2011 US Open (tennis)

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2011 US Open
DateAugust 29–September 11
Edition130th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
LocationNew York City, USA
2010 Champions
Men's singles
Spain Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Belgium Kim Clijsters
Men's doubles
United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan
Women's doubles
United States Vania King / Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
Mixed doubles
United States Liezel Huber / United States Bob Bryan
Wheelchair men's singles
Japan Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's singles
Netherlands Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair quad singles
United States David Wagner
Wheelchair men's doubles
Netherlands Maikel Scheffers / Netherlands Ronald Vink
Wheelchair women's doubles
Netherlands Esther Vergeer / Netherlands Sharon Walraven
Wheelchair quad doubles
United States Nick Taylor / United States David Wagner
Boys' singles
United States Jack Sock
Girls' singles
Russia Daria Gavrilova
Boys' doubles
Peru Duilio Beretta / Ecuador Roberto Quiroz
Girls' doubles
Hungary Tímea Babos / United States Sloane Stephens
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The 2011 US Open is a tennis tournament to be played on outdoor hard courts, from August 29 to September 11, 2011 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States, exactly ten years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

Singles players

Men's Singles

Women's Singles

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

Stage Men's Singles[1] Men's Doubles[1] Women's Singles[2] Women's Doubles[2]
Champion 2000
Runner up 1200 1400
Semifinals 720 900
Quarterfinals 360 500
Round of 16 180 280
Round of 32 90 160
Round of 64 45 0 100 5
Round of 128 10 – 5 –
Qualifier 25 60
Qualifying 3rd Round 16 50
Qualifying 2nd Round 8 40
Qualifying 1st Round 0 2

Junior points

Stage[3][4] Boys Singles Boys Doubles Girls Singles Girls Doubles
Champion 250 180 250 180
Runner up 180 120 180 120
Semifinals 120 80 120 80
Quarterfinals 80 50 80 50
Round of 16 50 30 50 30
Round of 32 30 – 30 –
Qualifier who loses in first round 25 25
Qualifying Final Round 20 20

Wheelchair points

Stage[5] Men's Singles Women's Singles Quad Singles Men's Doubles Women's Singles Quad Doubles
Champion 800
Runner up 500 100
Semifinals/3rd 375 100 –
Quarterfinals/4th 100 –

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 $2.8 million potential payout) based on their performances in the Olympus US Open Series.[6] Below is the list of prize money given to each player in the main draw of the professional competitions; all prize money is in US dollars (US$); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.[7]

2011 US Open Finish Men's and Women's Singles Men's and Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles
Champion $1,800,000 $420,000 $150,000
Finalist $900,000 $210,000 $70,000
Semifinalist $450,000 $105,000 $30,000
Quarterfinalist $225,000 $50,000 $15,000
Round of 16 $110,000 $25,000 $10,000
Round of 32 $55,000 $15,000 $5,000
Round of 64 $31,000 $10,000 –
Round of 128 $19,000 –
Qualifying Competition $8,000
2nd Round Qualifying $5,625
1st Round Qualifying $3,000

Bonus Prize Money

The Olympus US Open Series Bonus Challenge links the performance of the top three men’s and top three women’s finishers at Series events to their performance at the US Open. In 2011, the Olympus US Open Series Men’s and Women’s Champions will compete for up to an additional $1 million in Bonus Prize Money. Second place finishers will compete for up to $500,000 and third place finishers will play for up to $250,000.* Bonuses are based on US Open performance in the singles competition only.

2011 US Open Finish 2011 Olympus US Open Series Finish
1st Place
United States Mardy Fish
United States Serena Williams		 2nd Place
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska		 3rd Place
United States John Isner
Russia Maria Sharapova
Champion $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000
Finalist $500,000 $250,000 $125,000
Semifinalist $250,000 $125,000 $62,500
Quarterfinalist $125,000 $62,500 $31,250
Round of 16 $70,000 $35,000 $17,500
Round of 32 $40,000 $20,000 $10,000
Round of 64 $25,000 $12,500 $6,250
Round of 128 $15,000 $7,500 $3,750

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. The rank is as of 23 August.

Men's Singles

[8]

Seed Rank Player Points Points defending Points won New points Status
1 1 Serbia Novak Djokovic
13,920
1,200
First Round vs. [Q]
2 2 Spain Rafael Nadal
11,420
2,000
First Round vs. Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev
3 3 Switzerland Roger Federer
8,380
720
First Round vs. Colombia Santiago Giraldo
4 4 United Kingdom Andy Murray
6,535
90
First Round vs. India Somdev Devvarman
5 5 Spain David Ferrer
4,200
180
First Round vs. Russia Igor Andreev
6 6 Sweden Robin Söderling
4,145
360
First Round vs. [Q]
7 7 France Gaël Monfils
3,165
360
First Round vs. Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
8 8 United States Mardy Fish
2,820
180
First Round vs. Germany Tobias Kamke
9 9 Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
2,690
10
First Round vs. [Q]
10 10 Spain Nicolás Almagro
2,380
90
First Round vs. France Julien Benneteau [WC]
11 11 France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
2,350
0
First Round vs. Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun
12 12 France Gilles Simon
2,325
90
First Round vs. Brazil Ricardo Mello
13 13 France Richard Gasquet
2,080
180
First Round vs. Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky
14 14 Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka
2,035
360
First Round vs. Argentina Máximo González
15 15 Serbia Viktor Troicki
1,935
10
First Round vs. Colombia Alejandro Falla
16 16 Russia Mikhail Youzhny
1,955
720
First Round vs. Latvia Ernests Gulbis
17 17 Austria Jürgen Melzer
1,830
180
First Round vs. France Éric Prodon
18 18 Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
1,800
0
First Round vs. Italy Filippo Volandri
19 19 Spain Fernando Verdasco
1,785
360
First Round vs. Finland Jarkko Nieminen
20 20 Serbia Janko Tipsarević
1,740
90
First Round vs. [Q]
21 21 United States Andy Roddick
45
First Round vs. United States Michael Russell
22 22 Ukraine Alexandr Dolgopolov
1,530
10
First Round vs. Portugal Frederico Gil
23 23 Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
1,440
10
First Round vs. Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
24 24 Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
1,440
45
First Round vs. Australia Marinko Matosevic [WC]
25 25 Spain Feliciano López
1,415
180
First Round vs. Japan Tatsuma Ito
26 26 Germany Florian Mayer
1,405
10
First Round vs. France Adrian Mannarino
27 27 Croatia Marin Čilić
1,375
45
First Round vs. United States Ryan Harrison [WC]
28 28 United States John Isner
90
First Round vs. Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis
29 30 France Michaël Llodra
1,280
90
First Round vs. Romania Victor Hănescu
30 31 Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
1,280
10
First Round vs. Slovenia Blaž Kavčič
31 32 Spain Marcel Granollers
1,243
45
First Round vs. Belgium Xavier Malisse
32 33 Croatia Ivan Dodig
1,207
70
First Round vs. Russia Nikolay Davydenko

Withdrawals

Rank Player Points Points defending Points won New points Withdrew due to
29 Canada Milos Raonic
1,312
35
0
1,277
hip injury[9]

Women's Singles

[10]

Seed Rank Player Points Points defending Points won New points Status
1 1 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
900
First Round vs. Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
2 2 Russia Vera Zvonareva
6,820
1,400
First Round vs. [Q]
3 4 Russia Maria Sharapova
6,346
280
First Round vs. United Kingdom Heather Watson
4 5 Belarus Victoria Azarenka
5,995
100
First Round vs. Sweden Johanna Larsson
5 6 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
5,685
160
First Round vs. Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
6 7 China Li Na
5
First Round vs. Romania Simona Halep
7 8 Italy Francesca Schiavone
500
First Round vs. [Q]
8 9 France Marion Bartoli
4,225
100
First Round vs. [Q]
9 10 Australia Samantha Stosur
3,880
500
First Round vs. Sweden Sofia Arvidsson
10 11 Germany Andrea Petkovic
3,805
280
First Round vs. [Q]
11 12 Serbia Jelena Janković
3,270
160
First Round vs. United States Alison Riske [WC]
12 13 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
3,271
100
First Round vs. [Q]
13 14 China Peng Shuai
2,705
160
First Round vs. United States Varvara Lepchenko
14 15 Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
2,565
500
First Round vs. China Zhang Shuai
15 16 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
2,481
280
First Round vs. Italy Sara Errani
16 17 Serbia Ana Ivanović
2,415
280
First Round vs. Russia Ksenia Pervak
17 18 Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2,500
280
First Round vs. Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili
18 19 Italy Roberta Vinci
2,350
5
First Round vs. Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
19 20 Germany Julia Görges
2,335
100
First Round vs. Germany Kristina Barrois
20 21 Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
2,320
280
First Round vs. Romania Sorana Cîrstea
21 22 Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
2,220
160
First Round vs. France Pauline Parmentier
22 23 Germany Sabine Lisicki
100
First Round vs. Ukraine Alona Bondarenko
23 24 Israel Shahar Pe'er
2,115
280
First Round vs. India Sania Mirza
24 25 Russia Nadia Petrova
1,695
5
First Round vs. [Q]
25 26 Russia Maria Kirilenko
1,735
160
First Round vs. Russia Ekaterina Makarova
26 27 Italy Flavia Pennetta
1,800
160
First Round vs. France Aravane Rezaï [WC]
27 28 Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
1,785
5
First Round vs. Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková
28 29 United States Serena Williams
1,780
0
First Round vs. Serbia Bojana Jovanovski
29 31 Australia Jarmila Gajdošová
1,690
5
First Round vs. Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
30 32 Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
1,610
5
First Round vs. [Q]
31 33 Estonia Kaia Kanepi
1,508
500
First Round vs. Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
32 34 Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
1,505
5
First Round vs. Germany Mona Barthel

Withdrawals

Rank Player Points Points defending Points won New points Withdrew due to
3 Belgium Kim Clijsters
6,501
2,000
0
4,501
stomach muscle injury [11]
30 Russia Alisa Kleybanova
1,755
100
0
1,655
Hodgkins Lymphoma [12]

Wild card entries

Below are the lists of the wild card awardees entering in the main draws.[13][14]

Qualifiers entries

References

  1. ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b "WTA Tour rules" (PDF). wtatour.com. p. 210. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Juniors tournament grades". itftennis.com. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  4. ^ "2011 ITF junior rules and regs" (PDF). itftennis.com. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Wheelchair tennis rules and regs for 2011" (PDF). itftennis.com. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Record prize money set for 2011 US Open". USOpen.com. 4 August 2011.
  7. ^ "2011 US Open Prize money". US Open.
  8. ^ "ATP Singles Rankings as of the 22nd of August 2011". Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  9. ^ Press, Associated (23 August 2011). "Milos Raonic won't be ready for US Open after hip surgery". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  10. ^ "WTA Rankings as of August 22, 2011". WTA. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  11. ^ The Washington Post. "Clijsters withdraws from US Open, won't have chance for three-peat".
  12. ^ tennis.com. "Kleybanova has Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer".
  13. ^ "Lleyton Hewitt gets U.S. Open wild card". ESPN Tennis. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  14. ^ "Jill Craybas gets U.S. Open wild-card". ESPN Tennis. Retrieved 18 August 2011.

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