2011 Sony Ericsson Open
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Tennis tournament
| 2011 Sony Ericsson Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 22 – April 3 |
| Edition | 27th |
| Category | Masters 1000 (ATP) Premier Mandatory (WTA) |
| Surface | Hard - outdoor |
| Location | Key Biscayne, Florida, United States |
| Venue | Tennis Center at Crandon Park |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
| Serbia Novak Djokovic | |
| Women's singles | |
| Belarus Victoria Azarenka | |
| Men's doubles | |
| India Mahesh Bhupathi / India Leander Paes | |
| Women's doubles | |
| Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová / Poland Agnieszka Radwańska | |
The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open (also known as 2011 Miami Masters), a men's and women's tennis tournament, was held from March 22 to April 3, 2011. It was the 27th edition of the Miami Masters event and played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami, United States. The tournament was a part of 2011 ATP World Tour and 2011 WTA Tour, classified as ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and Premier Mandatory event respectively.
Finals
[edit ]Men's singles
[edit ]Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic defeated Spain 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.[1]
Women's singles
[edit ]Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's singles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka defeated Russia 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
[edit ]Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's doubles
India Mahesh Bhupathi / India Leander Paes defeated Belarus Max Mirnyi / Canada Daniel Nestor, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–5]
Women's doubles
[edit ]Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's doubles
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová / Poland Agnieszka Radwańska defeated United States Liezel Huber / Russia Nadia Petrova, 7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–8]
Tournament
[edit ]
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.[2] [3] [4]
Points and prize money
[edit ]Point distribution
[edit ]| Stage | Men's singles[5] | Men's doubles[5] | Women's singles[6] | Women's doubles[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 1000 | |||
| Runner up | 600 | 700 | ||
| Semifinals | 360 | 450 | ||
| Quarterfinals | 180 | 250 | ||
| Round of 16 | 90 | 140 | ||
| Round of 32 | 45 | 80 | ||
| Round of 64 | 25 (10) | 50 | ||
| Round of 128 | 10 | – | 5 | – |
| Qualifier | 12 | 30 | ||
Prize money
[edit ]The total commitment prize money for this year's event was 4,500,000ドル each (WTA Tour and ATP World Tour).[7]
| Stage | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 611,000ドル | 200,200ドル | 700,000ドル | 237,000ドル |
| Runner up | 298,200ドル | 97,700ドル | 350,000ドル | 118,500ドル |
| Semifinals | 149,450ドル | 49,970ドル | 150,000ドル | 51,000ドル |
| Quarterfinals | 76,195ドル | 24,960ドル | 64,700ドル | 22,000ドル |
| Round of 16 | 40,160ドル | 13,160ドル | 32,000ドル | 11,500ドル |
| Round of 32 | 21,495ドル | 7,040ドル | 18,740ドル | 4,000ドル |
| Round of 64 | 11,605ドル | – | 11,500ドル | – |
| Round of 96 | 7,115ドル | 7,050ドル | ||
| Final round qualifying | 2,120ドル | 2,100ドル | ||
| First round qualifying | 1,085ドル | 1,050ドル |
Players
[edit ]Men's singles
[edit ]Seeds
[edit ]| Athlete | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Nadal | Spain | 1 | 1 |
| Novak Djokovic | Serbia | 2 | 2 |
| Roger Federer | Switzerland | 3 | 3 |
| Robin Söderling | Sweden | 4 | 4 |
| Andy Murray | Great Britain | 5 | 5 |
| David Ferrer | Spain | 6 | 6 |
| Tomáš Berdych | Czech Republic | 7 | 7 |
| Andy Roddick | United States | 8 | 8 |
| Fernando Verdasco | Spain | 9 | 9 |
| Jürgen Melzer | Austria | 10 | 10 |
| Nicolás Almagro | Spain | 12 | 11 |
| Stanislas Wawrinka | Switzerland | 13 | 12 |
| Mikhail Youzhny | Russia | 14 | 13 |
| Mardy Fish | United States | 15 | 14 |
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | France | 16 | 15 |
| Viktor Troicki | Serbia | 17 | 16 |
| Richard Gasquet | France | 18 | 17 |
| Marin Čilić | Croatia | 20 | 18 |
| Sam Querrey | United States | 21 | 19 |
| Albert Montañés | Spain | 22 | 20 |
| Alexandr Dolgopolov | Ukraine | 23 | 21 |
| Marcos Baghdatis | Cyprus | 24 | 22 |
| Michaël Llodra | France | 25 | 23 |
| Guillermo García López | Spain | 26 | 24 |
| Gilles Simon | France | 27 | 25 |
| Juan Ignacio Chela | Argentina | 28 | 26 |
| Thomaz Bellucci | Brazil | 30 | 27 |
| Ernests Gulbis | Latvia | 31 | 28 |
| Philipp Kohlschreiber | Germany | 32 | 29 |
| John Isner | United States | 33 | 30 |
| Milos Raonic | Canada | 34 | 31 |
| Juan Mónaco | Argentina | 35 | 32 |
- Rankings are as of March 21, 2011.
Other entrants
[edit ]The following players received wildcards into the main draw:[8]
- United States James Blake
- United States Ryan Harrison
- Croatia Ivo Karlović
- United States Jack Sock
- Australia Bernard Tomic
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles qualifying
- United States Alex Bogomolov Jr.
- Chile Paul Capdeville
- Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
- Turkey Marsel İlhan
- United States Robert Kendrick
- Russia Igor Kunitsyn
- Italy Paolo Lorenzi
- Belgium Olivier Rochus
- United States Michael Russell
- Germany Rainer Schüttler
- United States Ryan Sweeting
- United States Donald Young
Withdrawals
[edit ]- Netherlands Thiemo de Bakker (wisdom teeth) → replaced by Canada Milos Raonic [9]
- Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
- Germany Tommy Haas → replaced by Slovenia Blaž Kavčič
- Australia Lleyton Hewitt (foot surgery recovery) → replaced by Portugal Frederico Gil [10]
- France Gaël Monfils (left wrist) → replaced by Germany Mischa Zverev [11]
- Argentina David Nalbandian (torn hamstring & hernia) → replaced by Brazil Ricardo Mello
- Spain Tommy Robredo (adductor injury) → replaced by India Somdev Devvarman [12]
Women's singles
[edit ]Seeds
[edit ]| Athlete | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Wozniacki | Denmark | 1 | 1 |
| Kim Clijsters | Belgium | 2 | 2 |
| Vera Zvonareva | Russia | 3 | 3 |
| Samantha Stosur | Australia | 4 | 4 |
| Francesca Schiavone | Italy | 5 | 5 |
| Jelena Janković | Serbia | 6 | 6 |
| Li Na | People's Republic of China | 7 | 7 |
| Victoria Azarenka | Belarus | 9 | 8 |
| Agnieszka Radwańska | Poland | 10 | 9 |
| Shahar Pe'er | Israel | 12 | 10 |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | Russia | 13 | 11 |
| Petra Kvitová | Czech Republic | 14 | 12 |
| Flavia Pennetta | Italy | 15 | 13 |
| Kaia Kanepi | Estonia | 16 | 14 |
| Marion Bartoli | France | 17 | 15 |
| Maria Sharapova | Russia | 18 | 16 |
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Russia | 19 | 17 |
| Nadia Petrova | Russia | 20 | 18 |
| Ana Ivanovic | Serbia | 21 | 19 |
| Aravane Rezaï | France | 22 | 20 |
| Andrea Petkovic | Germany | 23 | 21 |
| Alisa Kleybanova | Russia | 24 | 22 |
| Yanina Wickmayer | Belgium | 25 | 23 |
| Maria Kirilenko | Russia | 26 | 24 |
| Dominika Cibulková | Slovakia | 27 | 25 |
| Alexandra Dulgheru | Romania | 28 | 26 |
| María José Martínez Sánchez | Spain | 29 | 27 |
| Jarmila Groth | Australia | 30 | 28 |
| Daniela Hantuchová | Slovakia | 31 | 29 |
| Lucie Šafářová | Czech Republic | 32 | 30 |
| Tsvetana Pironkova | Bulgaria | 33 | 31 |
| Klára Zakopalová | Czech Republic | 34 | 32 |
- Rankings are as of March 7, 2011.
Other entrants
[edit ]The following players received wildcards into the main draw:[8]
- Romania Sorana Cîrstea
- Germany Sabine Lisicki
- United States Madison Keys
- Russia Dinara Safina
- United States Coco Vandeweghe
- United Kingdom Heather Watson
- Croatia Petra Martić
- Croatia Ajla Tomljanović
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's singles qualifying
- Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
- Australia Jelena Dokić
- United States Jamie Hampton
- Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
- Russia Vesna Manasieva
- India Sania Mirza
- Russia Ksenia Pervak
- Netherlands Arantxa Rus
- United States Sloane Stephens
- Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili
- Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
- China Zhang Shuai
Withdrawals
[edit ]- Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova → replaced by France Virginie Razzano
- Ukraine Alona Bondarenko → replaced by Poland Urszula Radwańska
- Russia Anna Chakvetadze → replaced by Austria Sybille Bammer
- Italy Romina Oprandi → replaced by Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
- Latvia Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Germany Kristina Barrois
- Spain Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
- Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn → replaced by Slovakia Zuzana Ondrášková
- United States Serena Williams (pulmonary embolism and related upcoming surgery) → replaced by Romania Edina Gallovits-Hall [13]
- United States Venus Williams (abdominal injury) → replaced by Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino [14]
Viewership
[edit ]Attendance
[edit ]A record capacity of 14,625 crowd attended the men's final on Sunday, April 3.[15] Also the tournament attracted a new record sum of 316,267 spectators breaking the previous one of 312,386 sold tickets set last year.[16]
References
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- ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
- ^ a b "WTA Tour rules" (PDF). wtatour.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
- ^ "2011 Prize Money". p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- ^ a b "BLAKE AND SAFINA HIGHLIGHT SONY ERICSSON OPEN WILDCARDS". Sony Ericsson Open. March 7, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ Stephanie Myles (March 27, 2011). "The 2011 injury/retirement/walkover watch – men". Montreal Gazette . Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
- ^ "Hewitt has foot surgery, pulls out of Miami". TENNIS.com. Santa Monica, California, USA: Miller Sports Group LLC. March 22, 2011. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ^ "Monfils pulls out of Miami with wrist injury". TENNIS.com. Santa Monica, California, USA: Miller Sports Group LLC. March 18, 2011. Archived from the original on March 25, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
- ^ "Del Potro Looks Ahead To Semi-finals". atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals. March 17, 2011. Archived from the original on March 19, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ^ "Serena Williams Hospitalized, Underwent Emergency Treatment For Pulmonary Embolism". Huffington Post. New York City. March 2, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- ^ "Venus Williams Withdraws From Sony Ericsson Open". sonyericcsonopen.com. IMG. Archived from the original on March 21, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
- ^ AP (April 3, 2011). "Djokovic beats Nadal for Miami title; now 24–0 in 2011". TENNIS.com. Santa Monica, California, USA: Miller Sports Group LLC. Archived from the original on April 7, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
- ^ Matt Fitzgerald (April 3, 2011). "Djokovic Denies Nadal Again To Take Pulsating Final". sonyericssonopen.com. Miami, USA: Sony Ericsson Open. Archived from the original on April 8, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
External links
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