2011 Sony Ericsson Open

March 2012 2011 Sony Ericsson Open Sony Ericsson Open logo.svg 200px March 22 – April 3 27th Masters 1000 (ATP)Premier Mandatory (WTA) Hard - outdoor Key Biscayne, Florida, United States Tennis Center at Crandon Park SRB Novak Djokovic BLR Victoria Azarenka IND Mahesh Bhupathi / IND Leander Paes SVK Daniela Hantuchová / POL Agnieszka Radwańska Miami Masters 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, United States. 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. Finals Men's singles 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles SRB Novak Djokovic defeated ESP Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) It was Djokovic's 4th title of the year and 22nd of his career. It was his 2nd Masters of the year and 7th of his career. It was his 2nd win at Miami, also winning in 2007. The win brought Djokovic to 26 consecutive match wins dating to the 2010 Davis Cup final.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/12952547 Unbeaten Novak Djokovic beats Rafa Nadal in Miami final April 4, 2011 BBC Sport September 28, 2011 Women's singles 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's singles BLR Victoria Azarenka defeated RUS Maria Sharapova, 6–1, 6–4 It was Azarenka's 1st title of the year and 6th of her career. It was her 4th career Premier win and 2nd at the Mandatory level. It was her 2nd win at Miami, also winning in 2009. Men's doubles 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's doubles IND Mahesh Bhupathi / IND Leander Paes defeated BLR Max Mirnyi / CAN Daniel Nestor, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–5] Women's doubles 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's doubles SVK Daniela Hantuchová / POL Agnieszka Radwańska defeated USA Liezel Huber / RUS Nadia Petrova, 7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–8] Tournament 250px|thumb|right 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.http://www.itftennis.com/technical/_assets/pdfs/datasheets/10000243.pdf Archived copy February 3, 2011 October 17, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121017101725/http://www.itftennis.com/technical/_assets/pdfs/datasheets/10000243.pdf dead http://sti-sports.com/ENG/Laykold-Tennis.htm Laykold-Tennis February 3, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716142445/http://sti-sports.com/ENG/Laykold-Tennis.htm July 16, 2011 dead mdy-all http://www.itftennis.com/technical/equipment/courts/courtlist.asp ITF Tennis - Technical - Classified Surfaces www.itftennis.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060322025356/http://www.itftennis.com/technical/equipment/courts/courtlist.asp 2006-03-22 Points and prize money Point distribution StageMen's singleshttp://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Rankings-FAQ.aspx January 8, 2011 Rankings explained atpworldtour.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110110061359/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Rankings-FAQ.aspx January 10, 2011 liveMen's doublesWomen's singleshttp://www.wtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/AboutTheTour/rules.pdf WTA Tour rules January 8, 2011 wtatour.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110124021713/http://www.wtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/AboutTheTour/rules.pdf January 24, 2011 Women's doubles Champion 1000 Runner up 600 700Semifinals 360 450Quarterfinals 180 250Round of 16 90 140Round of 32 45 80Round of 64 25 (10) 50 Round of 128 10 – 5 –Qualifier 12 30 Prize money The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $4,500,000 each (WTA Tour and ATP World Tour).http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/~/media/4BA72A0D0771470E92E8A7D10692DFA3.ashx PDF 2011 Prize Money 25 March 22, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110322091827/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/~/media/4BA72A0D0771470E92E8A7D10692DFA3.ashx March 22, 2011 dead mdy-all 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 $118,500Semifinals $149,450 $49,970 $150,000 $51,000Quarterfinals $76,195 $24,960 $64,700 $22,000Round of 16 $40,160 $13,160 $32,000 $11,500Round of 32 $21,495 $7,040 $18,740 $4,000Round of 64 $11,605 – $11,500 –Round of 96 $7,115 $7,050 Final round qualifying $2,120 $2,100First round qualifying $1,085 $1,050 Players Men's singles Seeds Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Rafael Nadal Spain 1 1 Novak Djokovic Serbia 2 2 Roger Federer Switzerland 3 3 Robin Söderling Sweden 4 4 Andy Murray Great Britain 5 5 David Ferrer Spain 6 6 Tomáš Berdych Czech Republic 7 7 Andy Roddick United States 8 8 Fernando Verdasco Spain 9 9 Jürgen Melzer Austria 10 10 Nicolás Almagro Spain 12 11 Stanislas Wawrinka Switzerland 13 12 Mikhail Youzhny Russia 14 13 Mardy Fish United States 15 14 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France 16 15 Viktor Troicki Serbia 17 16 Richard Gasquet France 18 17 Marin Čilić Croatia 20 18 Sam Querrey United States 21 19 Albert Montañés Spain 22 20 Alexandr Dolgopolov Ukraine 23 21 Marcos Baghdatis Cyprus 24 22 Michaël Llodra France 25 23 Guillermo García López Spain 26 24 Gilles Simon France 27 25 Juan Ignacio Chela Argentina 28 26 Thomaz Bellucci Brazil 30 27 Ernests Gulbis Latvia 31 28 Philipp Kohlschreiber Germany 32 29 John Isner United States 33 30 Milos Raonic Canada 34 31 Juan Mónaco Argentina 35 32 Rankings are as of March 21, 2011. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw:http://www.sonyopentennis.com/News/Tennis/2011/pretournament/Wildcard-Announcement.aspx Sony Ericsson Open March 7, 2011 BLAKE AND SAFINA HIGHLIGHT SONY ERICSSON OPEN WILDCARDS 12 May 2013 August 2026 InternetArchiveBot USA James Blake USA Ryan Harrison CRO Ivo Karlović USA Jack Sock AUS Bernard Tomic The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: ARG Juan Martín del Potro The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles qualifying USA Alex Bogomolov Jr. CHI Paul Capdeville BUL Grigor Dimitrov TUR Marsel İlhan USA Robert Kendrick RUS Igor Kunitsyn ITA Paolo Lorenzi BEL Olivier Rochus USA Michael Russell GER Rainer Schüttler USA Ryan Sweeting USA Donald Young Withdrawals NED Thiemo de Bakker (wisdom teeth) → replaced by CAN Milos RaonicStephanie Myles The 2011 injury/retirement/walkover watch – men http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/opencourt/archive/2011/03/27/the-2011-injury-retirement-walkover-watch-men.aspx https://archive.today/20120529194640/http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/opencourt/archive/2011/03/27/the-2011-injury-retirement-walkover-watch-men.aspx dead May 29, 2012 Montreal Gazette March 27, 2011 March 28, 2011 ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by ESP Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo GER Tommy Haas → replaced by SLO Blaž Kavčič AUS Lleyton Hewitt (foot surgery recovery) → replaced by POR Frederico GilTENNIS.com Hewitt has foot surgery, pulls out of Miami http://tennis.com/articles/templates/ticker.aspx?articleid=11158&zoneid=6 Miller Sports Group LLC Santa Monica, California, USA March 22, 2011 March 23, 2011 July 24, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110724050215/http://tennis.com/articles/templates/ticker.aspx?articleid=11158&zoneid=6 dead FRA Gaël Monfils (left wrist) → replaced by GER Mischa ZverevTENNIS.com Monfils pulls out of Miami with wrist injury http://tennis.com/articles/templates/ticker.aspx?articleid=11106&zoneid=6 Miller Sports Group LLC Santa Monica, California, USA March 18, 2011 March 20, 2011 March 25, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110325205925/http://www.tennis.com/articles/templates/ticker.aspx?articleid=11106&zoneid=6 dead ARG David Nalbandian (torn hamstring & hernia) → replaced by BRA Ricardo Mello ESP Tommy Robredo (adductor injury) → replaced by IND Somdev Devvarmanatpworldtour.com Association of Tennis Professionals Del Potro Looks Ahead To Semi-finals http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2011/3/11/ATP-Thursday-Del-Potro-Looks-Ahead.aspx/ March 17, 2011 March 17, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110319104554/http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2011/3/11/ATP-Thursday-Del-Potro-Looks-Ahead.aspx March 19, 2011 Women's singles Seeds Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Caroline Wozniacki Denmark 1 1 Kim Clijsters Belgium 2 2 Vera Zvonareva Russia 3 3 Samantha Stosur Australia 4 4 Francesca Schiavone Italy 5 5 Jelena Janković Serbia 6 6 Li Na People's Republic of China 7 7 Victoria Azarenka Belarus 9 8 Agnieszka Radwańska Poland 10 9 Shahar Pe'er Israel 12 10 Svetlana Kuznetsova Russia 13 11 Petra Kvitová Czech Republic 14 12 Flavia Pennetta Italy 15 13 Kaia Kanepi Estonia 16 14 Marion Bartoli France 17 15 Maria Sharapova Russia 18 16 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Russia 19 17 Nadia Petrova Russia 20 18 Ana Ivanovic Serbia 21 19 Aravane Rezaï France 22 20 Andrea Petkovic Germany 23 21 Alisa Kleybanova Russia 24 22 Yanina Wickmayer Belgium 25 23 Maria Kirilenko Russia 26 24 Dominika Cibulková Slovakia 27 25 Alexandra Dulgheru Romania 28 26 María José Martínez Sánchez Spain 29 27 Jarmila Groth Australia 30 28 Daniela Hantuchová Slovakia 31 29 Lucie Šafářová Czech Republic 32 30 Tsvetana Pironkova Bulgaria 33 31 Klára Zakopalová Czech Republic 34 32 Rankings are as of March 7, 2011. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: ROU Sorana Cîrstea GER Sabine Lisicki USA Madison Keys RUS Dinara Safina USA Coco Vandeweghe GBR Heather Watson CRO Petra Martić CRO Ajla Tomljanović The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: HUN Melinda Czink POL Urszula Radwańska The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's singles qualifying TPE Chan Yung-jan AUS Jelena Dokić USA Jamie Hampton CZE Lucie Hradecká RUS Vesna Manasieva IND Sania Mirza RUS Ksenia Pervak NED Arantxa Rus USA Sloane Stephens GEO Anna Tatishvili BLR Anastasiya Yakimova CHN Zhang Shuai Withdrawals UZB Akgul Amanmuradova → replaced by FRA Virginie Razzano UKR Alona Bondarenko → replaced by POL Urszula Radwańska RUS Anna Chakvetadze → replaced by AUT Sybille Bammer ITA Romina Oprandi → replaced by ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues LAT Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by GER Kristina Barrois ESP Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by RSA Chanelle Scheepers THA Tamarine Tanasugarn → replaced by SVK Zuzana Ondrášková USA Serena Williams (pulmonary embolism and related upcoming surgery) → replaced by ROU Edina Gallovits-Hallhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/02/serena-williams-hospitalized-blood-clot_n_830169.html Serena Williams Hospitalized, Underwent Emergency Treatment For Pulmonary Embolism Huffington Post New York City March 2, 2011 March 22, 2011 USA Venus Williams (abdominal injury) → replaced by ESP Lourdes Domínguez Linohttp://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2011/pretournament/Venus-Williams-Withdraws.aspx Venus Williams Withdraws From Sony Ericsson Open sonyericcsonopen.com IMG March 18, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110321014650/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2011/pretournament/Venus-Williams-Withdraws.aspx March 21, 2011 dead mdy-all Viewership Attendance A record capacity of 14,625 crowd attended the men's final on Sunday, April 3.AP Associated Press TENNIS.com Djokovic beats Nadal for Miami title; now 24–0 in 2011 http://tennis.com/articles/templates/news.aspx?articleid=11305&zoneid=25 Miller Sports Group LLC Santa Monica, California, USA April 3, 2011 April 3, 2011 April 7, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110407061832/http://www.tennis.com/articles/templates/news.aspx?articleid=11305&zoneid=25 dead Also the tournament attracted a new record sum of 316,267 spectators breaking the previous one of 312,386 sold tickets set last year.Matt Fitzgerald sonyericssonopen.com Djokovic Denies Nadal Again To Take Pulsating Final http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2011/Tournament/06/Miami-Final-Djokovic-Denies-Nadal-Again.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Miami, USA April 3, 2011 April 4, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110408083227/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2011/Tournament/06/Miami-Final-Djokovic-Denies-Nadal-Again.aspx April 8, 2011 dead References 30em External links Official website 25 42 29 N 80 09 32 W type:landmark title Sony Ericsson Open Sony Ericsson Open Sony Ericsson Open Category:Miami Open (tennis) Sony Ericsson