2011 Serena Williams tennis season

January 2025 Serena Williams at the 2011 AEGON International.jpg Serena Williams at the Aegon International Serena Jameka Williams United States $1,978,930 22–3 (88%) 2 12 8 A A 4R F 2010 2012 Serena Williams Serena Williams's 2011 tennis season officially began at the 2011 Aegon International after missing the first half of the year due to a pulmonary embolism. Year in detail Early hard court and clay court Season Because of her continuing rehabilitation for her foot injury, Serena withdrew from the Hopman Cup and the Australian Open. http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2010-11-25/201011251290649977228.html?fpos=r1 Serena Williams withdraws from Australian Open November 25, 2010 http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/09/2058975/serena-williams-return-from-foot.html Serena Williams' return from foot injury still unknown after seven months February 13, 2011 On March 2, 2011, she confirmed that she had suffered a hematoma and a pulmonary embolism, which caused her to miss the entire clay court season including the French Open.http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/03/serena-williams-has-emergency-health-treatement/1 USA Today Reid Cherner Tennis star Serena Williams home after treatment for blood clot March 2, 2011http://www.celebritydiagnosis.com/2011/03/serena-williams-undergoes-emergency-treatment-for-pulmonary-embolism/ Serena Williams undergoes emergency treatment for pulmonary embolism Celebrity Diagnosis 2011-03-02 2012-01-05 2012-01-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120102132822/http://www.celebritydiagnosis.com/2011/03/serena-williams-undergoes-emergency-treatment-for-pulmonary-embolism/ dead Liz http://www.celebritydiagnosis.com/2011/03/serena-williams-gives-more-details-about-recent-health-scare/ Serena Williams gives more details about recent health scare Celebrity Diagnosis 2011-03-09 2012-01-05 2012-03-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20120314203556/http://www.celebritydiagnosis.com/2011/03/serena-williams-gives-more-details-about-recent-health-scare/ dead Grass court season and Wimbledon Aegon International She made her first appearance on the WTA tour in almost a year at the 2011 Aegon International in Eastbourne. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/sports/tennis/serena-williams-plans-to-play-at-wimbledon.html Serena Williams Plans to Play at Wimbledon June 6, 2011 The New York Times Christopher Clarey June 6, 2011 In her first round match she faced 2010 Wimbledon semifinalist Tsvetana Pironkova. Williams' struggled with unforced errors in the first set losing it winning just a game. However, Williams' hang-on to win the next two sets with a break advantage in each, closing it out with her seventh ace of the match.Bloomberg Serena Williams Defeats Pironkova In Comeback Match At Wimbledon Warmup https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-14/serena-williams-beats-pironkova-in-comeback-match-at-eastbourne-tennis.html 2012-06-14 2012-06-14 In the second round, she face Russian and the woman she beat for the 2010 Wimbledon title, Vera Zvonareva. Williams took the a set and serve for the match, until the Russian came back and win it in a tie-break . In the third set it saw Williams' save three match point when Zvonareva was serving for the match in the tenth game and broke back, however Williams was quickly broken and lost the match 7–5 in the third. The match lasted 3 hours and 12 minutes and it was Williams' only second loss to Zvonareva.Associated Press Serena Williams loses to Vera Zvonareva in second round at Eastbourne http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/06/serena-williams-loses-to-vera-zvonareva-in-second-round-at-eastbourne.html 2012-06-15 2012-06-15 Los Angeles TimesBloomberg Serena Williams Loses To Zvonareva, Venus Williams Wins In Eastbourne https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-15/serena-williams-loses-to-zvonareva-in-three-sets-venus-wins-in-eastbourne.html 2012-06-15 2012-06-15 Wimbledon Championships Williams' is coming into Wimbledon as the two-time defending champion. She was ranked 25th but was given a special seeding of 7th by the Wimbledon council.The Telegraph Serena is 7th seed at Big W http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110616/jsp/sports/story_14120189.jsp https://archive.today/20130204011833/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110616/jsp/sports/story_14120189.jsp dead February 4, 2013 2011-06-16 2011-06-16 In the first round, she faced Aravane Rezaï, the Frenchwoman took early initiative taking the first two games, however Williams came back by winning the next five games and eventually winning the set in the ninth game. In the second set, Williams gave the break advantage to Rezaï when she double faulted at the sixth game of the second set to give the break, where Rezaï was able to close it out. Once again Williams came back and won the final set with ease losing only a game. At the end of the match Williams had an emotional outburst and was in tears.BBC Wimbledon 2011: Emotional Serena Williams beats Aravane Rezai https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/13860849 2011-06-21 2011-06-21Capital Bay Serena Williams beats Aravane Rezai at Wimbledon http://news1.capitalbay.com/sports/263660-serena-williams-beats-aravane-rezai-at-wimbledon.html 2011-06-21 2011-06-21 In the next round she faced Romanian Simona Halep, Halep took the first initiative by breaking in the fourth game, and continued to hold to take the first set. Williams then came back taking an early break in the second and broke to take the second set. In the third set, the American took the first five gamed of the set and three match points when she let her concentration slip and lost the next seven points, before closing it out 6–1 to advance to the third round. After the match, controversy arose as Williams' stated that she and sister was placed on court 2, with Nadal and Djokovic never being placed outside the Center Court and Court 1, despite her and Venus having won more Wimbledon than the previous two.Guardian Wimbledon 2011: No tears but Serena Williams has to dig deep to win https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jun/23/wimbledon-serena-williams-simona-halep 2011-06-23 2011-06-23 Andy Bull She then faced Maria Kirilenko and got her first straight set win since her comeback, she broke in the second game and won the first set, she then won the match in the next set.Guardian Wimbledon 2011: Serena Williams crushes Maria Kirilenko in straight sets https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jun/25/wimbledon-serena-williams-maria-kirilenko 2011-06-25 2011-06-25 Her fourth round opponents was 2007 Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli, Williams' was broken in the sixth game and was pushed to save three set points in her serving game at the 8th game. Bartoli the serve for the set in the ninth game and saved 3 break points to take the set. In the second set, it came on serve until Serena was broken at the 11th game. With the Frenchwoman serving for the match, the American saved three match points and broke at the second opportunity in the game to force it to a tie-break. In the tie-break, Williams saved a fourth match point with an ace but Bartoli eventually won the tie-break 8–6.Guardian Wimbledon 2011: Serena Williams out after Marion Bartoli defeat https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jun/27/wimbledon-2011-maria-sharapova-peng-shuai 2011-06-27 2011-06-27 Simon Cambers The loss ended her 17 match winning streak at the event and dropping her to 175 in the world from 25th, her worst ranking since 3 November 1997, when she was 304th.Guardian Serena Williams plummets to 14-year low in women's rankings https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jul/04/serena-williams-womens-rankings 2011-07-04 2011-07-04 US Open Series and US Open Bank of the West Classic In Williams' first match in the US since her controversial loss in the 2009 US Open semifinal to Kim Clijsters, Williams' faced Russian born Australian Anastasia Rodionova in the first round and won with a double bagel in just 47 minutes.CNN Serena Williams destroys Rodionova on U.S. return http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/tennis/07/27/tennis.serena.williams.ivanovic/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110728003312/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/tennis/07/27/tennis.serena.williams.ivanovic/index.html dead July 28, 2011 2011-07-27 2011-07-27 In her next match she faced Russian Maria Kirilenko, she won the first set convincingly, but in the second set she took a medical timeout to get her left ankle re-taped after a blister formed, as Kirilenko took advantage and won the second set, however Williams came back and took the final and deciding set, winning 5 of the last 6 games.Associated Press Serena Williams beats Maria Kirilenko at Stanford http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/28/serena-williams-beats-maria-kirilenko-at-stanford/ 2011-07-28 2011-07-28 She then faced second seed Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals and won easily to earn her 6th straight victory against the Russian with her last loss coming in 2004.Associated Press Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/6817353/serena-williams-rolls-maria-sharapova-reach-bank-west-classic-semifinals 2011-07-29 2011-07-29 Williams' continues her great form with a straight set win over Wimbledon semifinalist and German Sabine Lisicki, to advance to her first final in 2011, and her first since winning the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.The Associated Press Serena reaches first final of 2011 http://msn.foxsports.com/tennis/story/Williams-wins-semifinal-over-Sabine-Lisicki-073011 https://archive.today/20130123122206/http://msn.foxsports.com/tennis/story/Williams-wins-semifinal-over-Sabine-Lisicki-073011 dead 2013-01-23 2011-07-30 2011-07-30 In the final she faced Marion Bartoli, the one that beat her at the 4th round of Wimbledon. Bartoli got an early lead in the first breaking in the third game, but Williams broke back in the eight game, just to get broken in the next game. Bartoli served for the set at 5–4, but failed to do so as Serena took the next 8 games. Williams' finally took it 6–1 in the second set, to take her first title since her comeback and made her ranking rise from 169 to the top 80.Associated Press Serena Williams wins at Stanford for first title in comeback https://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2011-07-31-serena-williams-bank-of-the-west-classic_n.htm 2011-08-02 2011-08-02 USA Today Rogers Cup thumb|right|200px|Williams claimed her biggest title of 2011 at the Rogers Cup. Williams then headed to the Rogers Cup in Toronto. In the first round she faced Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko. Williams sweep through the first set winning it in a bagel in just 16 minutes. The second set was tougher, but Williams came through.Associated Press Serena Williams sweeps past Alona Bondarenko in Rogers Cup https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/10/serena-williams-alona-bondarenko-rogers 2011-08-10 The Guardian In the second round, Williams took on German Julia Görges and like her first round sweep through the first set. The second set went on serve and was forced to be decided in a tie-break with Williams winning it 9–7 on her fifth match point.Associated Press Toronto Results: Serena Williams Beats Julia Goerges in Straight Sets http://www.dropshotdispatch.com/2011/08/10/toronto-results-serena-williams-beats-julia-goerges-in-straight-sets/ 2011-08-10 2013-01-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220731/http://www.dropshotdispatch.com/2011/08/10/toronto-results-serena-williams-beats-julia-goerges-in-straight-sets/ 2016-03-03 dead In the next round, she faced Zheng Jie, which was a contrary to her previous matches as Williams lost the opening set. However, the American was able to fire back winning the final two sets at three in a match that took 2 hours and 14 minutes.Bettor SERENA WILLIAMS WHIPS ZHENG JIE IN THE 3RD ROUND – ROGERS CUP 2011 http://blogs.bettor.com/Serena-Williams-whips-Zheng-Jie-in-the-3rd-round-Rogers-Cup-2011-a90681 2011-08-11 2013-01-13 https://archive.today/20130215140537/http://blogs.bettor.com/Serena-Williams-whips-Zheng-Jie-in-the-3rd-round-Rogers-Cup-2011-a90681 2013-02-15 dead In the quarterfinals, she run into Lucie Šafářová, in which she was stretched as well coming back from a set down in just over two hours.Associated Press Williams defeats Safarova to Reach Toronto Semis http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/aug/12/williams-defeats-safarova-to-reach-toronto-semis/ 2011-08-12 In the semifinals, Williams faced Victoria Azarenka. Williams broke in the sixth game but was broken immediately back, however the American broke again and close out the set with an ace. In the second set Azarenka double faulted to hand the first break in the seventh game which Williams capitalized on by taking second set in the ninth game and the match.Pro tennis fan Williams Defeats Azarenka to Move Into Rogers Cup Final http://www.protennisfan.com/2011/08/williams-defeats-azarenka-to-move-into-rogers-cup-final.html 2011-08-13 In the final, the American took on Australia's Samantha Stosur. The first set went on serve until Williams broke in the 9th game with a blistering backhand and closed the set. In the second set Williams broke Stosur twice closed it out with her 9th ace of the match. This is Williams' 38th career titleAssociated Press Serena Williams wins Rogers Cup https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/6861274/serena-williams-beats-samantha-stosur-rogers-cup-title 2011-08-14 Western & Southern Open Following her 2 consecutive tournaments wins, Williams competed in Cincinnati and faced Czech Lucie Hradecká in the first round. Williams took an early lead in the match winning the first set and led 5–1 in the second. However, her Czech opponent came back and pushed the second set to a tie-break, which Williams won.Sportsmole Serena Williams defeats Lucie Hradecka in straight sets http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/tennis/cincinnati-open/result/result-serena-williams-defeats-lucie-hradecka-in-straight-sets_1819.html 2011-08-16 2011-08-16 In the second round Williams was supposed to face Samantha Stosur but withdrew before the match due to a toe injury.BBC Serena Williams withdraws & Wozniacki loses in Cincinnati https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/14566630 2011-08-17 2011-08-17 US Open Williams came into the US Open as a protected ranking where she is a favorite having won 2 warm-up events and being in a 12-match winning streak. Williams began her Us Open campaign against Bojana Jovanovski and came up with a convincing double breadstick win in just 56 minutes.BBC US Open 2011: Serena Williams beats Bojana Jovanovski https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/14722231 2011-08-31 In the second round, Williams took on Michaëlla Krajicek and dominated the first set with a bagel in just 23 minutes. The second set was also one sided with Williams taking it to advance to the third round.< In the next round, the American face Belarus' Victoria Azarenka. Williams continued her form winning the first 5 games before Azarenka could get a game. Williams closed it out on serve/ In the second set Williams broke in the 7th game and served for the match in the tenth game but was broken. The second set went into a tie-break with Williams winning it. In the fourth round, Williams faced former world no. 1 Ana Ivanovic. Williams took the first three games but Ivanovic got the next two games. Williams then broke at the 8th game and served out the set. Williams then closed out the second set with a single break to advance.Associated Press US Open 2011: Serena Williams beats Ana Ivanovic to reach last eight https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/sep/05/serena-williams-ana-ivanovic-us-open 2011-09-06 The Guardian She then faced Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals. The first set began with six breaks in a row then followed by 5 straight holds of serve, before Williams got the ultimate break at the 12th game of the set to win it. Williams then took command winning the first three games of the second set before the Russian could net a game. Williams closed out the match winning the second set at one.Telegraph US Open 2011: Serena Williams through to semi-finals following defeat of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/usopen/8751059/US-Open-2011-Serena-Williams-through-to-semi-finals-following-defeat-of-Anastasia-Pavlyuchenkova.html 2011-09-08 Williams then faced the World no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinals, where she took the first set with two breaks, where it saw Williams hitting 15 winners to Wozniacki's 0. In the second set Williams broke in the fourth game, Williams then served for the match at the ninth game but double faulted at break point, but broke the next game to advance to her first Slam final since winning 2010 Wimbledon.BBC US Open 2011: Serena Williams beats Caroline Wozniacki in semi https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/14869718 2011-09-11 In the final she faced Samantha Stosur and was a heavy favorite to win the title. However, Stosur took a commanding first set win, 6–2. The second set faced controversy, as when Williams a break point down in the first game, Williams hit a forehand and shouted, "Come on!" as Stosur reached down for a backhand. Chair umpire Eva Asderaki ruled that Williams hindered Stosur's ability to complete the point and awarded it to Stosur. Stosur then strolled through the match and won the second set 6–3, ending Williams 18 match winning streak in the process.ESPN Sam Stosur posts upset for Open crown https://www.espn.com/tennis/usopen11/story/_/id/6958816/sam-stosur-shocks-serena-williams-claim-us-open-title 2011-09-12 All matches Singles matches Tournament Match Round Opponent Rank Result Score Aegon International Eastbourne, United KingdomWTA PremierGrass13–19 June 2011 576 1R BUL Tsvetana Pironkova #34 Win 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 577 2R RUS Vera Zvonareva #3 Loss 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 5–7 Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 20 June - 3 July 2011 578 1R FRA Aravane Rezaï #61 Win 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 579 2R ROU Simona Halep #58 Win 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 580 3R RUS Maria Kirilenko #27 Win 6–3, 6–2 581 4R FRA Marion Bartoli #9 Loss 3–6, 6–7(6–8) Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United StatesWTA PremierHard, outdoor25–31 July 2011 582 1R AUS Anastasia Rodionova #105 Win 6–0, 6–0 583 2R RUS Maria Kirilenko #25 Win 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 584 QF RUS Maria Sharapova #5 Win 6–1, 6–3 585 SF GER Sabine Lisicki #26 Win 6–1, 6–2 586 F FRA Marion Bartoli #9 Win 7–5, 6–1 Rogers Cup Toronto, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 8–14 August 2011 587 1R UKR Alona Bondarenko #126 Win 6–0, 6–3 588 2R GER Julia Görges #20 Win 6–1, 7–6(9-7) 589 3R CHN Zheng Jie #72 Win 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 590 QF CZE Lucie Šafářová #32 Win 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 591 SF BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka #4 Win 6–3, 6–3 592 F AUS Samantha Stosur #11 Win 6–4, 6–2 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters Cincinnati, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 15–21 August 2011 593 1R CZE Lucie Hradecká #49 Win 6–3, 7–6(7–5) - 2R AUS Samantha Stosur #10 Withdrew N/A US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 29 August - 11 September 2011 594 1R SRB Bojana Jovanovski #54 Win 6–1, 6–1 595 2R NED Michaëlla Krajicek #183 Win 6–0, 6–1 596 3R BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka #5 Win 6–1, 7–6(7–5) 597 4R SRB Ana Ivanovic #19 Win 6–3, 6–4 598 QF RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #16 Win 7–5, 6–1 599 SF DEN Caroline Wozniacki #1 Win 6–2, 6–4 600 F AUS Samantha Stosur #10 Loss 2–6, 3–6 Tournament schedule Singles schedule Williams' 2011 singles tournament schedule is as follows: DateChampionshipLocationCategorySurfacePointsOutcome 13 June 2011–19 June 2011 Aegon International Eastbourne (UK) WTA Premier Hard 60 Second Round lost to Vera Zvonareva, 6–4, 6-7(5-7), 5-7 20 June 2011–3 July 2011 The Championships, Wimbledon Wimbledon (GBR) Grand Slam Grass 280 Fourth Round lost to Marion Bartoli, 3–6, 6-7(6-7) 25 July 2011–31 July 2011 Bank of the West Classic Standford (USA) WTA Premier Hard 470 Winner defeated Marion Bartoli, 7–5, 6–1 8 August 2011–14 August 2011 Rogers Cup Montreal (CAN) WTA Premier 5 Hard 900 Winner defeated Samantha Stosur, 6–4, 6–2 15 August 2011–21 August 2011 Western & Southern Open Cincinnati (USA) WTA Premier 5 Hard 70 Second Round Withdrew before match against Samantha Stosur 29 August 2011–12 September 2011 US Open New York (USA) Grand Slam Hard 1400 Final lost to Samantha Stosur, 2–6, 3–6Total year-end points Yearly records Head-to-head matchups Ordered by percentage of wins 22em BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka 2–0 RUS Maria Kirilenko 2–0 BUL Tsvetana Pironkova 1–0 FRA Aravane Rezaï 1–0 SRB Bojana Jovanovski 1–0 ROU Simona Halep 1–0 AUS Anastasia Rodionova 1–0 RUS Maria Sharapova 1-0 GER Sabine Lisicki 1–0 UKR Alona Bondarenko 1–0 GER Julia Görges 1–0 CHN Zheng Jie 1–0 CZE Lucie Šafářová 1–0 CZE Lucie Hradecká 1–0 BLR 1995 Olga Govortsova 1–0 NED Michaëlla Krajicek 1–0 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1–0 SRB Ana Ivanovic 1–0 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 1–0 AUS Samantha Stosur 1–1 FRA Marion Bartoli 1–1 RUS Vera Zvonareva 0–1 Finals Singles: 2 (2–1) LegendGrand Slam (0–1)WTA Premier 5 (1–0)WTA Premier (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Finals by venueOutdoors (2–1) OutcomeNo.DateChampionshipSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the finalWinner38.July 31, 2011 Stanford, U.S. HardFRA Marion Bartoli7–5, 6–1Winner39.August 14, 2011Toronto, CanadaHardAUS Samantha Stosur6–4, 6–2Runner-up15.September 11, 2011 US Open, New York City, U.S.HardAUS Samantha Stosur6–2, 6–3 Earnings # Event Prize money Year-to-date 1 Aegon International $8,250 $8,250 3 Wimbledon Championships £68,750 $118,250 4 Bank of the West Classic $111,000 $229,250 5 Rogers Cup $360,000 $589,250 6 Western & Southern Open $10,575 $599,825 7 US Open $1,379,105 $1,978,930 $1,978,930 Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted. See also 2011 WTA Tour References 2 Serena Williams in the Grand Slam tournaments Women's singles Women's doubles Mixed doubles Others Category:Serena Williams tennis seasons Williams season Williams season Category:2011 in American tennis