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2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia

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Date
  
9 – 15 May

Surface
  
Clay / Outdoor

Venue
  
Foro Italico

Edition
  
68th

Location
  
Rome, Italy

The 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia was a tennis tournament, being played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 68th edition of the event and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place from 9 to 15 May 2011.

Contents

Prize money

All money is in Euros

Seeds

  • Rankings are as of 2 May 2011.

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • Simone Bolelli
  • Fabio Fognini
  • Potito Starace
  • Filippo Volandri

    • The following players received entry via qualifying:

  • Igor Andreev
  • Pablo Cuevas
  • Victor Hănescu
  • Łukasz Kubot
  • Paolo Lorenzi
  • Kei Nishikori (withdrawn)
  • Pere Riba

    • The following players received entry from a lucky losers spot:

  • Adrian Mannarino
  • Jarkko Nieminen
  • Carlos Berlocq

    • Withdrawals

    The following notable players withdrew from the event:

  • Ivan Dodig (plays at Zagreb Challenger instead)
  • Ernests Gulbis (withdrew due to respiratory problems)
  • Janko Tipsarević (withdrew due to a right leg injury)
  • David Nalbandian (withdrew due to illness)
  • Tommy Robredo
  • Gaël Monfils (withdrew due to sickness)
  • David Ferrer (withdrew due to illness)

    • Seeds

  • Rankings are as of 2 May 2011.

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • Alberta Brianti
  • Corinna Dentoni
  • Romina Oprandi

    • The following players received entry via qualifying:

  • Polona Hercog
  • Varvara Lepchenko
  • Christina McHale
  • Anabel Medina Garrigues
  • Arantxa Parra Santonja
  • Tamira Paszek
  • Anastasia Rodionova
  • Chanelle Scheepers

    • The following players received entry from a lucky losers spot:

  • Angelique Kerber
  • Zheng Jie

    • Withdrawals

    The following notable players withdrew from the event:

  • Kim Clijsters (torn ligaments, right ankle)
  • Dominika Cibulková (left abdominal injury)
  • Julia Görges (lower back injury)
  • Anna Chakvetadze (withdrew due to sickness)
  • Ágnes Szávay (lower back injury)
  • Serena Williams (pulmonary embolism)
  • Venus Williams (torn abdominal)

    • Men's singles

    Novak Djokovic def. Rafael Nadal, 6–4, 6–4

  • It was Djokovic's 7th title of the year and 25th of his career. It was his 39th consecutive match win. It was his 2nd title in Rome, also winning in 2008. It was his 4th Masters of the year and 9th of his career.

    • Women's singles

    Maria Sharapova def. Samantha Stosur, 6–2, 6–4

  • It was Sharapova's 1st title of the year and 23rd of her career.

    • Men's doubles

    John Isner / Sam Querrey def. Mardy Fish / Andy Roddick, w/o

    Women's doubles

    Peng Shuai / Zheng Jie def. Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–2, 6–3

    References

    2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Wikipedia
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