2011 Malaysian Open
Tennis tournament
2011 Malaysian Open | |||
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Date | February 28 – March 6 | ||
Edition | 2nd | ||
Category | International tournament | ||
Draw | 32S / 16D | ||
Prize money | $220,000 | ||
Surface | Hard / outdoor | ||
Location | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ||
Champions | |||
Singles | |||
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The 2011 BMW Malaysian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts . It was the second edition of the Malaysian Open and was an International tournament on the 2011 WTA Tour . This was also be the first edition of the tournament to be sponsored by BMW . The tournament took place from February 28 to March 6 at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort .
The event was headlined by the participation of World No. 5 and French Open reigning champion Francesca Schiavone , World No. 15 Marion Bartoli , former World No. 1 Dinara Safina , the defending champion and World No. 22, Alisa Kleybanova and World No. 30 Lucie Šafářová among others.
Entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Ranking 1 | Seeding |
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Francesca Schiavone | 5 | 1 |
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Marion Bartoli | 18 | 2 |
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Alisa Kleybanova | 20 | 3 |
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Jarmila Groth | 31 | 4 |
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Lucie Šafářová | 35 | 5 |
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Ayumi Morita | 48 | 6 |
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Kimiko Date-Krumm | 53 | 7 |
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Bojana Jovanovski | 55 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 21, 2011.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Finals
Singles
Jelena Dokić
defeated
Lucie Šafářová
, 2–6, 7–6
(11–9)
, 6–4.
- It was Dokić's first title of the year, and the sixth of her career. It was her first title since winning Birmingham in 2002.
Doubles
Dinara Safina
/
Galina Voskoboeva
defeated
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
/
Jessica Moore
, 7–5, 2–6, [10–5].