2011 WTA Tour


The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The 2011 WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup, the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions and the WTA Championships.

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2011 WTA Tour. Player progression will be documented from the quarterfinals stage.
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Grand Slam tournaments
Year-end championships
WTA Premier Mandatory
WTA Premier 5
WTA Premier
WTA International
Team events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2011 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships, the WTA Premier tournaments, and the WTA International tournaments.
  1. total number of titles ;
  2. highest amount of highest category tournaments ;
  3. a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
  4. alphabetical order.

    Key

Titles won by player

Titles won by nation

Titles information

The following players won their first title in singles, doubles or mixed doubles :
The following players completed a successful title defence in singles, doubles or mixed doubles :
The following players won their first title in singles, doubles or mixed doubles :
  • Iveta Benešová – Wimbledon
  • Alberta Brianti – Fes
  • Dominika Cibulková – Moscow
  • Casey Dellacqua – French Open
  • Vitalia Diatchenko – Tashkent
  • Natalie Grandin – Seoul
  • Polona Hercog – Båstad
  • Sabine Lisicki – Stuttgart
  • Melanie Oudin – US Open
  • Ksenia Pervak – Tashkent
  • Chanelle Scheepers – Guangzhou
  • Galina Voskoboeva – Kuala Lumpur
  • Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová – Quebec City
  • Zhang Shuai – Osaka
  • Zheng Saisai – Guangzhou
The following players completed a successful title defence in singles, doubles or mixed doubles :
  • Iveta Benešová – Monterrey
  • Edina Gallovits-Hall – Bogotá
  • Lucie Hradecká – Bad Gastein
  • Ana Ivanovic – Bali
  • María José Martínez Sánchez – Dubai
  • Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – Monterrey
  • Květa Peschke – Doha
  • Caroline Wozniacki – Copenhagen, New Haven
  • Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová – Monterrey

    Rankings

The Race to the Championships determines the players in the WTA Tour Championships in October. The WTA rankings are based on tournaments of the latest 52 weeks.

Singles

The following is the 2011 top 20 in the Race to the Championships and the top 20 ranked players in the world. Premier Mandatory Events are counted for players in the top 10, even if they did not compete, unless there is an injury excuse. Gold backgrounds indicate players that qualified for the WTA Tour Championships. Blue backgrounds indicate players that became alternates at the WTA Tour Championships.

Number 1 ranking

Doubles

The following is the 2011 top 20 in the Race to the Championships – Doubles and the top 20 individual ranked doubles players. Gold backgrounds indicate teams that have qualified for WTA Tour Championships.

Number 1 ranking

HolderDate gainedDate forfeited
Gisela Dulko|ARG

WTA Prize money Leaders

The top-16 players earned over $1,000,000.
#CountryPlayerSinglesDoublesMixedBonus PoolYear-to-date
1Czech Republic

Statistics leaders

Service and return statistical leaders at the conclusion of the year, according to the WTA.

Points distribution

Retirements

Following are notable players who have announced they will retire from the WTA Tour during the 2011 season:
  • Maret Ani , turned professional in 1997 with a high singles ranking career of No. 63 15 May 2006 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 39 5 April 2004.
  • Sybille Bammer , a former world no. 19, and US Open quarter-finalist. Bammer announced her retirement after defeat to Monica Niculescu in the first round of Wimbledon, but briefly returned two weeks later to play her home-country tournament at 2011 Gastein Ladies, where she lost in the second round to Yvonne Meusburger 6–2, 6–1.
  • Alona Bondarenko She won the Australian Open Women's doubles Title, partnering with her younger sister Kateryna. They defeated the pairing Shahar Pe'er and Victoria Azarenka. Bondarenko played her last match in 2011.
  • Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro has reached a career high of 61 in singles and 54 in doubles. She played her final match at the 2011 Open GDF Suez where she was a lucky loser, losing to Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7–5, 6–3.
  • Surina De Beer De Beer has won 10 singles and 36 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 6 July 1998, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 116. On 25 September 2000, she peaked at world number 49 in the doubles rankings.
  • Yuliana Fedak , turned professional in 1998 with a high singles ranking career of No 63 18 September 2006 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 34 15 January 2007.
  • Tathiana Garbin The winner of one singles and eleven doubles WTA Tour titles, she reached her highest singles ranking World No. 22 on 21 May 2007, and her highest doubles ranking World No. 25 on 27 August 2001.
  • Justine Henin , a former world No. 1 in singles and holder of 43 WTA titles including: 7 Grand Slams 2 Year End Championships and the Olympic gold medal in the 2004 games, as well as two doubles titles. Henin first retired in 2008 as the world No. 1, but later came out of retirement in 2010. On her return to tour she won two WTA titles; the 2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and the 2010 UNICEF Open. She also reached the final of the 2010 Brisbane International and the final of the 2010 Australian Open. She played her final match against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round of the 2011 Australian Open, losing 4–6, 6–7. She retired for the second time due to the recurrence of an elbow injury received in the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. The injury had initially caused her to end her 2010 season prematurely.
  • Alicia Molik , turned professional in 1996 with a high singles ranking career of No. 8 on 28 February 2005 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 6 on 6 June 2005. She reached one Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2005 Australian Open and won two Doubles Slams at the 2005 Australian Open Doubles and 2007 French Open Doubles. Molik also won the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics defeating Anastasia Myskina. She played her final match at the 2011 Australian Open where she was a wild card, losing to Nadia Petrova in the second round, decided to retire her tennis career.
  • Trudi Musgrave , turned professional in 1994 with a high singles ranking career of No 207 on 20 December 2006 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 62 26 May 2003.
  • Martina Müller , turned professional in 1999 with a high singles ranking career of No 33 2 April 2007 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 47 25 February 2008.
  • Lilia Osterloh , turned professional in 1997 with a high singles ranking career of No 41 23 April 2001 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 77 23 August 1999.
  • Mara Santangelo , who turned professional in 2003 and has reached a career high ranking of No. 27 on 9 July 2007. In doubles she reached a career-high ranking of No. 5 on 10 September 2007. She has won 2007 French Open in doubles title.
  • Patty Schnyder , a former world no. 7, six time Grand Slam quarter finalist, semi finalist at the 2004 Australian Open and three time participant at the Year End Championships. Schnyder retired aged 32 at the 2011 French Open, after a 6–1, 6–3 first round defeat by Sorana Cîrstea.
  • Julia Schruff , turned professional in 1992 with a high singles ranking career of No 52 17 April 2006 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 99 2 October 2006.
  • Selima Sfar , turned professional in 1999 with a high singles ranking career of No 75 16 July 2001 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 47 28 July 2008.
  • Rennae Stubbs was a former world no. 1 in doubles and has won 60 doubles titles, 4 of which are Slams at the 2000 Australian Open, 2001 and 2004 Wimbledon, and the 2001 US Open. She also won 2 mixed doubles Slams at the 2000 Australian Open and 2001 US Open. She played her final match at the 2011 Fed Cup tie against Italy partnering Anastasia Rodionova but end up losing in three sets.
  • Karolina Šprem , turned professional in 2001 with a high singles ranking career of No 17 11 October 2004. Šprem's career highlight came at Wimbledon 2004, where she was a quarterfinalist.
  • Katie O'Brien , turned professional in 1999 with a high singles ranking career of No 84 1 February 2010. On 12 August 2011 she announced her retirement at the age 25.
  • Shikha Uberoi , turned professional in 2003 with a high singles ranking career of No 122 29 August 2005 and. 2011 she announced retired from tennis.
  • Julia Vakulenko , turned professional in 1998 with a high singles ranking career of No 32 19 November 2007 and high doubles ranking career of No. 87 19 February 2007.