2011 Sony Ericsson Open


The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, 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. 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.

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


Prize Money

The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $4,500,000 each.

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$118,500
Semifinals$149,450$49,970$150,000$51,000
Quarterfinals$76,195$24,960$64,700$22,000
Round of 16$40,160$13,160$32,000$11,500
Round of 32$21,495$7,040$18,740$4,000
Round of 64$11,605–$11,500–
Round of 96$7,115–$7,050–
Final round qualifying$2,120–$2,100–
First round qualifying$1,085–$1,050–

Players

Men's Singles

Seeds

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Seeds

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Men's singles

Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–1, 6–4
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes defeated Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor, 6–7, 6–2,

Women's doubles

Daniela Hantuchová / Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Liezel Huber / Nadia Petrova, 7–6, 2–6,

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.