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2011 Sony Ericsson Open

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.

2011 Sony Ericsson Open
DateMarch 22 – April 3
Edition27th
CategoryMasters 1000 (ATP)
Premier Mandatory (WTA)
SurfaceHard / Outdoor
LocationKey Biscayne, Florida, United States
VenueTennis Center at Crandon Park
Champions
Men's singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles
India Mahesh Bhupathi / India Leander Paes
Women's doubles
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová / Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
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Tournament edit

 

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 edit

Point distribution edit

Stage Men's singles[4] Men's doubles[4] Women's singles[5] Women's doubles[5]
Champion 1000
Runner up 600 700
Semifinals 360 450
Quarterfinals 180 250
Round of 16 90 140
Round of 32 45 80
Round of 64 25 (10) 50
Round of 128 10 – 5 –
Qualifier 12 30

Prize money edit

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

Stage Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women'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 edit

Men's singles edit

Seeds edit

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 edit

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:

Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles qualifying

Withdrawals edit

Women's singles edit

Seeds edit

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 edit

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:

Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's singles qualifying

Withdrawals edit

Finals edit

Men's singles edit

Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles

  Novak Djokovic defeated   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.[14]

Women's singles edit

Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's singles

  Victoria Azarenka defeated   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 edit

Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's doubles

  Mahesh Bhupathi /   Leander Paes defeated   Max Mirnyi /   Daniel Nestor, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–5]

Women's doubles edit

Main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's doubles

  Daniela Hantuchová /   Agnieszka Radwańska defeated   Liezel Huber /   Nadia Petrova, 7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–8]

Viewership edit

Attendance edit

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]

References edit

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  3. ^ "ITF Tennis - Technical - Classified Surfaces". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2006.
  4. ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
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  6. ^ "2011 Prize Money". p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
  7. ^ a b "BLAKE AND SAFINA HIGHLIGHT SONY ERICSSON OPEN WILDCARDS". Sony Ericsson Open. March 7, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  8. ^ Stephanie Myles (March 27, 2011). "The 2011 injury/retirement/walkover watch – men". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
  9. ^ "Hewitt has foot surgery, pulls out of Miami". TENNIS.com. Santa Monica, California, USA: Miller Sports Group LLC. March 22, 2011. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  10. ^ "Monfils pulls out of Miami with wrist injury". TENNIS.com. Santa Monica, California, USA: Miller Sports Group LLC. March 18, 2011. Archived from the original on March 25, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  11. ^ "Del Potro Looks Ahead To Semi-finals". atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals. March 17, 2011. Archived from the original on March 19, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  12. ^ "Serena Williams Hospitalized, Underwent Emergency Treatment For Pulmonary Embolism". Huffington Post. New York City. March 2, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
  13. ^ "Venus Williams Withdraws From Sony Ericsson Open". sonyericcsonopen.com. IMG. Archived from the original on March 21, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
  14. ^ "Unbeaten Novak Djokovic beats Rafa Nadal in Miami final". BBC Sport. April 4, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
  15. ^ AP (April 3, 2011). "Djokovic beats Nadal for Miami title; now 24–0 in 2011". TENNIS.com. Santa Monica, California, USA: Miller Sports Group LLC. Archived from the original on April 7, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  16. ^ Matt Fitzgerald (April 3, 2011). "Djokovic Denies Nadal Again To Take Pulsating Final". sonyericssonopen.com. Miami, USA: Sony Ericsson Open. Archived from the original on April 8, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2011.

External links edit

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