2011 Mercury Insurance Open

2011 Mercury Insurance Open
DateAugust 1–7
Edition31st
CategoryWTA Premier tournaments
Draw56S / 16D
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationCarlsbad, California, US
Champions
Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska
Doubles
Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik

The 2011 Mercury Insurance Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the 2nd edition of the Southern California Open since the tournament left the tour in 2007. It is classified as one of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour. It takes place in Carlsbad, California, United States. Petra Kvitova and Kim Clijsters withdrew due to injuries.[1][2] Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwańska won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2011 Mercury Insurance Open – Singles

Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–4.

  • It was Radwańska's first title of the year and fifth overall.

Doubles

Main article: 2011 Mercury Insurance Open – Doubles

Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik defeated Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears 6–0, 6–2

Entrants

Seeds

Nation Player Ranking* Seed
RUS Vera Zvonareva 3 1
GER Andrea Petkovic 11 2
POL Agnieszka Radwańska 14 3
CHN Peng Shuai 16 4
SRB Ana Ivanovic 17 5
SVK Dominika Cibulková 19 6
GER Julia Görges 20 7
SVK Daniela Hantuchová 21 8
ITA Roberta Vinci 22 9
ITA Flavia Pennetta 23 10
RUS Maria Kirilenko 25 11
GER Sabine Lisicki 26 12
AUS Jarmila Gajdošová 28 13
RUS Elena Vesnina 33 14
ITA Sara Errani 36 15
SLO Polona Hercog 39 16
  • Seedings are based on the rankings of July 25, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Main article: 2011 Mercury Insurance Open – Singles qualifying

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

References

  1. ^ Tennis.com. "Kvitova, Clijsters pull out of San Diego event". Tennis.com.
  2. ^ Lynch, Lauren. "Tennis: Injured Kim Clijsters, Petra Kvitova out of 2011 Mercury Insurance Open". Bleacher Report.
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