2011 French Open


The 2011 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 115th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 22 May to 5 June 2011.
Rafael Nadal successfully defended his 2010 title, defeating rival Roger Federer in the final to win his sixth French Open title. Francesca Schiavone was narrowly unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated by Li Na in the final. Li became the first female Asian to win a Grand Slam singles title.

Tournament

The 2011 French Open was the one hundred and tenth edition of the French Open. It was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation and was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour and the 2011 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls, which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments. There were also singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts. The tournament took place over a series of twenty courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.

Ranking points

Senior ranking points

Junior ranking points

Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in boy singles and doubles play.
StageBoys SinglesBoys DoublesGirls SinglesGirls Doubles
Champion250180250180
Runner up180120180120
Semifinals1208012080
Quarterfinals80508050
Round of 1650305030
Round of 3230–30–
Qualifier who loses in first round25–25–
Qualifying Final Round20–20–

Wheelchair ranking points

Prize money and points

The total amount of prize money available for the 2011 tournament was €17,520,000. The prize money breakdown was as follows:
* per team

Men's and Women's Wheelchair Singles

Men's Singles
;Women's Singles

Day-by-day summaries

Events

Seniors

Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 7–5, 7–6, 5–7, 6–1
Li Na defeated Francesca Schiavone, 6–4, 7–6
Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor defeated Juan Sebastián Cabal / Eduardo Schwank, 7–6, 3–6, 6–4
Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká defeated Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina, 6–4, 6–3
Casey Dellacqua / Scott Lipsky defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6, 4–6,

Boys' Singles

Bjorn Fratangelo defeated Dominic Thiem, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6
Ons Jabeur defeated Monica Puig, 7–6, 6–1
Andrés Artuñedo / Roberto Carballes defeated Mitchell Krueger / Shane Vinsant, 5–7, 7–6,
Irina Khromacheva / Maryna Zanevska defeated Victoria Kan / Demi Schuurs, 6–4, 7–5

Wheelchair Men's Singles

Maikel Scheffers defeated Nicolas Peifer, 7–6, 6–3
Esther Vergeer defeated Marjolein Buis, 6–0, 6–2
Shingo Kunieda / Nicolas Peifer defeated Robin Ammerlaan / Stefan Olsson, 6–2, 6–3
Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven defeated Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot, 5–7, 6–4,

Legends Under 45 Doubles

Fabrice Santoro / Todd Woodbridge defeated Arnaud Boetsch / Cédric Pioline, 6–2, 6–4

Legends Over 45 Doubles

Guy Forget / Henri Leconte defeated Andrés Gómez / John McEnroe, 6–3, 5–7,

Women's Legends Doubles

Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis defeated Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná, 6–1, 6–2

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Rankings are as of 16 May 2011 and the Points are as of 23 May 2011. For the first time since the 2006 French Open, the top four seeds all made it to the semifinals.

Men's Singles">2011 French Open – Men's Singles">Men's Singles

Withdrawn players

RankPlayerPoints
Points defending
Points wonNew pointsWithdrew due to
11 Andy Roddick
2290
90
0
2200
right shoulder injury
22 David Nalbandian
1425
0
0
1425
illness
31 Tommy Robredo
1245
10
0
1235
Left leg Injury


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Withdrawn players

RankPlayerPoints
Points defending
Points wonNew pointsWithdrew due to
17 Serena Williams
2500
500
0
2000
Pulmonary embolism
24 Alisa Kleybanova
2165
160
0
2005
Illness
29 Venus Williams
1840
280
0
1560
hip injury

Wildcard entries

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.

Men's singles wildcard entries

  1. Tim Smyczek
  2. Bernard Tomic
  3. Arnaud Clément
  4. Benoît Paire
  5. Maxime Teixeira
  6. Édouard Roger-Vasselin
  7. Guillaume Rufin
  8. Vincent Millot

    Women's singles wildcard entries

  9. Casey Dellacqua
  10. Irina Falconi
  11. Pauline Parmentier
  12. Caroline Garcia
  13. Kristina Mladenovic
  14. Iryna Brémond
  15. Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
  16. Olivia Sanchez

    Men's doubles wildcard entries

  17. Kenny de Schepper / Albano Olivetti
  18. Jérémy Chardy / Arnaud Clément
  19. Gaël Monfils / Josselin Ouanna
  20. Marc Gicquel / Édouard Roger-Vasselin
  21. Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Renavand
  22. Guillaume Rufin / Alexandre Sidorenko
  23. Olivier Patience / Éric Prodon

    Women's doubles wildcard entries

  24. Julie Coin / Mathilde Johansson
  25. Irena Pavlovic / Laura Thorpe
  26. Caroline Garcia / Aurélie Védy
  27. Kristina Mladenovic / Pauline Parmentier
  28. Claire Feuerstein / Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
  29. Victoria Larrière / Alizé Lim
  30. Audrey Bergot / Iryna Brémond

    Mixed doubles wildcard entries

  31. Julie Coin / Nicolas Mahut
  32. Alizé Cornet / Gilles Simon
  33. Alizé Lim / Richard Gasquet
  34. Amélie Mauresmo / Michaël Llodra
  35. Virginie Razzano / Dick Norman
  36. Aravane Rezaï / Grigor Dimitrov

    Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
;Men's Singles
;Women's Singles

Men's singles qualifiers entries

  1. Frank Dancevic
  2. Steve Darcis
  3. Alejandro Falla
  4. Augustin Gensse
  5. Denis Gremelmayr
  6. David Guez
  7. Łukasz Kubot
  8. Javier Martí
  9. Leonardo Mayer
  10. Björn Phau
  11. Éric Prodon
  12. Albert Ramos
  13. Stéphane Robert
  14. Lukáš Rosol
  15. Thomas Schoorel
  16. Antonio Veić
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:
  1. Andreas Beck
  2. Alex Bogomolov, Jr.
  3. Simone Bolelli
  4. Marc Gicquel
  5. Ryan Harrison
  6. Marsel İlhan

    Women's singles qualifiers entries

  7. Mona Barthel
  8. Chan Yung-jan
  9. Eleni Daniilidou
  10. Corinna Dentoni
  11. Marina Erakovic
  12. Olga Govortsova
  13. Sabine Lisicki
  14. Nuria Llagostera Vives
  15. Silvia Soler Espinosa
  16. Sloane Stephens
  17. Heather Watson
  18. Aleksandra Wozniak
The following player received entry from a lucky loser spot:
  1. Anastasia Pivovarova

    Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.
;Men's Singles
;Women's Singles