2011 US Open (tennis)

The 2011 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States. It began on August 29 and was originally scheduled to end on September 11, but the men's final was postponed to September 12 due to rain.

Rafael Nadal and Kim Clijsters were the defending champions. Due to an abdominal muscle injury, Clijsters opted not to defend her title.

In the women's singles, Australia's Samantha Stosur defeated Serena Williams in straight sets 6–2, 6–3 for her first Grand Slam title. Stosur thus became the first Australian female player to win a Grand Slam since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980.

In the men's singles, both Nadal and Novak Djokovic played the final for the second consecutive year. This time, Djokovic won 6–2, 6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 6–1 for his first US Open title.

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

The USTA announced that the 2011 US Open purse has increased by more than one million dollars to reach a record $23.7 million. In addition to the base purse of $23.7 million, the top three men's and top three women's finishers in the Olympus US Open Series may earn up to an additional $2.6 million in bonus prize money at the US Open, providing a potential total payout of $26.3 million. Both the men's and women's US Open singles champions will earn a record $1.8 million with the ability to earn an additional $1 million in bonus prize money (for a total $2.8 million potential payout) based on their performances in the Olympus US Open Series.^[6] Below is the list of prize money given to each player in the main draw of the professional competitions; all prize money is in U.S. dollars (US$); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.^[7]

2011 US Open finish	2011 Olympus US Open series finish[8]
1st place	2nd place	3rd place
Champion	$1,000,000	$500,000	$250,000
Finalist	$500,000	$250,000	$125,000
Semifinalist	$250,000	$125,000	$62,500
Quarterfinalist	$125,000	$62,500	$31,250
Round of 16	$70,000	$35,000	$17,500
Round of 32	$40,000	$20,000	$10,000
Round of 64	$25,000	$12,500	$6,250
Round of 128	$15,000	$7,500	$3,750
Awardees	Mardy Fish	$70,000	Novak Djokovic	$500,000	John Isner	$31,250
Serena Williams	$500,000	Agnieszka Radwańska	$12,500	Maria Sharapova	$10,000

Men's singles

Women's singles

• Day 1: Madison Keys – The 16-year-old Keys defeated her compatriot and elder by 21 years, Jill Craybas on the Grandstand with a 6–2, 6–4 score in their first-round encounter, giving the Florida native her first-ever win at the US Open.^[9]
• Day 2: Simona Halep – Halep, the 19-year-old world number 53, defeated the reigning French Open champion and sixth seed Li Na at Louis Armstrong Stadium with a 6–2, 7–5 score in their first round encounter.^[10]
• Day 3: Julien Benneteau – The French wild-card upset tenth-seeded Spaniard Nicolás Almagro in straight sets.^[11]
• Day 4: Juan Carlos Ferrero – The unseeded Ferrero, an experienced ATP Tour player and the second oldest man in the draw at 31 years old, defeated seventh-seeded Gaël Monfils in an extraordinary five-set match to advance into the third round.^[12]
• Day 5: Flavia Pennetta – The twenty-sixth seed, two-time quarterfinalist, and former world number 10 upset third seed, 2006 US Open champion, and former world number 1 Maria Sharapova in three sets, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, to advance to the fourth round.^[13]
• Day 6: Francesca Schiavone – The 31-year-old seventh seed saved a match point in her battle against world number 81 Chanelle Scheepers, and went on to win, 5–7, 7–6, 6–3, advancing to the fourth round.^[14]
• Day 7: Donald Young – The 22-year-old American wildcard upset twenty-fourth seeded veteran Juan Ignacio Chela in the third round in straight sets with a score of 7–5, 6–4, 6–3. He made it to the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career after upsetting Chela and the fourteenth seeded Stanislas Wawrinka in the second round.^[15]
• Day 8: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – The seventeenth-seeded Russian reached her second quarterfinal this year after upsetting seventh seed Francesca Schiavone in three tight sets, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4.^[16]
• Day 9: No matches completed due to rain.
• Day 10: No matches completed due to rain.
• Day 11: John Isner – The twenty-eighth seeded American upset twelfth-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon, 7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 7–6, to reach his first ever Grand Slam quarterfinal.^[17]
• Day 12: Rafael Nadal – The number two seed reached his fourth consecutive US Open semifinal after defeating American Andy Roddick in straight sets, 6–2, 6–1, 6–3, in under two hours.^[18]
• Day 13: Samantha Stosur – The number nine seed became the first Australian woman since Wendy Turnbull in 1977 to reach a US Open final, after defeating unseeded German Angelique Kerber in three sets in her semifinal match, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2.^[19]
• Day 14: Samantha Stosur – The Australian player upset the American US Open three-time champion Serena Williams in straight sets, 6–2, 6–3, winning her first Major.^[20]
• Day 15: Novak Djokovic – The Serbian player continued his amazing season by winning his first US Open and his third Grand Slam of the year, defeating the defending champion Rafael Nadal for the sixth time in 2011.^[21]

Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 6–2, 6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 6–1

• It was Djokovic's 10th title of the year and 28th of his career. It was his 3rd Grand Slam title of the year and 4th of his career. It was his first U.S. Open title.

Samantha Stosur defeated Serena Williams, 6–2, 6–3

• It was Stosur's 1st title of the year and 3rd of her career. It was her first (and only) Grand Slam title.

Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Petzschner defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski, 6–2, 6–2

Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond defeated Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–3)

• Huber and Raymond won their first US Open title as a doubles pair.

Melanie Oudin / Jack Sock defeated Gisela Dulko / Eduardo Schwank, 7–6^(7–4), 4–6, [10–8]

• Oudin and Sock became the 12th unseeded team to win a title in the history of the US Open.

Oliver Golding defeated Jiří Veselý, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4

Grace Min defeated Caroline Garcia, 7–5, 7–6^(7–3)

Robin Kern / Julian Lenz defeated Maxim Dubarenco / Vladyslav Manafov, 7–5, 6–4

Irina Khromacheva / Demi Schuurs defeated Gabrielle Andrews / Taylor Townsend, 6–4, 5–7, [10–5]

Shingo Kunieda defeated Stéphane Houdet, 3–6, 6–1, 6–0

• Kunieda defended his title and won his fourth US Open title.

Esther Vergeer defeated Aniek van Koot, 6–2, 6–1

• Vergeer defended her title, extended her winning streak, and earned her sixth US Open title.

David Wagner defeated Peter Norfolk, 7–5, 3–1 retired

• Wagner defended his title and won his second US Open title.

Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer defeated Maikel Scheffers / Ronald Vink, 6–3, 6–1

Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven defeated Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot, 7–5, 6–7^(8–10), 6–4

David Wagner / Nick Taylor defeated Peter Norfolk / Noam Gershony, walkover

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Rankings are as of August 22.

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Seed	Rank	Player	Points	Points defending	Points won	New points	Status
1	1	Novak Djokovic	13,920	1,200	2,000	14,720	Champion, defeated Rafael Nadal [2]
2	2	Rafael Nadal	11,420	2,000	1,200	10,620	Runner-up; Final lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
3	3	Roger Federer	8,380	720	720	8,380	Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
4	4	Andy Murray	6,535	90	720	7,165	Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
5	5	David Ferrer	4,200	180	180	4,200	Fourth round lost to Andy Roddick [21]
6	6	Robin Söderling	4,145	360	0	3,785	Withdrew due to illness[23]
7	7	Gaël Monfils	3,165	360	45	2,850	Second round lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero
8	8	Mardy Fish	2,820	180	180	2,820	Fourth round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [11]
9	9	Tomáš Berdych	2,690	10	90	2,770	Third round lost to Janko Tipsarević [20]
10	10	Nicolás Almagro	2,380	90	10	2,300	First round lost to Julien Benneteau [WC]
11	11	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2,350	0	360	2,710	Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [3]
12	12	Gilles Simon	2,325	90	180	2,415	Fourth round lost to John Isner [28]
13	13	Richard Gasquet	2,080	180	45	1,945	Second round lost to Ivo Karlović [PR]
14	14	Stanislas Wawrinka	2,035	360	45	1,720	Second round lost to Donald Young [WC]
15	15	Viktor Troicki	1,935	10	10	1,935	First round lost to Alejandro Falla
16	16	Mikhail Youzhny	1,955	720	10	1,245	First round lost to Ernests Gulbis
17	17	Jürgen Melzer	1,830	180	45	1,695	Second round lost to Igor Kunitsyn
18	18	Juan Martín del Potro	1,800	0	90	1,890	Third round lost to Gilles Simon [12]
19	19	Fernando Verdasco	1,785	360	90	1,515	Third round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [11]
20	20	Janko Tipsarević	1,740	90	360	2,010	Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
21	21	Andy Roddick	1,680	45	360	1,995	Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
22	22	Alexandr Dolgopolov	1,530	10	180	1,700	Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
23	23	Radek Štěpánek	1,440	10	45	1,475	Second round lost to Juan Mónaco
24	24	Juan Ignacio Chela	1,440	45	90	1,485	Third round lost to Donald Young [WC]
25	25	Feliciano López	1,415	180	90	1,325	Third round lost to Andy Murray [4]
26	26	Florian Mayer	1,405	10	90	1,485	Third round lost to David Ferrer [5]
27	27	Marin Čilić	1,375	45	90	1,420	Third round lost to Roger Federer [3]
28	28	John Isner	1,545	90	360	1,815	Quarterfinals lost to Andy Murray [4]
29	30	Michaël Llodra	1,280	90	45	1,235	Second round lost to Kevin Anderson
30	31	Ivan Ljubičić	1,280	10	45	1,315	Second round lost to David Nalbandian
31	32	Marcel Granollers	1,243	45	90	1,288	Third round lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero
32	33	Ivan Dodig	1,207	70	10	1,147	First round lost to Nikolay Davydenko

^[25]

Seed	Rank	Player	Points	Points defending	Points won	New points	Status
1	1	Caroline Wozniacki	9,335	900	900	9,335	Semifinals lost to Serena Williams [28]
2	2	Vera Zvonareva	6,820	1,400	500	5,920	Quarterfinals lost to Samantha Stosur [9]
3	4	Maria Sharapova	6,346	280	160	6,226	Third round lost to Flavia Pennetta [26]
4	5	Victoria Azarenka	5,995	100	160	6,055	Third round lost to Serena Williams [28]
5	6	Petra Kvitová	5,685	160	5	5,530	First round lost to Alexandra Dulgheru
6	7	Li Na	5,870	5	5	5,870	First round lost to Simona Halep
7	8	Francesca Schiavone	4,995	500	280	4,775	Fourth round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [17]
8	9	Marion Bartoli	4,225	100	100	4,225	Second round lost to Christina McHale
9	10	Samantha Stosur	3,880	500	2000	5,380	Champion, defeated Serena Williams [28]
10	11	Andrea Petkovic	3,805	280	500	4,025	Quarterfinals lost to Caroline Wozniacki [1]
11	12	Jelena Janković	3,270	160	160	3,270	Third round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [17]
12	13	Agnieszka Radwańska	3,270	100	100	3,270	Second round lost to Angelique Kerber
13	14	Peng Shuai	2,705	160	280	2,825	Fourth round lost to Flavia Pennetta [26]
14	15	Dominika Cibulková	2,565	500	100	2,165	Second round lost to Irina Falconi
15	16	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2,481	280	280	2,481	Fourth round lost to Caroline Wozniacki [1]
16	17	Ana Ivanovic	2,415	280	280	2,415	Fourth round lost to Serena Williams [28]
17	18	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2,500	280	500	2,720	Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [28]
18	19	Roberta Vinci	2,350	5	160	2,505	Third round lost to Andrea Petkovic [10]
19	20	Julia Görges	2,335	100	160	2,395	Third round lost to Peng Shuai [13]
20	21	Yanina Wickmayer	2,320	280	100	2,140	Second round lost to Alla Kudryavtseva
21	22	Daniela Hantuchová	2,220	160	5	2,065	First round lost to Pauline Parmentier
22	23	Sabine Lisicki	2,478	100	280	2,658	Fourth round lost to Vera Zvonareva [2]
23	24	Shahar Pe'er	2,115	280	100	1,935	Second round lost to Sloane Stephens [WC]
24	25	Nadia Petrova	1,695	5	160	1,850	Third round lost to Samantha Stosur [9]
25	26	Maria Kirilenko	1,735	160	280	1,855	Fourth round lost to Samantha Stosur [9]
26	27	Flavia Pennetta	1,800	160	500	2,140	Quarterfinals lost to Angelique Kerber
27	28	Lucie Šafářová	1,785	5	160	1,940	Third round lost to Monica Niculescu
28	29	Serena Williams	1,780	0	1400	3,180	Runner-up; final lost to Samantha Stosur [9]
29	31	Jarmila Gajdošová	1,690	5	100	1,785	Second round lost to Vania King
30	32	Anabel Medina Garrigues	1,610	5	160	1,765	Third round lost to Vera Zvonareva [2]
31	33	Kaia Kanepi	1,508	500	100	1,108	Second round lost to Sílvia Soler Espinosa [Q]
32	34	María José Martínez Sánchez	1,505	100	5	1,410	First round lost to Mona Barthel

Below are the lists of the wild card awardees entering in the main draws.^[28][29]

1. Irina Falconi / Steve Johnson
2. Christina Fusano / David Martin
3. Raquel Kops-Jones / Rajeev Ram
4. Melanie Oudin / Jack Sock (champions)
5. Abigail Spears / Travis Parrott
6. Taylor Townsend / Donald Young
7. CoCo Vandeweghe / Eric Butorac
8. Mashona Washington / Michael Russell

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

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

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