2011 BNP Paribas Open

The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2011. It was the 38th edition of the men's event (23rd for the women), known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 7 through March 20, 2011.

Tournament

The 2011 BNP Paribas Open took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden from 7 to 20 March 2011. It was the 36th edition of the event. The tournament was jointly run by the Tennis Ventures Llc and was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour and the 2011 WTA Tour. On the ATP tour it was the first of the seasons Masters 1000 events; on the women's tour it was the season's first of four Premier Mandatory events. The tournament was conducted on eight outdoor Plexipave IW courts. This has been given a medium–slow court speed.

Events

Men's singles

The semifinals were a repeat of the 2009 US Open semis. It was also the first time since 1995 that all four players to reach this stage were Grand Slam champions. En route to the semifinal stage Djokovic broke the record of his Final opponent Nadal for the ''fewest games lost'' in the history of Indian Wells Masters as well as in the masters series based on four matches. He lost only 12 games to Golubev, Gulbis, Troicki, Gasquet respectively while Nadal lost 13 in the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. In Indian Wells Stefan Edberg held the previous record with 17 lost games while reaching the 1990 final. The results of the matches were a reverse of the US Open as Djokovic and Nadal won.

Championship match result

Novak Djokovic def. Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Women's singles

Before their quarter final match, Azarenka and Wozniacki led the crowd in a spontaneous tribute to the people of Japan, leading a period of silence as they came out on court with a Japanese flag. The players wrote on the flag a message for Japan; 'Our Thoughts Are With You.' The match itself only lasted three games as Azaerenka had to retire with a hip injury.

In the semifinals Bartoli created history as she became the first French woman to reach the final in Indian Wells. Bartoli reached the final losing just four games against Wickmayer. In the other half of the draw Wozniacki was equally dominant losing three games to Sharapova.

Championship match result

Caroline Wozniacki def. Marion Bartoli, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3

Men's doubles

Championship match result

Alexandr Dolgopolov / Xavier Malisse def. Roger Federer / Stanislas Wawrinka, 6–4, 6–7(5), 0–7

Women's doubles

In the first round all the seeds made it safely through apart from second seeds Peschke and Srebotnik, who lost 10–5 in a match tiebreaker. To make it worse, Srebotnik took a hit to the eye leaving her with impaired vision for the rest of the match. While King and Shevdova won their first match back as a pairing and Bethanie Mattek–Sands pulled off a spectacular 'tweener' for a winner. The second round saw the World Number Ones, Dulko and Pennetta, exit the tournament. Also exiting in the second round was the Chang and Zheng; and number seven seeds Benesova and Strycova, who lost to Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina.

The quarterfinals witnessed Hantuchová and Radwańska losing just one game against the reigning Wimbledon and US Open champions, while the third seeds Huber and Petrova exited in straight sets to Mettek–Sands and Shaughnessy. Azarenka and Kirilenko were responsible for sending home the wild card team of Jankovic and Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets. Mirza and Vesnina lost just four games against Hantuchová and Radwańska in the semifinals, whilst Mattek–Sands and Shaughnessy received a walkover against Azarenka and Kirilenko, due to a hip injury sustained by Azarenka. In the final Mirza and Vesnina lost just five games to win the title without dropping a set throughout the tournament.

Championship match result

Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Meghann Shaughnessy, 6–0, 7–5

Hawkeye

The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was the first tournament to have hawkeye technology used on more than three courts. Many tournaments before have had the technology on their show courts (usually only three courts at the Grand Slams) but the Indian Wells Tennis Garden had hawkeye on all eight of its courts.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

All money is in US dollars

Players

Men's singles

Seeds

* Rankings are as of March 7, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
* Ričardas Berankis
* James Blake
* Ryan Harrison
* Milos Raonic
* Bernard Tomic

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
* Juan Martín del Potro

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Alex Bogomolov Jr.
* Rohan Bopanna
* Flavio Cipolla
* Rik de Voest
* Somdev Devvarman
* Matthew Ebden
* Chris Guccione
* Marinko Matosevic
* Michael Russell
* Tim Smyczek
* Ryan Sweeting
* Donald Young

Withdrawals

* Carlos Berlocq → replaced by Rainer Schüttler
* Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by Teymuraz Gabashvili
* Fernando González → replaced by Kei Nishikori
* Tommy Haas → replaced by Dustin Brown
* Gaël Monfils (wrist) → replaced by Illya Marchenko
* David Nalbandian (torn hamstring & hernia) → replaced by Marsel İlhan
* Sergiy Stakhovsky → replaced by Björn Phau
* Mikhail Youzhny (back) → replaced by Mischa Zverev

Women's singles

Seeds

* Rankings are as of February 28, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
* Jill Craybas
* Lauren Davis
* Vania King
* Christina McHale
* Sania Mirza
* Alison Riske
* Sloane Stephens
* Coco Vandeweghe

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
* Urszula Radwańska

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Sorana Cîrstea
* Alizé Cornet
* Misaki Doi
* Kirsten Flipkens
* Jamie Hampton
* Lucie Hradecká
* Nuria Llagostera Vives
* Rebecca Marino
* Monica Niculescu
* Tamira Paszek
* Laura Pous Tió
* Zhang Shuai

Withdrawals

* Alona Bondarenko → replaced by Kristina Barrois
* Justine Henin (retired from tennis) → replaced by Renata Voráčová
* Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Zuzana Ondrášková
* Tamarine Tanasugarn → replaced by Anabel Medina Garrigues
* Serena Williams (foot & continue to boycott event since 2001) → replaced by Simona Halep
* Venus Williams (stomach muscle & continue to boycott event since 2001) → replaced by Edina Gallovits-Hall

References

External links

*
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile

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