2011 Italian Open (tennis)

The 2011 Italian Open[1][2][3][4] (also known as the 2011 Rome Masters[5][6] 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.

2011 Italian Open
Date9 – 15 May
Edition68th
SurfaceClay / Outdoor
LocationRome, Italy
VenueForo Italico
Champions
Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic[1]
Women's Singles
Maria Sharapova
Men's Doubles
John Isner / Sam Querrey
Women's Doubles
Peng Shuai / Zheng Jie

Points and prize money

Point distribution
Stage Men's Singles[7] Men's Doubles[7] Women's Singles[8] Women's Doubles[8]
Champion 1000900
Runner up 600620
Semifinals 360395
Quarterfinals 180225
Round of 16 90125
Round of 32 4510701
Round of 64 10–1–
Qualifier 2530
Qualifying Finalist 1420
Qualifying 1st round 1

Prize money

All money is in Euros

Stage Men's Singles[9] Men's Doubles[9] Women's Singles[9] Women's Doubles[9]
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

Seeds
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

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

The following notable players withdrew from the event:

WTA Entrants

Seeds
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

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

The following notable players withdrew from the event:

Finals

Men's singles
Main article: 2011 Italian Open – Men's Singles

Novak Djokovic defeated 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.[1]

Women's singles
Main article: 2011 Italian Open – Women's Singles

Maria Sharapova defeated 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

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

Women's doubles
Main article: 2011 Italian Open – Women's Doubles

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

References
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  11. 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
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  13. AFP (9 May 2011). "Monfils renonce" [Monfils withdraws]. eurosport.fr (in French). Issy-les-Moulineaux, France: Eurosport. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
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