2011 Sony Ericsson Open

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2011 Sony Ericsson Open
Sony Ericsson Open logo.svg
DateMarch 22 – April 3
Edition27th
Category Masters 1000 (ATP)
Premier Mandatory (WTA)
SurfaceHard / Outdoor
Location Key Biscayne, Florida, United States
Venue Tennis Center at Crandon Park
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles
Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi / Flag of India.svg Leander Paes
Women's doubles
Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová / Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska
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The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open (also known as 2011 Miami Masters), a men's and women's tennis tournament, was held from March 22 to April 3, 2011. It was the 27th edition of the Miami Masters event and played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami. The tournament was a part of 2011 ATP World Tour and 2011 WTA Tour, classified as ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and Premier Mandatory event respectively.

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Tournament

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The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami. This was the twenty seventh edition of the event and took place from March 22 to April 3, 2011. The tournament was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour and the 2011 WTA Tour. It was a Masters 1000 series event on the ATP Tour and a Premier Mandatory series event on the WTA Tour. It was the second event to be staged in 2011 in either category. The tournament was played on 12 Laykold Cushion Plus courts which have been rated slow by the ITF. [1] [2] [3]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

StageMen's singles [4] Men's doubles [4] Women's singles [5] Women's doubles [5]
Champion1000
Runner up600700
Semifinals360450
Quarterfinals180250
Round of 1690140
Round of 324580
Round of 6425 (10)50
Round of 128105
Qualifier1230

Prize money

The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $4,500,000 each (WTA Tour and ATP World Tour). [6]

StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles
Champion$611,000$200,200$700,000$237,000
Runner up$298,200$97,700$350,000$118,500
Semifinals$149,450$49,970$150,000$51,000
Quarterfinals$76,195$24,960$64,700$22,000
Round of 16$40,160$13,160$32,000$11,500
Round of 32$21,495$7,040$18,740$4,000
Round of 64$11,605$11,500
Round of 96$7,115$7,050
Final round qualifying$2,120$2,100
First round qualifying$1,085$1,050

Players

Men's singles

Seeds

AthleteNationalityRanking*Seeding
Rafael Nadal Flag of Spain.svg Spain11
Novak Djokovic Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia22
Roger Federer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland33
Robin Söderling Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden44
Andy Murray Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain55
David Ferrer Flag of Spain.svg Spain66
Tomáš Berdych Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic77
Andy Roddick Flag of the United States.svg United States88
Fernando Verdasco Flag of Spain.svg Spain99
Jürgen Melzer Flag of Austria.svg Austria1010
Nicolás Almagro Flag of Spain.svg Spain1211
Stanislas Wawrinka Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland1312
Mikhail Youzhny Flag of Russia.svg Russia1413
Mardy Fish Flag of the United States.svg United States1514
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Flag of France.svg France1615
Viktor Troicki Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia1716
Richard Gasquet Flag of France.svg France1817
Marin Čilić Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia2018
Sam Querrey Flag of the United States.svg United States2119
Albert Montañés Flag of Spain.svg Spain2220
Alexandr Dolgopolov Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine2321
Marcos Baghdatis Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus2422
Michaël Llodra Flag of France.svg France2523
Guillermo García López Flag of Spain.svg Spain2624
Gilles Simon Flag of France.svg France2725
Juan Ignacio Chela Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina2826
Thomaz Bellucci Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil3027
Ernests Gulbis Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia3128
Philipp Kohlschreiber Flag of Germany.svg Germany3229
John Isner Flag of the United States.svg United States3330
Milos Raonic Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada3431
Juan Mónaco Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina3532
  • Rankings are as of March 21, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: [7]

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Women's singles

Seeds

AthleteNationalityRanking*Seeding
Caroline Wozniacki Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark11
Kim Clijsters Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium22
Vera Zvonareva Flag of Russia.svg Russia33
Samantha Stosur Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia44
Francesca Schiavone Flag of Italy.svg Italy55
Jelena Janković Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia66
Li Na Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg People's Republic of China77
Victoria Azarenka Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus98
Agnieszka Radwańska Flag of Poland.svg Poland109
Shahar Pe'er Flag of Israel.svg Israel1210
Svetlana Kuznetsova Flag of Russia.svg Russia1311
Petra Kvitová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic1412
Flavia Pennetta Flag of Italy.svg Italy1513
Kaia Kanepi Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia1614
Marion Bartoli Flag of France.svg France1715
Maria Sharapova Flag of Russia.svg Russia1816
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Flag of Russia.svg Russia1917
Nadia Petrova Flag of Russia.svg Russia2018
Ana Ivanovic Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia2119
Aravane Rezaï Flag of France.svg France2220
Andrea Petkovic Flag of Germany.svg Germany2321
Alisa Kleybanova Flag of Russia.svg Russia2422
Yanina Wickmayer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium2523
Maria Kirilenko Flag of Russia.svg Russia2624
Dominika Cibulková Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia2725
Alexandra Dulgheru Flag of Romania.svg Romania2826
María José Martínez Sánchez Flag of Spain.svg Spain2927
Jarmila Groth Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia3028
Daniela Hantuchová Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia3129
Lucie Šafářová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic3230
Tsvetana Pironkova Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria3331
Klára Zakopalová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic3432
  • Rankings are as of March 7, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: [7]

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Finals

Men's singles

Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic defeated Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)

Women's singles

Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka defeated Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova, 6–1, 6–4

Men's doubles

Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi / Flag of India.svg Leander Paes defeated Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–5]

Women's doubles

Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová / Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber / Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova, 7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–8]

Viewership

Attendance

A record capacity of 14,625 crowd attended the men's final on Sunday, April 3. [15] Also the tournament attracted a new record sum of 316,267 spectators breaking the previous one of 312,386 sold tickets set last year. [16]

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