Players

Men's singles

Seeds

• Rankings are as of March 21, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• USA James Blake
• USA Ryan Harrison
• CRO Ivo Karlović
• USA Jack Sock
• AUS Bernard Tomic

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

• ARG Juan Martín del Potro

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles qualifying

• USA Alex Bogomolov Jr.
• CHI Paul Capdeville
• BUL Grigor Dimitrov
• TUR Marsel İlhan
• USA Robert Kendrick
• RUS Igor Kunitsyn
• ITA Paolo Lorenzi
• BEL Olivier Rochus
• USA Michael Russell
• GER Rainer Schüttler
• USA Ryan Sweeting
• USA Donald Young

Withdrawals

• NED Thiemo de Bakker (wisdom teeth) → replaced by CAN Milos Raonic
• ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by ESP Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
• GER Tommy Haas → replaced by SLO Blaž Kavčič
• AUS Lleyton Hewitt (foot surgery recovery) → replaced by POR Frederico Gil
• FRA Gaël Monfils (left wrist) → replaced by GER Mischa Zverev
• ARG David Nalbandian (torn hamstring & hernia) → replaced by BRA Ricardo Mello
• ESP Tommy Robredo (adductor injury) → replaced by IND Somdev Devvarman

Women's singles

Seeds

• Rankings are as of March 7, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• ROU Sorana Cîrstea
• GER Sabine Lisicki
• USA Madison Keys
• RUS Dinara Safina
• USA Coco Vandeweghe
• GBR Heather Watson
• CRO Petra Martić
• CRO Ajla Tomljanović

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

• HUN Melinda Czink
• POL Urszula Radwańska

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's singles qualifying

• TPE Chan Yung-jan
• AUS Jelena Dokić
• USA Jamie Hampton
• CZE Lucie Hradecká
• RUS Vesna Manasieva
• IND Sania Mirza
• RUS Ksenia Pervak
• NED Arantxa Rus
• USA Sloane Stephens
• GEO Anna Tatishvili
• BLR Anastasiya Yakimova
• CHN Zhang Shuai

Withdrawals

• UZB Akgul Amanmuradova → replaced by FRA Virginie Razzano
• UKR Alona Bondarenko → replaced by POL Urszula Radwańska
• RUS Anna Chakvetadze → replaced by AUT Sybille Bammer
• ITA Romina Oprandi → replaced by ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues
• LAT Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by GER Kristina Barrois
• ESP Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by RSA Chanelle Scheepers
• THA Tamarine Tanasugarn → replaced by SVK Zuzana Ondrášková
• USA Serena Williams (pulmonary embolism and related upcoming surgery) → replaced by ROU Edina Gallovits-Hall
• USA Venus Williams (abdominal injury) → replaced by ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino

Viewership

Attendance

A record capacity of 14,625 crowd attended the men's final on Sunday, April 3. Also the tournament attracted a new record sum of 316,267 spectators breaking the previous one of 312,386 sold tickets set last year.

References

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