2011 US Open (tennis)

The 2011 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, 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 and Kim Clijsters were the defending champions. Due to an abdominal muscle injury, Clijsters opted not to defend her title.

In the women's singles, Australia's Samantha Stosur defeated Serena 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 since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980.

In the men's singles, both Nadal and Novak 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.

Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Prize money
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 $2.8 million potential payout) based on their performances in the Olympus US Open Series. Below is the list of prize money given to each player in the main draw of the professional competitions; all prize money is in U.S. dollars (US$); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

Singles players
Men's singles


 * Women's singles

Player(s) of the day

 * Day 1: 🇺🇸 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.
 * Day 2: 🇷🇴 Simona Halep – Halep, the 19-year-old world number 53, defeated the reigning French Open champion and sixth seed Li Na at Louis Armstrong Stadium with a 6–2, 7–5 score in their first round encounter.
 * Day 3: 🇫🇷 Julien Benneteau – The French wild-card upset tenth-seeded Spaniard Nicolás Almagro in straight sets.
 * Day 4: 🇪🇸 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-seeded Gaël Monfils in an extraordinary five-set match to advance into the third round.
 * Day 5: 🇮🇹 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 1 Maria Sharapova in three sets, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, to advance to the fourth round.
 * Day 6: 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone – The 31-year-old seventh seed saved a match point in her battle against world number 81 Chanelle Scheepers, and went on to win, 5–7, 7–6, 6–3, advancing to the fourth round.
 * Day 7: 🇺🇸 Donald Young – The 22-year-old American wildcard upset twenty-fourth seeded veteran Juan 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 a Grand Slam for the first time in his career after upsetting Chela and the fourteenth seeded Stanislas Wawrinka in the second round.
 * Day 8: 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – The seventeenth-seeded Russian reached her second quarterfinal this year after upsetting seventh seed Francesca Schiavone in three tight sets, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4.
 * Day 9: No matches completed due to rain.
 * Day 10: No matches completed due to rain.
 * Day 11: 🇺🇸 John Isner – The twenty-eighth seeded American upset twelfth-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon, 7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 7–6, to reach his first ever Grand Slam quarterfinal.
 * Day 12: 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal – The number two seed reached his fourth consecutive US Open semifinal after defeating American Andy Roddick in straight sets, 6–2, 6–1, 6–3, in under two hours.
 * Day 13: 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur – The number nine seed became the first Australian woman since Wendy Turnbull in 1977 to reach a US Open final, after defeating unseeded German Angelique Kerber in three sets in her semifinal match, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2.
 * Day 14: 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur – The Australian player upset the American US Open three-time champion Serena Williams in straight sets, 6–2, 6–3, winning her first Major.
 * Day 15: 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic – The Serbian player continued his amazing season by winning his first US Open and his third Grand Slam of the year, defeating the defending champion Rafael Nadal for the sixth time in 2011.

Men's singles
🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic defeated 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal, 6–2, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
 * It was Djokovic's 10th title of the year and 28th of his career. It was his 3rd Grand Slam title of the year and 4th of his career. It was his first U.S. Open title.

Women's singles
🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur defeated 🇺🇸 Serena Williams, 6–2, 6–3
 * It was Stosur's 1st title of the year and 3rd of her career. It was her first (and only) Grand Slam title.

Men's doubles
🇦🇹 Jürgen Melzer / 🇩🇪 Philipp Petzschner defeated 🇵🇱 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / 🇵🇱 Marcin Matkowski, 6–2, 6–2

Women's doubles
🇺🇸 Liezel Huber / 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond defeated 🇺🇸 Vania King / 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
 * Huber and Raymond won their first US Open title as a doubles pair.

Mixed doubles
🇺🇸 Melanie Oudin / 🇺🇸 Jack Sock defeated 🇦🇷 Gisela Dulko / 🇦🇷 Eduardo Schwank, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–8]
 * Oudin and Sock became the 12th unseeded team to win a title in the history of the US Open.

Boys' singles
🇬🇧 Oliver Golding defeated 🇨🇿 Jiří Veselý, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4

Girls' singles
🇺🇸 Grace Min defeated 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)

Boys' doubles
🇩🇪 Robin Kern / 🇩🇪 Julian Lenz defeated  🇲🇩 Maxim Dubarenco / 🇺🇦 Vladyslav Manafov, 7–5, 6–4

Girls' doubles
🇷🇺 Irina Khromacheva / Demi Schuurs defeated 🇺🇸 Gabrielle Andrews / 🇺🇸 Taylor Townsend, 6–4, 5–7, [10–5]

Wheelchair men's singles
🇯🇵 Shingo Kunieda defeated 🇫🇷 Stéphane Houdet, 3–6, 6–1, 6–0
 * Kunieda defended his title and won his fourth US Open title.

Wheelchair women's singles
Esther Vergeer defeated Aniek van Koot, 6–2, 6–1
 * Vergeer defended her title, extended her winning streak, and earned her sixth US Open title.

Wheelchair quad singles
🇺🇸 David Wagner defeated 🇬🇧 Peter Norfolk, 7–5, 3–1 retired
 * Wagner defended his title and won his second US Open title.

Wheelchair men's doubles
🇫🇷 Stéphane Houdet / 🇫🇷 Nicolas Peifer defeated Maikel Scheffers /  Ronald Vink, 6–3, 6–1

Wheelchair women's doubles
Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven defeated  Jiske Griffioen /  Aniek van Koot, 7–5, 6–7(8–10), 6–4

Wheelchair quad doubles
🇺🇸 David Wagner / 🇺🇸 Nick Taylor defeated 🇬🇧 Peter Norfolk / 🇮🇱 Noam Gershony, walkover

Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Rankings are as of August 22.

Wild card entries
Below are the lists of the wild card awardees entering in the main draws.

Men's singles wild card entries

 * 1) 🇫🇷 Julien Benneteau
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Robby Ginepri
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Ryan Harrison
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Steve Johnson
 * 5) 🇦🇺 Marinko Matosevic
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Bobby Reynolds
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Jack Sock
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Donald Young

Women's singles wild card entries

 * 1) 🇺🇸 Jill Craybas
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Lauren Davis
 * 3) 🇦🇺 Casey Dellacqua
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Jamie Hampton
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Madison Keys
 * 6) 🇫🇷 Aravane Rezaï
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Alison Riske
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens

Men's doubles wild card entries

 * 1) 🇺🇸 Jeff Dadamo / 🇺🇸 Austin Krajicek
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Robby Ginepri / 🇺🇸 Rhyne Williams
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Steve Johnson / 🇺🇸 Denis Kudla
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Bradley Klahn / 🇺🇸 David Martin
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Travis Parrott / 🇺🇸 Bobby Reynolds
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Jack Sock / 🇺🇸 Jackson Withrow

Women's doubles wild card entries

 * 1) 🇺🇸 Hilary Barte / 🇺🇸 Mallory Burdette
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Samantha Crawford / 🇺🇸 Madison Keys
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Lauren Davis / 🇺🇸 Nicole Gibbs
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Alexa Glatch / 🇺🇸 Jamie Hampton
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Melanie Oudin / 🇺🇸 Ahsha Rolle
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Jessica Pegula / 🇺🇸 Taylor Townsend
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Alison Riske / 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens

Mixed doubles wild card entries

 * 1) 🇺🇸 Irina Falconi / 🇺🇸 Steve Johnson
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Christina Fusano / 🇺🇸 David Martin
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Raquel Kops-Jones / 🇺🇸 Rajeev Ram
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Melanie Oudin / 🇺🇸 Jack Sock (champions)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Abigail Spears / 🇺🇸 Travis Parrott
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Taylor Townsend / 🇺🇸 Donald Young
 * 7) 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe / 🇺🇸 Eric Butorac
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Mashona Washington / 🇺🇸 Michael Russell

Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


 * Men's Singles
 * 🇨🇱 Fernando González
 * 🇩🇪 Tommy Haas
 * Ivo Karlović


 * Women's Singles
 * 🇺🇦 Alona Bondarenko
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams

Men's singles qualifiers entries

 * 1) 🇧🇷 João Souza
 * 2)  Jean-René Lisnard
 * 3) 🇹🇷 Marsel İlhan
 * 4)  Jesse Huta Galung
 * 5) 🇺🇦 Sergei Bubka
 * 6) 🇫🇷 Augustin Gensse
 * 7) 🇮🇪 Louk Sorensen
 * 8) 🇨🇦 Vasek Pospisil
 * 9) 🇯🇵 Go Soeda
 * 10) 🇹🇳 Malek Jaziri
 * 11) 🇮🇪 Conor Niland
 * 12) 🇨🇴 Robert Farah
 * 13) 🇫🇷 Romain Jouan
 * 14) 🇨🇦 Frank Dancevic
 * 15) 🇫🇷 Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy
 * 16) 🇺🇸 Michael Yani

The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:
 * 1) 🇸🇰 Lukáš Lacko
 * 2) 🇧🇷 Rogério Dutra da Silva

Women's singles qualifiers entries

 * 1) 🇰🇿 Galina Voskoboeva
 * 2) 🇳🇿 Marina Erakovic
 * 3) 🇪🇸 Sílvia Soler Espinosa
 * 4) 🇮🇹 Romina Oprandi
 * 5) 🇭🇺 Réka Luca Jani
 * 6) 🇷🇺 Alexandra Panova
 * 7) 🇫🇷 Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
 * 8) 🇵🇱 Urszula Radwańska
 * 9)  Michaëlla Krajicek
 * 10) 🇹🇭 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
 * 11) 🇬🇧 Laura Robson
 * 12) 🇷🇺 Vitalia Diatchenko
 * 13)  Chan Yung-jan
 * 14) 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Bychkova
 * 15) 🇮🇹 Karin Knapp
 * 16) 🇨🇦 Aleksandra Wozniak

Withdrawn players
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.


 * Men's Singles
 * 🇫🇷 Jérémy Chardy → replaced by 🇦🇷 Horacio Zeballos
 * Pablo Cuevas → replaced by 🇮🇹 Flavio Cipolla
 * 🇵🇱 Łukasz Kubot → replaced by 🇸🇰 Lukáš Lacko
 * 🇺🇸 Sam Querrey → replaced by 🇺🇸 Michael Russell
 * 🇨🇦 Milos Raonic → replaced by 🇯🇵 Tatsuma Ito
 * 🇪🇸 Tommy Robredo → replaced by Thiemo de Bakker
 * 🇸🇪 Robin Söderling → replaced by 🇧🇷 Rogério Dutra da Silva


 * Women's Singles
 * Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by 🇯🇵 Misaki Doi
 * 🇷🇺 Anna Chakvetadze → replaced by 🇦🇺 Anastasia Rodionova
 * 🇧🇪 Kim Clijsters → replaced by 🇪🇸 Nuria Llagostera Vives
 * 🇪🇸 Lourdes Domínguez Lino → replaced by 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel
 * 🇷🇺 Alisa Kleybanova → replaced by 🇬🇧 Heather Watson
 * 🇷🇺 Dinara Safina → replaced by Eleni Daniilidou