WTA Championships 2011
| WTA Championships 2011 | |
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| date | October 25, 2011 - October 30, 2011 |
| Edition | 41 |
| navigation | 2010 ◄ 2011 ► 2012 |
| WTA tour | |
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| venue | Istanbul Turkey
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| Tournament number | 808 |
| category | WTA Tour Championships |
| Tournament type | Indoor tournament |
| Game surface | Hard court |
| draw | 8E / 4D |
| Prize money | US $ 4,500,000 |
| Website | Official website |
| Last year's winner (individual) |
 Kim Clijsters
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| Last year's winner (double) |
 Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
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| Winner (singles) |
 Petra Kvitová
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| Winner (doubles) |
 Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
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| Tournament supervisor | Laura Ceccarelli Fabrice Chouquet |
| As of October 9, 2013 | |
The WTA Championships 2011 (also known as the TEB-BNP Paribas WTA Championships - Istanbul 2011 ) were a women's hard court tournament and the most important tennis tournament of the year after the four Grand Slam tournaments . The tournament took place from October 25th to 30th, 2011 in the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul . The WTA Tour tennis championships in women's singles and doubles were held for the first time in Istanbul, after having taken place in Doha , Qatar in the previous years .
The Belgian Kim Clijsters in singles and the Argentine-Italian duo Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta in doubles were the defending champions.
singles
qualification
The eight best placed women of the WTA Tour 2011 were qualified for this competition. There were also two reservists.
| WTA race in individual | ||||
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| # | Player | Points | Tournaments | Qualification date |
| 1 |
 Caroline Wozniacki
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7,395 | 21st | September 5, 2011 |
| 2 |
 Maria Sharapova
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6,370 | 14th | September 5, 2011 |
| 3 |
Petra Kvitová
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5,970 | 18th | October 1, 2011 |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} Viktoriya Azaranka
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5,750 | 20th | October 1, 2011 |
| 5 |
 Li Na
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5,351 | 17th | October 5, 2011 |
| 6th |
Vera Swonaryova
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5,190 | 21st | October 9, 2011 |
| 7th |
 Samantha Stosur
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5.115 | 20th | October 9, 2011 |
| 8th |
 Agnieszka Radwańska
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4,940 | 19th | October 21, 2011 |
| 9 |
 Marion Bartoli
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4,610 | 27 | |
| 10 |
 Andrea Petković
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4,580 | 18th | |
| 11 |
Francesca Schiavone
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3,900 | 22nd | |
| 12 |
Serena Williams
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3,180 | 13 | |
| 13 |
Kim Clijsters
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3,161 | 14th | |
| 14th |
 Jelena Janković
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3.115 | 22nd | |
| 15th |
Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova
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2,865 | 22nd | |
| 16 |
Peng Shuai
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2,800 | 22nd | |
| 17th |
 Dominika Cibulková
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2,755 | 22nd | |
| 18th |
Sabine Lisicki
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2,724 | 20th | |
| 19th |
Svetlana Kuznetsova
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2,606 | 19th | |
| 20th |
Flavia Pennetta
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2,490 | 22nd | |
Competition mode
In the round-robin phase (Engl. Round Robin) played four players in two groups, each against all. The top two in each group qualified for the semi-finals, which were played according to the knockout system . The winner of each group played against the second in the other group, the winners played the final.
Seeding list
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Semi-finals, finals
| Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 3 | Petra Kvitová
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5 | 6th | 6th | ||||||||
| 7th | Samantha Stosur
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7th | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | Petra Kvitová
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7th | 4th | 6th | ||||||||
| 4th | Viktoriya Azaranka
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5 | 6th | 3 | ||||||||
| 4th | Viktoriya Azaranka
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6th | 6th | |||||||||
| 6th | Vera Swonaryova
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2 | 3 | |||||||||
Red group
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Wozniacki
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Kvitová |
Swonaryova
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Radwańska
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Round Robin S-N |
Sentences S-N |
Play S-N |
Item | ||
| 1 |
Caroline Wozniacki
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4: 6, 2: 6 | 2: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6 | 5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4 | 1: 2 | 3: 5 | 34:41 | 4th | |
| 3 | Petra Kvitová |
6: 4, 6: 2 | 6: 2, 6: 4 | 7: 6 4 , 6: 3 | 3-0 | 6-0 | 37:21 | 1 | |
| 6th | Vera Swonaryova |
6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3 | 2: 6, 4: 6 | 6: 1, 2: 6, 5: 7 | 1: 2 | 3: 5 | 35:37 | 2 | |
| 8th |
Agnieszka Radwańska
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7: 5, 2: 6, 4: 6 | 6 4 : 7, 3: 6 | 1: 6, 6: 2, 7: 5 | 1: 2 | 3: 5 | 36:43 | 3 |
White group
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Sharapova
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Asaranka |
Li
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Stosur
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Bartoli
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Round Robin S-N |
Sentences S-N |
Play S-N |
Item | ||
| 2 |
Maria Sharapova
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- | 6 4 : 7, 4: 6 | 1: 6, 5: 7 | X | 0: 2 | 0: 4 | 16:26 | 4th | |
| 4th | Viktoriya Azaranka |
X | 6: 2, 6: 2 | 6: 2, 6: 2 | 7: 5, 4: 6, 4: 6 * | 2: 1 | 5: 2 | 39:25 | 1 | |
| 5 |
Li Na
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7: 6 4 , 6: 4 | 2: 6, 2: 6 | 1: 6, 0: 6 | X | 1: 2 | 2: 4 | 18:34 | 3 | |
| 7th | Samantha Stosur |
6: 1, 7: 5 | 2: 6, 2: 6 | 6: 1, 6: 0 | X | 2: 1 | 4: 2 | 29:19 | 2 | |
| 9 |
Marion Bartoli
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X | 5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 4 * | X | X | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 17:15 | 5 |
- Marija Sharapova had to retire due to an injury and was replaced by Marion Bartoli in the game against Viktoria Azaranka.
Double
qualification
The four best placed doubles pairing of the WTA Tour 2011 were qualified for this competition.
| WTA race in doubles | ||||
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| # | pairing | Points | Tournaments | Qualification date |
| 1 |
Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
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9.411 | 20th | September 5, 2011 |
| 2 |
Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
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6,773 | 5 | October 1, 2011 |
| 3 |
 Jaroslawa Schwedowa Vania King
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6,200 | 12 | October 16, 2011 |
| 4th |
Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
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5,776 | 14th | October 11, 2011 |
| 5 |
Maria Kirilenko Viktoriya Azaranka
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5,490 | 10 | |
| 6th |
 Sania Mirza Jelena Wesnina
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4,788 | 12 | |
| 7th |
 Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová
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3,866 | 31 | |
| 8th |
Roberta Vinci Sara Errani
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3,541 | 21st | |
| 9 |
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy
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3,351 | 12 | |
| 10 |
Daniela Hantuchová Agnieszka Radwańska
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3,241 | 10 | |
Competition mode
The tournament winners were determined according to the knockout system.
Seeding list
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Semi-finals, finals
| Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
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6th | 6th | |||||||||
| 4th | Vania King Jaroslawa Schwedowa
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3 | 4th | |||||||||
| 1 | Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
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4th | 4th | |||||||||
| 2 | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
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6th | 6th | |||||||||
| 3 | Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
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6th | 3 | [7] | ||||||||
| 2 | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
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4th | 6th | [10] | ||||||||
Prize money and world ranking points
The tournament was endowed with USD 4.5 million:
| phase | singles | Double 1 | Point 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| champion | RR 4 + USD 1,100,000 | USD 375,000 | RR 4 + 910 |
| Finalist (s) | RR 4 + USD 380,000 | USD 187,500 | RR 4 + 360 |
| Round tournament phase (three wins) | USD 400,000 | USD 93,750 3 | 690 |
| Round tournament phase (two wins) | USD 300,000 | - | 530 |
| Round-robin stage (one win) | USD 200,000 | - | 370 |
| Round tournament phase (no win) | USD 100,000 | - | 210 |
| Reservists | USD 50,000 | - | - |
- 1 prize money in doubles per pair
- 2 In the round of the tournament, 70 points were awarded in the event of a defeat and an additional 160 points per victory.
- 3 Prize money for doubles semi-finalist
- 4 RR means the points to be achieved or the prize money in the round robin phase.
Web links
- WTA Championships 2011 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage