| 2011 New Haven Open at Yale | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date | August 22–27 |
| Edition | 43rd |
| Category | WTA Premier |
| Surface | Hard / outdoor |
| Location | New Haven,CN, US |
| Venue | Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Caroline Wozniacki | |
| Doubles | |
 Chuang Chia-jung / Olga Govortsova | |
The2011 New Haven Open at Yale was a women'stennis tournament played on outdoorhard courts. It was the 43rd edition of theNew Haven Open at Yale, and was part of thePremier Series of the2011 WTA Tour. It was previously known as "Pilot Pen Tennis". It took place at theCullman-Heyman Tennis Center inNew Haven,Connecticut, United States, from August 22 through August 27, 2011. It was the last event on the2011 US Open Series before the2011 US Open.
| Country | Player | Ranking* | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 1 | 1 |
 CHN | Li Na | 5 | 2 |
 ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 8 | 3 |
 FRA | Marion Bartoli | 9 | 4 |
 POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 12 | 5 |
 RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 13 | 6 |
 SRB | Jelena Janković | 14 | 7 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 18 | 8 |
The following players receivedwildcards into the singles main draw
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry from alucky loser spot:
Caroline Wozniacki defeated
Petra Cetkovská, 6–4, 6–1
Chuang Chia-jung /Olga Govortsova defeatedSara Errani /Roberta Vinci, 7–5, 6–2
On August 23, 2011, 1:51 PM local time[1]a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Virginia stopped play for two hours[2] while the main stadium was checked for damage by the fire department.
| Preceded by | 2011 US Open Series Women's Events | Succeeded by |
