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
Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes
Women's doubles
Daniela Hantuchová / Agnieszka Radwańska

Tournament

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

Point distribution
Stage Men's singles[4] Men's doubles[4] Women's singles[5] Women's doubles[5]
Champion 1000
Runner up 600700
Semifinals 360450
Quarterfinals 180250
Round of 16 90140
Round of 32 4580
Round of 64 25 (10)50
Round of 128 10–5–
Qualifier 1230

Prize money

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

Seeds
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

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

Seeds
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

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

Finals

Men's singles
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
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
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
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

Attendance

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]

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