2011 Western & Southern Open

January 2025 2011 Western & Southern Open August 15–21 110th (men) / 83rd (women) Hard / Outdoor Mason, Ohio, United States Lindner Family Tennis Center GBR Andy Murray RUS Maria Sharapova IND Leander Paes / IND Mahesh Bhupathi USA Vania King / KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open Cincinnati Masters The 2011 Western & Southern Open, also known as the Cincinnati Open, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, United States. The tournament was a joint men's and women's event,Cincinnati tournament changes name http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2010/12/Other/Cincinnati-Western-Southern-Open.aspx www.atpworldtour.com 7 December 2010 with six new courts being built for the tournament. Cincinnati expansion plans 2010-08-21 ATP http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2010/08/33/Cincinnati-Expansion-Plans.aspx Press release 2010-08-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20100823232105/http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2010/08/33/Cincinnati-Expansion-Plans.aspx 23 August 2010 live The competition took place from August 15 through August 21, 2011. The 110th edition of the Cincinnati Open (83rd for the women), it was a Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour, and part of the Premier Series of the 2011 WTA Tour. On an additional note, Andy Murray during his semifinal match against Mardy Fish set the record for the fastest ever hit forehand at 124 mph km/h on. Points and prize money Point distribution StageMen's singleshttp://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Rankings-FAQ.aspx 8 January 2011 Rankings explained atpworldtour.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110110061359/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Rankings-FAQ.aspx 10 January 2011 liveMen's doublesWomen's singleshttp://www.wtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/AboutTheTour/rules.pdf WTA Tour rules 8 January 2011 wtatour.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110124021713/http://www.wtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/AboutTheTour/rules.pdf 24 January 2011 Women's doubles Champion 1000 900 Runner up 600 620Semifinals 360 395Quarterfinals 180 225Round of 16 90 125Round of 32 45 10 70 1Round of 64 10 – 1 –Qualifier 25 30Qualifying Finalist 16 12Qualifying 1st round - 1 Prize money StageMen's singleshttp://www.internazionalibnlditalia.com/About/Fact-Sheet-and-Prizes.aspx 3 May 2011 Prize Money internazionali BNL d'Itlaia 2011 internazionalibnlditalia.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110511090317/http://www.internazionalibnlditalia.com/About/Fact-Sheet-and-Prizes.aspx 11 May 2011 Men's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles Champion $496,000 $140,000 $360,000 $100,000 Runner up $243,200 $70,000 $180,000 $50,000Semifinals $122,400 $35,500 $90,000 $25,000Quarterfinals $62,240 $18,470 $41,450 $12,500Round of 16 $32,320 $9,690 $20,550 $6,250Round of 32 $17,040 $5,090 $10,575 $3,170Round of 64 $9,200 – $5,500 –Final round qualifying $2,120 $1,995First round qualifying $1,080 $1,035 ATP entrants 250px|thumb|In 2011, Roger Federer failed to defend the men's singles title he won in 2010 Seeds Country Player RankRank a a SeedSeed b b SRB Novak Djokovic 1 1 ESP Rafael Nadal 2 2 SUI Roger Federer 3 3 GBR Andy Murray 4 4 ESP David Ferrer 6 5 FRA Gaël Monfils 7 6 USA Mardy Fish 8 7 CZE Tomáš Berdych 9 8 ESP Nicolás Almagro 10 9 FRA Gilles Simon 11 10 USA Andy Roddick 12 11 FRA Richard Gasquet 13 12 RUS Mikhail Youzhny 14 13 SRB Viktor Troicki 15 14 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 16 15 SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 17 16 Seedings are based on the rankings of August 8, 2011. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: USA James Blake BUL Grigor Dimitrov USA Robby Ginepri USA Ryan Harrison The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: 2011 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles qualifying FRA Julien Benneteau USA Alex Bogomolov Jr. LAT Ernests Gulbis TUR Marsel İlhan JPN Kei Nishikori FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin CZE Radek Štěpánek Withdrawals AUS Lleyton Hewitthttp://www.cincytennis.com/clijsters_unable_to_defend_title/ https://archive.today/20130102074220/http://www.cincytennis.com/clijsters_unable_to_defend_title/ dead January 2, 2013 12 August 2011 Clijsters Unable to Defend Title cincytennis CRO Ivan Ljubičić CAN Milos Raonic ESP Tommy Robredo SWE Robin Söderling (wrist injury) WTA entrants 200px|thumb|Kim Clijsters was the women's defending champion but was unable to defend her title due to abdominal injury Seeds Country Player Rank Seed DEN Caroline Wozniacki 1 1 RUS Vera Zvonareva 3 2 BLR Victoria Azarenka 4 3 RUS Maria Sharapova 5 4 CHN Li Na 6 5 CZE Petra Kvitová 7 6 ITA Francesca Schiavone 8 7 FRA Marion Bartoli 9 8 GER Andrea Petkovic 10 9 AUS Samantha Stosur 11 10 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 12 11 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 13 12 SRB Jelena Janković 14 13 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 15 14 SRB Ana Ivanovic 16 15 CHN Peng Shuai 17 16 Seedings are based on the rankings of August 8, 2011. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw SLO Polona Hercog USA Christina McHale RUS Maria Sharapova USA Sloane Stephens The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: 2011 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles qualifying GRE Eleni Daniilidou JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm CZE Petra Cetkovská USA Jill Craybas USA Alexa Glatch SRB Bojana Jovanovski CRO Petra Martić ROU Monica Niculescu AUS Anastasia Rodionova RSA Chanelle Scheepers CHN Zhang Shuai CHN Zheng Jie The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot: ESP María José Martínez Sánchez SWE Sofia Arvidsson FRA Pauline Parmentier Withdrawals SVK Dominika Cibulková (abdominal injury) BEL Kim Clijsters (abdominal injury) ROU Alexandra Dulgheru EST Kaia Kanepi USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands AUT Tamira Paszek POL Agnieszka Radwańska (right shoulder injury) BLR Victoria Azarenka (right hand injury) USA Venus Williams (viral illness)http://masonbuzz.com/2011/08/12/kim-clijsters-venus-williams-withdraw-from-western-southern-open/ 12 August 2011 Kim Clijsters, Venus Williams withdraw from Western & Southern Open cincinnati.com Finals Men's singles 2011 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles GBR Andy Murray def. SRB Novak Djokovic, 6–4, 3–0, ret. It was Murray's 2nd title of the year and 18th of his career. It was his 1st Masters 1000 title of the year and 7th of his career. It was his 2nd win at Cincinnati, also winning in 2008. It was the second defeat for Djokovic in the season.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/andymurray/8714569/Andy-Murray-wins-Cincinnati-final-after-Novak-Djokovic-is-forced-to-retire.html Andy Murray wins Cincinnati final after Novak Djokovic is forced to retire 21 August 2011 Daily Telegraph 28 September 2011 Women's singles 2011 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles RUS Maria Sharapova def. SRB Jelena Janković, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 It was Sharapova's 2nd title of the year and 24th of her career. Men's doubles 2011 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles IND Mahesh Bhupathi / IND Leander Paes def. FRA Michaël Llodra / SRB Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2) Women's doubles 2011 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles USA Vania King / KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova def. RSA Natalie Grandin / CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová, 6–4, 3–6, [11–9] References External links http://www.cincytennis.com ATP tournament profile Montreal 2011 US Open SeriesMen's Events Winston-Salem Toronto 2011 US Open SeriesWomen's Events New Haven Category:2011 ATP World Tour Category:2011 WTA Tour 2011 Category:August 2011 sports events in the United States