The2011 US Open was atennis tournament played on the outdoorhard courts at theBillie Jean King National Tennis Center inFlushing Meadows Park, ofQueens, New York City, United States. It began on August 29 and was originally scheduled to end on September 11, but the men's final was postponed to September 12 due to rain.
Rafael Nadal andKim Clijsters were the defending champions. Due to an abdominal muscle injury, Clijsters opted not to defend her title.
In the women's singles, Australia'sSamantha Stosur defeatedSerena Williams in straight sets 6–2, 6–3 for her first Grand Slam title. Stosur thus became the first Australian female player to win a Grand Slam sinceEvonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980.
In the men's singles, both Nadal andNovak Djokovic played the final for the second consecutive year. This time, Djokovic won 6–2, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–1 for his first US Open title.
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.
| Stage | Men's singles[1] | Men's doubles[1] | Women's singles[2] | Women's doubles[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 2000 | |||
| Runner up | 1200 | 1400 | ||
| Semifinals | 720 | 900 | ||
| Quarterfinals | 360 | 500 | ||
| Round of 16 | 180 | 280 | ||
| Round of 32 | 90 | 160 | ||
| Round of 64 | 45 | 0 | 100 | 5 |
| Round of 128 | 10 | – | 5 | – |
| Qualifier | 25 | 60 | ||
| Qualifying 3rd round | 16 | 50 | ||
| Qualifying 2nd round | 8 | 40 | ||
| Qualifying 1st round | 0 | 2 | ||
| Stage[3][4] | Boys singles | Boys doubles | Girls singles | Girls doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 250 | 180 | 250 | 180 |
| Runner up | 180 | 120 | 180 | 120 |
| Semifinals | 120 | 80 | 120 | 80 |
| Quarterfinals | 80 | 50 | 80 | 50 |
| Round of 16 | 50 | 30 | 50 | 30 |
| Round of 32 | 30 | – | 30 | – |
| Qualifier who loses in first round | 25 | 25 | ||
| Qualifying final round | 20 | 20 |
| Stage[5] | Men's singles | Women's singles | Quad singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Quad doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 800 | |||||
| Runner up | 500 | 100 | ||||
| Semifinals/3rd | 375 | 100 | – | |||
| Quarterfinals/4th | 100 | – | ||||
The USTA announced that the 2011 US Open purse has increased by more than one million dollars to reach a record $23.7 million. In addition to the base purse of $23.7 million, the top three men's and top three women's finishers in the Olympus US Open Series may earn up to an additional $2.6 million in bonus prize money at the US Open, providing a potential total payout of $26.3 million. Both the men's and women's US Open singles champions will earn a record $1.8 million with the ability to earn an additional $1 million in bonus prize money (for a total $2.8 million potential payout) based on their performances in the Olympus US Open Series.[6] Below is the list of prize money given to each player in the main draw of the professional competitions; all prize money is inU.S. dollars (US$); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.[7]
| 2011 US Open finish | Men's and women's singles | Men's and women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | $1,800,000 | $420,000 | $150,000 |
| Finalist | $900,000 | $210,000 | $70,000 |
| Semifinalist | $450,000 | $105,000 | $30,000 |
| Quarterfinalist | $225,000 | $50,000 | $15,000 |
| Round of 16 | $110,000 | $25,000 | $10,000 |
| Round of 32 | $55,000 | $15,000 | $5,000 |
| Round of 64 | $31,000 | $10,000 | – |
| Round of 128 | $19,000 | – | |
| Qualifying competition | $8,000 | ||
| 2nd round qualifying | $5,625 | ||
| 1st round qualifying | $3,000 |
| 2011 US Open finish | 2011 Olympus US Open series finish[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place | ||||
| Champion | $1,000,000 | $500,000 | $250,000 | |||
| Finalist | $500,000 | $250,000 | $125,000 | |||
| Semifinalist | $250,000 | $125,000 | $62,500 | |||
| Quarterfinalist | $125,000 | $62,500 | $31,250 | |||
| Round of 16 | $70,000 | $35,000 | $17,500 | |||
| Round of 32 | $40,000 | $20,000 | $10,000 | |||
| Round of 64 | $25,000 | $12,500 | $6,250 | |||
| Round of 128 | $15,000 | $7,500 | $3,750 | |||
| Awardees |  Mardy Fish | $70,000 |  Novak Djokovic | $500,000 | John Isner | $31,250 |
| Serena Williams | $500,000 |  Agnieszka Radwańska | $12,500 |  Maria Sharapova | $10,000 | |
| Champion | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Novak Djokovic [1] |  Rafael Nadal [2] | ||
| Semifinals out | |||
 Roger Federer [3] |  Andy Murray [4] | ||
| Quarterfinals out | |||
| Janko Tipsarević [20] |  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [11] | John Isner [28] | Andy Roddick [21] |
| 4th round out | |||
 Alexandr Dolgopolov [22] | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Mardy Fish [8] |  Juan Mónaco |
| Gilles Simon [12] | Donald Young (WC) | David Ferrer [5] |  Gilles Müller |
| 3rd round out | |||
| Nikolay Davydenko |  Ivo Karlović (PR) |  Tomáš Berdych [9] | Marcel Granollers [31] |
| Marin Čilić [27] |  Tommy Haas (PR) | Fernando Verdasco [19] |  Kevin Anderson |
| Alex Bogomolov Jr. | Juan Martín del Potro [18] | Juan Ignacio Chela [24] | Feliciano López [25] |
| Florian Mayer [26] | Julien Benneteau (WC) | Igor Kunitsyn | David Nalbandian |
| 2nd round out | |||
| Carlos Berlocq |  Potito Starace | Flavio Cipolla | Richard Gasquet [13] |
| Fabio Fognini | Philipp Petzschner |  Mikhail Kukushkin | Gaël Monfils [7] |
 Dudi Sela |  Bernard Tomic | Radek Štěpánek [23] |  Alejandro Falla |
| Sergei Bubka (Q) |  Marsel İlhan (Q) | Michaël Llodra [29] |  Malek Jaziri (Q) |
 Rogério Dutra Da Silva (LL) | Robby Ginepri (WC) | Diego Junqueira | Guillermo García López |
| Stanislas Wawrinka [14] |  Steve Darcis |  Vasek Pospisil (Q) |  Robin Haase |
| James Blake |  Jean-René Lisnard (Q) | Jack Sock (WC) |  Denis Istomin |
 Ernests Gulbis |  Jürgen Melzer [17] | Ivan Ljubičić [30] | Nicolas Mahut |
| 1st round out | |||
 Conor Niland (Q) | Pere Riba | Michael Berrer | Ivan Dodig [32] |
 Frederico Gil |  Kei Nishikori |  Fernando González (PR) | Sergiy Stakhovsky |
| Romain Jouan (Q) | Horacio Zeballos | Albert Ramos | Augustin Gensse (Q) |
| Xavier Malisse | Albert Montañés | Pablo Andújar |  Grigor Dimitrov |
| Santiago Giraldo | Thomaz Bellucci | Michael Yani (Q) | Ryan Harrison (WC) |
| Philipp Kohlschreiber | Andreas Seppi | Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy (Q) | Viktor Troicki [15] |
 Lu Yen-hsun | Andreas Haider-Maurer | Frank Dancevic (Q) |  Jarkko Nieminen |
 Victor Hănescu | Go Soeda (Q) | Thiemo de Bakker | Tobias Kamke |
| Louk Sorensen (Q) | Steve Johnson (WC) | João Souza (Q) |  Marcos Baghdatis |
| Filippo Volandri |  Karol Beck | Daniel Gimeno Traver | Ricardo Mello |
| Máximo González | Lukáš Lacko (LL) | Dmitry Tursunov | Marinko Matosevic (WC) |
| Tatsuma Ito | Lukáš Rosol | Rui Machado |  Somdev Devvarman |
| Igor Andreev | Jesse Huta Galung (Q) | Olivier Rochus | Adrian Mannarino |
| Michael Russell | Marc Gicquel | Ryan Sweeting | Nicolás Almagro [10] |
| Mikhail Youzhny [16] | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | Matthias Bachinger | Éric Prodon |
 Blaž Kavčič | Bobby Reynolds (WC) | Robert Farah (Q) | Andrey Golubev |
| Champion | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Samantha Stosur [9] | Serena Williams [28]/(PR) | ||
| Semifinals out | |||
 Caroline Wozniacki [1] | Angelique Kerber | ||
| Quarterfinals out | |||
| Andrea Petkovic [10] | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [17] | Flavia Pennetta [26] | Vera Zvonareva [2] |
| 4th round out | |||
| Svetlana Kuznetsova [15] | Carla Suárez Navarro | Ana Ivanovic [16] | Francesca Schiavone [7] |
| Monica Niculescu |  Peng Shuai [13] | Maria Kirilenko [25] | Sabine Lisicki [22] |
| 3rd round out | |||
| Vania King | Akgul Amanmuradova | Roberta Vinci [18] | Sílvia Soler Espinosa (Q) |
 Victoria Azarenka [4] | Sloane Stephens (WC) | Jelena Janković [11] | Chanelle Scheepers |
| Lucie Šafářová [27] | Alla Kudryavtseva | Julia Görges [19] | Maria Sharapova [3] |
| Christina McHale | Nadia Petrova [24] | Irina Falconi | Anabel Medina Garrigues [30] |
| 2nd round out | |||
| Arantxa Rus | Jarmila Gajdošová [29] | Pauline Parmentier | Elena Baltacha |
| Zheng Jie | Alizé Cornet |  Kaia Kanepi [31] | Simona Halep |
| Gisela Dulko | Michaëlla Krajicek (Q) | Shahar Pe'er [23] | Petra Cetkovská |
| Jelena Dokić | Petra Martić | Mona Barthel | Mirjana Lučić |
| Alexandra Dulgheru | Madison Keys (WC) | Yanina Wickmayer [20] | Agnieszka Radwańska [12] |
| Tsvetana Pironkova | Laura Pous Tió | Romina Oprandi (Q) | Anastasiya Yakimova |
| Marion Bartoli [8] | Vera Dushevina | Polona Hercog | CoCo Vandeweghe |
| Dominika Cibulková [14] | Venus Williams | Laura Robson (Q) | Kateryna Bondarenko |
| 1st round out | |||
| Nuria Llagostera Vives | Elena Vesnina |  Gréta Arn | Iveta Benešová |
| Daniela Hantuchová [21] | Tamira Paszek | Jamie Hampton (WC) | Sara Errani |
| Ekaterina Bychkova (Q) | Vitalia Diatchenko (Q) | Casey Dellacqua (WC) | Irina-Camelia Begu |
 Tamarine Tanasugarn | Kimiko Date-Krumm | Mathilde Johansson | Li Na [6] |
 Johanna Larsson | Rebecca Marino |  Eleni Daniilidou | Bojana Jovanovski |
| Sania Mirza | Réka-Luca Jani | Evgeniya Rodina | Ksenia Pervak |
| Alison Riske (WC) | Olga Govortsova | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová |  Anna Tatishvili |
| María José Martínez Sánchez [32] | Anne Keothavong |  Marina Erakovic (Q) | Galina Voskoboeva (Q) |
| Petra Kvitová [5] | Patricia Mayr-Achleitner | Jill Craybas (WC) | Magdaléna Rybáriková |
| Sorana Cîrstea | Anastasia Rodionova | Lauren Davis (WC) | Urszula Radwańska (Q) |
| Varvara Lepchenko | Virginie Razzano | Misaki Doi | Kristina Barrois |
| Aravane Rezaï (WC) | Melanie Oudin | Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (Q) | Heather Watson |
| Alexandra Panova (Q) | Aleksandra Wozniak (Q) | Anastasija Sevastova | Ekaterina Makarova |
| Yung-jan Chan (Q) | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | Alberta Brianti | Sofia Arvidsson |
| Zhang Shuai | Klára Zakopalová | Vesna Dolonts | Alona Bondarenko (PR) |
| Karin Knapp (Q) | Ayumi Morita | Lucie Hradecká | Stéphanie Foretz Gacon (Q) |
Madison Keys – The 16-year-old Keys defeated her compatriot and elder by 21 years,Jill Craybas on the Grandstand with a 6–2, 6–4 score in their first-round encounter, giving the Florida native her first-ever win at the US Open.[9]Simona Halep – Halep, the 19-year-old world number 53, defeated the reigningFrench Open champion and sixth seedLi Na at Louis Armstrong Stadium with a 6–2, 7–5 score in their first round encounter.[10]Julien Benneteau – The French wild-card upset tenth-seeded SpaniardNicolás Almagro in straight sets.[11]Juan Carlos Ferrero – The unseeded Ferrero, an experienced ATP Tour player and the second oldest man in the draw at 31 years old, defeated seventh-seededGaël Monfils in an extraordinary five-set match to advance into the third round.[12]Flavia Pennetta – The twenty-sixth seed, two-time quarterfinalist, and former world number 10 upset third seed, 2006 US Open champion, and former world number 1Maria Sharapova in three sets, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, to advance to the fourth round.[13]Francesca Schiavone – The 31-year-old seventh seed saved a match point in her battle against world number 81Chanelle Scheepers, and went on to win, 5–7, 7–6, 6–3, advancing to the fourth round.[14]Donald Young – The 22-year-oldAmerican wildcard upset twenty-fourth seeded veteranJuan Ignacio Chela in the third round in straight sets with a score of 7–5, 6–4, 6–3. He made it to the fourth round of aGrand Slam for the first time in his career after upsetting Chela and the fourteenth seededStanislas Wawrinka in the second round.[15]Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – The seventeenth-seeded Russian reached her second quarterfinal this year after upsetting seventh seedFrancesca Schiavone in three tight sets, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4.[16]John Isner – The twenty-eighth seededAmerican upset twelfth-seededFrenchmanGilles Simon, 7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 7–6, to reach his first ever Grand Slam quarterfinal.[17]Rafael Nadal – The number two seed reached his fourth consecutive US Open semifinal after defeatingAmericanAndy Roddick in straight sets, 6–2, 6–1, 6–3, in under two hours.[18]Samantha Stosur – The number nine seed became the first Australian woman sinceWendy Turnbull in1977 to reach a US Open final, after defeating unseeded GermanAngelique Kerber in three sets in her semifinal match, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2.[19]Samantha Stosur – The Australian player upset the American US Open three-time championSerena Williams in straight sets, 6–2, 6–3, winning her first Major.[20]Novak Djokovic – TheSerbian player continued his amazing season by winning his first US Open and his third Grand Slam of the year, defeating the defending championRafael Nadal for the sixth time in 2011.[21]Novak Djokovic defeatedRafael Nadal, 6–2, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Samantha Stosur defeatedSerena Williams, 6–2, 6–3
Jürgen Melzer /Philipp Petzschner defeatedMariusz Fyrstenberg /Marcin Matkowski, 6–2, 6–2
Liezel Huber /Lisa Raymond defeatedVania King /Yaroslava Shvedova, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
Melanie Oudin /Jack Sock defeatedGisela Dulko /Eduardo Schwank, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–8]
Oliver Golding defeatedJiří Veselý, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Grace Min defeatedCaroline Garcia, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Robin Kern /Julian Lenz defeated
Maxim Dubarenco /Vladyslav Manafov, 7–5, 6–4
Irina Khromacheva /Demi Schuurs defeatedGabrielle Andrews /Taylor Townsend, 6–4, 5–7, [10–5]
Shingo Kunieda defeatedStéphane Houdet, 3–6, 6–1, 6–0
Esther Vergeer defeatedAniek van Koot, 6–2, 6–1
David Wagner defeatedPeter Norfolk, 7–5, 3–1 retired
Stéphane Houdet /Nicolas Peifer defeatedMaikel Scheffers /Ronald Vink, 6–3, 6–1
Esther Vergeer /Sharon Walraven defeatedJiske Griffioen /Aniek van Koot, 7–5, 6–7(8–10), 6–4
David Wagner /Nick Taylor defeatedPeter Norfolk /Noam Gershony, walkover
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Rankings are as of August 22.
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points | Points defending | Points won | New points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Novak Djokovic | 13,920 | 1,200 | 2,000 | 14,720 | Champion, defeatedRafael Nadal [2] |
| 2 | 2 | Rafael Nadal | 11,420 | 2,000 | 1,200 | 10,620 | Runner-up; Final lost toNovak Djokovic [1] |
| 3 | 3 | Roger Federer | 8,380 | 720 | 720 | 8,380 | Semifinals lost toNovak Djokovic [1] |
| 4 | 4 | Andy Murray | 6,535 | 90 | 720 | 7,165 | Semifinals lost toRafael Nadal [2] |
| 5 | 5 | David Ferrer | 4,200 | 180 | 180 | 4,200 | Fourth round lost toAndy Roddick [21] |
| 4,145 | 360 | 0 | 3,785 | Withdrew due to illness[23] | ||
| 7 | 7 | Gaël Monfils | 3,165 | 360 | 45 | 2,850 | Second round lost toJuan Carlos Ferrero |
| 8 | 8 | Mardy Fish | 2,820 | 180 | 180 | 2,820 | Fourth round lost toJo-Wilfried Tsonga [11] |
| 9 | 9 | Tomáš Berdych | 2,690 | 10 | 90 | 2,770 | Third round lost toJanko Tipsarević [20] |
| 10 | 10 | Nicolás Almagro | 2,380 | 90 | 10 | 2,300 | First round lost toJulien Benneteau [WC] |
| 11 | 11 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 2,350 | 0 | 360 | 2,710 | Quarterfinals lost toRoger Federer [3] |
| 12 | 12 | Gilles Simon | 2,325 | 90 | 180 | 2,415 | Fourth round lost toJohn Isner [28] |
| 13 | 13 | Richard Gasquet | 2,080 | 180 | 45 | 1,945 | Second round lost toIvo Karlović [PR] |
| 14 | 14 | Stanislas Wawrinka | 2,035 | 360 | 45 | 1,720 | Second round lost toDonald Young [WC] |
| 15 | 15 | Viktor Troicki | 1,935 | 10 | 10 | 1,935 | First round lost toAlejandro Falla |
| 16 | 16 | Mikhail Youzhny | 1,955 | 720 | 10 | 1,245 | First round lost toErnests Gulbis |
| 17 | 17 | Jürgen Melzer | 1,830 | 180 | 45 | 1,695 | Second round lost toIgor Kunitsyn |
| 18 | 18 | Juan Martín del Potro | 1,800 | 0 | 90 | 1,890 | Third round lost toGilles Simon [12] |
| 19 | 19 | Fernando Verdasco | 1,785 | 360 | 90 | 1,515 | Third round lost toJo-Wilfried Tsonga [11] |
| 20 | 20 | Janko Tipsarević | 1,740 | 90 | 360 | 2,010 | Quarterfinals lost toNovak Djokovic [1] |
| 21 | 21 | Andy Roddick | 1,680 | 45 | 360 | 1,995 | Quarterfinals lost toRafael Nadal [2] |
| 22 | 22 | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 1,530 | 10 | 180 | 1,700 | Fourth round lost toNovak Djokovic [1] |
| 23 | 23 | Radek Štěpánek | 1,440 | 10 | 45 | 1,475 | Second round lost toJuan Mónaco |
| 24 | 24 | Juan Ignacio Chela | 1,440 | 45 | 90 | 1,485 | Third round lost toDonald Young [WC] |
| 25 | 25 | Feliciano López | 1,415 | 180 | 90 | 1,325 | Third round lost toAndy Murray [4] |
| 26 | 26 | Florian Mayer | 1,405 | 10 | 90 | 1,485 | Third round lost toDavid Ferrer [5] |
| 27 | 27 | Marin Čilić | 1,375 | 45 | 90 | 1,420 | Third round lost toRoger Federer [3] |
| 28 | 28 | John Isner | 1,545 | 90 | 360 | 1,815 | Quarterfinals lost toAndy Murray [4] |
| 29 | 30 | Michaël Llodra | 1,280 | 90 | 45 | 1,235 | Second round lost toKevin Anderson |
| 30 | 31 | Ivan Ljubičić | 1,280 | 10 | 45 | 1,315 | Second round lost toDavid Nalbandian |
| 31 | 32 | Marcel Granollers | 1,243 | 45 | 90 | 1,288 | Third round lost toJuan Carlos Ferrero |
| 32 | 33 | Ivan Dodig | 1,207 | 70 | 10 | 1,147 | First round lost toNikolay Davydenko |
| Rank | Player | Points | Points defending | Points won | New points | Withdrew due to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Robin Söderling | 4,145 | 360 | 0 | 3,785 | illness[23] |
| 29 | Milos Raonic | 1,312 | 35 | 0 | 1,277 | hip injury[24] |
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points | Points defending | Points won | New points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Caroline Wozniacki | 9,335 | 900 | 900 | 9,335 | Semifinals lost toSerena Williams [28] |
| 2 | 2 | Vera Zvonareva | 6,820 | 1,400 | 500 | 5,920 | Quarterfinals lost toSamantha Stosur [9] |
| 3 | 4 | Maria Sharapova | 6,346 | 280 | 160 | 6,226 | Third round lost toFlavia Pennetta [26] |
| 4 | 5 |  Victoria Azarenka | 5,995 | 100 | 160 | 6,055 | Third round lost toSerena Williams [28] |
| 5 | 6 | Petra Kvitová | 5,685 | 160 | 5 | 5,530 | First round lost toAlexandra Dulgheru |
| 6 | 7 | Li Na | 5,870 | 5 | 5 | 5,870 | First round lost toSimona Halep |
| 7 | 8 | Francesca Schiavone | 4,995 | 500 | 280 | 4,775 | Fourth round lost toAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova [17] |
| 8 | 9 | Marion Bartoli | 4,225 | 100 | 100 | 4,225 | Second round lost toChristina McHale |
| 9 | 10 | Samantha Stosur | 3,880 | 500 | 2000 | 5,380 | Champion, defeatedSerena Williams [28] |
| 10 | 11 | Andrea Petkovic | 3,805 | 280 | 500 | 4,025 | Quarterfinals lost toCaroline Wozniacki [1] |
| 11 | 12 | Jelena Janković | 3,270 | 160 | 160 | 3,270 | Third round lost toAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova [17] |
| 12 | 13 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 3,270 | 100 | 100 | 3,270 | Second round lost toAngelique Kerber |
| 13 | 14 | Peng Shuai | 2,705 | 160 | 280 | 2,825 | Fourth round lost toFlavia Pennetta [26] |
| 14 | 15 | Dominika Cibulková | 2,565 | 500 | 100 | 2,165 | Second round lost toIrina Falconi |
| 15 | 16 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 2,481 | 280 | 280 | 2,481 | Fourth round lost toCaroline Wozniacki [1] |
| 16 | 17 | Ana Ivanovic | 2,415 | 280 | 280 | 2,415 | Fourth round lost toSerena Williams [28] |
| 17 | 18 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 2,500 | 280 | 500 | 2,720 | Quarterfinals lost toSerena Williams [28] |
| 18 | 19 | Roberta Vinci | 2,350 | 5 | 160 | 2,505 | Third round lost toAndrea Petkovic [10] |
| 19 | 20 | Julia Görges | 2,335 | 100 | 160 | 2,395 | Third round lost toPeng Shuai [13] |
| 20 | 21 | Yanina Wickmayer | 2,320 | 280 | 100 | 2,140 | Second round lost toAlla Kudryavtseva |
| 21 | 22 | Daniela Hantuchová | 2,220 | 160 | 5 | 2,065 | First round lost toPauline Parmentier |
| 22 | 23 | Sabine Lisicki | 2,478 | 100 | 280 | 2,658 | Fourth round lost toVera Zvonareva [2] |
| 23 | 24 | Shahar Pe'er | 2,115 | 280 | 100 | 1,935 | Second round lost toSloane Stephens [WC] |
| 24 | 25 | Nadia Petrova | 1,695 | 5 | 160 | 1,850 | Third round lost toSamantha Stosur [9] |
| 25 | 26 | Maria Kirilenko | 1,735 | 160 | 280 | 1,855 | Fourth round lost toSamantha Stosur [9] |
| 26 | 27 | Flavia Pennetta | 1,800 | 160 | 500 | 2,140 | Quarterfinals lost toAngelique Kerber |
| 27 | 28 | Lucie Šafářová | 1,785 | 5 | 160 | 1,940 | Third round lost toMonica Niculescu |
| 28 | 29 | Serena Williams | 1,780 | 0 | 1400 | 3,180 | Runner-up; final lost toSamantha Stosur [9] |
| 29 | 31 | Jarmila Gajdošová | 1,690 | 5 | 100 | 1,785 | Second round lost toVania King |
| 30 | 32 | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 1,610 | 5 | 160 | 1,765 | Third round lost toVera Zvonareva [2] |
| 31 | 33 | Kaia Kanepi | 1,508 | 500 | 100 | 1,108 | Second round lost toSílvia Soler Espinosa [Q] |
| 32 | 34 | María José Martínez Sánchez | 1,505 | 100 | 5 | 1,410 | First round lost toMona Barthel |
| Rank | Player | Points | Points defending | Points won | New points | Withdrew due to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Kim Clijsters | 6,501 | 2,000 | 0 | 4,501 | stomach muscle injury[26] |
| 30 | Alisa Kleybanova | 1,755 | 100 | 0 | 1,655 | Hodgkins Lymphoma[27] |
Below are the lists of thewild card awardees entering in the main draws.[28][29]
Men's singles wild card entries[edit]
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Irina Falconi /Steve JohnsonChristina Fusano /David MartinRaquel Kops-Jones /Rajeev RamMelanie Oudin /Jack Sock (champions)Abigail Spears /Travis ParrottTaylor Townsend /Donald YoungCoCo Vandeweghe /Eric ButoracMashona Washington /Michael RussellThe following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
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Men's singles qualifiers entries[edit]Main article:2011 US Open – Men's singles qualifying
The following players received entry from alucky loser spot: | Women's singles qualifiers entries[edit]Main article:2011 US Open – Women's singles qualifying
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The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.
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