2011 Medibank International Sydney

The 2011 Medibank International Sydney^[1] was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 119th edition of the Medibank International Sydney, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series^[1] of the 2011 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 9 to 15 January 2011.^[1]

2011 Medibank International Sydney
Date	9–15 January 2011
Edition	119th
Champions
Men's singles
Gilles Simon
Women's singles
Li Na
Men's doubles
Lukáš Dlouhý / Paul Hanley
Women's doubles
Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová

WTA entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank*	Seed
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	1	1
RUS	Vera Zvonareva	2	2
BEL	Kim Clijsters	3	3
AUS	Samantha Stosur	6	4
ITA	Francesca Schiavone	7	5
SRB	Jelena Janković	8	6
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	10	7
CHN	Li Na	11	8

* As of 3 January 2011

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Jelena Dokić^[2]
• Anastasia Rodionova^[3]

The following players received entry into the singles main draw through qualifying:

Main article: 2011 Medibank International Sydney – Women's singles qualifying

• Lucie Hradecká
• Bojana Jovanovski
• Ekaterina Makarova
• Virginie Razzano
• Sandra Záhlavová
• Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová

The following player received entry into the singles main draw via a lucky loser spot:

• Sybille Bammer^[4]

ATP entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank*	Seed
USA	Sam Querrey	18	1
CYP	Marcos Baghdatis	20	2
LAT	Ernests Gulbis	24	3
SRB	Viktor Troicki	28	4
FRA	Richard Gasquet	30	5
ESP	Feliciano López	32	6
ESP	Guillermo García López	33	7
TPE	Lu Yen-hsun	35	8

* Rankings are as of 3 January 2011. ^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Juan Martín del Potro^[5]
• Matthew Ebden^[6]
• James Ward^[1]

^[6] The following players received entry into the singles main draw through qualifying:

Main article: 2011 Medibank International Sydney – Men's singles qualifying

• Igor Andreev
• Frederico Gil
• Chris Guccione
• Bernard Tomic

^[1]

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 2011 Medibank International Sydney – Men's singles

Gilles Simon defeated Viktor Troicki, 7–5, 7–6^(7–4)

• It was Simon's first title of the year and 8th of his career.

Women's singles

Main article: 2011 Medibank International Sydney – Women's singles

Li Na defeated Kim Clijsters, 7–6^(7–3), 6–3

• It was Li's 1st title of the year and 4th of her career.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2011 Medibank International Sydney – Men's doubles

Lukáš Dlouhý / Paul Hanley defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 6–7^(6–8), 6–3, [10–5]

Women's doubles

Main article: 2011 Medibank International Sydney – Women's doubles

Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová defeated Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik, 4–6, 6–4, [10–7].

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Tennis Australia (30 December 2010). "Sydney homecoming for Dokić". medibankinternational.com.au. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. "Rodionova awarded Sydney wildcard". medibankinternational.com.au. 3 January 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "Ivanovic forced to withdraw – Medibank International Sydney Tennis". Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
5. "Del Potro takes Sydney Wild Card". atpworldtour.com. 8 December 2010.
6. "Ebden awarded Sydney wildcard". medibankinternational.com.au. 8 January 2011. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

• Official website