The 2011 BMW Malaysian Open was a

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tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the Malaysian Open and was an International tournament on the

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. This was also the first edition of the tournament to be sponsored by

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. The tournament took place from February 28 to March 6 at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort. The event was headlined by the participation of World No. 5 and

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reigning champion

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, World No. 15

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, former World No. 1

Dinara Safina Dinara Mubinovna Safina (, ; ; born April 27, 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 26 weeks, and world No. 8 in doubles. Safina ...

, the defending champion and World No. 22,

Alisa Kleybanova Alisa Mikhailovna Kleybanova (, born 15 July 1989) is a Russian former tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 20, achieved in February 2011. In her career, she won two singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour. ...

and World No. 30

Lucie Šafářová Lucie Šafářová (; born 4 February 1987) is a Czech professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles, and No. 5 in singles. She is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles ...

among others.

Finals

Singles

Jelena Dokić Jelena Dokic (; ; born 12 April 1983) is an Australian tennis commentator, sports analyst, former professional player and public speaker. Her highest ranking as a tennis player was world No. 4, in August 2002. She won WTA Tour events on all su ...

defeated

, 2–6, 7–6^(11–9), 6–4. * It was Dokić's first title of the year, and the sixth of her career. It was her first title since winning Birmingham in 2002.

Doubles

Galina Voskoboeva Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (; born 18 December 1984) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani former tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 42 in singles and No. 26 in doubles. Career Born in Moscow, Voskoboeva turned pro in 2002. Du ...

defeated

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Noppawan "Nok" Lertcheewakarn (; born 18 November 1991) is a former professional Thai tennis player. At 2009 Wimbledon Championships, she won the junior singles title. She reached career-high WTA rankings of 149 in singles and 97 in doubles. ...

/ Jessica Moore, 7–5, 2–6, 0–5

Entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of February 21, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: *

Jarmila Groth Jarmila Wolfe (née Gajdošová, formerly Groth; born 26 April 1987) is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 14 singles and ten doubles titles on ...

Urszula Radwańska Urszula Radwańska (; born 7 December 1990) is a Polish professional tennis player. Radwańska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 October 2012, she reac ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Anne Kremer Anne Kremer (born 17 October 1975) is a Luxembourgish retired tennis player. She won two singles titles on the WTA Tour. On 29 July 2002, she achieved her best WTA ranking of world No. 18. Kremer completed her schooling at the Athénée de Lu ...

Lu Jingjing Lu Jingjing (; ; born 5 May 1989) is a Chinese tennis player. On 15 January 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 159 by the WTA. On 21 September 2009, she peaked at No. 105 in doubles. Jingjing has won one doubles title on the W ...

Tetiana Luzhanska Tetiana Luzhanska (born September 4, 1984) is a former tennis player. Luzhanska has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 131, achieved on 26 September 2011, and a highest WTA doubles ranking of 99, set on 12 February 2007. In her career, ...

Sun Shengnan Sun Shengnan (; ; born 21 January 1987) is a Chinese former tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 216th, which she reached on 4 April 2011. Her career-high in doubles is 50th, which she reached on 17 September 2007. By March 2006, ...

References

External links

Official website

ITF tournament edition details

WTA tournament draws
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