2011 Malaysian Open

{{about|the [[WTA Tour]] event|the ATP World Tour tournament|2011 Proton Malaysian Open}}{{More references|date=February 2024}}{{TennisEventInfo|2011|Malaysian Open| | logo= | logo_size=180px | date=February 28 – March 6 | edition=2nd | draw=32S / 16D | prize_money=$220,000 | category=[[WTA International tournaments|International tournament]] | location=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | surface=Hard / outdoor | champs={{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jelena Dokić]] | champd={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dinara Safina]] / {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Galina Voskoboeva]] }}

The '''2011 BMW Malaysian Open''' was a [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Hardcourt|outdoor hard courts]]. It was the second edition of the [[Malaysian Open (tennis)|Malaysian Open]] and was an [[WTA International tournaments|International tournament]] on the [[2011 WTA Tour]]. This was also the first edition of the tournament to be sponsored by [[BMW]]. The tournament took place from February 28 to March 6 at the [[Bukit Kiara Sports Complex|Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort]].

The event was headlined by the participation of World No. 5 and [[2010 French Open|French Open]] reigning champion [[Francesca Schiavone]], World No. 15 [[Marion Bartoli]], former World No. 1 [[Dinara Safina]], the defending champion and World No. 22, [[Alisa Kleybanova]] and World No. 30 [[Lucie Šafářová]] among others.

==Finals==

===Singles=== {{main|2011 Malaysian Open – Singles}} {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jelena Dokić]] defeated {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lucie Šafářová]], 2–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–4.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2011-03-07 |title=Roddick Wins Clincher for U.S. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/sports/tennis/07tennis.html |access-date=2024-02-07 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * It was Dokić's first title of the year, and the sixth of her career. It was her first title since winning Birmingham in 2002.

===Doubles=== {{main|2011 Malaysian Open – Doubles}} {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dinara Safina]] / {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Galina Voskoboeva]] defeated {{flagicon|THA}} [[Noppawan Lertcheewakarn]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jessica Moore (tennis)|Jessica Moore]], 7–5, 2–6, [10–5].

==Entrants==

===Seeds=== {| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Ranking1 ! Seeding |- | {{flag|ITA}} | [[Francesca Schiavone]] | 5 | 1 |- | {{flag|FRA}} | [[Marion Bartoli]] | 18 | 2 |- | {{flag|RUS}} | [[Alisa Kleybanova]] | 20 | 3 |- | {{flag|AUS}} | [[Jarmila Groth]] | 31 | 4 |- | {{flag|CZE}} | [[Lucie Šafářová]] | 35 | 5 |- | {{flag|JPN}} | [[Ayumi Morita]] | 48 | 6 |- | {{flag|JPN}} | [[Kimiko Date-Krumm]] | 53 | 7 |- | {{flag|SRB}} | [[Bojana Jovanovski]] | 55 | 8 |}

*1 Rankings as of February 21, 2011.

===Other entrants=== The following players received [[Wild card (sports)|wildcard]]s into the main draw: *{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jarmila Groth]] *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Urszula Radwańska]] *{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesca Schiavone]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: {{Main|2011 Malaysian Open – Singles qualifying}} *{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Anne Kremer]] *{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Lu Jingjing]] *{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Tetiana Luzhanska]] *{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Shengnan]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160821091652/http://www.bmwmalaysianopen.com/ Official website] * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/kuala-lumpur/mas/2011/w-int-mas-01a-2011/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details] * [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2011/1041.pdf WTA tournament draws]

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