{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{TennisEventInfo|2011|Italian Open| | date=9–15 May | edition=68th | surface = [[Clay court|Clay]] / outdoor | location=[[Rome]], Italy | venue=[[Foro Italico]] | champms={{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=2011 Rome – Men's singles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/rome/416/2011/draws?matchtype=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champws={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Sharapova]] | champmd={{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sam Querrey]]<ref name="md">{{cite web|title=2011 Rome – Men's doubles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/rome/416/2011/draws?matchtype=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champwd={{flagicon|CHN}} [[Peng Shuai]] / {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Jie]] }} The '''2011 Italian Open'''<ref name=USAtoday/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/13290613|title=Injured Kim Clijsters pulls out of Italian Open|date=5 May 2011|access-date=20 April 2018|work=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/frenchopen/8524422/French-Open-2011-Williams-sisters-have-made-Paris-an-open-goal-for-Maria-Sharapova-says-Martina-Hingis.html|title=French Open 2011: Williams sisters have made Paris an open goal for Maria Sharapova, says Martina Hingis|date=20 May 2011|access-date=20 April 2018|work=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-05-16/sharapova-outclasses-stosur-to-take-rome/2694200|title=Sharapova outclasses Stosur to take Rome|date=16 May 2011|access-date=20 April 2018|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|agency=Reuters}}</ref> (also known as the '''2011 Rome Masters'''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/tennis/05/14/tennis.sharapova.wozniacki.stosur.li/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517043014/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/tennis/05/14/tennis.sharapova.wozniacki.stosur.li/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 May 2011|title=Sharapova stuns No. 1 Wozniacki in Rome semis|date=14 May 2011|access-date=20 April 2018|publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/may/15/maria-sharapova-sam-stosur-rome|title=Maria Sharapova sweeps past Sam Stosur to conquer Rome|date=16 May 2011|access-date=20 April 2018|work=The Guardian}}</ref> and sponsored title '''2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia''') was a tennis tournament, being played on [[Clay court|outdoor clay courts]] at the [[Foro Italico]] in Rome, Italy. It was the 68th edition of the event and was classified as an [[ATP World Tour Masters 1000]] event on the [[2011 ATP World Tour]] and a [[WTA Premier tournaments|Premier 5]] event on the [[2011 WTA Tour]]. It took place from 9 to 15 May 2011.
==Points and prize money==
===Point distribution=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#d1e4fd;" ! style="width:150px;"|Stage ! style="width:120px;"|Men's singles<ref name="ATP tour">{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Rankings-FAQ.aspx|access-date=8 January 2011|title=Rankings explained|publisher=atpworldtour.com| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110110061359/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Rankings-FAQ.aspx| archive-date= 10 January 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> ! style="width:120px;"|Men's doubles<ref name="ATP tour"/> ! style="width:120px;"|Women's singles<ref name="WTA Tour">{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/AboutTheTour/rules.pdf |title=WTA Tour rules |access-date=8 January 2011 |publisher=wtatour.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124021713/http://www.wtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/AboutTheTour/rules.pdf |archive-date=24 January 2011 }}</ref> ! style="width:120px;"|Women's doubles<ref name="WTA Tour"/> |- style="text-align:center;" ! Champion |colspan=2| '''1000''' ||colspan=2| '''900''' |- style="text-align:center;" ! Runner up |colspan=2| '''600''' ||colspan=2| '''620''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Semifinals |colspan=2| '''360''' ||colspan=2| '''395''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Quarterfinals |colspan=2| '''180''' ||colspan=2| '''225''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Round of 16 |colspan=2| '''90''' ||colspan=2| '''125''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Round of 32 | '''45''' || '''10''' || '''70''' || '''1''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Round of 64 | '''10''' ||rowspan=5| '''–'''|| '''1''' ||rowspan=5| '''–''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Qualifier | '''25''' || '''30''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Qualifying Finalist | '''14''' || '''20''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Qualifying 1st round | || '''1''' |}
===Prize money=== All money is in Euros {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#d1e4fd;" ! style="width:150px;"|Stage ! style="width:120px;"|Men's singles<ref name="Money">{{cite web|url=http://www.internazionalibnlditalia.com/About/Fact-Sheet-and-Prizes.aspx |access-date=3 May 2011 |title=Prize Money internazionali BNL d'Italia 2011 |publisher=internazionalibnlditalia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511090317/http://www.internazionalibnlditalia.com/About/Fact-Sheet-and-Prizes.aspx |archive-date=11 May 2011 }}</ref> ! style="width:120px;"|Men's doubles<ref name="Money"/> ! style="width:120px;"|Women's singles<ref name="Money"/> ! style="width:120px;"|Women's doubles<ref name="Money"/> |- style="text-align:center;" ! Champion | €438,000 || €134,500 || €350,000 || €100,000 |- style="text-align:center;" ! Runner up | €205,000 || €63,400 || €175,000 || €50,000 |- style="text-align:center;" !Semifinals | €104,400 || €32,000 || €87,500 || €25,000 |- style="text-align:center;" !Quarterfinals | €53,500 || €16,400 || €40,000 || €12,500 |- style="text-align:center;" !Round of 16 | €27,750 || €8,540 || €20,000 || €6,250 |- style="text-align:center;" !Round of 32 | €14,635 || €4,550 || €10,275 || €3,170 |- style="text-align:center;" !Round of 64 | €7,715 ||rowspan=3| '''–''' || €5,400 ||rowspan=3| '''–''' |- style="text-align:center;" !Final round qualifying | €1,820 || €2,900 |- style="text-align:center;" !First round qualifying | €900 || €1,500 |}
==ATP entrants==
===Seeds=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! width="80"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank<sup>1</sup> ! Seed |- |{{Flag|ESP}} |[[Rafael Nadal]] |1 |1 |- |{{Flag|SRB}} |[[Novak Djokovic]] |2 |2 |- |{{Flag|SUI}} |[[Roger Federer]] |3 |3 |- |{{Flag|GBR}} |[[Andy Murray]] |4 |4 |- |{{Flag|SWE}} |[[Robin Söderling]] |5 |5 |- |{{Flagu|ESP}} |<s>[[David Ferrer]]</s> |<s>6</s> |<s>6</s> |- |{{Flag|CZE}} |[[Tomáš Berdych]] |7 |7 |- |{{Flag|AUT}} |[[Jürgen Melzer]] |8 |8 |- |{{Flag|ESP}} |[[Nicolás Almagro]] |9 |9 |- |{{Flag|FRA}} |<s>[[Gaël Monfils]]</s> |<s>10</s> |<s>10</s> |- |{{Flag|USA}} |[[Mardy Fish]] |11 |11 |- |{{Flag|USA}} |[[Andy Roddick]] |12 |12 |- |{{Flag|RUS}} |[[Mikhail Youzhny]] |13 |13 |- |{{Flag|SUI}} |[[Stanislas Wawrinka]] |14 |14 |- |{{Flag|SRB}} |[[Victor Troicki]] |15 |15 |- |{{Flag|FRA}} |[[Richard Gasquet]] |16 |16 |} * Rankings are as of 2 May 2011.
===Other entrants=== The following players received [[wild card (sports)|wildcards]] into the main draw: * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Simone Bolelli]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Fognini]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Potito Starace]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Filippo Volandri]]
The following players received entry via qualifying: {{Main|2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's singles qualifying}} * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Igor Andreev]] * {{flagicon|URU}} [[Pablo Cuevas]] * {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Victor Hănescu]] * {{flagicon|POL}} [[Łukasz Kubot]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Lorenzi]] * <s>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kei Nishikori]]</s> * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pere Riba]]
The following players received entry from a [[lucky loser (tennis)|lucky losers]] spot: * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Adrian Mannarino]] * {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jarkko Nieminen]] * {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Carlos Berlocq]]
===Withdrawals=== The following notable players withdrew from the event: *{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivan Dodig]] (plays at [[2011 Zagreb Open|Zagreb Challenger]] instead) *{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Ernests Gulbis]] (withdrew due to respiratory problems)<ref name="injury5">{{cite web|author=Matthew Cronin|work=TENNIS.com|title=Gulbis hopes for quick respiratory recovery|url=http://www.tennis.com/articles/templates/ticker.aspx?articleid=11903&zoneid=6|publisher=Miller Sports Group LLC|location=Santa Monica, CA , USA|date=11 May 2011|access-date=12 May 2011}}</ref> *{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Janko Tipsarević]] (withdrew due to a right leg injury)<ref name="injury3">{{cite web | url = http://www.facebook.com/pages/Janko-Tipsarevic-Official/141927235835621 | title = Janko Tipsarevic Official Facebook page | work = facebook.com | author = Janko Tipsarević | author-link = Janko Tipsarević | date = 5 May 2011 | publisher = Facebook | location = [[Palo Alto]], California, U.S. | format = post | access-date =10 May 2011 | quote = Just to inform you guys I will not be playing in Rome either next week }}</ref> *{{flagicon|ARG}} [[David Nalbandian]] (withdrew due to illness)<ref name="injury4">{{cite web|agency=Associated Press|work=TENNIS.com|title=Nalbandian 'not right physically', to miss French|url=http://tennis.com/articles/templates/news.aspx?articleid=11887&zoneid=25|publisher=Miller Sports Group LLC|location=Santa Monica, CA , USA|date=10 May 2011|access-date=11 May 2011|archive-date=24 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724050915/http://tennis.com/articles/templates/news.aspx?articleid=11887&zoneid=25|url-status=dead}}</ref> *{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Tommy Robredo]] *{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gaël Monfils]] (withdrew due to sickness)<ref name="injury">{{cite web | url = https://www.eurosport.fr/tennis/internazionali-bnl-d-italia/2011/monfils-renonce_sto2783590/story.shtml | title = Monfils renonce | work = eurosport.fr | author = AFP | author-link = Agence France-Presse | date = 9 May 2011 | publisher = [[Eurosport]] | language = fr |trans-title=Monfils withdraws | location = [[Issy-les-Moulineaux]], France | access-date =9 May 2011 }}</ref> *{{flagicon|ESP}} [[David Ferrer]] (withdrew due to illness)<ref name="injury5" /> *{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kei Nishikori]]
==WTA entrants==
===Seeds=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank<sup>1</sup> ! Seed |- |{{Flagu|Denmark}} |[[Caroline Wozniacki]] |1 |1 |- |{{Flagu|Italy}} |[[Francesca Schiavone]] |4 |2 |- |{{Flagu|Belarus}} |[[Victoria Azarenka]] |5 |3 |- |{{Flagu|China}} |[[Li Na]] |6 |4 |- |{{Flagu|Serbia}} |[[Jelena Janković]] |7 |5 |- |{{Flagu|Australia}} |[[Samantha Stosur]] |8 |6 |- |{{Flagu|Russia}} |[[Maria Sharapova]] |9 |7 |- |{{Flagu|Poland}} |[[Agnieszka Radwańska]] |11 |8 |- |{{Flagu|France}} |[[Marion Bartoli]] |12 |9 |- |{{Flagu|Israel}} |[[Shahar Pe'er]] |13 |10 |- |{{Flagu|Russia}} |[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] |14 |11 |- |{{Flagu|Germany}} |[[Andrea Petkovic]] |15 |12 |- |{{Flagu|Serbia}} |[[Ana Ivanovic]] |17 |13 |- |{{Flagu|Estonia}} |[[Kaia Kanepi]] |19 |14 |- |{{Flagu|Italy}} |[[Flavia Pennetta]] |20 |15 |- |{{Flagu|Russia}} |[[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]] |21 |16 |} * Rankings are as of 2 May 2011.
===Other entrants=== The following players received [[wild card (sports)|wildcards]] into the main draw: * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alberta Brianti]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Corinna Dentoni]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Romina Oprandi]]
The following players received entry via qualifying: {{Main|2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Women's singles qualifying}} * {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Polona Hercog]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Varvara Lepchenko]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Christina McHale]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Arantxa Parra Santonja]] * {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Tamira Paszek]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Anastasia Rodionova]] * {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Chanelle Scheepers]]
The following players received entry from a [[lucky loser (tennis)|lucky losers]] spot: * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Angelique Kerber]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Jie]]
===Withdrawals=== The following notable players withdrew from the event: * {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kim Clijsters]] (torn ligaments, right ankle)<ref name="Withdrawals"/> * {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Dominika Cibulková]] (left abdominal injury) * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Julia Görges]] (lower back injury) * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Chakvetadze]] (withdrew due to sickness) * {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ágnes Szávay]] (lower back injury) * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]] (pulmonary embolism)<ref name="Withdrawals">{{cite web|url=http://www.tennis.com/articles/templates/news.aspx?articleid=11689&zoneid=25|title=Venus, Serena, Clijsters pull out of Madrid|access-date=29 April 2011|language=es}}</ref> * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Venus Williams]] (torn abdominal)<ref name="Withdrawals"/>
==Finals==
===Men's singles=== {{Main|2011 Italian Open – Men's singles}} {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]] defeated {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rafael Nadal]], 6–4, 6–4 *It was Djokovic's 7th title of the year and 25th of his career. It was his 39th consecutive match win. It was his 2nd title in Rome, also winning in 2008. It was his 4th Masters of the year and 9th of his career.<ref name=USAtoday>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2011-05-15-italian-open_N.htm|title=Djokovic beats Nadal in Rome in French Open warm-up|date= 17 May 2011|work=USA Today|agency=Associated Press|access-date=7 June 2011}}</ref>
===Women's singles=== {{Main|2011 Italian Open – Women's singles}} {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Sharapova]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]], 6–2, 6–4 *It was Sharapova's 1st title of the year and 23rd of her career.
===Men's doubles=== {{Main|2011 Italian Open – Men's doubles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sam Querrey]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mardy Fish]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andy Roddick]], w/o
===Women's doubles=== {{Main|2011 Italian Open – Women's doubles}} {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Peng Shuai]] / {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Jie]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vania King]] / {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Yaroslava Shvedova]], 6–2, 6–3
==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links== * {{official website|https://www.internazionalibnlditalia.com/home}} * [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2011/709.pdf WTA tournament draws] * [https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/rome/416/overview ATP tournament profile] * [https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/709/rome/ WTA tournament profile]
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