The 2011 Western & Southern Open, also known as the Cincinnati Open, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, United States. The tournament was a joint men's and women's event, with six new courts being built for the tournament. The competition took place from August 15 through August 21, 2011. The 110th edition of the Cincinnati Open (83rd for the women), it was a Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour, and part of the Premier Series of the 2011 WTA Tour.
On an additional note, Andy Murray during his semifinal match against Mardy Fish set the record for the fastest ever hit forehand at .
Points and prize money
Point distribution StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles Champion 1000 900 Runner up 600 620Semifinals 360 395Quarterfinals 180 225Round of 16 90 125Round of 32 45 10 70 1Round of 64 10 – 1 –Qualifier 25 30Qualifying Finalist 16 12Qualifying 1st round - 1
Prize money StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles Champion $496,000 $140,000 $360,000 $100,000 Runner up $243,200 $70,000 $180,000 $50,000Semifinals $122,400 $35,500 $90,000 $25,000Quarterfinals $62,240 $18,470 $41,450 $12,500Round of 16 $32,320 $9,690 $20,550 $6,250Round of 32 $17,040 $5,090 $10,575 $3,170Round of 64 $9,200 – $5,500 –Final round qualifying $2,120 $1,995First round qualifying $1,080 $1,035
ATP entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank Seed 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 6 5 7 6 8 7 9 8 10 9 11 10 12 11 13 12 14 13 15 14 16 15 17 16 Seedings are based on the rankings of August 8, 2011.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: James Blake Grigor Dimitrov Robby Ginepri Ryan Harrison
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Julien Benneteau Alex Bogomolov Jr. Ernests Gulbis Marsel İlhan Kei Nishikori Édouard Roger-Vasselin Radek Štěpánek
Withdrawals Lleyton Hewitt Ivan Ljubičić Milos Raonic Tommy Robredo Robin Söderling (wrist injury)
WTA entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank Seed Caroline Wozniacki 1 1 Vera Zvonareva 3 2 Victoria Azarenka 4 3 Maria Sharapova 5 4 Li Na 6 5 Petra Kvitová 7 6 Francesca Schiavone 8 7 Marion Bartoli 9 8 Andrea Petkovic 10 9 Samantha Stosur 11 10 Agnieszka Radwańska 12 11 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 13 12 Jelena Janković 14 13 Svetlana Kuznetsova 15 14 Ana Ivanovic 16 15 Peng Shuai 17 16
Seedings are based on the rankings of August 8, 2011.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw Polona Hercog Christina McHale Maria Sharapova Sloane Stephens
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Eleni Daniilidou Kimiko Date-Krumm Petra Cetkovská Jill Craybas Alexa Glatch Bojana Jovanovski Petra Martić Monica Niculescu Anastasia Rodionova Chanelle Scheepers Zhang Shuai Zheng Jie
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot: María José Martínez Sánchez Sofia Arvidsson Pauline Parmentier
Withdrawals Dominika Cibulková (abdominal injury) Kim Clijsters (abdominal injury) Alexandra Dulgheru Kaia Kanepi Bethanie Mattek-Sands Tamira Paszek Agnieszka Radwańska (right shoulder injury) Victoria Azarenka (right hand injury) Venus Williams (viral illness)
Finals
Men's singles
Andy Murray def. Novak Djokovic, 6–4, 3–0, ret. It was Murray's 2nd title of the year and 18th of his career. It was his 1st Masters 1000 title of the year and 7th of his career. It was his 2nd win at Cincinnati, also winning in 2008. It was the second defeat for Djokovic in the season.
Women's singles
Maria Sharapova def. Jelena Janković, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 It was Sharapova's 2nd title of the year and 24th of her career.
Men's doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes def. Michaël Llodra / Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)
Women's doubles
Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova def. Natalie Grandin / Vladimíra Uhlířová, 6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
References
External links
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile