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2011 Western & Southern Open
DateAugust 15–21
Edition110th (men) / 83rd (women)
SurfaceHard / Outdoor
LocationMason, Ohio, United States
VenueLindner Family Tennis Center
Champions
Men's singles
United Kingdom Andy Murray
Women's singles
Russia Maria Sharapova
Men's doubles
India Leander Paes / India Mahesh Bhupathi
Women's doubles
United States Vania King / Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
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The 2011 Western & Southern Open, also known as the Cincinnati Open, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, United States. The tournament was a joint men's and women's event,[1] with six new courts being built for the tournament.[2] The competition took place from August 15 through August 21, 2011. The 110th edition of the Cincinnati Open (83rd for the women), it was a Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour, and part of the Premier Series of the 2011 WTA Tour.

On an additional note, Andy Murray during his semifinal match against Mardy Fish set the record for the fastest ever hit forehand at 124 mph (200 km/h).

Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Stage Men's singles[3] Men's doubles[3] Women's singles[4] Women's doubles[4]
Champion 1000 900
Runner up 600 620
Semifinals 360 395
Quarterfinals 180 225
Round of 16 90 125
Round of 32 45 10 70 1
Round of 64 10 – 1 –
Qualifier 25 30
Qualifying Finalist 16 12
Qualifying 1st round - 1

Prize money

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Stage Men's singles[5] Men's doubles[5] Women's singles[5] Women's doubles[5]
Champion $496,000 $140,000 $360,000 $100,000
Runner up $243,200 $70,000 $180,000 $50,000
Semifinals $122,400 $35,500 $90,000 $25,000
Quarterfinals $62,240 $18,470 $41,450 $12,500
Round of 16 $32,320 $9,690 $20,550 $6,250
Round of 32 $17,040 $5,090 $10,575 $3,170
Round of 64 $9,200 – $5,500 –
Final round qualifying $2,120 $1,995
First round qualifying $1,080 $1,035

ATP entrants

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In 2011, Roger Federer failed to defend the men's singles title he won in 2010

Seeds

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Country Player Rank[a] Seed[b]
 SRB Novak Djokovic 1 1
 ESP Rafael Nadal 2 2
  SUI Roger Federer 3 3
 GBR Andy Murray 4 4
 ESP David Ferrer 6 5
 FRA Gaël Monfils 7 6
 USA Mardy Fish 8 7
 CZE Tomáš Berdych 9 8
 ESP Nicolás Almagro 10 9
 FRA Gilles Simon 11 10
 USA Andy Roddick 12 11
 FRA Richard Gasquet 13 12
 RUS Mikhail Youzhny 14 13
 SRB Viktor Troicki 15 14
 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 16 15
  SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 17 16
  • Seedings are based on the rankings of August 8, 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:

Main article: 2011 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles qualifying

Withdrawals

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WTA entrants

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Kim Clijsters was the women's defending champion but was unable to defend her title due to abdominal injury

Seeds

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Country Player Rank Seed
 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 1 1
 RUS Vera Zvonareva 3 2
 BLR Victoria Azarenka 4 3
 RUS Maria Sharapova 5 4
 CHN Li Na 6 5
 CZE Petra Kvitová 7 6
 ITA Francesca Schiavone 8 7
 FRA Marion Bartoli 9 8
 GER Andrea Petkovic 10 9
 AUS Samantha Stosur 11 10
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 12 11
 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 13 12
 SRB Jelena Janković 14 13
 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 15 14
 SRB Ana Ivanovic 16 15
 CHN Peng Shuai 17 16
  • Seedings are based on the rankings of August 8, 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:

Main article: 2011 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles qualifying

The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:

Withdrawals

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Finals

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Men's singles

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Main article: 2011 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles

United Kingdom Andy Murray def. Serbia Novak Djokovic, 6–4, 3–0, ret.

  • It was Murray's 2nd title of the year and 18th of his career. It was his 1st Masters 1000 title of the year and 7th of his career. It was his 2nd win at Cincinnati, also winning in 2008. It was the second defeat for Djokovic in the season.[8]

Women's singles

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Main article: 2011 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles

Russia Maria Sharapova def. Serbia Jelena Janković, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3

  • It was Sharapova's 2nd title of the year and 24th of her career.

Men's doubles

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Main article: 2011 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles

India Mahesh Bhupathi / India Leander Paes def. France Michaël Llodra / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)

Women's doubles

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Main article: 2011 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles

United States Vania King / Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova def. South Africa Natalie Grandin / Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová, 6–4, 3–6, [11–9]

References

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  1. ^ "Cincinnati tournament changes name". www.atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Cincinnati expansion plans". Press release. ATP. 2010-08-21. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
  3. ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  4. ^ a b "WTA Tour rules" (PDF). wtatour.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d "Prize Money internazionali BNL d'Itlaia 2011". internazionalibnlditalia.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Clijsters Unable to Defend Title". cincytennis. Retrieved 12 August 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Kim Clijsters, Venus Williams withdraw from Western & Southern Open". cincinnati.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Andy Murray wins Cincinnati final after Novak Djokovic is forced to retire". Daily Telegraph. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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Preceded by 2011 US Open Series
Men's Events 		Succeeded by
Preceded by 2011 US Open Series
Women's Events 		Succeeded by


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