2011 French Open
Date	22 May – 5 June 2011
Edition	110
Category	81st Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Clay
Location	Paris (XVIe), France
Venue	Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Li Na
Men's doubles
Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor
Women's doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká
Mixed doubles
Casey Dellacqua / Scott Lipsky
Wheelchair men's singles
Maikel Scheffers
Wheelchair women's singles
Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair men's doubles
Shingo Kunieda / Nicolas Peifer
Wheelchair women's doubles
Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven
Boys' singles
Bjorn Fratangelo
Girls' singles
Ons Jabeur
Boys' doubles
Andrés Artuñedo / Roberto Carballés
Girls' doubles
Irina Khromacheva / Maryna Zanevska
Legends under 45 doubles
Fabrice Santoro / Todd Woodbridge
Women's legends doubles
Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis
Legends over 45 doubles
Guy Forget / Henri Leconte
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The 2011 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 115th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 22 May to 5 June 2011.^[1]

Rafael Nadal successfully defended his 2010 title, defeating rival Roger Federer in the final to win his sixth French Open title. Francesca Schiavone was narrowly unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated by Li Na in the final. Li became the first female Asian to win a Grand Slam singles title.^[2]

Tournament

The 2011 French Open was the one hundred and tenth edition of the French Open. It was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour and the 2011 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments. There were also singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts. The tournament took place over a series of twenty courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.

Ranking points

Senior ranking points

Junior ranking points

Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in boy singles and doubles play.

Wheelchair ranking points

Prize money

The total amount of prize money available for the 2011 tournament was €17,520,000. The prize money breakdown was as follows:^[6]

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Singles players

Men's singles

Champion		Runner-up
Rafael Nadal (1)		Roger Federer (3)
Semifinals out
Andy Murray (4)		Novak Djokovic (2)
Quarterfinals out
Robin Söderling (5)	Juan Ignacio Chela	Gaël Monfils (9)	Fabio Fognini
4th round out
Ivan Ljubičić	Gilles Simon (18)	Viktor Troicki (15)	Alejandro Falla (Q)
David Ferrer (7)	Stanislas Wawrinka (14)	Albert Montañés	Richard Gasquet (13)
3rd round out
Antonio Veić (Q)	Fernando Verdasco (16)	Mardy Fish (10)	Leonardo Mayer (Q)
Michael Berrer	Alexandr Dolgopolov (21)	Łukasz Kubot (Q)	Lukáš Rosol (Q)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (31)	Steve Darcis (Q)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (17)	Janko Tipsarević (29)
Guillermo García López (30)	Mikhail Youzhny (12)	Thomaz Bellucci (23)	Juan Martín del Potro (25)
2nd round out
Pablo Andújar	Nikolay Davydenko (28)	Sam Querrey (24)	Xavier Malisse
Robin Haase	Jérémy Chardy	Marcos Baghdatis (27)	Albert Ramos (Q)
Simone Bolelli (LL)	Arnaud Clément (WC)	Andreas Haider-Maurer	Tobias Kamke
Carlos Berlocq (Q)	Florian Mayer (20)	Kevin Anderson (32)	Jürgen Melzer (8)
Julien Benneteau	Kei Nishikori	Philipp Petzschner	Guillaume Rufin (WC)
Thomas Schoorel (Q)	Igor Andreev	Pere Riba	Maxime Teixeira (WC)
Stéphane Robert (Q)	Marsel İlhan (LL)	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Mikhail Kukushkin
Marcel Granollers	Andreas Seppi	Blaž Kavčič	Victor Hănescu
1st round out
John Isner	Santiago Giraldo	Pablo Cuevas	Denis Gremelmayr (Q)
Philipp Kohlschreiber	Somdev Devvarman	Dmitry Tursunov	Juan Mónaco
Ricardo Mello	Daniel Gimeno Traver	Grigor Dimitrov	Michael Russell
Frederico Gil	Dustin Brown	Javier Martí (Q)	Ryan Harrison (LL)
Éric Prodon (Q)	Frank Dancevic (Q)	Filippo Volandri	Milos Raonic (26)
Rainer Schüttler	Ryan Sweeting	Olivier Rochus	Julian Reister
Nicolás Almagro (11)	Bernard Tomic (WC)	Potito Starace	Igor Kunitsyn
Nicolas Mahut	Tim Smyczek (WC)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin (WC)	Andreas Beck (LL)
Jarkko Nieminen	Rui Machado	Lu Yen-hsun	David Guez (Q)
Michaël Llodra (22)	Mischa Zverev	Adrian Mannarino	Björn Phau (Q)
Augustin Gensse (Q)	Máximo González	Florent Serra	Jan Hájek
Brian Dabul	Ivan Dodig	Vincent Millot (WC)	Feliciano López
Tomáš Berdych (6)	Denis Istomin	Tommy Haas (PR)	Robert Kendrick
Marin Čilić (19)	Marc Gicquel (LL)	Daniel Brands	Go Soeda
Radek Štěpánek	Alex Bogomolov Jr. (LL)	Teymuraz Gabashvili	Andrey Golubev
Ivo Karlović (PR)	Ernests Gulbis	Benoît Paire (WC)	Thiemo de Bakker

Women's singles

Champion		Runner-up
Li Na (6)		Francesca Schiavone (5)
Semifinals out
Marion Bartoli (11)		Maria Sharapova (7)
Quarterfinals out
Svetlana Kuznetsova (13)	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (14)	Victoria Azarenka (4)	Andrea Petkovic (15)
4th round out
Daniela Hantuchová (28)	Gisela Dulko	Vera Zvonareva (3)	Jelena Janković (10)
Petra Kvitová (9)	Ekaterina Makarova	Agnieszka Radwańska (12)	Maria Kirilenko (25)
3rd round out
Caroline Wozniacki (1)	Rebecca Marino	Julia Görges (17)	Samantha Stosur (8)
Anastasia Rodionova	Nuria Llagostera Vives (Q)	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Peng Shuai (29)
Sorana Cîrstea	Vania King	Kaia Kanepi (16)	Roberta Vinci (30)
Chan Yung-jan (Q)	Yanina Wickmayer (21)	Jarmila Gajdošová (24)	Arantxa Rus
2nd round out
Aleksandra Wozniak (Q)	Sara Errani	María José Martínez Sánchez	Irina-Camelia Begu
Olga Govortsova (Q)	Lucie Šafářová	Tsvetana Pironkova (32)	Simona Halep
Sabine Lisicki (Q)	Edina Gallovits-Hall	Alizé Cornet	Mona Barthel (Q)
Vera Dushevina	Varvara Lepchenko	Polona Hercog	Vesna Dolonts
Sílvia Soler Espinosa (Q)	Alexandra Dulgheru (27)	Elena Baltacha	Zheng Jie
Heather Watson (Q)	Johanna Larsson	Iryna Brémond (WC)	Pauline Parmentier (WC)
Caroline Garcia (WC)	Jill Craybas	Ayumi Morita	Sania Mirza
Lucie Hradecká	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Chanelle Scheepers	Kim Clijsters (2)
1st round out
Kimiko Date-Krumm	Junri Namigata	Christina McHale	Zhang Shuai
Shahar Pe'er (19)	Kateryna Bondarenko	Aravane Rezaï	Magdaléna Rybáriková
Anna Tatishvili	Ágnes Szávay	Kirsten Flipkens	Mathilde Johansson
Casey Dellacqua (WC)	Irina Falconi (WC)	Alla Kudryavtseva	Iveta Benešová
Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Akgul Amanmuradova	Angelique Kerber	Nadia Petrova (26)
Anastasia Pivovarova (LL)	Renata Voráčová	Sybille Bammer	Yaroslava Shvedova
Alona Bondarenko	Jelena Dokić	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Flavia Pennetta (18)
Tamira Paszek	Olivia Sanchez (WC)	Anne Keothavong	Melanie Oudin
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Elena Vesnina	Patty Schnyder	Laura Pous Tió
Dominika Cibulková (22)	Sloane Stephens (Q)	Sandra Zahlavová	Gréta Arn
Sofia Arvidsson	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon (WC)	Romina Oprandi	Ana Ivanovic (20)
Alberta Brianti	Evgeniya Rodina	Ksenia Pervak	Andrea Hlaváčková
Mirjana Lučić	Zuzana Ondrášková	Eleni Daniilidou (Q)	Klára Zakopalová (31)
Monica Niculescu	Kristina Mladenovic (WC)	Kristina Barrois	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
Bojana Jovanovski	Anastasija Sevastova	Corinna Dentoni (Q)	Virginie Razzano
CoCo Vandeweghe	Viktoriya Kutuzova (PR)	Marina Erakovic (Q)	Anastasiya Yakimova

Day-by-day summaries

Events

Seniors

Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 7–5, 7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 6–1

• In the final, Nadal won his sixth French Open title with a victory over the world number three to hold his title.^[7] It was Nadal's third title of the year and 46th of his career.^[8] It was the first slam he had won this year and the tenth of his career.^[9]

Women's singles

Li Na defeated Francesca Schiavone, 6–4, 7–6^(7–0)

• In the final Li Na played the defending champion Francesca Schiavone and won in straight sets.^[10] In the final tiebreak game Li won 7–0. It was Li's 2nd title of the year and 5th of her career. Li became the first Chinese and the first Asian winner of a singles Grand Slam tennis tournament.^[10] It was Li's second Grand Slam final, after she reached the final of the 2011 Australian Open.^[10] After her victory Li Na said that "everyone in China will be so excited".^[11]

Men's doubles

Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor defeated Juan Sebastián Cabal / Eduardo Schwank, 7–6^(7–3), 3–6, 6–4

• Mirnyi and Nestor both won their third French Open men's doubles title; Mirnyi won his fifth Grand Slam men's doubles title, and Nestor his seventh.

Women's doubles

Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká defeated Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina, 6–4, 6–3

• Hlaváčková and Hradecká both won their first Grand Slam title.

Mixed doubles

Casey Dellacqua / Scott Lipsky defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6^(8–6), 4–6, [10–7]

• Dellacqua and Lipsky both won their first Grand Slam title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Bjorn Fratangelo defeated Dominic Thiem, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6

• Fratangelo won his first junior Grand Slam title. He is the first American to win the junior title since John McEnroe's junior title in 1977.^[12]

Girls' singles

Ons Jabeur defeated Monica Puig, 7–6^(10–8), 6–1

• Jabeur won her first junior Grand Slam title.

Boys' doubles

Andrés Artuñedo / Roberto Carballés defeated Mitchell Krueger / Shane Vinsant, 5–7, 7–6^(7–5), [10–5]

• Artunedo and Carballes both won their first junior Grand Slam title.

Girls' doubles

Irina Khromacheva / Maryna Zanevska defeated Victoria Kan / Demi Schuurs, 6–4, 7–5

• Khromacheva won her first junior Grand Slam doubles title, and Zanevska won her second.

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair men's singles

Maikel Scheffers defeated Nicolas Peifer, 7–6^(7–3), 6–3

• Scheffers won his first Grand Slam title.

Wheelchair women's singles

Esther Vergeer defeated Marjolein Buis, 6–0, 6–2

• Vergeer won her fifth consecutive French Open singles title and her 18th Grand Slam singles title.

Wheelchair men's doubles

Shingo Kunieda / Nicolas Peifer defeated Robin Ammerlaan / Stefan Olsson, 6–2, 6–3

• Kunieda won his third French Open doubles title, and tenth Grand Slam doubles title.
• Peifer won his first Grand Slam title.

Wheelchair women's doubles

Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven defeated Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot, 5–7, 6–4, [10–5]

• Vergeer won her fourth French Open doubles title, and 17th Grand Slam doubles title.
• Walraven won her fourth consecutive Grand Slam title.

Other events

Legends under 45 doubles

Fabrice Santoro / Todd Woodbridge defeated Arnaud Boetsch / Cédric Pioline, 6–2, 6–4

Legends over 45 doubles

Guy Forget / Henri Leconte defeated Andrés Gómez / John McEnroe, 6–3, 5–7, [10–8]

Women's legends doubles

Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis defeated Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná, 6–1, 6–2

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Rankings are as of 16 May 2011 and the Points are as of 23 May 2011. For the first time since the 2006 French Open, the top four seeds all made it to the semifinals.

Men's singles[edit]

Seed	Rank[13]	Player	Points	Points defending	Points won	New points	Status
1	1	Rafael Nadal	12070	2000	2000	12070	Champion, defeated Roger Federer [3]
2	2	Novak Djokovic	11665	360	720	12025	Semifinal lost to Roger Federer [3]
3	3	Roger Federer	8390	360	1200	9230	Runner-Up, lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
4	4	Andy Murray	6085	180	720	6625	Semifinal lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
5	5	Robin Söderling	5435	1200	360	4595	Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
6	6	Tomáš Berdych	4200	720	10	3490	First round lost to Stéphane Robert[14]
7	7	David Ferrer	4060	90	180	4150	Fourth round lost to Gaël Monfils [9]
8	8	Jürgen Melzer	2850	720	45	2175	Second round lost to Lukáš Rosol
9	9	Gaël Monfils	2465	45	360	2780	Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [3]
10	10	Mardy Fish	2395	45	90	2440	Third round lost to Gilles Simon [18]
11	12	Nicolás Almagro	2225	360	10	1875	First round lost Łukasz Kubot
12	13	Mikhail Youzhny	2010	360	90	1740	Third round lost to Albert Montañés
13	14	Richard Gasquet	1755	10	180	1925	Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [2]
14	15	Stanislas Wawrinka	1920	180	180	1920	Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [3]
15	16	Viktor Troicki	1840	90	180	1930	Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [4]
16	17	Fernando Verdasco	1515	180	90	1425	Third round lost to Ivan Ljubičić
17	18	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	1570	180	90	1480	Third round lost to Stanislas Wawrinka [14]
18	19	Gilles Simon	1565	0	180	1745	Fourth round lost to Robin Söderling [5]
19	20	Marin Čilić	1515	180	10	1345	First round lost to Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo[15]
20	21	Florian Mayer	1555	0	45	1600	Second round lost to Alejandro Falla
21	23	Alexandr Dolgopolov	1450	90	90	1450	Third round lost to Viktor Troicki [15]
22	24	Michaël Llodra	1400	10	10	1400	First round lost to Steve Darcis[16]
23	25	Thomaz Bellucci	1395	180	90	1305	Third round lost to Richard Gasquet [13]
24	26	Sam Querrey	1325	10	45	1360	Second round lost to Ivan Ljubičić
25	27	Juan Martín del Potro	1355	0	90	1445	Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [2]
26	28	Milos Raonic	1342	0	10	1352	First round lost to Michael Berrer[17]
27	29	Marcos Baghdatis	1295	90	45	1250	Second round vs Leonardo Mayer
28	30	Nikolay Davydenko	1285	0	45	1330	Second round lost to Antonio Veić
29	32	Janko Tipsarević	1225	10	90	1305	Third round lost to Roger Federer [3]
30	33	Guillermo García López	1205	45	90	1250	Third round lost to Fabio Fognini
31	34	Sergiy Stakhovsky	1145	10	90	1225	Third round lost to David Ferrer [7]
32	35	Kevin Anderson	1150	10	45	1185	Second round lost to Juan Ignacio Chela

Withdrawn players[edit]

Rank	Player	Points	Points defending	Points won	New points	Withdrew due to
11	Andy Roddick	2290	90	0	2200	right shoulder injury[18]
22	David Nalbandian	1425	0	0	1425	illness[19]
31	Tommy Robredo	1245	10	0	1235	Left leg Injury[20]

Women's singles[edit]

Seed	Rank[21]	Player	Points	Points defending	Points won	New points	Status
1	1	Caroline Wozniacki	10255	500	160	9915	Third round lost to Daniela Hantuchová [28]
2	2	Kim Clijsters	8115	0	100	8215	Second round lost to Arantxa Rus
3	3	Vera Zvonareva	7755	100	280	7935	Fourth round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [14]
4	4	Victoria Azarenka	5425	5	500	5920	Quarterfinals lost to Li Na [6]
5	5	Francesca Schiavone	5246	2000	1400	4646	Runner-up, lost to Li Na [6]
6	6	Li Na	4635	160	2000	6475	Champion, defeated Francesca Schiavone [5]
7	7	Maria Sharapova	4481	160	900	5221	Semifinal lost to Li Na [6]
8	8	Samantha Stosur	4645	1400	160	3405	Third round lost to Gisela Dulko
9	9	Petra Kvitová	3743	5	280	4018	Fourth round lost to Li Na [6]
10	10	Jelena Janković	3670	900	280	3050	Fourth round lost to Francesca Schiavone [5]
11	11	Marion Bartoli	3000	160	900	3740	Semifinal lost to Francesca Schiavone [5]
12	12	Agnieszka Radwańska	2876	100	280	3056	Fourth round lost to Maria Sharapova [7]
13	13	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2870	160	500	3210	Quarterfinals lost to Marion Bartoli [11]
14	14	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2715	160	500	3055	Quarterfinals lost to Francesca Schiavone [5]
15	15	Andrea Petkovic	2890	100	500	3290	Quarterfinals lost to Maria Sharapova [7]
16	16	Kaia Kanepi	2540	160	160	2540	Third round lost to Ekaterina Makarova
17	18	Julia Görges	2500	100	160	2560	Third round lost to Marion Bartoli [11]
18	19	Flavia Pennetta	2495	280	5	2220	First round lost to Varvara Lepchenko[22]
19	20	Shahar Pe'er	2445	280	5	2170	First round lost to María José Martínez Sánchez[23]
20	21	Ana Ivanovic	2425	100	5	2330	First round lost to Johanna Larsson
21	22	Yanina Wickmayer	2350	160	160	2350	Third round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [12]
22	23	Dominika Cibulková	2210	160	5	2055	First round lost Vania King
23	24	Alisa Kleybanova	2165	160	0	2005	withdrew due to Illness[24]
24	25	Jarmila Gajdošová	2060	280	160	1940	Third round lost to Andrea Petkovic [15]
25	26	Maria Kirilenko	1985	280	280	1985	Fourth round lost to Andrea Petkovic [15]
26	27	Nadia Petrova	1940	500	5	1445	First round lost to Anastasia Rodionova[25]
27	28	Alexandra Dulgheru	1515	160	100	1455	Second round lost to Sorana Cîrstea
28	30	Daniela Hantuchová	1875	280	280	1875	Fourth round lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova [13]
29	31	Peng Shuai	2080	0	160	2240	Third round lost to Francesca Schiavone [5]
30	32	Roberta Vinci	1615	100	160	1675	Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka [4]
31	33	Klára Zakopalová	1600	100	5	1505	First round lost to Chan Yung-jan[26]
32	34	Tsvetana Pironkova	1463	5	100	1558	Second round lost to Gisela Dulko

Withdrawn players[edit]

Rank	Player	Points	Points defending	Points won	New points	Withdrew due to
17	Serena Williams	2500	500	0	2000	Pulmonary embolism[27]
24	Alisa Kleybanova	2165	160	0	2005	Illness[24]
29	Venus Williams	1840	280	0	1560	hip injury[28]

Wildcard entries

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.

Mixed doubles wildcard entries

1. Julie Coin / Nicolas Mahut
2. Alizé Cornet / Gilles Simon
3. Alizé Lim / Richard Gasquet (withdrew to focus on Gasquet's singles match)
4. Amélie Mauresmo / Michaël Llodra (withdrew)
5. Virginie Razzano / Dick Norman
6. Aravane Rezaï / Grigor Dimitrov

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Qualifiers entries

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.