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.
Finals
Men's singles
Novak 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
Caroline Wozniacki defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–1, 6–3. 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
Sergiy Stakhovsky / Mikhail Youzhny defeated Jérémy Chardy / Feliciano López, 4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Women's doubles
Liezel Huber / María José Martínez Sánchez defeated Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik, 7–6(5), 6–3.
ATP entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedRoger Federer21Novak Djokovic32Tomáš Berdych73Mikhail Youzhny114Ivan Ljubičić145Viktor Troicki196Marcos Baghdatis217Ernests Gulbis228 1 Rankings are as of February 14, 2011.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Omar Awadhy Michael Berrer Somdev Devvarman
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Karol Beck Sergei Bubka Grigor Dimitrov Lukáš Rosol
WTA entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedCaroline Wozniacki11Vera Zvonareva32Francesca Schiavone43Samantha Stosur54Li Na75Jelena Janković86Victoria Azarenka97Agnieszka Radwańska108Shahar Pe'er119Marion Bartoli1510Flavia Pennetta1611Kaia Kanepi1712Petra Kvitová1813Ana Ivanovic1914Alisa Kleybanova2215Svetlana Kuznetsova2316 1 Rankings are as of February 7, 2011.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Jelena Dokić Bojana Jovanovski Sania Mirza
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Kristina Barrois Zuzana Kučová Nuria Llagostera Vives Ayumi Morita Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Peng Shuai Chanelle Scheepers Zhang Shuai
References
External links Official website ATP tournament profile