2011 Brisbane International

The 2011 Brisbane International was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 2 to 9 January 2011. It was part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first grandslam of the year.

2011 Brisbane International
Date2 – 9 January 2011
Edition3rd
Champions
Men's Singles
Robin Söderling
Women's Singles
Petra Kvitová
Men's Doubles
Lukáš Dlouhý / Paul Hanley
Women's Doubles
Alisa Kleybanova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

During the tournament, $10 was donated for every ace to the fund supporting the current Queensland floods, which was unfolding during the tournament.[1]

ATP entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank Seed
 SWE Robin Söderling 5 1
 USA Andy Roddick 8 2
 ESP Fernando Verdasco 9 3
 USA Mardy Fish 16 4
 CYP Marcos Baghdatis 20 5
 ESP Feliciano López 32 6
 GER Florian Mayer 37 7
 UZB Denis Istomin 40 8
  • Rankings are as of 27 December 2010[2]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Main article: 2011 Brisbane International – Men's Singles Qualifying

The following players received entry as a lucky loser into the singles main draw:

WTA entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank Seed
 AUS Samantha Stosur 6 1
 ISR Shahar Pe'er 13 2
 RUS Nadia Petrova 15 3
 FRA Marion Bartoli 16 4
 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 21 5
 ITA Flavia Pennetta 24 6
 RUS Alisa Kleybanova 25 7
 ROU Alexandra Dulgheru 29 8
  • Rankings as of 27 December 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received the lucky loser spots:

Champions

Men's Singles
Main article: 2011 Brisbane International – Men's Singles

Robin Söderling def. Andy Roddick, 6–3, 7–5

  • It was Soderling's 1st title of the year and 7th of his career.

Women's Singles
Main article: 2011 Brisbane International – Women's Singles

Petra Kvitová def. Andrea Petkovic, 6–1, 6–3

  • It was Kvitová's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

Men's Doubles
Main article: 2011 Brisbane International – Men's Doubles

Lukáš Dlouhý / Paul Hanley def. Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău, 6–4, retired.

Women's Doubles
Main article: 2011 Brisbane International – Women's Doubles

Alisa Kleybanova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Klaudia Jans / Alicja Rosolska, 6–3, 7–5

References
  2. "ATP Singles rankings as of 27th December 2010". atpworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  5. Tennis Australia (30 December 2010). "Tomic snares final Brisbane wildcard". brisbaneinternational.com.
  6. "Pennetta, Granollers out, Luczak in". brisbaneinternational.com.au. 4 January 2011.
  8. "Ferguson to make Brisbane main drew debut". brisbaneinternational.com. 28 December 2010.
  10. "Hantuchova withdraws from Brisbane". brisbaneinternational.com.au. 3 January 2011.


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