2011 Dubai Tennis Championships
| 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships | |
|---|---|
| Date |
21 – 27 February (men) 14 – 20 February (women)[1] |
| Edition | 19th (men) / 11th (women) |
| Category |
ATP World Tour 500 WTA Premier 5 event |
| Location | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Venue | Aviation Club Tennis Centre |
| Champions | |
| Men's Singles | |
 Novak Djokovic | |
| Women's Singles | |
 Caroline Wozniacki[1] | |
| Men's Doubles | |
 Sergiy Stakhovsky /  Mikhail Youzhny | |
| Women's Doubles | |
 Liezel Huber /  María José Martínez Sánchez[1] | |
The 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2011 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a 500 Series event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2011 WTA Tour. The tournament was known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons. Both of the events took place at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 14 to February 20, 2011, while the men's tournament took place from February 21 to February 27, 2011.
ATP entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 SUI |
Roger Federer | 2 | 1 |
| SRB |
Novak Djokovic | 3 | 2 |
 CZE |
Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 3 |
| RUS |
Mikhail Youzhny | 11 | 4 |
 CRO |
Ivan Ljubičić | 14 | 5 |
| SRB |
Viktor Troicki | 19 | 6 |
 CYP |
Marcos Baghdatis | 21 | 7 |
 LAT |
Ernests Gulbis | 22 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of February 14, 2011.[2]
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
Omar Awadhy
Michael Berrer
Somdev Devvarman
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:[3]
WTA entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEN |
Caroline Wozniacki | 1 | 1 |
| RUS |
Vera Zvonareva | 3 | 2 |
 ITA |
Francesca Schiavone | 4 | 3 |
 AUS |
Samantha Stosur | 5 | 4 |
 CHN |
Li Na | 7 | 5 |
| SRB |
Jelena Janković | 8 | 6 |
 BLR |
Victoria Azarenka | 9 | 7 |
 POL |
Agnieszka Radwańska | 10 | 8 |
 ISR |
Shahar Pe'er | 11 | 9 |
 FRA |
Marion Bartoli | 15 | 10 |
| ITA |
Flavia Pennetta | 16 | 11 |
 EST |
Kaia Kanepi | 17 | 12 |
| CZE |
Petra Kvitová | 18 | 13 |
| SRB |
Ana Ivanovic | 19 | 14 |
| RUS |
Alisa Kleybanova | 22 | 15 |
| RUS |
Svetlana Kuznetsova | 23 | 16 |
- 1 Rankings are as of February 7, 2011.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:[4]
- Kristina Barrois
Zuzana Kučová- Nuria Llagostera Vives
Ayumi Morita- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Peng Shuai
Chanelle Scheepers- Zhang Shuai
Champions
Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic def. Roger Federer, 6–3, 6–3
- It was Djokovic's 2nd title of the year and 20th of his career. It was his 3rd consecutive Dubai title.
Women's Singles
Caroline Wozniacki def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–1, 6–3.[5]
- It was Wozniacki's 1st title of the year and 13th of her career. It was her 1st Premier 5 title of the year and 3rd of her career.
Men's Doubles
Sergiy Stakhovsky / Mikhail Youzhny def. Jérémy Chardy / Feliciano López, 4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Women's Doubles
Liezel Huber / María José Martínez Sánchez def. Květa Peschke / 
Katarina Srebotnik, 7–6(5), 6–3.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 "Dubai Open 2011 - Overview". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ↑ "ATP Tour Rankings - February 14, 2011". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ↑ "Dubai 2011 - Qualifying Singles". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ↑ "Dubai Open 2011 - Qualifying Singles". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ↑ "Wozniacki celebrates return to top of the world with triumph in Dubai". Daily Mail. 2011-02-20. Archived from the original on 23 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ↑ "Dubai Open 2011 - Doubles". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved 2011-02-25.