The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in the United States. It was the 38th edition of the men's event (23rd for the women), known as the Indian Wells 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.

2011 BNP Paribas Open
DateMarch 7–20
Edition38th (ATP) / 23rd (WTA)
CategoryWorld Tour Masters 1000 (ATP)
Premier Mandatory (WTA)
Prize money$3,645,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationIndian Wells, California, US
VenueIndian Wells Tennis Garden
Champions
Men's singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic[1]
Women's singles
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Men's doubles
Ukraine Alexandr Dolgopolov / Belgium Xavier Malisse[2]
Women's doubles
India Sania Mirza / Russia Elena Vesnina
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Tournament

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Stadium One, the main court at Indian Wells Tennis Garden, is the second largest court in the world, behind the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.[3]

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.[3] The tournament was jointly run by the Tennis Ventures Llc and was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour and the 2011 WTA Tour.[4] On the ATP tour it was the first of the seasons Masters 1000 events;[5] on the women's tour it was the season's first of four Premier Mandatory events.[3] The tournament was conducted on eight outdoor Plexipave IW courts.[6][7] This has been given a medium–slow court speed.[8][9]

Events

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Men's singles

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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.[10] The results of the matches were a reverse of the US Open as Djokovic and Nadal won.[11]

Championship match result

  Novak Djokovic defeated   Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Women's singles

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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.[12]

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.[13] In the other half of the draw Wozniacki was equally dominant losing three games to Sharapova.[14]

Championship match result

  Caroline Wozniacki defeated   Marion Bartoli, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3

Men's doubles

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Championship match result

  Alexandr Dolgopolov /   Xavier Malisse defeated   Roger Federer /   Stanislas Wawrinka, 6–4, 6–7(5), [10–7][15]

Women's doubles

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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.[16] 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.[17] Also exiting in the second round was the Chang and Zheng;[18] and number seven seeds Benesova and Strycova, who lost to Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina.[19]

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.[20] Azarenka and Kirilenko were responsible for sending home the wild card team of Jankovic and Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets.[21] 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.[22] In the final Mirza and Vesnina lost just five games to win the title without dropping a set throughout the tournament.[23]

Championship match result

  Sania Mirza /   Elena Vesnina defeated   Bethanie Mattek-Sands /   Meghann Shaughnessy, 6–0, 7–5[23]

Hawkeye

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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.[24]

Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Stage Men's singles[25] Men's doubles[25] Women's singles[26] Women's doubles[26]
Champion 1000
Runner up 600 700
Semifinals 360 450
Quarterfinals 180 250
Round of 16 90 140
Round of 32 45 10 80 5
Round of 64 25 (10) 50 (5)
Round of 128 10 5
Qualifier 16 30
Qualifying finalist 8 20
Qualifying 1st round 1

Prize money

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All money is in US dollars

Stage Men's singles[27] Men's doubles[27] Women's singles[27] Women's doubles[27]
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

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Men's singles

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Seeds

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Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding
Rafael Nadal   Spain 1 1
Roger Federer    Switzerland 2 2
Novak Djokovic   Serbia 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 14 12
Mardy Fish   United States 15 13
Ivan Ljubičić   Croatia 16 14
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga   France 17 15
Viktor Troicki   Serbia 18 16
Marin Čilić   Croatia 20 17
Richard Gasquet   France 21 18
Marcos Baghdatis   Cyprus 22 19
Alexandr Dolgopolov   Ukraine 23 20
Sam Querrey   United States 24 21
Guillermo García-López   Spain 25 22
Albert Montañés   Spain 26 23
Michaël Llodra   France 27 24
Tommy Robredo   Spain 28 25
Thomaz Bellucci   Brazil 29 26
Juan Mónaco   Argentina 30 27
Gilles Simon   France 31 28
Juan Ignacio Chela   Argentina 32 29
John Isner   United States 33 30
Ernests Gulbis   Latvia 34 31
Philipp Kohlschreiber   Germany 35 32
  • Rankings are as of March 7, 2011.[28]

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

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Women's singles

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Seeds

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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   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
Daniela Hantuchová   Slovakia 28 26
Alexandra Dulgheru   Romania 29 27
María José Martínez Sánchez   Spain 30 28
Jarmila Groth   Australia 31 29
Tsvetana Pironkova   Bulgaria 32 30
Klára Zakopalová   Czech Republic 33 31
Julia Görges   Germany 34 32
  • Rankings are as of February 28, 2011.[32]

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

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