Last year's individual winner, Roger Federer , did not defend his title. In this year's final, the top seeded Gaël Monfils met Jarkko Nieminen , who had already lost in the finals of this tournament in 2001 and 2006 and was also left behind in three sets in 2011. Monfils won its fourth title. Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer won the doubles title last year , but this time they were eliminated in the semi-finals. In the final, Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi prevailed against Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares and each won their fourth title.
The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 28 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The four top seeded players in the singles each got a bye into the second round. The total prize money was 531,000 euros and the total financial liabilities were 600,000 euros.
The qualification took place from October 15th to 17th, 2011. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.
The following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who moved into the main draw via qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. Prize money for the double competition applies per team.