The 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2011 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a 500 Series event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2011 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 14 to February 20, 2011, while the men's tournament took place from 21 February until 27 February 2011. Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki won the singles titles.
| 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21–27 February (men) 14–20 February (women)[1] |
| Edition | 19th (men) / 11th (women) |
| Category | ATP World Tour 500 WTA Premier 5 event |
| Location | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Venue | Aviation Club Tennis Centre |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Novak Djokovic | |
| Women's singles | |
 Caroline Wozniacki[1] | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Sergiy Stakhovsky /  Mikhail Youzhny | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Liezel Huber /  María José Martínez Sánchez[1] | |
Finals
editMen's singles
editNovak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer, 6–3, 6–3
- It was Djokovic's 2nd title of the year and 20th of his career. It was his 3rd consecutive Dubai title.
Women's singles
editCaroline Wozniacki defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–1, 6–3.[2]
- It was Wozniacki's 1st title of the year and 13th of her career. It was her 1st Premier 5 title of the year and 3rd of her career.
Men's doubles
editSergiy Stakhovsky / Mikhail Youzhny defeated Jérémy Chardy / Feliciano López, 4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Women's doubles
editLiezel Huber / María José Martínez Sánchez defeated Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik, 7–6(5), 6–3.[3]
ATP entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUI | Roger Federer | 2 | 1 |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 3 | 2 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 3 |
| RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | 11 | 4 |
| CRO | Ivan Ljubičić | 14 | 5 |
| SRB | Viktor Troicki | 19 | 6 |
| CYP | Marcos Baghdatis | 21 | 7 |
| LAT | Ernests Gulbis | 22 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of February 14, 2011.[4]
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:[5]
WTA entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 1 | 1 |
| RUS | Vera Zvonareva | 3 | 2 |
| ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 4 | 3 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 5 | 4 |
| CHN | Li Na | 7 | 5 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 8 | 6 |
| BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 9 | 7 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 10 | 8 |
| ISR | Shahar Pe'er | 11 | 9 |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | 15 | 10 |
| ITA | Flavia Pennetta | 16 | 11 |
| EST | Kaia Kanepi | 17 | 12 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 18 | 13 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 19 | 14 |
| RUS | Alisa Kleybanova | 22 | 15 |
| RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 23 | 16 |
- 1 Rankings are as of February 7, 2011.
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Dubai Open 2011 - Overview". ITFTennis.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ^ "Caroline Wozniacki cruises to Dubai Championships title". BBC Sport. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Dubai Open 2011 - Doubles". ITFTennis.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ^ "ATP Tour Rankings - February 14, 2011". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ^ "Dubai 2011 - Qualifying Singles". ITFTennis.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ^ "Dubai Open 2011 - Qualifying Singles". ITFTennis.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-02-25.