Malaysian Open 2011

ATP World Tour
Proton Malaysian Open 2011
date	September 26, 2011 - October 2, 2011
Edition	7th
navigation	2010 ◄ 2011 ► 2012
venue	Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Malaysia
Tournament number	6003
category	World Tour 250
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	28E / 24Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 850,000
Financial. Obligation	US $ 947,750
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Russia Mikhail Juschny
Last year's winner (double)	Czech Republic František Čermák Michal Mertiňák Slovakia

Winner (singles)	Serbia Janko Tipsarevic
Winner (doubles)	United States Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer Curacao

Tournament director	Nick Freyer
Tournament supervisor	Tom Barnes
Last direct assumption	Germany Mischa Zverev (116)

As of April 8, 2016

The Malaysian Open 2011 was a tennis tournament that took place from September 26th to October 2nd, 2011 in Kuala Lumpur . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2011 and was played indoors on a hard court. In the same week, the PTT Thailand Open was played in Bangkok , which, like the Malaysian Open, belonged to the ATP World Tour 250 category .

The defending champion in the singles, Mikhail Juschny , did not appear to defend the title. In this year's final, Janko Tipsarević and Marcos Baghdatis face each other, which the former won in two sets. It was his first ATP title. Last year's double winners František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák also did not compete together. Čermák was able to reach the final again with his new partner Filip Polášek , where they met Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer . The latter decided this for themselves and secured their fifth joint title.

The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 28 players, that of the double competition consisted of 16 pairs. The four top seeded players in the singles each got a bye into the second round. The total prize pool was $ 850,000 and total financial liabilities were $ 947,750.

qualification

The qualification took place from September 24th to 26th, 2011. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers
Russia Teimuras Gabashvili
Russia Mikhail Ledovskich
South Africa Rik De Voest
Australia Marinko Matosevic

Prize money and world ranking points

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.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 155,000
final	150	$ 81,500
Semifinals	90	$ 44,150
Quarter finals	45	$ 25,180
Round of 16	20th	$ 14,820
First round	0	$ 8,800

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	12
Qualifying round	6th	$ 1,420
Second round	0	$ 680
First round	0	$ 0

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 47,050
final	150	$ 24,700
Semifinals	90	$ 13,400
Quarter finals	45	$ 7,670
First round	0	$ 4,500

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Spain Nicolás Almagro	Quarter finals
02.	Serbia Viktor Troicki	Semifinals
03.	Serbia Janko Tipsarevic	victory
04th	Austria Jürgen Melzer	Quarter finals

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Russia Nikolai Davydenko	Quarter finals
06th	United States Alex Bogomolov junior	1 round
07th	Russia Dmitri Tursunov	Quarter finals
08th.	Japan Kei Nishikori	Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Spain N. Almagro

7th

M. Kukushkin

6th

3

2r

OLD

A. Ramos

6 ²

6 ⁴

OLD

Spain A. Ramos

4th

6th

4th

1

N. Almagro

7th

4th

M. Zverev

5

3

8th

Japan K. Nishikori

6 ⁵

6th

Germany P. Petzschner

7th

6th

P. Petzschner

3

6th

5

Q

T. Gabashvili

6th

4th

1

8th

Japan K. Nishikori

6th

4th

7th

8th

Japan K. Nishikori

3

6th

8th

K. Nishikori

4th

3

Serbia J. Tipsarevic

6th

3

Serbia J. Tipsarevic

6th

B. Tomic

2

OLD

F. Cipolla

2

4th

OLD

Italy F. Cipolla

6th

3

Serbia J. Tipsarevic

3

Poland Ł. Kubot

6th

5

N. Dawydenko

1

r

L. Rosol

3

Ł. Kubot

3

6 ²

OLD

R. Harrison

3

2

5

Russia N. Dawydenko

6th

7th

5

Russia N. Dawydenko

6th

3

Serbia J. Tipsarevic

6th

7th

6th

A. Bogomolov junior

6 ³

4th

WC

M. Baghdatis

4th

5

WC

Cyprus Republic M. Baghdatis

7th

6th

WC

Cyprus Republic M. Baghdatis

7th

6th

Q

M. Ledowskich

6 ⁵

4th

S. Devvarman

5

4th

India S. Devvarman

7th

6th

WC

Cyprus Republic M. Baghdatis

6th

7th

Q

South Africa R. De Voest

4th

6th

4th

J. Melzer

3

6 ³

OLD

R. Sweeting

6th

3

Q

R. De Voest

0

4th

Austria J. Melzer

6th

WC

Cyprus Republic M. Baghdatis

6th

7th

Russia D. Tursunov

6th

2

6th

2

V. Troicki

3

1

OLD

P. Capdeville

2

6th

1

7th

Russia D. Tursunov

6th

WC

Belgium D. Goffin

6th

7th

WC

D. Goffin

3

WC

M. Ebden

4th

6 ⁴

7th

D. Tursunov

4th

Uzbekistan D. Istomin

6th

2

Serbia V. Troicki

6th

Q

M. Matosevic

3

2

D. Istomin

1

4th

2

Serbia V. Troicki

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Austria Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner Germany	Semifinals
02.	United States Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer Curacao	victory
03.	Czech Republic František Čermák Filip Polášek Slovakia	final
04th	United States Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram United States	Semifinals