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2011 Mercury Insurance Open

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2011 Mercury Insurance Open
DateAugust 1–7
Edition31st
CategoryWTA Premier tournaments
Draw56S / 16D
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationCarlsbad, California, US
Champions
Singles
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Doubles
Czech Republic Květa Peschke / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
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The 2011 Mercury Insurance Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the 2nd edition of the Southern California Open since the tournament left the tour in 2007. It is classified as one of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour. It takes place in Carlsbad, California, United States. Petra Kvitova and Kim Clijsters withdrew due to injuries.[1][2] Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwańska won the singles title.

Finals

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Singles

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Poland Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Russia Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–4.

  • It was Radwańska's first title of the year and fifth overall.

Doubles

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Czech Republic Květa Peschke / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik defeated United States Raquel Kops-Jones / United States Abigail Spears 6–0, 6–2

Entrants

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Seeds

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Nation Player Ranking* Seed
 RUS Vera Zvonareva 3 1
 GER Andrea Petkovic 11 2
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 14 3
 CHN Peng Shuai 16 4
 SRB Ana Ivanovic 17 5
 SVK Dominika Cibulková 19 6
 GER Julia Görges 20 7
 SVK Daniela Hantuchová 21 8
 ITA Roberta Vinci 22 9
 ITA Flavia Pennetta 23 10
 RUS Maria Kirilenko 25 11
 GER Sabine Lisicki 26 12
 AUS Jarmila Gajdošová 28 13
 RUS Elena Vesnina 33 14
 ITA Sara Errani 36 15
 SLO Polona Hercog 39 16
  • Seedings are based on the rankings of July 25, 2011.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser into the singles main draw:

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Preceded by 2011 US Open Series Women's Events Succeeded by
  1. ^ Tennis.com. "Kvitova, Clijsters pull out of San Diego event". Tennis.com.
  2. ^ Lynch, Lauren. "Tennis: Injured Kim Clijsters, Petra Kvitova out of 2011 Mercury Insurance Open". Bleacher Report.