| 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 16 – April 24 |
| Edition | 59th |
| Category | ATP World Tour 500 |
| Surface | Clay / Outdoor |
| Location | Barcelona, Spain |
| Venue | Real Club de Tenis Barcelona |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Rafael Nadal | |
| Doubles | |
 Santiago González /  Scott Lipsky | |
The 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell (also known as the Torneo Godó) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 59th edition of the event known this year as the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, from April 16 through April 24, 2011. The defending champion was Fernando Verdasco, but was absent from the tournament in 2011.
Points and prize money
[edit]Points
[edit]| Stage | Men's singles[1] | Men's doubles [1] |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | 500 | |
| Runner up | 300 | |
| Semifinals | 180 | |
| Quarterfinals | 90 | |
| Round of 16 | 45 | |
| Round of 32 | 20 | 0 |
| Round of 64 | 0 | – |
| Qualifier | 10 | |
| Qualifying final round | 4 | |
Prize money
[edit]The Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell has slightly raised the prize money for this year's edition, which turns it into one of the highest paid tennis tournaments in its category. The singles winner will go home with €290,000 (€4,000 more than last year).
| Stage | Men's singles (€)[2] | Men's doubles (per team) (€)[2] |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | 290,000 | 90,750 |
| Runner up | 145,750 | 45,700 |
| Semifinals | 73,850 | 23,160 |
| Quarterfinals | 37,450 | 11,750 |
| Round of 16 | 19,230 | 6,020 |
| Round of 32 | 10,110 | 3,170 |
| Round of 64 | 6,075 | - |
| Qualifying final round | 610 | |
| Qualifying first round | 300 |
Entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESP
|
Rafael Nadal | 1 | 1 |
 GBR
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 SWE
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Robin Söderling | 5 | 3 |
| ESP
|
David Ferrer | 6 | 4 |
 CZE
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 AUT
|
Jürgen Melzer | 9 | 6 |
 FRA
|
Gaël Monfils | 10 | 7 |
| ESP
|
Nicolás Almagro | 12 | 8 |
| FRA
|
Richard Gasquet | 18 | 9 |
 UKR
|
Alexandr Dolgopolov | 21 | 10 |
| ESP
|
Albert Montañés | 23 | 11 |
| ESP
|
Guillermo García López | 27 | 12 |
 BRA
|
Thomaz Bellucci | 31 | 13 |
 RSA
|
Kevin Anderson | 33 | 14 |
 CAN
|
Milos Raonic | 34 | 15 |
 ARG
|
Juan Mónaco | 36 | 16 |
- Rankings as of April 11, 2011.
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Flavio Cipolla
Simon Greul
Vincent Millot
Jarkko Nieminen- Benoît Paire
- Édouard Roger-Vasselin
- Simone Vagnozzi
The following players received entry from a Lucky loser spot:
Notable withdrawals
[edit]
Tommy Robredo (hamstring injury)[6]
Tomáš Berdych (gastroenteritis)[4]
Andy Murray (elbow injury)[5]
Champions
[edit]Singles
[edit] Rafael Nadal def. David Ferrer, 6–2, 6–4
- It was Nadal's 2nd title of the year and 45th of his career. It was his 6th title at Barcelona, also winning from 2005 to 2009.
Doubles
[edit] Santiago González / Scott Lipsky def. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 5–7, 6–2, [12–10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Guide". barcelonaopenbancsabadell.com. Archived from the original on 2011-02-10. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Drawing Ceremony Three top matches in first round". Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell official website. Barcelona, Spain: Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899. April 16, 2011. Archived from the original on August 3, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
- ^ a b "Tomas Berdych drops out of tournament". barcelonaopenbancsabadell.com. Barcelona, Spain: Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899. April 19, 2011. Archived from the original on September 5, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
- ^ a b "Andy Murray withdraws from tournament". barcelonaopenbancsabadell.com. Barcelona, Spain: Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899. April 19, 2011. Archived from the original on September 5, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
- ^ "Una rotura fibrilar deja a Robredo sin Barcelona Open" [A hamstring injury leaves Barcelona Open without Robredo]. sport.es (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain: Ediciones Deportivas Catalanas, S.A. 2010 Grupo Zeta. April 14, 2011. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2011.