2011 Sony Ericsson Open
# 2011 Sony Ericsson Open

The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open (also known as 2011 Miami Masters), a men's and women's tennis tournament, was held from March 22 to April 3, 2011. It was the 27th edition of the Miami Masters event and played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami. The tournament was a part of 2011 ATP World Tour and 2011 WTA Tour, classified as ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and Premier Mandatory event respectively.

## Tournament

The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami. This was the twenty seventh edition of the event and took place from March 22 to April 3, 2011. The tournament was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour and the 2011 WTA Tour. It was a Masters 1000 series event on the ATP Tour and a Premier Mandatory series event on the WTA Tour. It was the second event to be staged in 2011 in either category. The tournament was played on 12 Laykold Cushion Plus courts which have been rated slow by the ITF.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Stage | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Champion | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Runner up | 600 | 600 | 700 | 700 |
| Semifinals | 360 | 360 | 450 | 450 |
| Quarterfinals | 180 | 180 | 250 | 250 |
| Round of 16 | 90 | 90 | 140 | 140 |
| Round of 32 | 45 | 45 | 80 | 80 |
| Round of 64 | 25 (10) | | 50 | |
| Round of 128 | 10 | – | 5 | – |
| Qualifier | 12 | – | 30 | – |

### Prize money

The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $4,500,000 each (WTA Tour and ATP World Tour).

| Stage | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Champion | $611,000 | $200,200 | $700,000 | $237,000 |
| Runner up | $298,200 | $97,700 | $350,000 | $118,500 |
| Semifinals | $149,450 | $49,970 | $150,000 | $51,000 |
| Quarterfinals | $76,195 | $24,960 | $64,700 | $22,000 |
| Round of 16 | $40,160 | $13,160 | $32,000 | $11,500 |
| Round of 32 | $21,495 | $7,040 | $18,740 | $4,000 |
| Round of 64 | $11,605 | – | $11,500 | – |
| Round of 96 | $7,115 | – | $7,050 | – |
| Final round qualifying | $2,120 | – | $2,100 | – |
| First round qualifying | $1,085 | – | $1,050 | – |

## Players

### Men's singles

**Seeds**

| Athlete | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
| - | - | - | - |
| Rafael Nadal | Spain | 1 | 1 |
| Novak Djokovic | Serbia | 2 | 2 |
| Roger Federer | Switzerland | 3 | 3 |
| Robin Söderling | Sweden | 4 | 4 |
| Andy Murray | Great Britain | 5 | 5 |
| David Ferrer | Spain | 6 | 6 |
| Tomáš Berdych | Czech Republic | 7 | 7 |
| Andy Roddick | United States | 8 | 8 |
| Fernando Verdasco | Spain | 9 | 9 |
| Jürgen Melzer | Austria | 10 | 10 |
| Nicolás Almagro | Spain | 12 | 11 |
| Stanislas Wawrinka | Switzerland | 13 | 12 |
| Mikhail Youzhny | Russia | 14 | 13 |
| Mardy Fish | United States | 15 | 14 |
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | France | 16 | 15 |
| Viktor Troicki | Serbia | 17 | 16 |
| Richard Gasquet | France | 18 | 17 |
| Marin Čilić | Croatia | 20 | 18 |
| Sam Querrey | United States | 21 | 19 |
| Albert Montañés | Spain | 22 | 20 |
| Alexandr Dolgopolov | Ukraine | 23 | 21 |
| Marcos Baghdatis | Cyprus | 24 | 22 |
| Michaël Llodra | France | 25 | 23 |
| Guillermo García López | Spain | 26 | 24 |
| Gilles Simon | France | 27 | 25 |
| Juan Ignacio Chela | Argentina | 28 | 26 |
| Thomaz Bellucci | Brazil | 30 | 27 |
| Ernests Gulbis | Latvia | 31 | 28 |
| Philipp Kohlschreiber | Germany | 32 | 29 |
| John Isner | United States | 33 | 30 |
| Milos Raonic | Canada | 34 | 31 |
| Juan Mónaco | Argentina | 35 | 32 |

* Rankings are as of March 21, 2011.

**Other entrants**

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

* James Blake
* Ryan Harrison
* Ivo Karlović
* Jack Sock
* Bernard Tomic

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

* Juan Martín del Potro

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Alex Bogomolov Jr.
* Paul Capdeville
* Grigor Dimitrov
* Marsel İlhan
* Robert Kendrick
* Igor Kunitsyn
* Paolo Lorenzi
* Olivier Rochus
* Michael Russell
* Rainer Schüttler
* Ryan Sweeting
* Donald Young

**Withdrawals**

* Thiemo de Bakker (wisdom teeth) → replaced by Milos Raonic
* Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
* Tommy Haas → replaced by Blaž Kavčič
* Lleyton Hewitt (foot surgery recovery) → replaced by Frederico Gil
* Gaël Monfils (left wrist) → replaced by Mischa Zverev
* David Nalbandian (torn hamstring & hernia) → replaced by Ricardo Mello
* Tommy Robredo (adductor injury) → replaced by Somdev Devvarman

### Women's singles

**Seeds**

| Athlete | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
| - | - | - | - |
| Caroline Wozniacki | Denmark | 1 | 1 |
| Kim Clijsters | Belgium | 2 | 2 |
| Vera Zvonareva | Russia | 3 | 3 |
| Samantha Stosur | Australia | 4 | 4 |
| Francesca Schiavone | Italy | 5 | 5 |
| Jelena Janković | Serbia | 6 | 6 |
| Li Na | People's Republic of China | 7 | 7 |
| Victoria Azarenka | Belarus | 9 | 8 |
| Agnieszka Radwańska | Poland | 10 | 9 |
| Shahar Pe'er | Israel | 12 | 10 |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | Russia | 13 | 11 |
| Petra Kvitová | Czech Republic | 14 | 12 |
| Flavia Pennetta | Italy | 15 | 13 |
| Kaia Kanepi | Estonia | 16 | 14 |
| Marion Bartoli | France | 17 | 15 |
| Maria Sharapova | Russia | 18 | 16 |
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Russia | 19 | 17 |
| Nadia Petrova | Russia | 20 | 18 |
| Ana Ivanovic | Serbia | 21 | 19 |
| Aravane Rezaï | France | 22 | 20 |
| Andrea Petkovic | Germany | 23 | 21 |
| Alisa Kleybanova | Russia | 24 | 22 |
| Yanina Wickmayer | Belgium | 25 | 23 |
| Maria Kirilenko | Russia | 26 | 24 |
| Dominika Cibulková | Slovakia | 27 | 25 |
| Alexandra Dulgheru | Romania | 28 | 26 |
| María José Martínez Sánchez | Spain | 29 | 27 |
| Jarmila Groth | Australia | 30 | 28 |
| Daniela Hantuchová | Slovakia | 31 | 29 |
| Lucie Šafářová | Czech Republic | 32 | 30 |
| Tsvetana Pironkova | Bulgaria | 33 | 31 |
| Klára Zakopalová | Czech Republic | 34 | 32 |

* Rankings are as of March 7, 2011.

**Other entrants**

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

* Sorana Cîrstea
* Sabine Lisicki
* Madison Keys
* Dinara Safina
* Coco Vandeweghe
* Heather Watson
* Petra Martić
* Ajla Tomljanović

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

* Melinda Czink
* Urszula Radwańska

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Chan Yung-jan
* Jelena Dokić
* Jamie Hampton
* Lucie Hradecká
* Vesna Manasieva
* Sania Mirza
* Ksenia Pervak
* Arantxa Rus
* Sloane Stephens
* Anna Tatishvili
* Anastasiya Yakimova
* Zhang Shuai

**Withdrawals**

* Akgul Amanmuradova → replaced by Virginie Razzano
* Alona Bondarenko → replaced by Urszula Radwańska
* Anna Chakvetadze → replaced by Sybille Bammer
* Romina Oprandi → replaced by Anabel Medina Garrigues
* Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Kristina Barrois
* Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Chanelle Scheepers
* Tamarine Tanasugarn → replaced by Zuzana Ondrášková
* Serena Williams (pulmonary embolism and related upcoming surgery) → replaced by Edina Gallovits-Hall
* Venus Williams (abdominal injury) → replaced by Lourdes Domínguez Lino

## Finals

### Men's singles

Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 6–3, $7–6^{(7–4)}$

* It was Djokovic's 4th title of the year and 22nd of his career. It was his 2nd Masters of the year and 7th of his career. It was his 2nd win at Miami, also winning in 2007. The win brought Djokovic to 26 consecutive match wins dating to the 2010 Davis Cup final.

### Women's singles

Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–1, 6–4

* It was Azarenka's 1st title of the year and 6th of her career. It was her 4th career Premier win and 2nd at the Mandatory level. It was her 2nd win at Miami, also winning in 2009.

### Men's doubles

Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes defeated Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor, $6–7^{(5–7)},$ 6–2, [10–5]

### Women's doubles

Daniela Hantuchová / Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Liezel Huber / Nadia Petrova, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 2–6, [10–8]

## Viewership

### Attendance

A record capacity of 14,625 crowd attended the men's final on Sunday, April 3. Also the tournament attracted a new record sum of 316,267 spectators breaking the previous one of 312,386 sold tickets set last year.

