The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in the United States. It was the 38th edition of the men's event (23rd for the women), known as the Indian Wells Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 7 through March 20, 2011.
Tournament The 2011 BNP Paribas Open took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden from 7 to 20 March 2011. It was the 36th edition of the event. The tournament was jointly run by the Tennis Ventures Llc and was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour and the 2011 WTA Tour. On the ATP tour it was the first of the seasons Masters 1000 events; on the women's tour it was the season's first of four Premier Mandatory events. The tournament was conducted on eight outdoor Plexipave IW courts. This has been given a medium–slow court speed.
Events
Men's singles
The semifinals were a repeat of the 2009 US Open. It was also the first time since 1995 that all four players to reach this stage were major champions. En route to the semifinal stage, Djokovic broke Nadal's record for the fewest games lost in the Masters series history in a player's first four matches, losing only 12 games (Nadal lost 13 in the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters). The results of the matches were a reverse of the US Open as Djokovic and Nadal won.
Championship match result
Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Women's singles
Before their quarter final match, Azarenka and Wozniacki led the crowd in a spontaneous tribute to the people of Japan, leading a period of silence as they came out on court with a Japanese flag. The players wrote on the flag a message for Japan; 'Our Thoughts Are With You.' The match itself only lasted three games as Azaerenka had to retire with a hip injury.
In the semifinals Bartoli created history as she became the first French woman to reach the final in Indian Wells. Bartoli reached the final losing just four games against Wickmayer. In the other half of the draw Wozniacki was equally dominant losing three games to Sharapova.
Championship match result
Caroline Wozniacki defeated Marion Bartoli, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Men's doubles
Championship match result
Alexandr Dolgopolov / Xavier Malisse defeated Roger Federer / Stanislas Wawrinka, 6–4, 6–7(5), [10–7]
Women's doubles
In the first round all the seeds made it safely through apart from second seeds Peschke and Srebotnik, who lost 10–5 in a match tiebreaker. To make it worse, Srebotnik took a hit to the eye leaving her with impaired vision for the rest of the match. While King and Shevdova won their first match back as a pairing and Bethanie Mattek–Sands pulled off a spectacular 'tweener' for a winner. The second round saw the World Number Ones, Dulko and Pennetta, exit the tournament. Also exiting in the second round was the Chang and Zheng; and number seven seeds Benesova and Strycova, who lost to Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina.
The quarterfinals witnessed Hantuchová and Radwańska losing just one game against the reigning Wimbledon and US Open champions, while the third seeds Huber and Petrova exited in straight sets to Mettek–Sands and Shaughnessy. Azarenka and Kirilenko were responsible for sending home the wild card team of Jankovic and Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets. Mirza and Vesnina lost just four games against Hantuchová and Radwańska in the semifinals, whilst Mattek–Sands and Shaughnessy received a walkover against Azarenka and Kirilenko, due to a hip injury sustained by Azarenka. In the final Mirza and Vesnina lost just five games to win the title without dropping a set throughout the tournament.
Championship match result
Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Meghann Shaughnessy, 6–0, 7–5
Hawkeye The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was the first tournament to have hawkeye technology used on more than three courts. Many tournaments before have had the technology on their show courts (usually only three courts at the Grand Slams) but the Indian Wells Tennis Garden had hawkeye on all eight of its courts.
Points and prize money
Point distribution StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles Champion 1000 Runner up 600 700Semifinals 360 450Quarterfinals 180 250Round of 16 90 140Round of 32 45 10 80 5Round of 64 25 (10) – 50 (5) –Round of 128 10 5 Qualifier 16 30Qualifying finalist 8 20Qualifying 1st round 1
Prize money All money is in US dollars StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doublesChampion$611,000$200,200$700,000$237,000Runner up$298,200$97,700$350,000$118,500Semifinals$149,450$49,970$150,000$51,000Quarterfinals$76,195$24,960$64,700$22,000Round of 16$40,160$13,160$32,000$11,500Round of 32$21,495$7,040$18,740$4,000Round of 64$11,605–$11,500–Round of 96$7,115$7,050 Final round qualifying$2,120$2,100First round qualifying$1,085$1,050
Players
Men's singles
Seeds Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Rafael Nadal 1 1 Roger Federer 2 2 Novak Djokovic 3 3 Robin Söderling 4 4 Andy Murray 5 5 David Ferrer 6 6 Tomáš Berdych 7 7 Andy Roddick 8 8 Fernando Verdasco 9 9 Jürgen Melzer 10 10 Nicolás Almagro 12 11 Stanislas Wawrinka 14 12 Mardy Fish 15 13 Ivan Ljubičić 16 14 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 17 15 Viktor Troicki 18 16 Marin Čilić 20 17 Richard Gasquet 21 18 Marcos Baghdatis 22 19 Alexandr Dolgopolov 23 20 Sam Querrey 24 21 Guillermo García-López 25 22 Albert Montañés 26 23 Michaël Llodra 27 24 Tommy Robredo 28 25 Thomaz Bellucci 29 26 Juan Mónaco 30 27 Gilles Simon 31 28 Juan Ignacio Chela 32 29 John Isner 33 30 Ernests Gulbis 34 31 Philipp Kohlschreiber 35 32 Rankings are as of March 7, 2011.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Ričardas Berankis James Blake Ryan Harrison Milos Raonic Bernard Tomic
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: Juan Martín del Potro
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Alex Bogomolov Jr. Rohan Bopanna Flavio Cipolla Rik de Voest Somdev Devvarman Matthew Ebden Chris Guccione Marinko Matosevic Michael Russell Tim Smyczek Ryan Sweeting Donald Young
Withdrawals Carlos Berlocq → replaced by Rainer Schüttler Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by Teymuraz Gabashvili Fernando González → replaced by Kei Nishikori Tommy Haas → replaced by Dustin Brown Gaël Monfils (wrist) → replaced by Illya Marchenko David Nalbandian (torn hamstring & hernia) → replaced by Marsel İlhan Sergiy Stakhovsky → replaced by Björn Phau Mikhail Youzhny (back) → replaced by Mischa Zverev
Women's singles
Seeds Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Caroline Wozniacki 1 1 Kim Clijsters 2 2 Vera Zvonareva 3 3 Samantha Stosur 4 4 Francesca Schiavone 5 5 Jelena Janković 6 6 Li Na 7 7 Victoria Azarenka 9 8 Agnieszka Radwańska 10 9 Shahar Pe'er 12 10 Svetlana Kuznetsova 13 11 Petra Kvitová 14 12 Flavia Pennetta 15 13 Kaia Kanepi 16 14 Marion Bartoli 17 15 Maria Sharapova 18 16 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 19 17 Nadia Petrova 20 18 Ana Ivanovic 21 19 Aravane Rezaï 22 20 Andrea Petkovic 23 21 Alisa Kleybanova 24 22 Yanina Wickmayer 25 23 Maria Kirilenko 26 24 Dominika Cibulková 27 25 Daniela Hantuchová 28 26 Alexandra Dulgheru 29 27 María José Martínez Sánchez 30 28 Jarmila Groth 31 29 Tsvetana Pironkova 32 30 Klára Zakopalová 33 31 Julia Görges 34 32 Rankings are as of February 28, 2011.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Jill Craybas Lauren Davis Vania King Christina McHale Sania Mirza Alison Riske Sloane Stephens Coco Vandeweghe
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: Urszula Radwańska
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Sorana Cîrstea Alizé Cornet Misaki Doi Kirsten Flipkens Jamie Hampton Lucie Hradecká Nuria Llagostera Vives Rebecca Marino Monica Niculescu Tamira Paszek Laura Pous Tió Zhang Shuai
Withdrawals Alona Bondarenko → replaced by Kristina Barrois Justine Henin (retired from tennis) → replaced by Renata Voráčová Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Zuzana Ondrášková Tamarine Tanasugarn → replaced by Anabel Medina Garrigues Serena Williams (foot & continue to boycott event since 2001) → replaced by Simona Halep Venus Williams (stomach muscle & continue to boycott event since 2001) → replaced by Edina Gallovits-Hall
References
External links
ATP tournament profile Women's singles, doubles and qualifying draws