The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open (also known as 2011 Miami Masters), a men's and women's tennis tournament, was held from March 22 to April 3, 2011. It was the 27th edition of the Miami Masters event and played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami. The tournament was a part of 2011 ATP World Tour and 2011 WTA Tour, classified as ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and Premier Mandatory event respectively.
The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami. This was the twenty seventh edition of the event and took place from March 22 to April 3, 2011. The tournament was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour and the 2011 WTA Tour. It was a Masters 1000 series event on the ATP Tour and a Premier Mandatory series event on the WTA Tour. It was the second event to be staged in 2011 in either category. The tournament was played on 12 Laykold Cushion Plus courts which have been rated slow by the ITF.[1] [2] [3]
| Stage | Men's singles[4] | Men's doubles | Women's singles[5] | Women's doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 1000 | |||
| Runner up | 600 | 700 | ||
| Semifinals | 360 | 450 | ||
| Quarterfinals | 180 | 250 | ||
| Round of 16 | 90 | 140 | ||
| Round of 32 | 45 | 80 | ||
| Round of 64 | 25 (10) | 50 | ||
| Round of 128 | 10 | – | 5 | – |
| Qualifier | 12 | 30 | ||
The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $4,500,000 each (WTA Tour and ATP World Tour).[6]
| Stage | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | $611,000 | $200,200 | $700,000 | $237,000 |
| Runner up | $298,200 | $97,700 | $350,000 | $118,500 |
| Semifinals | $149,450 | $49,970 | $150,000 | $51,000 |
| Quarterfinals | $76,195 | $24,960 | $64,700 | $22,000 |
| Round of 16 | $40,160 | $13,160 | $32,000 | $11,500 |
| Round of 32 | $21,495 | $7,040 | $18,740 | $4,000 |
| Round of 64 | $11,605 | – | $11,500 | – |
| Round of 96 | $7,115 | $7,050 | ||
| Final round qualifying | $2,120 | $2,100 | ||
| First round qualifying | $1,085 | $1,050 |
| Athlete | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | |||
| Novak Djokovic | 2 | 2 | ||
| Roger Federer | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 6 | |||
| Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 7 | ||
| Andy Roddick | 8 | 8 | ||
| Fernando Verdasco | 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | |||
| Nicolás Almagro | 12 | 11 | ||
| 13 | 12 | |||
| Mikhail Youzhny | 14 | 13 | ||
| 15 | 14 | |||
| 16 | 15 | |||
| Viktor Troicki | 17 | 16 | ||
| Richard Gasquet | 18 | 17 | ||
| 20 | 18 | |||
| Sam Querrey | 21 | 19 | ||
| 22 | 20 | |||
| 23 | 21 | |||
| 24 | 22 | |||
| 25 | 23 | |||
| Guillermo García López | 26 | 24 | ||
| 27 | 25 | |||
| Juan Ignacio Chela | 28 | 26 | ||
| 30 | 27 | |||
| Ernests Gulbis | 31 | 28 | ||
| Philipp Kohlschreiber | 32 | 29 | ||
| John Isner | 33 | 30 | ||
| 34 | 31 | |||
| 35 | 32 |
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:[7]
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
See main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles qualifying.
Alex Bogomolov Jr.
Marsel İlhan Robert Kendrick
Igor Kunitsyn
Paolo Lorenzi
Olivier Rochus Michael Russell Ryan Sweeting Donald Young
Milos Raonic[8]
Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Lleyton Hewitt (foot surgery recovery) → replaced by Frederico Gil[9]
Gaël Monfils (left wrist) → replaced by Mischa Zverev[10]
David Nalbandian (torn hamstring & hernia) → replaced by 
Ricardo Mello Tommy Robredo (adductor injury) → replaced by 
Somdev Devvarman[11]| Athlete | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Wozniacki | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kim Clijsters | 2 | 2 | ||
| Vera Zvonareva | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | |||
| Francesca Schiavone | 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 7 | |||
| 9 | 8 | |||
| 10 | 9 | |||
| Shahar Pe'er | 12 | 10 | ||
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | 13 | 11 | ||
| Petra Kvitová | 14 | 12 | ||
| Flavia Pennetta | 15 | 13 | ||
| Kaia Kanepi | 16 | 14 | ||
| 17 | 15 | |||
| 18 | 16 | |||
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 19 | 17 | ||
| Nadia Petrova | 20 | 18 | ||
| Ana Ivanovic | 21 | 19 | ||
| Aravane Rezaï | 22 | 20 | ||
| Andrea Petkovic | 23 | 21 | ||
| Alisa Kleybanova | 24 | 22 | ||
| Yanina Wickmayer | 25 | 23 | ||
| Maria Kirilenko | 26 | 24 | ||
| Dominika Cibulková | 27 | 25 | ||
| Alexandra Dulgheru | 28 | 26 | ||
| María José Martínez Sánchez | 29 | 27 | ||
| Jarmila Groth | 30 | 28 | ||
| Daniela Hantuchová | 31 | 29 | ||
| Lucie Šafářová | 32 | 30 | ||
| Tsvetana Pironkova | 33 | 31 | ||
| 34 | 32 |
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:[7]
Sorana Cîrstea Madison Keys Dinara Safina Coco Vandeweghe
Heather WatsonThe following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
See main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's singles qualifying.
Jelena Dokić Jamie Hampton
Lucie Hradecká Vesna Manasieva Sania Mirza Ksenia Pervak Sloane Stephens
Anna Tatishvili
Anastasiya Yakimova
Zhang Shuai
Akgul Amanmuradova → replaced by Virginie Razzano
Alona Bondarenko → replaced by 
Urszula Radwańska Anna Chakvetadze → replaced by 
Sybille Bammer Romina Oprandi → replaced by Anabel Medina Garrigues Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Chanelle Scheepers
Tamarine Tanasugarn → replaced by 
Zuzana Ondrášková Serena Williams (pulmonary embolism and related upcoming surgery) → replaced by Edina Gallovits-Hall[12] Venus Williams (abdominal injury) → replaced by Lourdes Domínguez Lino[13]See main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles. 
Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
See main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's singles. Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–1, 6–4
See main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's doubles. Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes defeated Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–5]
See main article: 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's doubles. Daniela Hantuchová / Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Liezel Huber / Nadia Petrova, 7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–8]
A record capacity of 14,625 crowd attended the men's final on Sunday, April 3.[15] Also the tournament attracted a new record sum of 316,267 spectators breaking the previous one of 312,386 sold tickets set last year.[16]
