2011 French Open

The 2011 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 115th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 22 May to 5 June 2011.[1]

2011 French Open
Date22 May – 5 June
Edition115th
CategoryGrand Slam tournament (ITF)
SurfaceClay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
VenueStade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Li Na
Men's doubles
Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor
Women's doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká
Mixed doubles
Casey Dellacqua / Scott Lipsky
Wheelchair men's singles
Maikel Scheffers
Wheelchair women's singles
Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair men's doubles
Shingo Kunieda / Nicolas Peifer
Wheelchair women's doubles
Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven
Boys' singles
Bjorn Fratangelo
Girls' singles
Ons Jabeur
Boys' doubles
Andrés Artuñedo / Roberto Carballes
Girls' doubles
Irina Khromacheva / Maryna Zanevska
Legends under 45 doubles
Fabrice Santoro / Todd Woodbridge
Women's legends doubles
Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis
Legends over 45 doubles
Guy Forget / Henri Leconte

Rafael Nadal successfully defended his 2010 title, defeating rival Roger Federer in the final to win his sixth French Open title. Francesca Schiavone was narrowly unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated by Li Na in the final. Li became the first female Asian to win a Grand Slam singles title.[2]

Tournament
Court Philippe Chatrier where the Finals of the French Open took place.

The 2011 French Open was the one hundred and tenth edition of the French Open. It was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour and the 2011 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments. There were also singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts. The tournament took place over a series of twenty courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.

Ranking points

Senior ranking points
Event W F SF QF 4R 3R 2R 1R Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles Points (M) 2000 1200 720 360 180 90 45 10 25 16 8 0
Points (F) 2000 1400 900 500 280 160 100 5 60 50 40 2
Doubles Points (M) 2000 1200 720 360 180 90 0 - - – - -
Points (F) 2000 1400 900 500 280 160 5 - - - - -

Junior ranking points

Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in boy singles and doubles play.

Stage[3][4] Boys singles Boys doubles Girls singles Girls doubles
Champion 250180250180
Runner up 180120180120
Semifinals 1208012080
Quarterfinals 80508050
Round of 16 50305030
Round of 32 30–30–
Qualifier who loses in first round 2525
Qualifying final round 2020

Wheelchair ranking points
Stage[5] Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles
Champion 800
Runner up 500
Semifinals 375100375100
Quarterfinals 100–100–

Prize money and points

The total amount of prize money available for the 2011 tournament was €17,520,000. The prize money breakdown was as follows:[6]

Event W F SF QF 4R 3R 2R 1R Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles Prize money €1,200,000 €600,000 €300,000 €150,000 €75,000 €42,000 €25,000 €15,000 €8,000 €4,000 €2,500
Doubles Prize money* €330,000 €165,000 €82,500 €42,000 €22,000 €12,000 €7,500 - - - -
Mixed doubles Prize money* €100,000 €50,000 €25,000 €13,000 - - €7,000 €3,500 - - -

* per team

Singles players

Men's singles

Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries
Main article: 2011 French Open – Day-by-day summaries

Events

Men's singles
Main article: 2011 French Open – Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1

  • In the final, Nadal won his sixth French Open title with a victory over the world number three to hold his title.[7] It was Nadal's third title of the year and 46th of his career.[8] It was the first slam he had won this year and the tenth of his career.[9]

Women's singles
Main article: 2011 French Open – Women's singles

Li Na defeated Francesca Schiavone, 6–4, 7–6(7–0)

  • In the final Li Na played the defending champion Francesca Schiavone and won in straight sets.[10] In the final tiebreak game Li won 7–0. It was Li's 2nd title of the year and 5th of her career. Li became the first Chinese and the first Asian winner of a singles Grand Slam tennis tournament.[10] It was Li's second Grand Slam final, after she reached the final of the 2011 Australian Open.[10] After her victory Li Na said that "everyone in China will be so excited".[11]

Men's doubles
Main article: 2011 French Open – Men's doubles

Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor defeated Juan Sebastián Cabal / Eduardo Schwank, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–4

  • Mirnyi and Nestor both won their third French Open men's doubles title; Mirnyi won his fifth Grand Slam men's doubles title, and Nestor his seventh.

Women's doubles
Main article: 2011 French Open – Women's doubles

Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká defeated Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina, 6–4, 6–3

  • Hlaváčková and Hradecká both won their first Grand Slam title.

Mixed doubles
Main article: 2011 French Open – Mixed doubles

Casey Dellacqua / Scott Lipsky defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6(8–6), 4–6, [10–7]

  • Dellacqua and Lipsky both won their first Grand Slam title.

Boys' singles
Main article: 2011 French Open – Boys' singles

Bjorn Fratangelo defeated Dominic Thiem, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6

  • Fratangelo won his first junior Grand Slam title. He is the first American to win the junior title since John McEnroe's junior title in 1977.[12]

Girls' singles
Main article: 2011 French Open – Girls' singles

Ons Jabeur defeated Mónica Puig, 7–6(10–8), 6–1

  • Jabeur won her first junior Grand Slam title.

Boys' doubles
Main article: 2011 French Open – Boys' doubles

Andrés Artuñedo / Roberto Carballes defeated Mitchell Krueger / Shane Vinsant, 5–7, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]

  • Artunedo and Carballes both won their first junior Grand Slam title.

Girls' doubles
Main article: 2011 French Open – Girls' doubles

Irina Khromacheva / Maryna Zanevska defeated Victoria Kan / Demi Schuurs, 6–4, 7–5

  • Khromacheva won her first junior Grand Slam doubles title, and Zanevska won her second.

Wheelchair men's singles
Main article: 2011 French Open – Wheelchair men's singles

Maikel Scheffers defeated Nicolas Peifer, 7–6(7–3), 6–3

  • Scheffers won his first Grand Slam title.

Wheelchair women's singles
Main article: 2011 French Open – Wheelchair women's singles

Esther Vergeer defeated Marjolein Buis, 6–0, 6–2

  • Vergeer won her fifth consecutive French Open singles title and her 18th Grand Slam singles title.

Wheelchair men's doubles
Main article: 2011 French Open – Wheelchair men's doubles

Shingo Kunieda / Nicolas Peifer defeated Robin Ammerlaan / Stefan Olsson, 6–2, 6–3

  • Kunieda won his third French Open doubles title, and tenth Grand Slam doubles title.
  • Peifer won his first Grand Slam title.

Wheelchair women's doubles
Main article: 2011 French Open – Wheelchair women's doubles

Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven defeated Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot, 5–7, 6–4, [10–5]

  • Vergeer won her fourth French Open doubles title, and 17th Grand Slam doubles title.
  • Walraven won her fourth consecutive Grand Slam title.

Legends under 45 doubles
Main article: 2011 French Open – Legends under 45 doubles

Fabrice Santoro / Todd Woodbridge defeated Arnaud Boetsch / Cédric Pioline, 6–2, 6–4

Legends over 45 doubles
Main article: 2011 French Open – Legends over 45 doubles

Guy Forget / Henri Leconte defeated Andrés Gómez / John McEnroe, 6–3, 5–7, [10–8]

Women's legends doubles
Main article: 2011 French Open – Women's legends doubles

Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis defeated Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná, 6–1, 6–2

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Rankings are as of 16 May 2011 and the Points are as of 23 May 2011. For the first time since the 2006 French Open, the top four seeds all made it to the semifinals.

Men's singles

Seed Rank[13] Player Points Points defending Points won New points Status
1 1 Rafael Nadal
12070
2000
2000
12070
 Champion, defeated Roger Federer [3]
2 2 Novak Djokovic
11665
360
720
12025
 Semifinal lost to Roger Federer [3]
3 3 Roger Federer
8390
360
1200
9230
 Runner-Up, lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
4 4 Andy Murray
6085
180
720
6625
 Semifinal lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
5 5 Robin Söderling
5435
1200
360
4595
 Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
6 6 Tomáš Berdych
4200
720
10
3490
 First round lost to Stéphane Robert[14]
7 7 David Ferrer
4060
90
180
4150
 Fourth round lost to Gaël Monfils [9]
8 8 Jürgen Melzer
2850
720
45
2175
 Second round lost to Lukáš Rosol
9 9 Gaël Monfils
2465
45
360
2780
 Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [3]
10 10 Mardy Fish
2395
45
90
2440
 Third round lost to Gilles Simon [18]
11 12 Nicolás Almagro
2225
360
10
1875
 First round lost Łukasz Kubot
12 13 Mikhail Youzhny
2010
360
90
1740
 Third round lost to Albert Montañés
13 14 Richard Gasquet
1755
10
180
1925
 Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [2]
14 15 Stanislas Wawrinka
1920
180
180
1920
 Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [3]
15 16 Viktor Troicki
1840
90
180
1930
 Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [4]
16 17 Fernando Verdasco
1515
180
90
1425
 Third round lost to Ivan Ljubičić
17 18 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
1570
180
90
1480
 Third round lost to Stanislas Wawrinka [14]
18 19 Gilles Simon
1565
0
180
1745
 Fourth round lost to Robin Söderling [5]
19 20 Marin Čilić
1515
180
10
1345
 First round lost to Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo[15]
20 21 Florian Mayer
1555
0
45
1600
 Second round lost to Alejandro Falla
21 23 Alexandr Dolgopolov
1450
90
90
1450
 Third round lost to Viktor Troicki [15]
22 24 Michaël Llodra
1400
10
10
1400
 First round lost to Steve Darcis[16]
23 25 Thomaz Bellucci
1395
180
90
1305
 Third round lost to Richard Gasquet [13]
24 26 Sam Querrey
1325
10
45
1360
 Second round lost to Ivan Ljubičić
25 27 Juan Martín del Potro
1355
0
90
1445
 Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [2]
26 28 Milos Raonic
1342
0
10
1352
 First round lost to Michael Berrer[17]
27 29 Marcos Baghdatis
1295
90
45
1250
 Second round vs Leonardo Mayer
28 30 Nikolay Davydenko
1285
0
45
1330
 Second round lost to Antonio Veić
29 32 Janko Tipsarević
1225
10
90
1305
 Third round lost to Roger Federer [3]
30 33 Guillermo García López
1205
45
90
1250
 Third round lost to Fabio Fognini
31 34 Sergiy Stakhovsky
1145
10
90
1225
 Third round lost to David Ferrer [7]
32 35 Kevin Anderson
1150
10
45
1185
 Second round lost to Juan Ignacio Chela

Withdrawn players

Rank Player Points
Points defending
 Points won New points Withdrew due to
11 Andy Roddick
2290
90
0
2200
 right shoulder injury[18]
22 David Nalbandian
1425
0
0
1425
 illness[19]
31 Tommy Robredo
1245
10
0
1235
 Left leg Injury[20]

Women's singles

Seed Rank[21] Player Points
Points defending
 Points won New points Status
1 1 Caroline Wozniacki
10255
500
160
9915
 Third round lost to Daniela Hantuchová [28]
2 2 Kim Clijsters
8115
0
100
8215
 Second round lost to Arantxa Rus
3 3 Vera Zvonareva
7755
100
280
7935
 Fourth round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [14]
4 4 Victoria Azarenka
5425
5
500
5920
 Quarterfinals lost to Li Na [6]
5 5 Francesca Schiavone
5246
2000
1400
4646
 Runner-up, lost to Li Na [6]
6 6 Li Na
4635
160
2000
6475
 Champion, defeated Francesca Schiavone [5]
7 7 Maria Sharapova
4481
160
900
5221
 Semifinal lost to Li Na [6]
8 8 Samantha Stosur
4645
1400
160
3405
 Third round lost to Gisela Dulko
9 9 Petra Kvitová
3743
5
280
4018
 Fourth round lost to Li Na [6]
10 10 Jelena Janković
3670
900
280
3050
 Fourth round lost to Francesca Schiavone [5]
11 11 Marion Bartoli
3000
160
900
3740
 Semifinal lost to Francesca Schiavone [5]
12 12 Agnieszka Radwańska
2876
100
280
3056
 Fourth round lost to Maria Sharapova [7]
13 13 Svetlana Kuznetsova
2870
160
500
3210
 Quarterfinals lost to Marion Bartoli [11]
14 14 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2715
160
500
3055
 Quarterfinals lost to Francesca Schiavone [5]
15 15 Andrea Petkovic
2890
100
500
3290
 Quarterfinals lost to Maria Sharapova [7]
16 16 Kaia Kanepi
2540
160
160
2540
 Third round lost to Ekaterina Makarova
17 18 Julia Görges
2500
100
160
2560
 Third round lost to Marion Bartoli [11]
18 19 Flavia Pennetta
2495
280
5
2220
 First round lost to Varvara Lepchenko[22]
19 20 Shahar Pe'er
2445
280
5
2170
 First round lost to María José Martínez Sánchez[23]
20 21 Ana Ivanovic
2425
100
5
2330
 First round lost to Johanna Larsson
21 22 Yanina Wickmayer
2350
160
160
2350
 Third round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [12]
22 23 Dominika Cibulková
2210
160
5
2055
 First round lost Vania King
23 24 Alisa Kleybanova
2165
160
0
2005
 withdrew due to Illness[24]
24 25 Jarmila Gajdošová
2060
280
160
1940
 Third round lost to Andrea Petkovic [15]
25 26 Maria Kirilenko
1985
280
280
1985
 Fourth round lost to Andrea Petkovic [15]
26 27 Nadia Petrova
1940
500
5
1445
 First round lost to Anastasia Rodionova[25]
27 28 Alexandra Dulgheru
1515
160
100
1455
 Second round lost to Sorana Cîrstea
28 30 Daniela Hantuchová
1875
280
280
1875
 Fourth round lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova [13]
29 31 Peng Shuai
2080
0
160
2240
 Third round lost to Francesca Schiavone [5]
30 32 Roberta Vinci
1615
100
160
1675
 Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka [4]
31 33 Klára Zakopalová
1600
100
5
1505
 First round lost to Chan Yung-jan[26]
32 34 Tsvetana Pironkova
1463
5
100
1558
 Second round lost to Gisela Dulko

Withdrawn players

Rank Player Points
Points defending
 Points won New points Withdrew due to
17 Serena Williams
2500
500
0
2000
 Pulmonary embolism[27]
24 Alisa Kleybanova
2165
160
0
2005
 Illness[24]
29 Venus Williams
1840
280
0
1560
 hip injury[28]

Wildcard entries

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.

Mixed doubles wildcard entries
  1. Julie Coin / Nicolas Mahut
  2. Alizé Cornet / Gilles Simon
  3. Alizé Lim / Richard Gasquet (withdrew to focus on Gasquet's singles match)
  4. Amélie Mauresmo / Michaël Llodra (withdrew)
  5. Virginie Razzano / Dick Norman
  6. Aravane Rezaï / Grigor Dimitrov

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Qualifiers entries

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.

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