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2011 WTA Tour

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Women's tennis circuit

2011 WTA Tour
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Caroline Wozniacki finished the year asWTA world No. 1 for the second time in her career, thoughPetra Kvitová was named the Player of the Year. Wozniacki won six tournaments during the season, including twoPremier Mandatory and Premier 5 events. Kvitová won six tournaments during the season, including amajor at theWimbledon Championships, theWTA Tour Championships, and aPremier Mandatory event.
Duration	1 January – 7 November 2011
Edition	41st
Tournaments	57
Categories	Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships (2) WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (11) WTA International (31)
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Petra Kvitová Caroline Wozniacki (6)
Most finals	Caroline Wozniacki (8)
Prize money leader	Petra Kvitová (US$5,145,943)
Points leader	Caroline Wozniacki (7,395)
Awards
Player of the year	Petra Kvitová
Doubles team of the year	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
Most improved player of the year	Petra Kvitová
Newcomer of the year	Irina-Camelia Begu
Comeback player of the year	Sabine Lisicki
←2010 2012 →

Kim Clijsters (top left) claimed herfirst Australian Open title and as well as her fourth (and last) Grand Slam title, defeatingLi Na in the final. Li (top right) would go on to win her maiden Grand Slam title atFrench Open defeating defending championFrancesca Schiavone, thus becoming the first Chinese player to win the Grand Slam.Petra Kvitová (bottom left) won her maiden Grand Slam title at theWimbledon defeatingMaria Sharapova, thus becoming the first Czech to win the Grand Slam sinceJana Novotná in 1998, and the first player born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title.Samantha Stosur (bottom right) won her maiden Grand Slam title at theUS Open defeatingSerena Williams in the final. Stosur becoming the first Australian to win a Grand Slam title sinceEvonne Goolagong Cawley in1980 Wimbledon Championships.

TheWTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The2011 WTA Tour includes theGrand Slam tournaments (sanctioned by theInternational Tennis Federation (ITF)), theWTA Premier tournaments, theWTA International tournaments, theFed Cup (organized by the ITF), theCommonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions and theWTA Championships.

Schedule

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This is the complete schedule of events on the 2011 WTA Tour.^[1] Player progression will be documented from the quarterfinals stage.

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

Team events

January

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Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Jan	Hyundai Hopman Cup Perth, Australia Mixed Teams Championships Hard (i) – A$1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR)	United States 2–1	Belgium	Round robin (group A) Serbia Australia Kazakhstan	Round robin (group B) Great Britain Italy France
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–1, 6–3	Andrea Petkovic	Marion Bartoli Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Jarmila Groth Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Dominika Cibulková Lucie Šafářová
		Alisa Kleybanova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–3, 7–5	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	Marion Bartoli Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Gréta Arn 6–3, 6–3	Yanina Wickmayer	Julia Görges Peng Shuai	Maria Sharapova Kateryna Bondarenko Heather Watson Simona Halep
		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–0	Sofia Arvidsson Marina Erakovic	Julia Görges Peng Shuai
10 Jan	Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $618,000 – 30S/16D Singles –Doubles	Li Na 7–6^(7–3), 6–3	Kim Clijsters	Alisa Kleybanova Bojana Jovanovski	Dominika Cibulková Victoria Azarenka Svetlana Kuznetsova Flavia Pennetta
		Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	Alisa Kleybanova Bojana Jovanovski
	Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Jarmila Groth 6–4, 6–3	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Klára Zakopalová Peng Shuai	Marion Bartoli Roberta Vinci Sara Errani Angelique Kerber
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–3, 7–5	Kateryna Bondarenko Līga Dekmeijere	Klára Zakopalová Peng Shuai	Marion Bartoli Roberta Vinci Sara Errani Angelique Kerber
17 Jan 24 Jan	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $10,366,780 – hard 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles –Doubles –Mixed doubles	Kim Clijsters 3–6, 6–3, 6–3	Li Na	Caroline Wozniacki Vera Zvonareva	Francesca Schiavone Andrea Petkovic Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 2–6, 7–5, 6–1	Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko
		Katarina Srebotnik Daniel Nestor 6–3, 3–6, [10–7]	Chan Yung-Jan Paul Hanley
31 Jan	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas: Quarterfinals Hobart, Australia, Hard Moscow, Russia, Hard (i) Bratislava, Slovakia, Hard (i) Antwerp, Belgium, (i)	Quarterfinals Winners Italy 4–1 Russia 3–2 Czech Republic 3–2 Belgium 4–1	Quarterfinals Losers Australia France Slovakia United States

February

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Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Feb	Open GDF Suez Paris, France WTA Premier Hard (i) – $618,000 – 30S/16D Singles –Doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–4, 6–3	Kim Clijsters	Kaia Kanepi Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Jelena Dokić Dominika Cibulková Yanina Wickmayer Andrea Petkovic
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy 6–4, 6–2	Vera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova	Kaia Kanepi Bethanie Mattek-Sands
	PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya, Thailand WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Daniela Hantuchová 6–0, 6–2	Sara Errani	Vera Zvonareva Roberta Vinci	Peng Shuai Akgul Amanmuradova Galina Voskoboeva Ana Ivanovic
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 3–6, 6–3, [10–5]	Sun Shengnan Zheng Jie	Vera Zvonareva Roberta Vinci
14 Feb	Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,050,000 – 56S/28D Singles –Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–1, 6–3	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Jelena Janković Flavia Pennetta	Shahar Pe'er Samantha Stosur Agnieszka Radwańska Alisa Kleybanova
		Liezel Huber María José Martínez Sánchez 7–6^(7–5), 6–3	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	Jelena Janković Flavia Pennetta
	Cellular South Cup Memphis, United States WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–2, ret.	Rebecca Marino	Lucie Hradecká Evgeniya Rodina	Alexa Glatch Ksenia Pervak Heather Watson CoCo Vandeweghe
		Olga Govortsova Alla Kudryavtseva 6–3, 4–6, [10–8]	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	Lucie Hradecká Evgeniya Rodina	Alexa Glatch Ksenia Pervak Heather Watson CoCo Vandeweghe
	XIX Copa BBVA Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Lourdes Domínguez Lino 2–6, 6–3, 6–2	Mathilde Johansson	Carla Suárez Navarro Petra Martić	Han Xinyun Catalina Castaño Beatriz García Vidagany Laura Pous Tió
		Edina Gallovits-Hall Anabel Medina Garrigues 2–6, 7–6^(8–6), [11–9]	Sharon Fichman Laura Pous Tió	Carla Suárez Navarro Petra Martić
21 Feb	Qatar Ladies Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier Hard – $721,000 – 28S/16D Singles –Doubles	Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 6–4	Caroline Wozniacki	Marion Bartoli Jelena Janković	Flavia Pennetta Peng Shuai Klára Zakopalová Daniela Hantuchová
		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 7–5, 6–7^(2–7), [10–8]	Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova	Marion Bartoli Jelena Janković
	Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Gisela Dulko 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Anabel Medina Garrigues Johanna Larsson	Carla Suárez Navarro Laura Pous Tió Gréta Arn Lourdes Domínguez Lino
		Mariya Koryttseva Ioana Raluca Olaru 3–6, 6–1, [10–4]	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	Anabel Medina Garrigues Johanna Larsson
28 Feb	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2–6, 6–2, 6–3	Jelena Janković	Polona Hercog Gisela Dulko	Anastasija Sevastova Olga Govortsova Ksenia Pervak Gréta Arn
		Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–7^(8–10), 6–2, [10–6]	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Vania King	Polona Hercog Gisela Dulko
	BMW Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Jelena Dokić 2–6, 7–6^(11–9), 6–4	Lucie Šafářová	Michaëlla Krajicek Jarmila Gajdošová	Bojana Jovanovski Anne Kremer Ayumi Morita Marion Bartoli
		Dinara Safina Galina Voskoboeva 7–5, 2–6, [10–5]	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Jessica Moore	Michaëlla Krajicek Jarmila Gajdošová	Bojana Jovanovski Anne Kremer Ayumi Morita Marion Bartoli

March

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Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Mar 14 Mar	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,500,000 – 96S/32D Singles –Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–1, 2–6, 6–3	Marion Bartoli	Maria Sharapova Yanina Wickmayer	Victoria Azarenka Peng Shuai Shahar Pe'er Ana Ivanovic
7 Mar 14 Mar		Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina 6–0, 7–5	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy	Maria Sharapova Yanina Wickmayer	Victoria Azarenka Peng Shuai Shahar Pe'er Ana Ivanovic
21 Mar 28 Mar	Sony Ericsson Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,500,000 – 96S/32D Singles –Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–4	Maria Sharapova	Andrea Petkovic Vera Zvonareva	Jelena Janković Alexandra Dulgheru Agnieszka Radwańska Kim Clijsters
21 Mar 28 Mar		Daniela Hantuchová Agnieszka Radwańska 7–6^(7–5), 2–6, [10–8]	Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova	Andrea Petkovic Vera Zvonareva

April

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Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Apr	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States WTA Premier $721,000 – clay (green) – 56S/16D Singles –Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–3	Elena Vesnina	Jelena Janković Peng Shuai	Yanina Wickmayer Christina McHale Sania Mirza Julia Görges
		Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina 6–4, 6–4	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy	Jelena Janković Peng Shuai	Yanina Wickmayer Christina McHale Sania Mirza Julia Görges
	Andalucia Tennis Experience Marbella, Spain WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–2	Irina-Camelia Begu	Sara Errani Svetlana Kuznetsova	Dinara Safina Alexandra Dulgheru Klára Zakopalová Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino
		Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja 3–6, 6–4, [10–5]	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Sara Errani Svetlana Kuznetsova
11 April	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas: Semifinals Moscow, Russia, Hard (i) Charleroi, Belgium, Hard (i)	Semifinal winners Russia 5–0 Czech Republic 3–2	Semifinal losers Italy Belgium
18 Apr	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier $721,000 – clay (red) (i) – 28S/16D Singles –Doubles	Julia Görges 7–6^(7–3), 6–3	Caroline Wozniacki	Agnieszka Radwańska Samantha Stosur	Andrea Petkovic Kristina Barrois Sabine Lisicki Vera Zvonareva
		Sabine Lisicki Samantha Stosur 6–1, 7–6^(7–5)	Kristina Barrois Jasmin Wöhr	Agnieszka Radwańska Samantha Stosur
	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fes, Morocco WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Alberta Brianti 6–4, 6–3	Simona Halep	Kirsten Flipkens Dinara Safina	Nadia Lalami Gréta Arn Melanie Oudin Anastasia Pivovarova
		Andrea Hlaváčková Renata Voráčová 6–3, 6–4	Nina Bratchikova Sandra Klemenschits	Kirsten Flipkens Dinara Safina	Nadia Lalami Gréta Arn Melanie Oudin Anastasia Pivovarova
25 Apr	Barcelona Ladies Open Barcelona, Spain WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Roberta Vinci 4–6, 6–2, 6–2	Lucie Hradecká	Laura Pous Tió Sara Errani	Virginie Razzano Polona Hercog Alberta Brianti Estrella Cabeza Candela
		Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 5–7, 6–4, [11–9]	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	Laura Pous Tió Sara Errani
	Estoril Open Oeiras, Portugal WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–1, 6–2	Kristina Barrois	Johanna Larsson Monica Niculescu	Alisa Kleybanova Alla Kudryavtseva Klára Zakopalová Jarmila Gajdošová
		Alisa Kleybanova Galina Voskoboeva 6–4, 6–2	Eleni Daniilidou Michaëlla Krajicek	Johanna Larsson Monica Niculescu

May

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Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 May	Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory $4,500,000 – clay (red) – 64S/28D Singles –Doubles	Petra Kvitová 7–6^(7–3), 6–4	Victoria Azarenka	Julia Görges Li Na	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová Bethanie Mattek-Sands Dominika Cibulková
2 May		Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko 6–4, 6–3	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	Julia Görges Li Na
9 May	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 $2,050,000 – clay (red) – 56S/28D Singles –Doubles	Maria Sharapova 6–2, 6–4	Samantha Stosur	Caroline Wozniacki Li Na	Jelena Janković Victoria Azarenka Gréta Arn Francesca Schiavone
9 May		Peng Shuai Zheng Jie 6–2, 6–3	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	Caroline Wozniacki Li Na
16 May	Brussels Open by GDF Suez Brussels, Belgium WTA Premier $618,000 – clay (red) – 30S/16D Singles –Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 2–6, 6–3, 6–3	Peng Shuai	Francesca Schiavone Vera Zvonareva	Yanina Wickmayer Ayumi Morita Sofia Arvidsson Alexandra Dulgheru
		Andrea Hlaváčková Galina Voskoboeva 3–6, 6–0, [10–5]	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	Francesca Schiavone Vera Zvonareva
	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Andrea Petkovic 6–4, 1–0 ret.	Marion Bartoli	Anabel Medina Garrigues Daniela Hantuchová	Lucie Hradecká Mirjana Lučić Nadia Petrova Maria Kirilenko
		Akgul Amanmuradova Chuang Chia-jung 6–4, 5–7, [10–2]	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	Anabel Medina Garrigues Daniela Hantuchová	Lucie Hradecká Mirjana Lučić Nadia Petrova Maria Kirilenko
23 May 30 May	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam $10,676,582 – clay (red) 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles –Doubles –Mixed doubles	Li Na 6–4, 7–6^(7–0)	Francesca Schiavone	Marion Bartoli Maria Sharapova	Svetlana Kuznetsova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Victoria Azarenka Andrea Petkovic
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 6–4, 6–3	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina
		Casey Dellacqua Scott Lipsky 7–6^(8–6), 4–6, [10–7]	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić

June

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Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Jun	Aegon Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA International Grass – $220,000 – 56S/16D Singles –Doubles	Sabine Lisicki 6–3, 6–2	Daniela Hantuchová	Peng Shuai Ana Ivanovic	Magdaléna Rybáriková Marina Erakovic Alison Riske Mirjana Lučić
		Olga Govortsova Alla Kudryavtseva 1–6, 6–1, [10–5]	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Peng Shuai Ana Ivanovic
	e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open Copenhagen, Denmark WTA International Hard(i) – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–1, 6–4	Lucie Šafářová	Mona Barthel Petra Martić	Alberta Brianti Bethanie Mattek-Sands Zhang Shuai Alona Bondarenko
		Johanna Larsson Jasmin Wöhr 6–3, 6–3	Kristina Mladenovic Katarzyna Piter	Mona Barthel Petra Martić
13 Jun	Aegon International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $618,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Marion Bartoli 6–1, 4–6, 7–5	Petra Kvitová	Samantha Stosur Daniela Hantuchová	Vera Zvonareva Victoria Azarenka Agnieszka Radwańska Venus Williams
		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–0	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	Samantha Stosur Daniela Hantuchová
	UNICEF Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA International Grass – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Roberta Vinci 6–7^(7–9), 6–3, 7–5	Jelena Dokić	Romina Oprandi Dominika Cibulková	Kimiko Date-Krumm Johanna Larsson Yanina Wickmayer Svetlana Kuznetsova
		Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Klára Zakopalová 1–6, 6–4, [10–7]	Dominika Cibulková Flavia Pennetta	Romina Oprandi Dominika Cibulková
20 Jun 27 Jun	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam $10,141,303 – grass 128S/96Q/64D/48X Singles –Doubles –Mixed doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–3, 6–4	Maria Sharapova	Sabine Lisicki Victoria Azarenka	Dominika Cibulková Marion Bartoli Tamira Paszek Tsvetana Pironkova
		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–1	Sabine Lisicki Samantha Stosur
		Jürgen Melzer Iveta Benešová 6–3, 6–2	Mahesh Bhupathi Elena Vesnina

July

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Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Jul	Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Roberta Vinci 6–4, 1–6, 6–4	Irina-Camelia Begu	Klára Zakopalová Anabel Medina Garrigues	Zuzana Kučová Kateryna Bondarenko Estrella Cabeza Candela Sara Errani
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Alicja Rosolska 6–2, 6–2	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	Klára Zakopalová Anabel Medina Garrigues
	Collector Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Polona Hercog 6–4, 7–5	Johanna Larsson	Sofia Arvidsson Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	María José Martínez Sánchez Lourdes Domínguez Lino Vesna Dolonts Flavia Pennetta
		Lourdes Domínguez Lino María José Martínez Sánchez 6–3, 6–3	Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja	Sofia Arvidsson Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
11 Jul	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–2	Polona Hercog	Flavia Pennetta Petra Cetkovská	Tsvetana Pironkova Klára Zakopalová Sara Errani Irina-Camelia Begu
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 7–5, 6–1	Andrea Hlaváčková Klára Zakopalová	Flavia Pennetta Petra Cetkovská
	Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	María José Martínez Sánchez 6–0, 7–5	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	Ksenia Pervak Kateryna Bondarenko	Laura Pous Tió Dia Evtimova Yvonne Meusburger Carla Suárez Navarro
		Eva Birnerová Lucie Hradecká 4–6, 6–2, [12–10]	Jarmila Gajdošová Julia Görges	Ksenia Pervak Kateryna Bondarenko
18 July	Baku Cup Baku, Azerbaijan WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Vera Zvonareva 6–1, 6–4	Ksenia Pervak	Mariya Koryttseva Galina Voskoboeva	Anna Tatishvili Kateryna Bondarenko Aravane Rezaï Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
18 July		Mariya Koryttseva Tatiana Poutchek 6–3, 2–6, [10–8]	Monica Niculescu Galina Voskoboeva	Mariya Koryttseva Galina Voskoboeva
25 Jul	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States WTA Premier Hard – $721,000 – 28S/16D Singles –Doubles	Serena Williams 7–5, 6–1	Marion Bartoli	Dominika Cibulková Sabine Lisicki	Marina Erakovic Ayumi Morita Agnieszka Radwańska Maria Sharapova
		Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko 6–1, 6–3	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	Dominika Cibulková Sabine Lisicki
	Citi Open Washington, D.C., United States WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Nadia Petrova 7–5, 6–2	Shahar Pe'er	Tamira Paszek Irina Falconi	Alberta Brianti Stéphanie Dubois Virginie Razzano Bojana Jovanovski
		Sania Mirza Yaroslava Shvedova 6–3, 6–3	Olga Govortsova Alla Kudryavtseva	Tamira Paszek Irina Falconi

August

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Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Aug	Mercury Insurance Open San Diego, United States WTA Premier Hard – $721,000 – 56S/16D Singles –Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–3, 6–4	Vera Zvonareva	Ana Ivanovic Andrea Petkovic	Sabine Lisicki Peng Shuai Daniela Hantuchová Sloane Stephens
1 Aug		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–0, 6–2	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Ana Ivanovic Andrea Petkovic
8 Aug	Rogers Cup Toronto, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,050,000 – 56S/64Q/28D Singles –Doubles	Serena Williams 6–4, 6–2	Samantha Stosur	Agnieszka Radwańska Victoria Azarenka	Roberta Vinci Andrea Petkovic Galina Voskoboeva Lucie Šafářová
8 Aug		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond walkover	Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko	Agnieszka Radwańska Victoria Azarenka
15 Aug	Western & Southern Open Mason, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,050,000 – 56S/28D Singles –Doubles	Maria Sharapova 4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–3	Jelena Janković	Andrea Petkovic Vera Zvonareva	Nadia Petrova Peng Shuai Samantha Stosur Daniela Hantuchová
15 Aug		Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova 6–4, 3–6, [11–9]	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	Andrea Petkovic Vera Zvonareva	Nadia Petrova Peng Shuai Samantha Stosur Daniela Hantuchová
22 Aug	New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, United States WTA Premier Hard – $618,000 – 28S/16D Singles –Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–4, 6–1	Petra Cetkovská	Francesca Schiavone Li Na	Christina McHale Anabel Medina Garrigues Marion Bartoli Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
		Chuang Chia-jung Olga Govortsova 7–5, 6–2	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Francesca Schiavone Li Na
	Texas Tennis Open Dallas, United States WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Sabine Lisicki 6–2, 6–1	Aravane Rezaï	Angelique Kerber Irina-Camelia Begu	Johanna Larsson Elena Baltacha Anastasija Sevastova Kateryna Bondarenko
		Alberta Brianti Sorana Cîrstea 7–5, 6–3	Alizé Cornet Pauline Parmentier	Angelique Kerber Irina-Camelia Begu
29 Aug 5 Sep	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam $10,768,000 – hard 128S/64D/32X Singles –Doubles –Mixed doubles	Samantha Stosur 6–2, 6–3	Serena Williams	Caroline Wozniacki Angelique Kerber	Andrea Petkovic Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Flavia Pennetta Vera Zvonareva
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–3)	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova
		Melanie Oudin Jack Sock 7–6^(7–4), 4–6, [10–8]	Gisela Dulko Eduardo Schwank

September

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Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
12 Sep	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Ksenia Pervak 6–3, 6–1	Eva Birnerová	Urszula Radwańska Alla Kudryavtseva	Victoria Larrière Eleni Daniilidou Valeria Savinykh Sorana Cîrstea
		Eleni Daniilidou Vitalia Diatchenko 6–4, 6–3	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	Urszula Radwańska Alla Kudryavtseva
	Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada WTA International Carpet (i) – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 4–6, 6–1, 6–0	Marina Erakovic	Tamira Paszek Michaëlla Krajicek	Daniela Hantuchová Heather Watson Rebecca Marino Andrea Hlaváčková
		Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–1, 3–6, [10–6]	Jamie Hampton Anna Tatishvili	Tamira Paszek Michaëlla Krajicek
19 Sep	Hansol Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	María José Martínez Sánchez 7–6^(7–0), 7–6^(7–2)	Galina Voskoboeva	Polona Hercog Klára Zakopalová	Vera Dushevina Dominika Cibulková Julia Görges Vania King
		Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Vera Dushevina Galina Voskoboeva	Polona Hercog Klára Zakopalová	Vera Dushevina Dominika Cibulková Julia Görges Vania King
	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Chanelle Scheepers 6–2, 6–2	Magdaléna Rybáriková	Maria Kirilenko Zheng Jie	Tetiana Luzhanska Urszula Radwańska Petra Martić Jarmila Gajdošová
		Hsieh Su-wei Zheng Saisai 6–2, 6–1	Chan Chin-wei Han Xinyun	Maria Kirilenko Zheng Jie
26 Sep	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,050,000 – 56S/16D Singles –Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–3, 6–2	Vera Zvonareva	Victoria Azarenka Petra Kvitová	Kaia Kanepi Marion Bartoli Maria Kirilenko Maria Sharapova
26 Sep		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 7–6^(7–4), 0–6, [10–6]	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	Victoria Azarenka Petra Kvitová	Kaia Kanepi Marion Bartoli Maria Kirilenko Maria Sharapova

October

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Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Oct	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,500,000 – 60S/28D Singles –Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 0–6, 6–4	Andrea Petkovic	Flavia Pennetta Monica Niculescu	Caroline Wozniacki Ana Ivanovic Maria Kirilenko Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
3 Oct		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–4	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	Flavia Pennetta Monica Niculescu
10 Oct	Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–4, 6–1	Dominika Cibulková	Jelena Janković Lucie Šafářová	Daniela Hantuchová Evgeniya Rodina Sorana Cîrstea Anastasia Rodionova
		Marina Erakovic Elena Vesnina 7–5, 6–1	Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Jelena Janković Lucie Šafářová
	HP Open Osaka, Japan WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Marion Bartoli 6–3, 6–1	Samantha Stosur	Zheng Jie Angelique Kerber	Chanelle Scheepers Petra Cetkovská Tamarine Tanasugarn Ayumi Morita
		Kimiko Date-Krumm Zhang Shuai 7–5, 3–6, [11–9]	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	Zheng Jie Angelique Kerber
17 Oct	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $721,000 – 28S/16D Singles –Doubles	Dominika Cibulková 3–6, 7–6^(7–1), 7–5	Kaia Kanepi	Elena Vesnina Lucie Šafářová	Vera Zvonareva Marion Bartoli Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Dushevina
		Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova 7–6^(7–3), 6–3	Anastasia Rodionova Galina Voskoboeva	Elena Vesnina Lucie Šafářová
	BGL Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles –Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 6–2	Monica Niculescu	Julia Görges Anne Keothavong	Iveta Benešová Anastasija Sevastova Lucie Hradecká Bibiane Schoofs
		Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 7–5, 6–3	Lucie Hradecká Ekaterina Makarova	Julia Görges Anne Keothavong
24 Oct	WTA Tour Championships Istanbul, Turkey Year-end championships Hard(i) – $4,900,000 – 8S (RR)/4D Singles –Doubles	Petra Kvitová 7–5, 4–6, 6–3	Victoria Azarenka	Samantha Stosur Vera Zvonareva	Round robin Red group Caroline Wozniacki Agnieszka Radwańska White group Maria Sharapova Li Na Marion Bartoli
24 Oct		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–4, 6–4	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	Samantha Stosur Vera Zvonareva
31 Oct	Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions Bali, Indonesia Year-end championships Hard(i) – $600,000 – 8S Singles	Ana Ivanovic 6–3, 6–0	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Sabine Lisicki Nadia Petrova	Marion Bartoli Daniela Hantuchová Roberta Vinci Peng Shuai
31 Oct	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas: Final Moscow, Russia, Hard (i)	Czech Republic 3–2	Russia

Statistical information

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These tables present the number ofsingles (S),doubles (D), andmixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2011 WTA Tour: theGrand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (theWTA Tour Championships and theTournament of Champions), theWTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and theWTA International tournaments.

total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

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Grand Slam tournaments

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

Titles won by player

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Total	Player	Grand Slam			Year-end		Premier Mandatory		Premier 5		Premier		International		Total
Total	Player	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
7	Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)		●	●				●				●●●		●	0	6	1
6	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	●			●		●				●		●●		6	0	0
6	Květa Peschke (CZE)		●					●				●●●		●	0	6	0
6	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)						●		●		●●●		●		6	0	0
6	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (CZE)											●	●	●●●●	1	5	0
6	Roberta Vinci (ITA)												●●●	●●●	3	3	0
5	Liezel Huber (USA)		●			●				●●●					0	5	0
5	Iveta Benešová (CZE)			●								●		●●●	0	4	1
5	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)						●	●				●	●●		3	2	0
4	Lisa Raymond (USA)		●			●				●●					0	4	0
4	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)						●	●	●		●				3	1	0
4	Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)												●●	●●	2	2	0
3	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)		●									●		●	0	3	0
3	Sania Mirza (IND)							●				●		●	0	3	0
3	Elena Vesnina (RUS)							●				●		●	0	3	0
3	Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)									●		●		●	0	3	0
3	María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP)									●			●	●	1	2	0
3	Sabine Lisicki (GER)											●	●●		2	1	0
3	Olga Govortsova (BLR)											●		●●	0	3	0
3	Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)											●		●●	0	3	0
3	Sara Errani (ITA)													●●●	0	3	0
2	Li Na(CHN)	●									●				2	0	0
2	Samantha Stosur (AUS)	●										●			1	1	0
2	Gisela Dulko (ARG)		●										●		1	1	0
2	Lucie Hradecká (CZE)		●											●	0	2	0
2	Maria Sharapova (RUS)								●●						2	0	0
2	Serena Williams (USA)								●		●				2	0	0
2	Vania King (USA)									●		●			0	2	0
2	Maria Kirilenko (RUS)							●				●			0	2	0
2	Daniela Hantuchová (SVK)							●					●		1	1	0
2	Marion Bartoli (FRA)										●		●		2	0	0
2	Vera Zvonareva (RUS)										●		●		2	0	0
2	Chuang Chia-jung (TPE)											●		●	0	2	0
2	Alberta Brianti (ITA)												●	●	1	1	0
2	Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP)												●	●	1	1	0
2	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)												●	●	1	1	0
2	Mariya Koryttseva (UKR)													●●	0	2	0
2	Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)													●●	0	2	0
1	Kim Clijsters (BEL)	●													1	0	0
1	Flavia Pennetta (ITA)		●												0	1	0
1	Casey Dellacqua (AUS)			●											0	0	1
1	Melanie Oudin (USA)			●											0	0	1
1	Ana Ivanovic (SRB)				●										1	0	0
1	Peng Shuai (CHN)									●					0	1	0
1	Zheng Jie (CHN)									●					0	1	0
1	Dominika Cibulková (SVK)										●				1	0	0
1	Julia Görges (GER)										●				1	0	0
1	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)											●			0	1	0
1	Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)											●			0	1	0
1	Gréta Arn (HUN)												●		1	0	0
1	Jelena Dokić (AUS)												●		1	0	0
1	Jarmila Gajdošová (AUS)												●		1	0	0
1	Polona Hercog (SLO)												●		1	0	0
1	Ksenia Pervak (RUS)												●		1	0	0
1	Andrea Petkovic (GER)												●		1	0	0
1	Nadia Petrova (RUS)												●		1	0	0
1	Magdaléna Rybáriková (SVK)												●		1	0	0
1	Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)												●		1	0	0
1	Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)													●	0	1	0
1	Eva Birnerová (CZE)													●	0	1	0
1	Sorana Cîrstea (ROM)													●	0	1	0
1	Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)													●	0	1	0
1	Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)													●	0	1	0
1	Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS)													●	0	1	0
1	Marina Erakovic (NZL)													●	0	1	0
1	Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROM)													●	0	1	0
1	Johanna Larsson (SWE)													●	0	1	0
1	Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)													●	0	1	0
1	Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROM)													●	0	1	0
1	Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)													●	0	1	0
1	Tatiana Poutchek (BLR)													●	0	1	0
1	Alicja Rosolska (POL)													●	0	1	0
1	Dinara Safina (RUS)													●	0	1	0
1	Vladimíra Uhlířová (CZE)													●	0	1	0
1	Renata Voráčová (CZE)													●	0	1	0
1	Jasmin Wöhr (GER)													●	0	1	0
1	Klára Zakopalová (CZE)													●	0	1	0
1	Zhang Shuai (CHN)													●	0	1	0
1	Zheng Saisai (CHN)													●	0	1	0

Titles won by nation

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Total	Nation	Grand Slam			Year-end		Premier Mandatory		Premier 5		Premier		International		Total
Total	Nation	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
24	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	2	1	1		1	1			1	4	3	8	7	16	1
17	Russia (RUS)							2	2		1	2	4	6	7	10	0
9	United States (USA)		1	1		1			1	3	1	1			2	6	1
9	Belarus (BLR)						1	1				2	2	3	3	6	0
8	Slovenia (SLO)		1	1				1				3	1	1	1	6	1
8	Italy (ITA)		1										4	3	4	4	0
6	Denmark (DEN)						1		1		3		1		6	0	0
6	Germany (GER)										1	1	3	1	4	2	0
6	Kazakhstan (KAZ)									1		2		3	0	6	0
5	Australia (AUS)	1		1							1	1	2		3	1	1
5	China (CHN)	1								1	1			2	2	3	0
5	Poland (POL)						1	1	1		1			1	3	2	0
4	Slovakia (SVK)							1			1		2		3	1	0
3	India (IND)							1				1		1	0	3	0
3	Romania (ROM)													3	0	3	0
2	Argentina (ARG)		1										1		1	1	0
2	France (FRA)										1		1		2	0	0
2	Ukraine (UKR)													2	0	2	0
1	Belgium (BEL)	1													1	0	0
1	Serbia (SRB)				1										0	0	0
1	Hungary (HUN)												1		1	0	0
1	Chinese Taipei (TPE)													1	0	1	0
1	Greece (GRE)													1	0	1	0
1	Japan (JPN)													1	0	1	0
1	New Zealand (NZL)													1	0	1	0
1	Uzbekistan (UZB)													1	0	1	0

Titles information

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The following players won their first title in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):

Iveta Benešová –Wimbledon (X)
Alberta Brianti – Fes (S)
Dominika Cibulková – Moscow (S)
Casey Dellacqua –French Open (X)
Vitalia Diatchenko – Tashkent (D)
Natalie Grandin – Seoul (D)
Polona Hercog – Båstad (S)
Sabine Lisicki – Stuttgart (D)
Melanie Oudin –US Open (X)
Ksenia Pervak – Tashkent (S)
Chanelle Scheepers – Guangzhou (S)
Galina Voskoboeva – Kuala Lumpur (D)
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová – Quebec City (S)
Zhang Shuai – Osaka (D)
Zheng Saisai – Guangzhou (D)

The following players completed a successful title defence in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):

Iveta Benešová – Monterrey (D)
Edina Gallovits-Hall – Bogotá (D)
Lucie Hradecká – Bad Gastein (D)
Ana Ivanovic – Bali (S)
María José Martínez Sánchez – Dubai (D)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – Monterrey (S)
Květa Peschke – Doha (D)
Caroline Wozniacki – Copenhagen (S), New Haven (S)
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová – Monterrey (D)

Titles information

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The following players won their first title in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):

Iveta Benešová –Wimbledon (X)
Alberta Brianti – Fes (S)
Dominika Cibulková – Moscow (S)
Casey Dellacqua –French Open (X)
Vitalia Diatchenko – Tashkent (D)
Natalie Grandin – Seoul (D)
Polona Hercog – Båstad (S)
Sabine Lisicki – Stuttgart (D)
Melanie Oudin –US Open (X)
Ksenia Pervak – Tashkent (S)
Chanelle Scheepers – Guangzhou (S)
Galina Voskoboeva – Kuala Lumpur (D)
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová – Quebec City (S)
Zhang Shuai – Osaka (D)
Zheng Saisai – Guangzhou (D)

The following players completed a successful title defence in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):

Iveta Benešová – Monterrey (D)
Edina Gallovits-Hall – Bogotá (D)
Lucie Hradecká – Bad Gastein (D)
Ana Ivanovic – Bali (S)
María José Martínez Sánchez – Dubai (D)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – Monterrey (S)
Květa Peschke – Doha (D)
Caroline Wozniacki – Copenhagen (S), New Haven (S)
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová – Monterrey (D)

Rankings

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The Race to the Championships determines the players in the WTA Tour Championships in October. The WTA rankings are based on tournaments of the latest 52 weeks.

Singles

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The following is the 2011 top 20 in the Race to the Championships and the top 20 ranked players in the world.^[2]^[3] Premier Mandatory Events are counted for players in the top 10, even if they did not compete, unless there is an injury excuse. Gold backgrounds indicate players that qualified for theWTA Tour Championships. Blue backgrounds indicate players that became alternates at the WTA Tour Championships.

Race Singles
Rk	Player	Points	Tour
1	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	7,395	21
2	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	6,370	14
3	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	5,970	18
4	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	5,750	20
5	Li Na (CHN)	5,351	17
6	Vera Zvonareva (RUS)	5,190	21
7	Samantha Stosur (AUS)	5,115	20
8	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)	4,940	19
9	Marion Bartoli (FRA)	4,610	27
10	Andrea Petkovic (GER)	4,580	18
11	Francesca Schiavone (ITA)	3,900	22
12	Serena Williams (USA)	3,180	13(6)
13	Kim Clijsters (BEL)	3,161	14(8)
14	Jelena Janković (SRB)	3,115	22
15	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)	2,865	22
16	Peng Shuai (CHN)	2,800	22
17	Dominika Cibulková (SVK)	2,755	22
18	Sabine Lisicki (GER)	2,724	20
19	Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)	2,606	19
20	Flavia Pennetta (ITA)	2,490	22

WTA Singles Year-End Rankings^[4]
#	Player	Points	#Trn	'10 Rk	High	Low	'10→'11
1	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	7,485	22	1	1	2	=
2	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	7,370	19	34	2	34	32
3	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	6,520	21	10	3	10	7
4	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	6,510	15	18	2	18	14
5	Li Na (CHN)	5,720	18	11	4	11	6
6	Samantha Stosur (AUS)	5,585	21	6	4	11	=
7	Vera Zvonareva (RUS)	5,435	22	2	2	7	5
8	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)	5,250	20	14	8	14	6
9	Marion Bartoli (FRA)	4,710	29	16	9	18	7
10	Andrea Petkovic (GER)	4,580	18	32	9	33	22
11	Francesca Schiavone (ITA)	3,900	22	7	4	12	4
12	Serena Williams (USA)	3,180	13	4	4	175	8
13	Kim Clijsters (BEL)	3,161	14	3	1	13	10
14	Jelena Janković (SRB)	3,115	22	8	6	15	6
15	Sabine Lisicki (GER)	2,879	21	179	15	218	164
16	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)	2,865	22	21	13	21	5
17	Peng Shuai (CHN)	2,800	23	72	14	72	55
18	Dominika Cibulková (SVK)	2,755	22	31	15	32	13
19	Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)	2,606	19	27	12	27	8
20	Flavia Pennetta (ITA)	2,490	22	24	15	27	4

Number 1 ranking

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Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	Year-End 2010	13 February 2011
Kim Clijsters (BEL)	14 February 2011	20 February 2011
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	21 February 2011	Year-End 2011

Doubles

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The following is the 2011 top 20 in the Race to the Championships – Doubles and the top 20 individual ranked doubles players. Gold backgrounds indicate teams that have qualified forWTA Tour Championships.

Race Doubles
Rk	Team	Points	Tour
1	Květa Peschke (CZE) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)	9,411	20
2	Liezel Huber (USA) Lisa Raymond (USA)	6,773	15
3	Vania King (USA) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)	6,200	12
4	Gisela Dulko (ARG) Flavia Pennetta (ITA)	5,776	14
5	Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Maria Kirilenko (RUS)	5,490	10
6	Sania Mirza (IND) Elena Vesnina (RUS)	4,788	12
7	Natalie Grandin (RSA) Vladimíra Uhlířová (CZE)	3,866	31
8	Roberta Vinci (ITA) Sara Errani (ITA)	3,541	21
9	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)	3,351	12
10	Daniela Hantuchová (SVK) Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)	3,241	10

WTA Doubles Year-End Rankings^[5]
#	Player	Points	Change
1	Liezel Huber (USA)	9,970	2
2	Květa Peschke (CZE)	8,680	3
=	Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)	8,680	4
4	Lisa Raymond (USA)	8,295	5
5	Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)	6,805	1
6	Vania King (USA)	6,725	3
7	Maria Kirilenko (RUS)	6,495	7
8	Flavia Pennetta (ITA)	6,135	6
9	Gisela Dulko (ARG)	6,135	8
10	Elena Vesnina (RUS)	5,225	13
11	Sania Mirza (IND)	5,205	50
12	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	5,159	32
13	Nadia Petrova (RUS)	4,860	3
14	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)	4,205	31
15	Lucie Hradecká (CZE)	4,175	23
16	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)	3,521	11
17	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)	3,490	=
18	Daniela Hantuchová (SVK)	3,361	75
19	Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)	3,350	15
20	Zheng Jie (CHN)	3,235	4

Number 1 ranking

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Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Gisela Dulko (ARG)	Year-End 2010
Gisela Dulko (ARG) Flavia Pennetta (ITA)	28 February 2011	17 April 2011
Flavia Pennetta (ITA)		3 July 2011
Květa Peschke (CZE) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)	4 July 2011	11 September 2011
Liezel Huber (USA)	12 September 2011	Year-End 2011

WTA Prize money Leaders

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The top-16 players earned over $1,000,000.

As of 7 November 2011^[update]

#	Country	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Bonus Pool	Year-to-date
1	Czech Republic	Petra Kvitová	$5,131,009	$12,476	$2,458	$0	$5,145,943
2	Denmark	Caroline Wozniacki	$3,064,756	$0	$825	$1,000,000	$4,065,581
3	Belarus	Victoria Azarenka	$3,207,489	$373,543	$0	$225,000	$3,771,032
4	China	Li Na	$3,484,139	$0	$0	$225,000	$3,709,139
5	Australia	Samantha Stosur	$2,934,333	$145,780	$1,040	$400,000	$3,476,153
6	Russia	Maria Sharapova	$2,899,148	$0	$0	$0	$2,899,148
7	Russia	Vera Zvonareva	$1,907,681	$45,737	$0	$725,000	$2,673,018
8	Poland	Agnieszka Radwańska	$2,202,672	$253,846	$0	$0	$2,456,518
9	Belgium	Kim Clijsters	$2,235,741	$0	$0	$0	$2,325,741
10	United States	Serena Williams	$1,978,930	$0	$0	$0	$1,978,930

Statistics leaders

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Service and return statistical leaders at the conclusion of the year, according to the WTA.^[6]

Aces
	player	Aces	Matches
1	Marion Bartoli	270	83
2	Jarmila Gajdošová	260	51
3	Sabine Lisicki	245	46
4	Julia Görges	245	60
5	Lucie Šafářová	243	57
6	Petra Kvitová	241	61
7	Lucie Hradecká	237	36
8	Vera Zvonareva	235	75
9	Rebecca Marino	214	33
10	Samantha Stosur	213	66

Service games won
	player	%	Matches
1	Serena Williams	85.4	25
2	Samantha Stosur	79.7	66
3	Petra Kvitová	76.6	51
4	Sabine Lisicki	75.6	46
5	Lucie Šafářová	74.9	57
6	Caroline Wozniacki	74.7	80
7	Ana Ivanovic	74.5	50
8	Julia Görges	73.6	60
9	Daniela Hantuchová	73.0	66
10	Magdaléna Rybáriková	72.9	28

Break points saved
	player	%	Matches
1	Serena Williams	67.5	25
2	Lucie Šafářová	63.7	57
3	Samantha Stosur	63.4	66
4	Daniela Hantuchová	63.0	66
5	Magdaléna Rybáriková	62.4	28
6	Ana Ivanovic	61.0	50
7	Petra Kvitová	60.0	61
8	Kim Clijsters	59.7	28
9	Kaia Kanepi	59.2	35
10	Heather Watson	58.7	21

First serve percentage
	player	%	Matches
1	Sara Errani	76.8	56
2	Monica Niculescu	74.7	36
3	Zheng Jie	74.0	41
4	Anna Tatishvili	71.5	21
5	Zhang Shuai	70.4	30
6	Victoria Azarenka	70.4	72
7	Andrea Petkovic	69.9	67
8	Caroline Wozniacki	69.5	80
9	Peng Shuai	69.1	69
10	Li Na	69.1	49

First service points won
	player	%	Matches
1	Serena Williams	76.7	25
2	Sabine Lisicki	72.9	46
3	Lucie Hradecká	71.9	36
4	Ana Ivanovic	71.3	50
5	Jarmila Gajdošová	70.2	51
6	Samantha Stosur	69.9	66
7	Lucie Šafářová	69.6	57
8	Magdaléna Rybáriková	69.3	28
9	Julia Görges	69.0	60
10	Vera Zvonareva	68.9	75

Second serve points won
	player	%	Matches
1	Serena Williams	52.9	25
2	Samantha Stosur	52.2	66
3	Petra Kvitová	50.2	61
4	Caroline Wozniacki	50.0	80
5	Agnieszka Radwańska	49.3	64
6	Andrea Petkovic	49.1	67
7	Daniela Hantuchová	48.7	66
8	Anabel Medina Garrigues	48.7	54
9	Rebecca Marino	48.5	33
10	Laura Pous Tió	48.3	28

Points won returning 1st service
	player	%	Matches
1	Maria Sharapova	43.8	56
2	Monica Niculescu	43.4	36
3	Klára Zakopalová	43.1	54
4	Urszula Radwańska	42.9	21
5	Kim Clijsters	42.6	28
6	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	42.3	31
7	Anabel Medina Garrigues	42.1	54
8	Victoria Azarenka	42.0	72
9	Carla Suárez Navarro	41.9	27
10	Caroline Wozniacki	41.7	80

Break points converted
	player	%	Matches
1	Anabel Medina Garrigues	54.9	54
2	Maria Sharapova	54.8	56
3	Kateryna Bondarenko	54.4	24
4	Klára Zakopalová	52.4	54
5	Monica Niculescu	52.2	36
6	Alizé Cornet	51.8	27
7	Alisa Kleybanova	51.7	26
8	Melanie Oudin	51.5	27
9	Agnieszka Radwańska	51.1	64
10	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	51.0	31

Return games won
	player	%	Matches
1	Maria Sharapova	49.7	56
2	Victoria Azarenka	49.0	72
3	Monica Niculescu	48.5	36
4	Kim Clijsters	47.9	28
5	Anabel Medina Garrigues	46.0	54
6	Caroline Wozniacki	45.9	80
7	Klára Zakopalová	45.5	54
8	Agnieszka Radwańska	45.2	64
9	Marion Bartoli	44.7	83
10	Jelena Janković	44.4	59

Points distribution

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Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	2000	1400	900	500	280	160	100	5	60	50	40	2
Grand Slam (D)	2000	1400	900	500	280	160	5	–	48	–	–	–
WTA Championships (S)	+450	+360	(230 for each win, 70 for each loss)					–	–	–	–	–
WTA Championships (D)	1500	1050	690	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S)	1000	700	450	250	140	80	50	5	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier Mandatory (64S)	1000	700	450	250	140	80	5	–	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D)	1000	700	450	250	140	5	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (56S)	900	620	395	225	125	70	1	–	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier 5 (28D)	900	620	395	225	125	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier (56S)	470	320	200	120	60	40	1	–	12	–	8	1
WTA Premier (32S)	470	320	200	120	60	1	–	–	20	12	8	1
WTA Premier (16D)	470	320	200	120	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tournament of Champions	375	255	180(3rd) 165(4th)	75	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA International (56S)	280	200	130	70	30	15	1	–	10	–	6	1
WTA International (32S)	280	200	130	70	30	1	–	–	16	10	6	1
WTA International (16D)	280	200	130	70	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Retirements

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Following are notable players who have announced they will retire from the WTA Tour during the 2011 season:

Maret Ani(born 31 January 1982 inTallinn), turned professional in 1997 with a high singles ranking career of No. 63 15 May 2006 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 39 5 April 2004.
Sybille Bammer(born 27 April 1980 inLinz), a former world no. 19, and US Open quarter-finalist. Bammer announced her retirement after defeat toMonica Niculescu in the first round of Wimbledon, but briefly returned two weeks later to play her home-country tournament at2011 Gastein Ladies, where she lost in the second round toYvonne Meusburger 6–2, 6–1.
Alona Bondarenko(born 13 August 1984 inKryvyi Rih) She won the Australian Open Women's doubles Title, partnering with her younger sister Kateryna. They defeated the pairingShahar Pe'er andVictoria Azarenka. Bondarenko played her last match in 2011.
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro(born 18 March 1983, in Paris) has reached a career high of 61 in singles and 54 in doubles. She played her final match at the2011 Open GDF Suez where she was a lucky loser, losing toBethanie Mattek-Sands 7–5, 6–3.^[7]
Surina De Beer(born 28 June 1978 in Pretoria) De Beer has won 10 singles and 36 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 6 July 1998, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 116. On 25 September 2000, she peaked at world number 49 in the doubles rankings.
Yuliana Fedak(born 8 June 1983 inNova Kakhovka), turned professional in 1998 with a high singles ranking career of No 63 18 September 2006 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 34 15 January 2007.
Tathiana Garbin(born 30 June 1977 inMestre) The winner of one singles and eleven doubles WTA Tour titles,[3] she reached her highest singles ranking World No. 22 on 21 May 2007, and her highest doubles ranking World No. 25 on 27 August 2001.
Justine Henin(born 1 June 1982 inLiège), aformer world No. 1 in singles and holder of 43 WTA titles including: 7 Grand Slams 2 Year End Championships and the Olympic gold medal in the 2004 games, as well as two doubles titles. Henin first retired in 2008 as the world No. 1, but later came out of retirement in 2010. On her return to tour she won two WTA titles; the2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and the2010 UNICEF Open. She also reached the final of the2010 Brisbane International and the final of the2010 Australian Open. She played her final match againstSvetlana Kuznetsova in the third round of the2011 Australian Open, losing 4–6, 6–7(8). She retired for the second time due to the recurrence of an elbow injury received in the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. The injury had initially caused her to end her 2010 season prematurely.^[8]
Alicia Molik(born 27 January 1981 inAdelaide), turned professional in 1996 with a high singles ranking career of No. 8 on 28 February 2005 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 6 on 6 June 2005. She reached one Grand Slam quarterfinal at the2005 Australian Open and won two Doubles Slams at the2005 Australian Open Doubles and2007 French Open Doubles. Molik also won the bronze medal in the2004 Summer Olympics defeatingAnastasia Myskina. She played her final match at the2011 Australian Open where she was a wild card, losing toNadia Petrova in the second round, decided to retire her tennis career.
Trudi Musgrave(born 10 September 1977 inNewcastle), turned professional in 1994 with a high singles ranking career of No 207 on 20 December 2006 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 62 26 May 2003.
Martina Müller(born 11 October 1982 inHanover), turned professional in 1999 with a high singles ranking career of No 33 2 April 2007 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 47 25 February 2008.
Lilia Osterloh(born 7 April 1978 inColumbus), turned professional in 1997 with a high singles ranking career of No 41 23 April 2001 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 77 23 August 1999.
Mara Santangelo(born 28 June 1981 inLatina, Lazio), who turned professional in 2003 and has reached a career high ranking of No. 27 on 9 July 2007. In doubles she reached a career-high ranking of No. 5 on 10 September 2007. She has won2007 French Open in doubles title.
Patty Schnyder(born 14 December 1978 inBasel), a former world no. 7, six time Grand Slam quarter finalist, semi finalist at the2004 Australian Open and three time participant at the Year End Championships. Schnyder retired aged 32 at the2011 French Open, after a 6–1, 6–3 first round defeat bySorana Cîrstea.^[9]
Julia Schruff(born 16 August 1982 inAugsburg), turned professional in 1992 with a high singles ranking career of No 52 17 April 2006 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 99 2 October 2006.
Selima Sfar(born 8 July 1977 inSidi Bou Said), turned professional in 1999 with a high singles ranking career of No 75 16 July 2001 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 47 28 July 2008.
Rennae Stubbs(born 26 March 1971 inSydney) was aformer world no. 1 in doubles and has won 60 doubles titles, 4 of which are Slams at the2000 Australian Open,2001 and2004 Wimbledon, and the2001 US Open. She also won 2 mixed doubles Slams at the2000 Australian Open and2001 US Open. She played her final match at the2011 Fed Cup tie against Italy partneringAnastasia Rodionova but end up losing in three sets.^[10]
Karolina Šprem(born 25 October 1984Varaždin), turned professional in 2001 with a high singles ranking career of No 17 11 October 2004. Šprem's career highlight came at Wimbledon 2004, where she was a quarterfinalist.
Katie O'Brien(born 2 May 1986Beverley), turned professional in 1999 with a high singles ranking career of No 84 1 February 2010. On 12 August 2011 she announced her retirement at the age 25.
Shikha Uberoi(born 5 April 1983, inBombay), turned professional in 2003 with a high singles ranking career of No 122 29 August 2005 and. 2011 she announced retired from tennis.
Julia Vakulenko(born 10 July 1983 inYalta), turned professional in 1998 with a high singles ranking career of No 32 19 November 2007 and high doubles ranking career of No. 87 19 February 2007.

Comebacks

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Following are notable players that came back after retirements during the 2011 WTA Tour season:

Janette Husárová(born 4 June 1974 inBratislava), who turned professional in 1991 and has reached a career high ranking of No. 31 on 13 January 2003 in singles and in doubles; she was a former world no. 3. She has won 23 WTA Tour doubles including 1 WTA Championships. She returned from her 2010 retirement, partneringSimona Halep at theBLG Luxembourg Open.

Awards

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The winners of the 2011WTA Awards were announced on 14 November 2011.^[11]

Player of the Year –Petra Kvitová
Doubles Team of the Year –Květa Peschke &Katarina Srebotnik
Most Improved Player –Petra Kvitová
Comeback Player of the Year –Sabine Lisicki
Newcomer of the Year –Irina-Camelia Begu
Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award –Petra Kvitová
Player Service Award –Francesca Schiavone
Fan Favorite Singles Player –Agnieszka Radwańska
Fan Favorite Doubles Team –Victoria Azarenka &Maria Kirilenko
Fan Favorite Breakthrough Player –Petra Kvitová
Favorite Premier Tournament –Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Stuttgart)
Favorite International Tournament –Abierto Mexicano Telcel (Acapulco)

References

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External links

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