The 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell (also known as the Torneo Godó) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 59th edition of the event known this year as the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, from April 16 through April 24, 2011. The defending champion was Fernando Verdasco, but was absent from the tournament in 2011.

Points and prize money

Points StageMen's singlesMen's doubles Champion500Runner up300Semifinals180Quarterfinals90Round of 1645Round of 32200Round of 640–Qualifier10Qualifying final round4

Prize money The Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell has slightly raised the prize money for this year's edition, which turns it into one of the highest paid tennis tournaments in its category. The singles winner will go home with €290,000 (€4,000 more than last year). StageMen's singles (€)Men's doubles (per team) (€) Champion 290,000 90,750 Runner up 145,750 45,700Semifinals 73,850 23,160Quarterfinals 37,450 11,750Round of 16 19,230 6,020Round of 32 10,110 3,170Round of 64 6,075 -Qualifying final round 610Qualifying first round 300

Entrants

Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedRafael Nadal11Andy Murray42Robin Söderling53David Ferrer64Tomáš Berdych75Jürgen Melzer96Gaël Monfils107Nicolás Almagro128Richard Gasquet189Alexandr Dolgopolov2110Albert Montañés2311Guillermo García López2712Thomaz Bellucci3113Kevin Anderson3314Milos Raonic3415Juan Mónaco3616 Rankings as of April 11, 2011.

Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Juan Mónaco Albert Ramos Gerard Granollers Pablo Carreño Busta Andrey Kuznetsov

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Flavio Cipolla Simon Greul Vincent Millot Jarkko Nieminen Benoît Paire Édouard Roger-Vasselin Simone Vagnozzi

The following players received entry from a Lucky loser spot: Rui Machado Mischa Zverev

Notable withdrawals Tommy Robredo (hamstring injury) Tomáš Berdych (gastroenteritis) Andy Murray (elbow injury)

Champions

Singles

Rafael Nadal def. David Ferrer, 6–2, 6–4 It was Nadal's 2nd title of the year and 45th of his career. It was his 6th title at Barcelona, also winning from 2005 to 2009.

Doubles

Santiago González / Scott Lipsky def. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 5–7, 6–2, [12–10]

References

External links Official Website