The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open (also known as 2011 Miami Masters), a men's and women's tennis tournament, was held from March 22 to April 3, 2011. It was the 27th edition of the Miami Masters event and played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami, United States. The tournament was a part of 2011 ATP World Tour and 2011 WTA Tour, classified as ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and Premier Mandatory event respectively.
Finals
Men's singles
Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) It was Djokovic's 4th title of the year and 22nd of his career. It was his 2nd Masters of the year and 7th of his career. It was his 2nd win at Miami, also winning in 2007. The win brought Djokovic to 26 consecutive match wins dating to the 2010 Davis Cup final.
Women's singles
Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–1, 6–4 It was Azarenka's 1st title of the year and 6th of her career. It was her 4th career Premier win and 2nd at the Mandatory level. It was her 2nd win at Miami, also winning in 2009.
Men's doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes defeated Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–5]
Women's doubles
Daniela Hantuchová / Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Liezel Huber / Nadia Petrova, 7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–8]
Tournament
The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami. This was the twenty seventh edition of the event and took place from March 22 to April 3, 2011. The tournament was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour and the 2011 WTA Tour. It was a Masters 1000 series event on the ATP Tour and a Premier Mandatory series event on the WTA Tour. It was the second event to be staged in 2011 in either category. The tournament was played on 12 Laykold Cushion Plus courts which have been rated slow by the ITF.
Points and prize money
Point distribution StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles Champion 1000 Runner up 600 700Semifinals 360 450Quarterfinals 180 250Round of 16 90 140Round of 32 45 80Round of 64 25 (10) 50 Round of 128 10 – 5 –Qualifier 12 30
Prize money The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $4,500,000 each (WTA Tour and ATP World Tour). StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles Champion $611,000 $200,200 $700,000 $237,000 Runner up $298,200 $97,700 $350,000 $118,500Semifinals $149,450 $49,970 $150,000 $51,000Quarterfinals $76,195 $24,960 $64,700 $22,000Round of 16 $40,160 $13,160 $32,000 $11,500Round of 32 $21,495 $7,040 $18,740 $4,000Round of 64 $11,605 – $11,500 –Round of 96 $7,115 $7,050 Final round qualifying $2,120 $2,100First round qualifying $1,085 $1,050
Players
Men's singles
Seeds Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Rafael Nadal 1 1 Novak Djokovic 2 2 Roger Federer 3 3 Robin Söderling 4 4 Andy Murray 5 5 David Ferrer 6 6 Tomáš Berdych 7 7 Andy Roddick 8 8 Fernando Verdasco 9 9 Jürgen Melzer 10 10 Nicolás Almagro 12 11 Stanislas Wawrinka 13 12 Mikhail Youzhny 14 13 Mardy Fish 15 14 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 16 15 Viktor Troicki 17 16 Richard Gasquet 18 17 Marin Čilić 20 18 Sam Querrey 21 19 Albert Montañés 22 20 Alexandr Dolgopolov 23 21 Marcos Baghdatis 24 22 Michaël Llodra 25 23 Guillermo García López 26 24 Gilles Simon 27 25 Juan Ignacio Chela 28 26 Thomaz Bellucci 30 27 Ernests Gulbis 31 28 Philipp Kohlschreiber 32 29 John Isner 33 30 Milos Raonic 34 31 Juan Mónaco 35 32 Rankings are as of March 21, 2011.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: James Blake Ryan Harrison Ivo Karlović Jack Sock Bernard Tomic
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: Juan Martín del Potro
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Alex Bogomolov Jr. Paul Capdeville Grigor Dimitrov Marsel İlhan Robert Kendrick Igor Kunitsyn Paolo Lorenzi Olivier Rochus Michael Russell Rainer Schüttler Ryan Sweeting Donald Young
Withdrawals Thiemo de Bakker (wisdom teeth) → replaced by Milos Raonic Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Tommy Haas → replaced by Blaž Kavčič Lleyton Hewitt (foot surgery recovery) → replaced by Frederico Gil Gaël Monfils (left wrist) → replaced by Mischa Zverev David Nalbandian (torn hamstring & hernia) → replaced by Ricardo Mello Tommy Robredo (adductor injury) → replaced by Somdev Devvarman
Women's singles
Seeds Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Caroline Wozniacki 1 1 Kim Clijsters 2 2 Vera Zvonareva 3 3 Samantha Stosur 4 4 Francesca Schiavone 5 5 Jelena Janković 6 6 Li Na 7 7 Victoria Azarenka 9 8 Agnieszka Radwańska 10 9 Shahar Pe'er 12 10 Svetlana Kuznetsova 13 11 Petra Kvitová 14 12 Flavia Pennetta 15 13 Kaia Kanepi 16 14 Marion Bartoli 17 15 Maria Sharapova 18 16 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 19 17 Nadia Petrova 20 18 Ana Ivanovic 21 19 Aravane Rezaï 22 20 Andrea Petkovic 23 21 Alisa Kleybanova 24 22 Yanina Wickmayer 25 23 Maria Kirilenko 26 24 Dominika Cibulková 27 25 Alexandra Dulgheru 28 26 María José Martínez Sánchez 29 27 Jarmila Groth 30 28 Daniela Hantuchová 31 29 Lucie Šafářová 32 30 Tsvetana Pironkova 33 31 Klára Zakopalová 34 32 Rankings are as of March 7, 2011.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Sorana Cîrstea Sabine Lisicki Madison Keys Dinara Safina Coco Vandeweghe Heather Watson Petra Martić Ajla Tomljanović
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: Melinda Czink Urszula Radwańska
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Chan Yung-jan Jelena Dokić Jamie Hampton Lucie Hradecká Vesna Manasieva Sania Mirza Ksenia Pervak Arantxa Rus Sloane Stephens Anna Tatishvili Anastasiya Yakimova Zhang Shuai
Withdrawals Akgul Amanmuradova → replaced by Virginie Razzano Alona Bondarenko → replaced by Urszula Radwańska Anna Chakvetadze → replaced by Sybille Bammer Romina Oprandi → replaced by Anabel Medina Garrigues Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Kristina Barrois Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Chanelle Scheepers Tamarine Tanasugarn → replaced by Zuzana Ondrášková Serena Williams (pulmonary embolism and related upcoming surgery) → replaced by Edina Gallovits-Hall Venus Williams (abdominal injury) → replaced by Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Viewership
Attendance A record capacity of 14,625 crowd attended the men's final on Sunday, April 3. Also the tournament attracted a new record sum of 316,267 spectators breaking the previous one of 312,386 sold tickets set last year.
References
External links Official website