2011 Malaysian Open

This article is about the WTA Tour event. For the ATP World Tour tournament, see 2011 Proton Malaysian Open.

The 2011 BMW Malaysian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the Malaysian Open and was an International tournament on the 2011 WTA Tour. This was also the first edition of the tournament to be sponsored by BMW. The tournament took place from February 28 to March 6 at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort.

2011 Malaysian Open
Date	February 28 – March 6
Edition	2nd
Category	International tournament
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$220,000
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Champions
Singles
Jelena Dokić
Doubles
Dinara Safina / Galina Voskoboeva

The event was headlined by the participation of World No. 5 and French Open reigning champion Francesca Schiavone, World No. 15 Marion Bartoli, former World No. 1 Dinara Safina, the defending champion and World No. 22, Alisa Kleybanova and World No. 30 Lucie Šafářová among others.

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2011 Malaysian Open – Singles

Jelena Dokić defeated Lucie Šafářová, 2–6, 7–6^(11–9), 6–4.^[1]

• It was Dokić's first title of the year, and the sixth of her career. It was her first title since winning Birmingham in 2002.

Doubles

Main article: 2011 Malaysian Open – Doubles

Dinara Safina / Galina Voskoboeva defeated Noppawan Lertcheewakarn / Jessica Moore, 7–5, 2–6, [10–5].

Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking1	Seeding
ITA	Francesca Schiavone	5	1
FRA	Marion Bartoli	18	2
RUS	Alisa Kleybanova	20	3
AUS	Jarmila Groth	31	4
CZE	Lucie Šafářová	35	5
JPN	Ayumi Morita	48	6
JPN	Kimiko Date-Krumm	53	7
SRB	Bojana Jovanovski	55	8

• ¹ Rankings as of February 21, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Jarmila Groth
• Urszula Radwańska
• Francesca Schiavone

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Main article: 2011 Malaysian Open – Singles qualifying

• Anne Kremer
• Lu Jingjing
• Tetiana Luzhanska
• Sun Shengnan

References

1. "Roddick Wins Clincher for U.S." The New York Times. 2011-03-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-07.

External links

• Official website
• ITF tournament edition details
• WTA tournament draws