The 2011 BMW Malaysian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the Malaysian Open and was an 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 28 February through 6 March 2011 at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort.
The event was headlined by the participation of world No. 5 and 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. Unseeded Jelena Dokić won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Jelena Dokić defeated Lucie Šafářová, 2–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–4. It was Dokić's only singles title of the year, and the sixth of her career. It was her first title since winning Birmingham in 2002.
Doubles
Dinara Safina / Galina Voskoboeva defeated Noppawan Lertcheewakarn / Jessica Moore, 7–5, 2–6, [10–5].
Entrants
Seeds Country Player Ranking1 Seeding Francesca Schiavone 5 1 Marion Bartoli 18 2 Alisa Kleybanova 20 3 Jarmila Groth 31 4 Lucie Šafářová 35 5 Ayumi Morita 48 6 Kimiko Date-Krumm 53 7 Bojana Jovanovski 55 8
1 Rankings as of February 21, 2011.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Jarmila Groth Urszula Radwańska Francesca Schiavone
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Anne Kremer Lu Jingjing Tetiana Luzhanska Sun Shengnan
References
External links Official website World Tennis tournament details WTA tournament draws