2011 Italian Open (tennis)

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2011 Italian Open
Date9 – 15 May
Edition68th
SurfaceClay / Outdoor
Location Rome, Italy
Venue Foro Italico
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic [1]
Women's singles
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova
Men's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg John Isner / Flag of the United States.svg Sam Querrey
Women's doubles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie
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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.

Contents

Points and prize money

Point distribution

StageMen's singles [7] Men's doubles [7] Women's singles [8] Women's doubles [8]
Champion1000900
Runner up600620
Semifinals360395
Quarterfinals180225
Round of 1690125
Round of 324510701
Round of 6410–1–
Qualifier2530
Qualifying Finalist1420
Qualifying 1st round1

Prize money

All money is in Euros

StageMen'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

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Rafael Nadal 11
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Novak Djokovic 22
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Roger Federer 33
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Andy Murray 44
Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Robin Söderling 55
Flag of Spain.svg ESP David Ferrer 66
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Tomáš Berdych 77
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Jürgen Melzer 88
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nicolás Almagro 99
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gaël Monfils 1010
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mardy Fish 1111
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Andy Roddick 1212
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Mikhail Youzhny 1313
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 1414
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Victor Troicki 1515
Flag of France.svg  FRA Richard Gasquet 1616

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry via qualifying:

The following players received entry from a lucky losers spot:

Withdrawals

The following notable players withdrew from the event:

WTA entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 11
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Francesca Schiavone 42
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Victoria Azarenka 53
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Li Na 64
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Jelena Janković 75
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Samantha Stosur 86
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Maria Sharapova 97
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 118
Flag of France.svg France Marion Bartoli 129
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Shahar Pe'er 1310
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 1411
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Andrea Petkovic 1512
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Ana Ivanovic 1713
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Kaia Kanepi 1914
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Flavia Pennetta 2015
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2116

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry via qualifying:

The following players received entry from a lucky losers spot:

Withdrawals

The following notable players withdrew from the event:

Finals

Men's singles

Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic defeated Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal, 6–4, 6–4

Women's singles

Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur, 6–2, 6–4

Men's doubles

Flag of the United States.svg John Isner / Flag of the United States.svg Sam Querrey defeated Flag of the United States.svg Mardy Fish / Flag of the United States.svg Andy Roddick, w/o

Women's doubles

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie defeated Flag of the United States.svg Vania King / Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–2, 6–3

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