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2011 Italian Open (tennis)

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2011 Italian Open
Date9–15 May
Edition68th
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationRome, Italy
VenueForo Italico
Champions
Men's singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic[1]
Women's singles
Russia Maria Sharapova
Men's doubles
United States John Isner / United States Sam Querrey[2]
Women's doubles
China Peng Shuai / China Zheng Jie
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The 2011 Italian Open[3][4][5][6] (also known as the 2011 Rome Masters[7][8] 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

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Point distribution

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Stage Men's singles[9] Men's doubles[9] Women's singles[10] Women's doubles[10]
Champion 1000 900
Runner up 600 620
Semifinals 360 395
Quarterfinals 180 225
Round of 16 90 125
Round of 32 45 10 70 1
Round of 64 10 – 1 –
Qualifier 25 30
Qualifying Finalist 14 20
Qualifying 1st round 1

Prize money

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All money is in Euros

Stage Men's singles[11] Men's doubles[11] Women's singles[11] Women's doubles[11]
Champion €438,000 €134,500 €350,000 €100,000
Runner up €205,000 €63,400 €175,000 €50,000
Semifinals €104,400 €32,000 €87,500 €25,000
Quarterfinals €53,500 €16,400 €40,000 €12,500
Round of 16 €27,750 €8,540 €20,000 €6,250
Round of 32 €14,635 €4,550 €10,275 €3,170
Round of 64 €7,715 – €5,400 –
Final round qualifying €1,820 €2,900
First round qualifying €900 €1,500

ATP entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ESP Rafael Nadal 1 1
 SRB Novak Djokovic 2 2
  SUI Roger Federer 3 3
 GBR Andy Murray 4 4
 SWE Robin Söderling 5 5
 ESP David Ferrer 6 6
 CZE Tomáš Berdych 7 7
 AUT Jürgen Melzer 8 8
 ESP Nicolás Almagro 9 9
 FRA Gaël Monfils 10 10
 USA Mardy Fish 11 11
 USA Andy Roddick 12 12
 RUS Mikhail Youzhny 13 13
  SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 14 14
 SRB Victor Troicki 15 15
 FRA Richard Gasquet 16 16
  • Rankings are as of 2 May 2011.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry via qualifying:

Main article: 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's singles qualifying

The following players received entry from a lucky losers spot:

Withdrawals

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The following notable players withdrew from the event:

WTA entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 1 1
 Italy Francesca Schiavone 4 2
 Belarus Victoria Azarenka 5 3
 China Li Na 6 4
 Serbia Jelena Janković 7 5
 Australia Samantha Stosur 8 6
 Russia Maria Sharapova 9 7
 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 11 8
 France Marion Bartoli 12 9
 Israel Shahar Pe'er 13 10
 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 14 11
 Germany Andrea Petkovic 15 12
 Serbia Ana Ivanovic 17 13
 Estonia Kaia Kanepi 19 14
 Italy Flavia Pennetta 20 15
 Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 21 16
  • Rankings are as of 2 May 2011.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry via qualifying:

Main article: 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Women's singles qualifying

The following players received entry from a lucky losers spot:

Withdrawals

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The following notable players withdrew from the event:

Finals

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Men's singles

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Main article: 2011 Italian Open – Men's singles

Serbia Novak Djokovic defeated Spain 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.[3]

Women's singles

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Main article: 2011 Italian Open – Women's singles

Russia Maria Sharapova defeated Australia Samantha Stosur, 6–2, 6–4

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

Men's doubles

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Main article: 2011 Italian Open – Men's doubles

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

Women's doubles

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Main article: 2011 Italian Open – Women's doubles

China Peng Shuai / China Zheng Jie defeated United States Vania King / Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–2, 6–3

References

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  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. ^ a b "Djokovic beats Nadal in Rome in French Open warm-up". USA Today. Associated Press. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Injured Kim Clijsters pulls out of Italian Open". BBC Sport. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  5. ^ "French Open 2011: Williams sisters have made Paris an open goal for Maria Sharapova, says Martina Hingis". The Telegraph. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Sharapova outclasses Stosur to take Rome". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Reuters. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Sharapova stuns No. 1 Wozniacki in Rome semis". CNN. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Maria Sharapova sweeps past Sam Stosur to conquer Rome". The Guardian. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  10. ^ a b "WTA Tour rules" (PDF). wtatour.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  11. ^ a b c d "Prize Money internazionali BNL d'Italia 2011". internazionalibnlditalia.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  12. ^ a b Matthew Cronin (11 May 2011). "Gulbis hopes for quick respiratory recovery". TENNIS.com. Santa Monica, CA , USA: Miller Sports Group LLC. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  13. ^ Janko Tipsarević (5 May 2011). "Janko Tipsarevic Official Facebook page" (post). facebook.com. Palo Alto, California, U.S.: Facebook. Retrieved 10 May 2011. Just to inform you guys I will not be playing in Rome either next week
  14. ^ "Nalbandian 'not right physically', to miss French". TENNIS.com. Santa Monica, CA , USA: Miller Sports Group LLC. Associated Press. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  15. ^ AFP (9 May 2011). "Monfils renonce" [Monfils withdraws]. eurosport.fr (in French). Issy-les-Moulineaux, France: Eurosport. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  16. ^ a b c "Venus, Serena, Clijsters pull out of Madrid" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2011.
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