2011 Medibank International Sydney

The 2011 Medibank International Sydney[1] was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 119th edition of the Medibank International Sydney, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series[1] of the 2011 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 9 to 15 January 2011.[1]

2011 Medibank International Sydney
Date9 – 15 January 2011
Edition119th
Champions
Men's Singles
Gilles Simon
Women's Singles
Li Na
Men's Doubles
Lukáš Dlouhý / Paul Hanley
Women's Doubles
Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová

WTA entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank* Seed
 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 1 1
 RUS Vera Zvonareva 2 2
 BEL Kim Clijsters 3 3
 AUS Samantha Stosur 6 4
 ITA Francesca Schiavone 7 5
 SRB Jelena Janković 8 6
 BLR Victoria Azarenka 10 7
 CHN Li Na 11 8

* As of 3 January 2011

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry into the singles main draw through qualifying:

Main article: 2011 Medibank International Sydney – Women's Singles Qualifying

The following player received entry into the singles main draw via a lucky loser spot:

ATP entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank* Seed
 USA Sam Querrey 18 1
 CYP Marcos Baghdatis 20 2
 LAT Ernests Gulbis 24 3
 SRB Viktor Troicki 30 4
 FRA Richard Gasquet 29 5
 ESP Feliciano López 32 6
 ESP Guillermo García-López 33 7
 TPE Lu Yen-hsun 35 8

* Rankings are as of 3 January 2011. [1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

[6] The following players received entry into the singles main draw through qualifying:

Main article: 2011 Medibank International Sydney – Men's Singles Qualifying

[1]

Finals

Men's singles
Main article: 2011 Medibank International Sydney – Men's Singles

Gilles Simon defeated Viktor Troicki, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)

  • It was Simon's first title of the year and 8th of his career.

Women's singles
Main article: 2011 Medibank International Sydney – Women's Singles

Li Na defeated Kim Clijsters, 7–6(7–3), 6–3

  • It was Li's 1st title of the year and 4th of her career.

Men's doubles
Main article: 2011 Medibank International Sydney – Men's Doubles

Lukáš Dlouhý / Paul Hanley defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 6–7(6–8), 6–3, [10–5]

Women's doubles
Main article: 2011 Medibank International Sydney – Women's Doubles

Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová defeated Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik, 4–6, 6–4, [10–7].

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Tennis Australia (30 December 2010). "Sydney homecoming for Dokić". medibankinternational.com.au. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  3. "Rodionova awarded Sydney wildcard". medibankinternational.com.au. 3 January 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Del Potro takes Sydney Wild Card". atpworldtour.com. 8 December 2010.
  6. "Ebden awarded Sydney wildcard". medibankinternational.com.au. 8 January 2011. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
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