2011 Italian Open (tennis)

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.

2011 Italian Open
Date	9–15 May
Edition	68th
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Rome, Italy
Venue	Foro Italico
Champions
Men's singles
Novak Djokovic[1]
Women's singles
Maria Sharapova
Men's doubles
John Isner / Sam Querrey[2]
Women's doubles
Peng Shuai / Zheng Jie

Points and prize money

Point distribution

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

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

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:

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

The following players received entry via qualifying:

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

• Igor Andreev
• Pablo Cuevas
• Victor Hănescu
• Łukasz Kubot
• Paolo Lorenzi
• Kei Nishikori
• Pere Riba

The following players received entry from a lucky losers spot:

• Adrian Mannarino
• Jarkko Nieminen
• Carlos Berlocq

Withdrawals

The following notable players withdrew from the event:

• Ivan Dodig (plays at Zagreb Challenger instead)
• Ernests Gulbis (withdrew due to respiratory problems)^[12]
• Janko Tipsarević (withdrew due to a right leg injury)^[13]
• David Nalbandian (withdrew due to illness)^[14]
• Tommy Robredo
• Gaël Monfils (withdrew due to sickness)^[15]
• David Ferrer (withdrew due to illness)^[12]
• Kei Nishikori

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:

• Alberta Brianti
• Corinna Dentoni
• Romina Oprandi

The following players received entry via qualifying:

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

• Polona Hercog
• Varvara Lepchenko
• Christina McHale
• Anabel Medina Garrigues
• Arantxa Parra Santonja
• Tamira Paszek
• Anastasia Rodionova
• Chanelle Scheepers

The following players received entry from a lucky losers spot:

• Angelique Kerber
• Zheng Jie

Withdrawals

The following notable players withdrew from the event:

• Kim Clijsters (torn ligaments, right ankle)^[16]
• Dominika Cibulková (left abdominal injury)
• Julia Görges (lower back injury)
• Anna Chakvetadze (withdrew due to sickness)
• Ágnes Szávay (lower back injury)
• Serena Williams (pulmonary embolism)^[16]
• Venus Williams (torn abdominal)^[16]

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.^[3]

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

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. "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.
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6. "Sharapova outclasses Stosur to take Rome". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Reuters. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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11. "Prize Money internazionali BNL d'Italia 2011". internazionalibnlditalia.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
12. 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. "Venus, Serena, Clijsters pull out of Madrid" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2011.

External links

• Official website
• WTA tournament draws
• ATP tournament profile
• WTA tournament profile