2011 US Open Series

January 2025 July 2011 September 2011 August 2011 In tennis, the eighth edition of the US Open Series (known as Olympus US Open Series for sponsorships reasons), includes ten hard court tournaments that start on July 18, 2011 in Atlanta and will end in Winston-Salem for the men and in New Haven for the women on August 28, 2011. This edition has scheduled five separate men's tournaments, four women's tournaments, and the Western & Southern Open that will host both a men's and women's event. The series includes two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and two WTA Premier 5 events to headline the series. Point distribution for series events To be included in the standings and subsequently the bonus prize money, a player has to have countable results from two different tournaments. Players finishing in the top three in the series can earn up to $1 million in extra prize money at the US Open. Roger Federer received the largest US Open pay day of $2.4 million in 2007 after capturing the title in both the US Open Series and the US Open championship. Round ATP Masters Series 1000 WTA Premier 5 Series ATP World Tour 500/250 WTA Premier SeriesChampion 100 70Finalist 70 45Semifinalist 45 25Quarterfinalist 25 15Round of 16 15 0 US Open Series standings The standings below include all players who have received points from at least two tournaments in the US Open Series. ATP Rank Nation Player Tours 1 Titles Points 1 USA Mardy Fish 4 1 230 2 SRB Novak Djokovic 2 1 170 3 USA John Isner 3 1 140 4 FRA Gaël Monfils 3 - 95 5 LAT Ernests Gulbis 2 1 85 = CZE Radek Štěpánek 2 1 85 7 CZE Tomáš Berdych 2 - 70 8 SRB Janko Tipsarević 2 - 60 9 USA Ryan Harrison 2 - 50 10 ESP Nicolás Almagro 2 - 40 = SUI Roger Federer 2 - 40 12 RSA Kevin Anderson 2 - 30 = TPE Yen-Hsun Lu 2 - 30 = SRB Viktor Troicki 2 - 30 as of August 16, 2011 Notes 1 – Tours – Number of tournaments in US Open Series in which a player has reached the quarterfinals or better, in 250 and 500 series events or the Round of 16 in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events. WTA Rank Nation Player Tours 1 Titles Points 1 USA Serena Williams 2 2 (1st, 2nd) 170 2 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 3 1 130 = RUS Maria Sharapova 3 1 130 4 RUS Vera Zvonareva 3 - 105 5 GER Andrea Petković 3 - 95 = AUS Samantha Stosur 2 - 95 7 FRA Marion Bartoli 3 - 75 8 CHN Li Na 3 - 55 = ITA Francesca Schiavone 3 - 55 10 SVK Daniela Hantuchová 2 - 40 = SRB Ana Ivanovic 2 - 40 = GER Sabine Lisicki 2 - 40 = CHN Peng Shuai 2 - 40 14 CZE Petra Kvitová 2 - 30 = USA Christina McHale 2 - 30 as of August 16, 2011 Notes 1 – Tours – Number of tournaments in US Open Series in which a player has reached the quarterfinals or better, in Premier events; or the Round of 16 or better in Premier 5 events. 2011 schedule Legend Grand Slam Event ATP Masters 1000 and WTA Premier 5 ATP World Tour 500 and WTA Premier ATP World Tour 250 Week Date Men's Events Women's Events1 July 18–24 AtlantaAtlanta Tennis Championships2011 Champion: USA Mardy Fish No Series Event Held This Week2 July 25–31 Los AngelesFarmers Classic presented by Mercedes-Benz2011 Champion: LAT Ernests Gulbis StanfordBank of the West Classic2011 Champion: USA Serena Williams3 Aug 1–7 Washington, D.C.Legg Mason Tennis Classic Presented by Geico 2011 Champion: CZE Radek Štěpánek San DiegoMercury Insurance Open2011 Champion: POL Agnieszka Radwańska4 Aug 8–14 MontrealRogers Cup Presented by National Bank2011 Champion: SRB Novak Djokovic TorontoRogers Cup2011 Champion: USA Serena Williams5 Aug 15–21 CincinnatiWestern & Southern Open2011 Champion: GBR Andy Murray CincinnatiWestern & Southern Open2011 Champion: RUS Maria Sharapova6 Aug 21–28 Winston-Salem Winston-Salem Open2011 Champion: USA John Isner New Haven New Haven Open at Yale presented by First Niagara2011 Champion: DEN Caroline Wozniacki7–8 Aug 29 – Sep 11 New York US Open2011 Champion: SRB Novak Djokovic New York US Open2011 Champion: AUS Samantha Stosur Week 1 ATP – Atlanta Tennis Championships 2011 Atlanta Tennis Championships Defending champion, Mardy Fish, last year's finalist, John Isner, and 2010 semifinalist, Kevin Anderson, headlined the event. Isner was nearly the first big upset of the tournament, needing nearly three hours to defeat fellow American James Blake in the second round. Nineteen-year-old Ryan Harrison reached his first ATP Tour semifinal, but ultimately fell to Fish who defeated Isner in a rematch of last year's final. Main Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Mardy Fish 6 6 8 IND Somdev Devvarman 4 3   USA Ryan Harrison 4 6 7 Q USA Rajeev Ram 6 1 65   TPE Lu Yen-hsun 1 2 3 USA John Isner 6 6   LUX Gilles Müller 7 7 2 RSA Kevin Anderson 63 63 1 USA Mardy Fish 6 6 USA Ryan Harrison 2 4 3 USA John Isner 7 63 6 LUX Gilles Müller 5 7 1 1 USA Mardy Fish 3 7 6 3 USA John Isner 6 66 2 Week 2 ATP – Farmers Classic 2011 Farmers Classic Atlanta champion, Mardy Fish, and 2009 US Open champion, Juan Martín del Potro, headlined the event. Despite being unseeded, Lu Yen-hsun and Ryan Harrison brought their good form from Atlanta to achieve consecutive quarterfinal appearances in the Series. Fish also continued on with his good form, extending his winning streak to seven matches. He was joined by three unseeded players in the semifinals, including Ernests Gulbis, who went on to upset Fish in the final. Main Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Mardy Fish 6 6 8 RUS Igor Kunitsyn 2 4 TPE Lu Yen-hsun 6 3 4 SE USA Ryan Harrison 3 6 6 USA Alex Bogomolov, Jr. 1 6 6 4 BRA Thomaz Bellucci 6 4 1 LAT Ernests Gulbis 6 6 2 ARG Juan Martín del Potro 2 4 1 USA Mardy Fish 6 4 7 SE USA Ryan Harrison 0 6 63 USA Alex Bogomolov, Jr. 2 64 LAT Ernests Gulbis 6 7 1 USA Mardy Fish 7 4 4 LAT Ernests Gulbis 5 6 6 WTA – Bank of the West Classic 2011 Bank of the West Classic Defending champion, Victoria Azarenka, last year's finalist, Maria Sharapova, and 13-time Grand Slam champion, Serena Williams, headlined the event. Playing her first tournament on American soil since 2009, Williams showed excellent form, serving bagels in her opening round match, and followed that win by upsetting Sharapova in the quarterfinals. With Azarenka's exit in the second round, Marion Bartoli took advantage of the open draw and advanced to the final. In only her third tournament of the year, Williams defeated Bartoli to take the title. Main Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 Q NZL Marina Erakovic 1 1 8/WC SVK Dominika Cibulková 6 6 3 FRA Marion Bartoli 6 0 JPN Ayumi Morita 1 0r 5 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 64 6 2 GER Sabine Lisicki 7 2 6 USA Serena Williams 6 6 2 RUS Maria Sharapova 1 3 8/WC SVK Dominika Cibulková 3 FRA Marion Bartoli w/o GER Sabine Lisicki 1 2 USA Serena Williams 6 6 3 FRA Marion Bartoli 5 1 USA Serena Williams 7 6 Week 3 ATP – Legg Mason Tennis Classic 2011 Legg Mason Tennis Classic Gaël Monfils and defending champion, David Nalbandian, headlined the event. Atlanta champion, Mardy Fish, who also reached the final of the Farmers Classic, was forced to withdraw from the tournament, citing a bruised right heel. Serbian duo, Viktor Troicki and Janko Tipsarević, who were expected to reach the quarterfinals because of their seedings, joined the lower-ranked American duo, John Isner and Donald Young, in the final eight. Radek Štěpánek took advantage of Fish's withdrawal from the tournament and advanced to the final, where he took out top seed Monfils for his fifth title of his career. Main Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1/WC FRA Gaël Monfils 6 6 6 SRB Janko Tipsarević 4 4 3 SRB Viktor Troicki 65 6 1 11 USA John Isner 7 3 6 7 CYP Marcos Baghdatis 3 64 USA Donald Young 6 7 5/WC ESP Fernando Verdasco 4 4 CZE Radek Štěpánek 6 6 1/WC FRA Gaël Monfils 6 3 7 11 USA John Isner 4 6 66 USA Donald Young 3 3 CZE Radek Štěpánek 6 6 1/WC FRA Gaël Monfils 4 4 CZE Radek Štěpánek 6 6 WTA – Mercury Insurance Open 2011 Mercury Insurance Open Vera Zvonareva, Andrea Petkovic, and former world number one, Ana Ivanovic, headlined the event. Sloane Stephens' upset over Julia Görges resulted in the American wildcard being the only unseeded player in the final eight, while Ivanovic's upset over Peng Shuai spoiled a semifinal lineup of the top four seeds. Despite sustaining a shoulder injury earlier in the tournament, Agnieszka Radwańska was able to reach the final for the second consecutive year and defeat top-seed, Zvonareva, for the title. Main Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 RUS Vera Zvonareva 6 3 6 12 GER Sabine Lisicki 3 6 4 4 CHN Peng Shuai 4 2 5 SRB Ana Ivanovic 6 6 8 SVK Daniela Hantuchová 6 4 4 3 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 0 6 6 WC USA Sloane Stephens 2 1 2 GER Andrea Petković 6 6 1 RUS Vera Zvonareva 5 6 6 5 SRB Ana Ivanovic 7 4 4 3 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 4 6 6 2 GER Andrea Petković 6 0 4 1 RUS Vera Zvonareva 3 4 3 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 6 6 Week 4 ATP – Rogers Cup 2011 Rogers Cup Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, and two-time defending champion, Andy Murray, headlined the event. Murray and Nadal suffered the first upsets of the tournament, with Murray losing badly to South Africa's Kevin Anderson and Nadal falling to Ivan Dodig after the Croat pulled off a comeback win. Federer followed suit, losing in the third round to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for the second consecutive time in the third round, while Djokovic improved on his win and loss record of the year to 52-1. Atlanta champion and Washington runner-up, Mardy Fish, continued on with his good form on the Series advancing to his third consecutive final. In the final, Djokovic won his 53rd match of the year, defeating Fish 6-4 in the third set. Main Draw Finals Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 SRB Novak Djokovic 7 6 CRO Marin Čilić 5 2 12 SRB Viktor Troicki 6 60 65 5 FRA Gaël Monfils 3 7 7 3 SUI Roger Federer 63 6 1 13 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7 4 6 10 FRA Richard Gasquet 65 3 8 ESP Nicolás Almagro 7 6 6 USA Mardy Fish 4 6 6 WC LAT Ernests Gulbis 6 3 4 14 SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 6 4 6 RSA Kevin Anderson 4 6 4 7 CZE Tomáš Berdych 6 77   CRO Ivo Karlović 3 62 SRB Janko Tipsarević 6 6 CRO Ivan Dodig 1 4 1 SRB Novak Djokovic 6 6 5 FRA Gaël Monfils 2 1 13 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 6 8 ESP Nicolás Almagro 4 4 6 USA Mardy Fish 6 68 6 14 SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 3 7 0 7 CZE Tomáš Berdych 4 4 SRB Janko Tipsarević 6 6 1 SRB Novak Djokovic 6 3 13 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4 0r 6 USA Mardy Fish 6 6 SRB Janko Tipsarević 3 4 1 SRB Novak Djokovic 6 3 6 6 USA Mardy Fish 2 6 4 WTA – Rogers Cup 2011 Rogers Cup The top 20, including Caroline Wozniacki, Kim Clijsters, and Maria Sharapova, along with Stanford champion, Serena Williams, headlined the event. Despite a long lay-off due to a foot injury, Clijsters was once again forced to retire from her opening round match citing an abdominal injury. The tournament suffered the loss of another headliner early on as defending champion, Wozniacki, was knocked out in the second round. The third round brought about more upsets, as the number three seed, Vera Zvonareva, and Sharapova lost to Agnieszka Radwańska and Galina Voskoboeva, respectively. Despite losing only six games en route to the semifinals, fourth seed, Victoria Azarenka, lost in straight sets to Stanford champion, Williams, who extended her win streak to ten matches. Williams won her second tournament of the Series, defeating Samantha Stosur in the final. Main Draw Finals Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final ITA Roberta Vinci 77 6   SRB Ana Ivanovic 63 2 10 AUS Samantha Stosur 6 6 6 CHN Li Na 2 4 3 RUS Vera Zvonareva 4 64 13 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 6 7 11 GER Andrea Petkovic 6 6 7 CZE Petra Kvitová 1 2 5 RUS Maria Sharapova 3 5 Q KAZ Galina Voskoboeva 6 7 Q ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 1 2 4 BLR Victoria Azarenka 6 6 8 ITA Francesca Schiavone 3 3   CZE Lucie Šafářová 6 6 USA Serena Williams 4 6 6 Q CHN Zheng Jie 6 3 3 ITA Roberta Vinci 4 1 10 AUS Samantha Stosur 6 6 13 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 6 6 11 GER Andrea Petkovic 4 3 Q KAZ Galina Voskoboeva 1 2 4 BLR Victoria Azarenka 6 6 CZE Lucie Šafářová 6 3 2 USA Serena Williams 4 6 6 10 AUS Samantha Stosur 6 5 6 13 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 2 7 2 4 BLR Victoria Azarenka 3 3 USA Serena Williams 6 6 10 AUS Samantha Stosur 4 2 USA Serena Williams 6 6 Week 5 ATP – Western & Southern Open 2011 Western & Southern Open Montreal champion, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, defending champion, Roger Federer, and Atlanta champion, Mardy Fish, headlined the event. The top eight seeds cruised to the quarterfinals with exception to fifth-seeded, David Ferrer, who lost his third round match to Gilles Simon. The quarterfinals brought a pair of upsets as former world number ones, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, bowed out to Fish and Tomáš Berdych, respectively. Neither player could follow up the win, and instead, Andy Murray handed Djokovic his second loss of the year after the world number one was forced to retire from the championship match. Main Draw Finals Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 SRBNovak Djokovic 6 6 Q CZE Radek Štěpánek 3 3 GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 2 2 6 FRA Gaël Monfils 6 6 3 SUI Roger Federer 6 6 WC USA James Blake 4 1 9 ESP Nicolás Almagro 2 2 8 CZE Tomáš Berdych 6 6 5 ESP David Ferrer 4 77 4 10 FRA Gilles Simon 6 63 6 Q USA Alex Bogomolov, Jr. 2 5 4 GBR Andy Murray 6 7 7 USA Mardy Fish 7 7 12 FRA Richard Gasquet 5 5 ESP Fernando Verdasco 65 77 69 2 ESP Rafael Nadal 77 64 711 1 SRB Novak Djokovic 3 6 6 6 FRA Gaël Monfils 6 4 3 3 SUI Roger Federer 2 63 8 CZE Tomáš Berdych 6 7 10 FRA Gilles Simon 3 3 4 GBR Andy Murray 6 6 7 USA Mardy Fish 6 6 2 ESP Rafael Nadal 3 4 1 SRB Novak Djokovic 7 0 8 CZE Tomáš Berdych 5 0r 4 GBR Andy Murray 6 710 7 USA Mardy Fish 3 68 1 SRB Novak Djokovic 4 0r 4 GBR Andy Murray 6 3 WTA - Western & Southern Open 2011 Western & Southern Open Caroline Wozniacki, Vera Zvonareva, Maria Sharapova, and Stanford and Toronto champion, Serena Williams, headlined the event. Wozniacki lost her opening match for the second tournament in a row, losing to American wildcard, Christina McHale, while Williams was forced to withdraw from the tournament, citing a toe injury. Russians, Zvonareva and Sharapova, advanced to the semifinals without dropping a set, joining lower-seeded players, Andrea Petković and Jelena Janković in the final four. In a battle of former world number ones, Sharapova defeated Janković in a three-set thriller. Main Draw Finals Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final WC USA Christina McHale 3 3   RUS Nadia Petrova 6 6 9 GER Andrea Petković 6 6 6 CZE Petra Kvitová 3 3 ISR Shahar Pe'er 3 2 16 CHN Peng Shuai 6 6 13 SRB Jelena Janković 6 5 6 7 ITA Francesca Schiavone 3 7 4 5 CHN Li Na 4 6 4 10 AUS Samantha Stosur 6 3 6 14 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 3 4/WC RUS Maria Sharapova 6 6 8 FRA Marion Bartoli 3 7 3   SVK Daniela Hantuchová 6 5 6 Q CRO Petra Martić 2 2 2 RUS Vera Zvonareva 6 6 RUS Nadia Petrova 5 1 9 GER Andrea Petković 7 6 16 CHN Peng Shuai 13 SRB Jelena Janković w/o 10 AUS Samantha Stosur 3 2 4/WC RUS Maria Sharapova 6 6 SVK Daniela Hantuchová 3 66 2 RUS Vera Zvonareva 6 78 9 GER Andrea Petković 64 1 13 SRB Jelena Janković 7 6 4/WC RUS Maria Sharapova 2 6 6 2 RUS Vera Zvonareva 6 3 3 13 SRB Jelena Janković 6 63 3 4/WC RUS Maria Sharapova 4 7 6 Week 6 ATP - Winston-Salem Open 2011 Winston-Salem Open Former world number one, Andy Roddick, and fellow American, John Isner, headlined the event. Where the top half of the draw held to seeds through to the semifinals, the bottom half of the draw saw qualifier, Julien Benneteau, advance to the final. Isner defeated Benneteau to secure a third-place finish in the Series. Main Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1/WC USA Andy Roddick 6 6   7 ARG Juan Mónaco 1 4   4 USA John Isner 1 6 6 8 CYP Marcos Baghdatis 6 3 4 10 NED Robin Haase 6 6   3 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 4 4   9 UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 69 2 Q FRA Julien Benneteau 3 711 6 1/WC USA Andy Roddick 67 4   4 USA John Isner 79 6   10 NED Robin Haase 6 67 66 Q FRA Julien Benneteau 3 79 78 4 USA John Isner 4 6 6 Q FRA Julien Benneteau 6 3 4 WTA - New Haven Open at Yale 2011 New Haven Open at Yale Three-time defending champion, Caroline Wozniacki, and French Open finalists, Li Na and Francesca Schiavone, headlined the event. Agnieszka Radwańska had the chance to win the Series if she advanced to the final, but lost to Petra Cetkovská in the second round. Cetkovská's run of good form continued on to the final where she faced world number one, Wozniacki. Wozniacki defeated Cetkovská for a fourth consecutive title in New Haven. Main Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 7 6 WC USA Christina McHale 5 3 3 ITA Francesca Schiavone ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues w / o Q CZE Petra Cetkovská 7 7 4/WC FRA Marion Bartoli 5 5 8 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 4 6 2 2/WC CHN Li Na 6 3 6 1 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 77 6 3 ITA Francesca Schiavone 62 3 Q CZE Petra Cetkovská 6 5 711 2/WC CHN Li Na 2 7 69 1 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 6 6 Q CZE Petra Cetkovská 4 1 References US Open Series Tournaments External links http://www.usopenseries.com