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| 2011 Malaysian Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | February 28 – March 6 | |||
| Edition | 2nd | |||
| Category | International tournament | |||
| Draw | 32S / 16D | |||
| Prize money | $220,000 | |||
| Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
| Location | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Jelena Dokić | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Dinara Safina / Galina Voskoboeva | ||||
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The2011 BMW Malaysian Open was atennis tournament played onoutdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of theMalaysian Open and was anInternational tournament on the2011 WTA Tour. This was also the first edition of the tournament to be sponsored byBMW. The tournament took place from February 28 to March 6 at theBukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort.
The event was headlined by the participation of World No. 5 andFrench Open reigning championFrancesca Schiavone, World No. 15Marion Bartoli, former World No. 1Dinara Safina, the defending champion and World No. 22,Alisa Kleybanova and World No. 30Lucie Šafářová among others.
Jelena Dokić defeated
Lucie Šafářová, 2–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–4.[1]
Dinara Safina /Galina Voskoboeva defeated
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn /Jessica Moore, 7–5, 2–6, [10–5].
| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seeding |
|---|---|---|---|
 ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 5 | 1 |
 FRA | Marion Bartoli | 18 | 2 |
| RUS | Alisa Kleybanova | 20 | 3 |
| AUS | Jarmila Groth | 31 | 4 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 35 | 5 |
 JPN | Ayumi Morita | 48 | 6 |
| JPN | Kimiko Date-Krumm | 53 | 7 |
 SRB | Bojana Jovanovski | 55 | 8 |
The following players receivedwildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
