2011 US Open (tennis)
# 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.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

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

**Seniors points**

| Stage | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Champion | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 |
| Runner up | 1200 | 1200 | 1400 | 1400 |
| Semifinals | 720 | 720 | 900 | 900 |
| Quarterfinals | 360 | 360 | 500 | 500 |
| Round of 16 | 180 | 180 | 280 | 280 |
| Round of 32 | 90 | 90 | 160 | 160 |
| Round of 64 | 45 | 0 | 100 | 5 |
| Round of 128 | 10 | – | 5 | – |
| Qualifier | 25 | – | 60 | – |
| Qualifying 3rd round | 16 | – | 50 | – |
| Qualifying 2nd round | 8 | – | 40 | – |
| Qualifying 1st round | 0 | – | 2 | – |

**Junior points**

| Stage | Boys singles | Boys doubles | Girls singles | Girls doubles |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Champion | 250 | 180 | 250 | 180 |
| Runner up | 180 | 120 | 180 | 120 |
| Semifinals | 120 | 80 | 120 | 80 |
| Quarterfinals | 80 | 50 | 80 | 50 |
| Round of 16 | 50 | 30 | 50 | 30 |
| Round of 32 | 30 | – | 30 | – |
| Qualifier who loses in first round | 25 | – | 25 | – |
| Qualifying final round | 20 | – | 20 | – |

**Wheelchair points**

| Stage | Men's singles | Women's singles | Quad singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Quad doubles |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Champion | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 |
| Runner up | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 100 |
| Semifinals/3rd | 375 | 375 | 375 | 100 | 100 | – |
| Quarterfinals/4th | 100 | 100 | 100 | – | – | – |

### Prize money

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 $2.8 million potential payout) based on their performances in the Olympus US Open Series. Below is the list of prize money given to each player in the main draw of the professional competitions; all prize money is in U.S. dollars (US$); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

| 2011 US Open finish | Men's and women's singles | Men's and women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| - | - | - | - |
| Champion | $1,800,000 | $420,000 | $150,000 |
| Finalist | $900,000 | $210,000 | $70,000 |
| Semifinalist | $450,000 | $105,000 | $30,000 |
| Quarterfinalist | $225,000 | $50,000 | $15,000 |
| Round of 16 | $110,000 | $25,000 | $10,000 |
| Round of 32 | $55,000 | $15,000 | $5,000 |
| Round of 64 | $31,000 | $10,000 | – |
| Round of 128 | $19,000 | – | – |
| Qualifying competition | $8,000 | – | – |
| 2nd round qualifying | $5,625 | – | – |
| 1st round qualifying | $3,000 | – | – |

### Bonus prize money

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

## Singles players

Men's singles

| Champion | Champion | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| - | - | - | - |
| Novak Djokovic [1] | Novak Djokovic [1] | Rafael Nadal [2] | Rafael Nadal [2] |
| Semifinals out ||||
| Roger Federer [3] | Roger Federer [3] | Andy Murray [4] | Andy Murray [4] |
| Quarterfinals out ||||
| Janko Tipsarević [20] | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [11] | John Isner [28] | Andy Roddick [21] |
| 4th round out ||||
| Alexandr Dolgopolov [22] | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Mardy Fish [8] | Juan Mónaco |
| Gilles Simon [12] | Donald Young (WC) | David Ferrer [5] | Gilles Müller |
| 3rd round out ||||
| Nikolay Davydenko | Ivo Karlović (PR) | Tomáš Berdych [9] | Marcel Granollers [31] |
| Marin Čilić [27] | Tommy Haas (PR) | Fernando Verdasco [19] | Kevin Anderson |
| Alex Bogomolov Jr. | Juan Martín del Potro [18] | Juan Ignacio Chela [24] | Feliciano López [25] |
| Florian Mayer [26] | Julien Benneteau (WC) | Igor Kunitsyn | David Nalbandian |
| 2nd round out ||||
| Carlos Berlocq | Potito Starace | Flavio Cipolla | Richard Gasquet [13] |
| Fabio Fognini | Philipp Petzschner | Mikhail Kukushkin | Gaël Monfils [7] |
| Dudi Sela | Bernard Tomic | Radek Štěpánek [23] | Alejandro Falla |
| Sergei Bubka (Q) | Marsel İlhan (Q) | Michaël Llodra [29] | Malek Jaziri (Q) |
| Rogério Dutra Da Silva (LL) | Robby Ginepri (WC) | Diego Junqueira | Guillermo García López |
| Stanislas Wawrinka [14] | Steve Darcis | Vasek Pospisil (Q) | Robin Haase |
| James Blake | Jean-René Lisnard (Q) | Jack Sock (WC) | Denis Istomin |
| Ernests Gulbis | Jürgen Melzer [17] | Ivan Ljubičić [30] | Nicolas Mahut |
| 1st round out ||||
| Conor Niland (Q) | Pere Riba | Michael Berrer | Ivan Dodig [32] |
| Frederico Gil | Kei Nishikori | Fernando González (PR) | Sergiy Stakhovsky |
| Romain Jouan (Q) | Horacio Zeballos | Albert Ramos | Augustin Gensse (Q) |
| Xavier Malisse | Albert Montañés | Pablo Andújar | Grigor Dimitrov |
| Santiago Giraldo | Thomaz Bellucci | Michael Yani (Q) | Ryan Harrison (WC) |
| Philipp Kohlschreiber | Andreas Seppi | Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy (Q) | Viktor Troicki [15] |
| Lu Yen-hsun | Andreas Haider-Maurer | Frank Dancevic (Q) | Jarkko Nieminen |
| Victor Hănescu | Go Soeda (Q) | Thiemo de Bakker | Tobias Kamke |
| Louk Sorensen (Q) | Steve Johnson (WC) | João Souza (Q) | Marcos Baghdatis |
| Filippo Volandri | Karol Beck | Daniel Gimeno Traver | Ricardo Mello |
| Máximo González | Lukáš Lacko (LL) | Dmitry Tursunov | Marinko Matosevic (WC) |
| Tatsuma Ito | Lukáš Rosol | Rui Machado | Somdev Devvarman |
| Igor Andreev | Jesse Huta Galung (Q) | Olivier Rochus | Adrian Mannarino |
| Michael Russell | Marc Gicquel | Ryan Sweeting | Nicolás Almagro [10] |
| Mikhail Youzhny [16] | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | Matthias Bachinger | Éric Prodon |
| Blaž Kavčič | Bobby Reynolds (WC) | Robert Farah (Q) | Andrey Golubev |

### Women's singles

| Champion | Champion | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| - | - | - | - |
| Samantha Stosur [9] | Samantha Stosur [9] | Serena Williams [28]/(PR) | Serena Williams [28]/(PR) |
| Semifinals out ||||
| Caroline Wozniacki [1] | Caroline Wozniacki [1] | Angelique Kerber | Angelique Kerber |
| Quarterfinals out ||||
| Andrea Petkovic [10] | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [17] | Flavia Pennetta [26] | Vera Zvonareva [2] |
| 4th round out ||||
| Svetlana Kuznetsova [15] | Carla Suárez Navarro | Ana Ivanovic [16] | Francesca Schiavone [7] |
| Monica Niculescu | Peng Shuai [13] | Maria Kirilenko [25] | Sabine Lisicki [22] |
| 3rd round out ||||
| Vania King | Akgul Amanmuradova | Roberta Vinci [18] | Sílvia Soler Espinosa (Q) |
| Victoria Azarenka [4] | Sloane Stephens (WC) | Jelena Janković [11] | Chanelle Scheepers |
| Lucie Šafářová [27] | Alla Kudryavtseva | Julia Görges [19] | Maria Sharapova [3] |
| Christina McHale | Nadia Petrova [24] | Irina Falconi | Anabel Medina Garrigues [30] |
| 2nd round out ||||
| Arantxa Rus | Jarmila Gajdošová [29] | Pauline Parmentier | Elena Baltacha |
| Zheng Jie | Alizé Cornet | Kaia Kanepi [31] | Simona Halep |
| Gisela Dulko | Michaëlla Krajicek (Q) | Shahar Pe'er [23] | Petra Cetkovská |
| Jelena Dokić | Petra Martić | Mona Barthel | Mirjana Lučić |
| Alexandra Dulgheru | Madison Keys (WC) | Yanina Wickmayer [20] | Agnieszka Radwańska [12] |
| Tsvetana Pironkova | Laura Pous Tió | Romina Oprandi (Q) | Anastasiya Yakimova |
| Marion Bartoli [8] | Vera Dushevina | Polona Hercog | CoCo Vandeweghe |
| Dominika Cibulková [14] | Venus Williams | Laura Robson (Q) | Kateryna Bondarenko |
| 1st round out ||||
| Nuria Llagostera Vives | Elena Vesnina | Gréta Arn | Iveta Benešová |
| Daniela Hantuchová [21] | Tamira Paszek | Jamie Hampton (WC) | Sara Errani |
| Ekaterina Bychkova (Q) | Vitalia Diatchenko (Q) | Casey Dellacqua (WC) | Irina-Camelia Begu |
| Tamarine Tanasugarn | Kimiko Date-Krumm | Mathilde Johansson | Li Na [6] |
| Johanna Larsson | Rebecca Marino | Eleni Daniilidou | Bojana Jovanovski |
| Sania Mirza | Réka-Luca Jani | Evgeniya Rodina | Ksenia Pervak |
| Alison Riske (WC) | Olga Govortsova | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | Anna Tatishvili |
| María José Martínez Sánchez [32] | Anne Keothavong | Marina Erakovic (Q) | Galina Voskoboeva (Q) |
| Petra Kvitová [5] | Patricia Mayr-Achleitner | Jill Craybas (WC) | Magdaléna Rybáriková |
| Sorana Cîrstea | Anastasia Rodionova | Lauren Davis (WC) | Urszula Radwańska (Q) |
| Varvara Lepchenko | Virginie Razzano | Misaki Doi | Kristina Barrois |
| Aravane Rezaï (WC) | Melanie Oudin | Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (Q) | Heather Watson |
| Alexandra Panova (Q) | Aleksandra Wozniak (Q) | Anastasija Sevastova | Ekaterina Makarova |
| Yung-jan Chan (Q) | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | Alberta Brianti | Sofia Arvidsson |
| Zhang Shuai | Klára Zakopalová | Vesna Dolonts | Alona Bondarenko (PR) |
| Karin Knapp (Q) | Ayumi Morita | Lucie Hradecká | Stéphanie Foretz Gacon (Q) |

## Player(s) of the day

* 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.
* 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.
* Day 3: Julien Benneteau – The French wild-card upset tenth-seeded Spaniard Nicolás Almagro in straight sets.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.

## Events

### Seniors

**Men's singles**

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.

**Women's singles**

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.

**Men's doubles**

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

**Women's doubles**

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.

**Mixed doubles**

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.

### Juniors

**Boys' singles**

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

**Girls' singles**

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

**Boys' doubles**

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

**Girls' doubles**

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

### Wheelchair events

**Wheelchair men's singles**

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

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

**Wheelchair women's singles**

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.

**Wheelchair quad singles**

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

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

**Wheelchair men's doubles**

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

**Wheelchair women's doubles**

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

**Wheelchair quad doubles**

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

## Singles seeds

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

### Men's singles

| 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 |
| 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 |

### Withdrawals

| Rank | Player | Points | Points defending | Points won | New points | Withdrew due to |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Robin Söderling | 4,145 | 360 | 0 | 3,785 | illness |
| 29 | Milos Raonic | 1,312 | 35 | 0 | 1,277 | hip injury |

### Women's singles

| 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 |

### Withdrawals

| Rank | Player | Points | Points defending | Points won | New points | Withdrew due to |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Kim Clijsters | 6,501 | 2,000 | 0 | 4,501 | stomach muscle injury |
| 30 | Alisa Kleybanova | 1,755 | 100 | 0 | 1,655 | Hodgkins Lymphoma |

## Wild card entries

Below are the lists of the wild card awardees entering in the main draws.

### Mixed doubles wild card entries

* Irina Falconi / Steve Johnson
* Christina Fusano / David Martin
* Raquel Kops-Jones / Rajeev Ram
* Melanie Oudin / Jack Sock (champions)
* Abigail Spears / Travis Parrott
* Taylor Townsend / Donald Young
* CoCo Vandeweghe / Eric Butorac
* Mashona Washington / Michael Russell

## Protected ranking

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

## Withdrawn players

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

