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2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell

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Date
  
April 16 – April 24

Category
  
ATP World Tour 500

Location
  
Barcelona, Spain

Edition
  
59th

Surface
  
Clay / Outdoor

Venue
  
Real Club de Tenis Barcelona

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.

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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).

Seeds

  • 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)
  • 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 2005–2009.
  • Doubles

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

    References

    2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell Wikipedia