2011 New Haven Open at Yale

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2011 New Haven Open at Yale
Caroline Wozniacki New Haven Open Finals Champion.jpg
DateAugust 22–27
Edition43rd
Category WTA Premier
SurfaceHard / outdoor
Location New Haven, CN, US
Venue Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki
Doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung / Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Govortsova
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The 2011 New Haven Open at Yale was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 43rd edition of the New Haven Open at Yale, and was part of the Premier Series of the 2011 WTA Tour. It was previously known as "Pilot Pen Tennis". It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 22 through August 27, 2011. It was the last event on the 2011 US Open Series before the 2011 US Open.

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WTA entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking*Seed
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 11
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Li Na 52
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Schiavone 83
Flag of France.svg  FRA Marion Bartoli 94
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 125
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 136
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 147
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 188

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:

Finals

Singles

Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Cetkovská, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles

Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung / Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Govortsova defeated Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani / Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci, 7–5, 6–2

2011 Earthquake

On August 23, 2011, 1:51 PM local time [1] a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Virginia stopped play for two hours [2] while the main stadium was checked for damage by the fire department.

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References

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  2. "Earthquake Causes Evacuation At New Haven Open". The Huffington Post . September 2, 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.