2011 US Open (tennis)
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The 2011 US Open was a
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tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of
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, New York City, United States. It began on August 29 and was originally scheduled to end on September 11, but the men's final was postponed to September 12 due to rain.
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and Kim Clijsters were the defending champions. Due to an abdominal muscle injury, Clijsters opted not to defend her title. In the women's singles, Australia's Samantha Stosur defeated
Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WT ...
in straight sets 6–2, 6–3 for her first Grand Slam title. Stosur thus became the first Australian female player to win a Grand Slam since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980. In the men's singles, both Nadal and Novak Djokovic played the final for the second consecutive year. This time, Djokovic won 6–2, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–1 for his first US Open title.


Points and prize money


Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.


Seniors points


Junior points


Wheelchair points


Prize money

The USTA announced that the 2011 US Open purse has increased by more than one million dollars to reach a record $23.7 million. In addition to the base purse of $23.7 million, the top three men's and top three women's finishers in the Olympus US Open Series may earn up to an additional $2.6 million in bonus prize money at the US Open, providing a potential total payout of $26.3 million. Both the men's and women's US Open singles champions will earn a record $1.8 million with the ability to earn an additional $1 million in bonus prize money (for a total $2.8 million potential payout) based on their performances in the Olympus US Open Series. Below is the list of prize money given to each player in the main draw of the professional competitions; all prize money is in U.S. dollars (US$); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.


Bonus prize money


Singles players

Men's singles ; Women's singles


Player(s) of the day

*Day 1: Madison Keys – The 16-year-old Keys defeated her compatriot and elder by 21 years, Jill Craybas on the Grandstand with a 6–2, 6–4 score in their first-round encounter, giving the Florida native her first-ever win at the US Open. *Day 2: Simona Halep – Halep, the 19-year-old world number 53, defeated the reigning
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champion and sixth seed Li Na at Louis Armstrong Stadium with a 6–2, 7–5 score in their first round encounter. *Day 3:
Julien Benneteau Julien Henry Guy Benneteau-Desgrois (; born 20 December 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 25 and doubles ranking of No. 5 in November 2014. Benneteau did not win a singles ti ...
– The French wild-card upset tenth-seeded Spaniard
Nicolás Almagro Nicolás Almagro Sánchez (; born 21 August 1985 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis player of Latin American descent. He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2008 French Open – Men's singles, 2008, 201 ...
in straight sets. *Day 4: Juan Carlos Ferrero – The unseeded Ferrero, an experienced ATP Tour player and the second oldest man in the draw at 31 years old, defeated seventh-seeded Gaël Monfils in an extraordinary five-set match to advance into the third round. *Day 5: Flavia Pennetta – The twenty-sixth seed, two-time quarterfinalist, and former world number 10 upset third seed, 2006 US Open champion, and former world number 1
Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (, ; born 19 April 1987) 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 21 weeks. Sharapova won 36 WTA Tour-level sin ...
in three sets, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, to advance to the fourth round. *Day 6: Francesca Schiavone – The 31-year-old seventh seed saved a match point in her battle against world number 81 Chanelle Scheepers, and went on to win, 5–7, 7–6, 6–3, advancing to the fourth round. *Day 7: Donald Young – The 22-year-old American wildcard upset twenty-fourth seeded veteran Juan Ignacio Chela in the third round in straight sets with a score of 7–5, 6–4, 6–3. He made it to the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career after upsetting Chela and the fourteenth seeded Stanislas Wawrinka in the second round. *Day 8:
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (; born 3 July 1991) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 11 on 8 November 2021. Pavlyuchenkova has won twelve singles titles ...
– The seventeenth-seeded Russian reached her second quarterfinal this year after upsetting seventh seed Francesca Schiavone in three tight sets, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4. *Day 9: '' No matches completed due to rain.'' *Day 10: '' No matches completed due to rain.'' *Day 11:
John Isner John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ...
– The twenty-eighth seeded American upset twelfth-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon, 7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 7–6, to reach his first ever Grand Slam quarterfinal. *Day 12:
Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
– The number two seed reached his fourth consecutive US Open semifinal after defeating American Andy Roddick in straight sets, 6–2, 6–1, 6–3, in under two hours. *Day 13: Samantha Stosur – The number nine seed became the first Australian woman since Wendy Turnbull in 1977 to reach a US Open final, after defeating unseeded German Angelique Kerber in three sets in her semifinal match, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2. *Day 14: Samantha Stosur – The Australian player upset the American US Open three-time champion
Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WT ...
in straight sets, 6–2, 6–3, winning her first Major. *Day 15: Novak Djokovic – The
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n player continued his amazing season by winning his first US Open and his third Grand Slam of the year, defeating the defending champion
Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
for the sixth time in 2011.


Day-by-day summaries


Events


Seniors


Men's singles

Novak Djokovic defeated
Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
, 6–2, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–1 *It was Djokovic's 10th title of the year and 28th of his career. It was his 3rd Grand Slam title of the year and 4th of his career. It was his first U.S. Open title.


Women's singles

Samantha Stosur defeated
Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WT ...
, 6–2, 6–3 *It was Stosur's 1st title of the year and 3rd of her career. It was her first (and only) Grand Slam title.


Men's doubles

Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a youn ...
/ Philipp Petzschner defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski, 6–2, 6–2


Women's doubles

Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond defeated Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3) *Huber and Raymond won their first US Open title as a doubles pair.


Mixed doubles

Melanie Oudin / Jack Sock defeated Gisela Dulko / Eduardo Schwank, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 0–8* Oudin and Sock became the 12th unseeded team to win a title in the history of the US Open.


Juniors


Boys' singles

Oliver Golding defeated Jiří Veselý, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4


Girls' singles

Grace Min defeated Caroline Garcia, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)


Boys' doubles

Robin Kern Robin Kern (; born 3 October 1993) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 350 in October 2013. Career Kern made his ATP World Tour debut in 2011, when he was given a wild card into the m ...
/ Julian Lenz defeated Maxim Dubarenco / Vladyslav Manafov, 7–5, 6–4


Girls' doubles

Irina Khromacheva / Demi Schuurs defeated Gabrielle Andrews / Taylor Townsend, 6–4, 5–7, 0–5


Wheelchair events


Wheelchair men's singles

Shingo Kunieda defeated Stéphane Houdet, 3–6, 6–1, 6–0 *Kunieda defended his title and won his fourth US Open title.


Wheelchair women's singles

Esther Vergeer defeated Aniek van Koot, 6–2, 6–1 *Vergeer defended her title, extended her winning streak, and earned her sixth US Open title.


Wheelchair quad singles

David Wagner defeated Peter Norfolk, 7–5, 3–1 retired *Wagner defended his title and won his second US Open title.


Wheelchair men's doubles

Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer defeated Maikel Scheffers / Ronald Vink, 6–3, 6–1


Wheelchair women's doubles

Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven defeated Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot, 7–5, 6–7(8–10), 6–4


Wheelchair quad doubles

David Wagner / Nick Taylor defeated Peter Norfolk / Noam Gershony, walkover


Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Rankings are as of August 22.


Men's singles


Withdrawals


Women's singles


Withdrawals


Wild card entries

Below are the lists of the wild card awardees entering in the main draws.


Men's singles wild card entries

#
Julien Benneteau Julien Henry Guy Benneteau-Desgrois (; born 20 December 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 25 and doubles ranking of No. 5 in November 2014. Benneteau did not win a singles ti ...
# Robby Ginepri # Ryan Harrison # Steve Johnson # Marinko Matosevic # Bobby Reynolds # Jack Sock # Donald Young


Women's singles wild card entries

# Jill Craybas # Lauren Davis # Casey Dellacqua # Jamie Hampton # Madison Keys # Aravane Rezaï # Alison Riske # Sloane Stephens


Men's doubles wild card entries

# Jeff Dadamo / Austin Krajicek # Robby Ginepri / Rhyne Williams # Steve Johnson / Denis Kudla # Bradley Klahn / David Martin # Travis Parrott / Bobby Reynolds # Jack Sock / Jackson Withrow


Women's doubles wild card entries

# Hilary Barte / Mallory Burdette # Samantha Crawford / Madison Keys # Lauren Davis / Nicole Gibbs # Alexa Glatch / Jamie Hampton # Melanie Oudin / Ahsha Rolle # Jessica Pegula / Taylor Townsend # Alison Riske / Sloane Stephens


Mixed doubles wild card entries

# Irina Falconi / Steve Johnson # Christina Fusano / David Martin # Raquel Kops-Jones / Rajeev Ram # Melanie Oudin / Jack Sock (champions) # Abigail Spears / Travis Parrott # Taylor Townsend / Donald Young # CoCo Vandeweghe / Eric Butorac # Mashona Washington / Michael Russell


Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: ;Men's Singles *
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* Tommy Haas * Ivo Karlović ;Women's Singles * Alona Bondarenko *
Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WT ...


Qualifiers entries


Men's singles qualifiers entries

# João Souza # Jean-René Lisnard # Marsel İlhan # Jesse Huta Galung # Sergei Bubka # Augustin Gensse # Louk Sorensen # Vasek Pospisil # Go Soeda # Malek Jaziri # Conor Niland # Robert Farah # Romain Jouan # Frank Dancevic # Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy # Michael Yani The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot: # Lukáš Lacko # Rogério Dutra da Silva


Women's singles qualifiers entries

# Galina Voskoboeva # Marina Erakovic # Sílvia Soler Espinosa # Romina Oprandi # Réka Luca Jani # Alexandra Panova # Stéphanie Foretz Gacon #
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 ...
#
Michaëlla Krajicek Michaëlla Krajicek (; born 9 January 1989) is a Dutch former tennis player. She has won three singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one WTA 125 tournaments, WTA 125 doubles title, and 14 titles in singles and 24 in double ...
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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. ...
# Laura Robson # Vitalia Diatchenko # Chan Yung-jan # Ekaterina Bychkova # Karin Knapp # Aleksandra Wozniak


Withdrawn players

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries. ;Men's Singles *
Jérémy Chardy Jérémy Chardy (; born 12 February 1987) is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title, in Stuttgart in 2009. His best major performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 ...
→ replaced by Horacio Zeballos *
Pablo Cuevas Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is a Uruguayan tennis coach and a former professional player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open – Men's doubles, 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna, and was especially noted t ...
→ replaced by Flavio Cipolla * Łukasz Kubot → replaced by Lukáš Lacko * Sam Querrey → replaced by Michael Russell * Milos Raonic → replaced by Tatsuma Ito * Tommy Robredo → replaced by Thiemo de Bakker *
Robin Söderling Robin Bo Carl Söderling (; born 14 August 1984) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in November 2010. Söderling won ten singles titles on th ...
→ replaced by Rogério Dutra da Silva ;Women's Singles * Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by Misaki Doi * Anna Chakvetadze → replaced by Anastasia Rodionova * Kim Clijsters → replaced by Nuria Llagostera Vives * Lourdes Domínguez Lino → replaced by Mona Barthel * Alisa Kleybanova → replaced by Heather Watson * Dinara Safina → replaced by Eleni Daniilidou


References


External links


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