2011 French Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2011 French Open
Final
Champion	Li Na
Runner-up	Francesca Schiavone
Score	6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Events

Li Na defeated the defending champion Francesca Schiavone in the final, 6–4, 7–6^(7–0) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2011 French Open. It was her first major title, and she became the first Asian and Chinese player to win a major.^[1]

Caroline Wozniacki and Kim Clijsters were in contention for the world No. 1 ranking; Wozniacki retained the top ranking after Clijsters lost in the second round, despite herself losing in the third round.^[2] This was the first time in the Open Era that neither of the top two seeds of a major progressed past the third round.^[3]

This was the first French Open since 1996 where neither Venus Williams nor Serena Williams participated. It was also the only major between the 2003 US Open and the 2021 US Open where neither of the Williams sisters participated.^[4]

This also marked the major debut of future world No. 3, US Open champion, and French Open finalist Sloane Stephens; she was defeated by Elena Baltacha in the first round.

Seeds

01.

Caroline Wozniacki (third round)

02.

Kim Clijsters (second round)

03.

Vera Zvonareva (fourth round)

04.

Victoria Azarenka (quarterfinals)

05.

Francesca Schiavone (final)

06.

Li Na (champion)

07.

Maria Sharapova (semifinals)

08.

Samantha Stosur (third round)

09.

Petra Kvitová (fourth round)

10.

Jelena Janković (fourth round)

11.

Marion Bartoli (semifinals)

12.

Agnieszka Radwańska (fourth round)

13.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (quarterfinals)

14.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (quarterfinals)

15.

Andrea Petkovic (quarterfinals)

16.

Kaia Kanepi (third round)

17.

Julia Görges (third round)

18.

Flavia Pennetta (first round)

19.

Shahar Pe'er (first round)

20.

Ana Ivanovic (first round)

21.

Yanina Wickmayer (third round)

22.

Dominika Cibulková (first round)

23.

Alisa Kleybanova (withdrew due to illness)

24.

Jarmila Gajdošová (third round)

25.

Maria Kirilenko (fourth round)

26.

Nadia Petrova (first round)

27.

Alexandra Dulgheru (second round)

28.

Daniela Hantuchová (fourth round)

29.

Peng Shuai (third round, retired due to illness)

30.

Roberta Vinci (third round)

31.

Klára Zakopalová (first round)

32.

Tsvetana Pironkova (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

13	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6⁴	4

11	Marion Bartoli	7⁷	6
					11	Marion Bartoli	3	3

					5	Francesca Schiavone	6	6
14	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6	5	5

5	Francesca Schiavone	1	7	7
									5	Francesca Schiavone	4	6⁰

									6	Li Na	6	7⁷
6	Li Na	7	6

4	Victoria Azarenka	5	2
					6	Li Na	6	7

					7	Maria Sharapova	4	5
7	Maria Sharapova	6	6

15	Andrea Petkovic	0	3

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

1	C Wozniacki	6	6
	K Date-Krumm	0	2		1	C Wozniacki	6	7⁸
	J Namigata	1	1		Q	A Wozniak	3	6⁶
Q	A Wozniak	6	6							1	C Wozniacki	1	3
	C McHale	7⁷	2	7						28	D Hantuchová	6	6
	S Errani	6⁴	6	9		S Errani	1	2
	S Zhang	3	3		28	D Hantuchová	6	6
28	D Hantuchová	6	6											28	D Hantuchová	7⁸	3	2
19	S Pe'er	6⁴	1											13	S Kuznetsova	6⁶	6	6
	MJ Martínez Sánchez	7⁷	6			MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	3	3
	R Marino	6	6			R Marino	2	6	6
	K Bondarenko	3	3								R Marino	0	4
	A Rezaï	3	3							13	S Kuznetsova	6	6
	I-C Begu	6	6			I-C Begu	1	1
	M Rybáriková	2	3		13	S Kuznetsova	6	6
13	S Kuznetsova	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

11	M Bartoli	1	6	6
	A Tatishvili	6	2	1	11	M Bartoli	6	6¹	6
	A Szávay	4	6	4	Q	O Govortsova	4	7⁷	2
Q	O Govortsova	6	4	6						11	M Bartoli	3	6	6
	K Flipkens	1	1							17	J Görges	6	2	4
	L Šafářová	6	6			L Šafářová	6	5	2
	M Johansson	1	4		17	J Görges	2	7	6
17	J Görges	6	6												11	M Bartoli	7	1
32	T Pironkova	7	6													G Dulko	5	0^r
WC	C Dellacqua	5	3		32	T Pironkova	4	2
	G Dulko	6	6			G Dulko	6	6
WC	I Falconi	3	4								G Dulko	6	1	6
	A Kudryavtseva	2	1							8	S Stosur	4	6	3
	S Halep	6	6			S Halep	0	2
	I Benešová	2	3		8	S Stosur	6	6
8	S Stosur	6	6

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

3	V Zvonareva	6	6
	L Domínguez Lino	3	3		3	V Zvonareva	4	7	7
Q	S Lisicki	6	6		Q	S Lisicki	6	5	5
	A Amanmuradova	0	4							3	V Zvonareva	6	6
	A Kerber	6	3	1							A Rodionova	2	3
	E Gallovits-Hall	2	6	6		E Gallovits-Hall	1	4
	A Rodionova	6⁵	6	6		A Rodionova	6	6
26	N Petrova	7⁷	3	4											3	V Zvonareva	6⁴	6	2
LL	A Pivovarova	3	0												14	A Pavlyuchenkova	7⁷	2	6
Q	N Llagostera Vives	6	6		Q	N Llagostera Vives	6	6
	R Voráčová	4	2			A Cornet	0	2
	A Cornet	6	6							Q	N Llagostera Vives	6	3	3
	S Bammer	1	5							14	A Pavlyuchenkova	3	6	6
Q	M Barthel	6	7		Q	M Barthel	0	6⁵
	Y Shvedova	5	3		14	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	7⁷
14	A Pavlyuchenkova	7	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

10	J Janković	6	6
	A Bondarenko	3	1		10	J Janković	6	6
	J Dokić	6	3	2		V Dushevina	3	2
	V Dushevina	4	6	6						10	J Janković	6	6
	A Parra Santonja	6	6⁵	3							B Mattek-Sands	2	2
	B Mattek-Sands	2	7⁷	6		B Mattek-Sands	6	2	6
	V Lepchenko	6	2	6		V Lepchenko	3	6	3
18	F Pennetta	3	6	3										10	J Janković	3	6	4
29	S Peng	6	6											5	F Schiavone	6	2	6
	T Paszek	3	2		29	S Peng	7	6
WC	O Sanchez	0	1			P Hercog	5	1
	P Hercog	6	6							29	S Peng	3	2^r
	A Keothavong	6	6⁵	4						5	F Schiavone	6	1
	V Dolonc	3	7⁷	6		V Dolonc	1	2
	M Oudin	2	0		5	F Schiavone	6	6
5	F Schiavone	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

6	N Li	6	6⁶	6
	B Záhlavová-Strýcová	3	7⁸	3	6	N Li	6	7
Q	S Soler Espinosa	4	6	6	Q	S Soler Espinosa	4	5
	E Vesnina	6	3	4						6	N Li	6	6
	P Schnyder	1	3								S Cîrstea	2	2
	S Cîrstea	6	6			S Cîrstea	6	7
	L Pous Tió	3	4		27	A Dulgheru	2	5
27	A Dulgheru	6	6											6	N Li	2	6	6
22	D Cibulková	7¹²	3	2										9	P Kvitová	6	1	3
	V King	6¹⁰	6	6		V King	4	6	6
	E Baltacha	7	6			E Baltacha	6	1	4
Q	S Stephens	5	2								V King	4	2
	S Záhlavová	4	3							9	P Kvitová	6	6
	J Zheng	6	6			J Zheng	4	1
	G Arn	2	1		9	P Kvitová	6	6
9	P Kvitová	6	6

Section 6

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

16	K Kanepi	7	6
	S Arvidsson	5	1		16	K Kanepi	6	6
WC	S Foretz Gacon	6⁶	1		Q	H Watson	1	3
Q	H Watson	7⁸	6						16	K Kanepi	4	5
	E Makarova	6	3	6						E Makarova	6	7
	R Oprandi	4	6	0		E Makarova	6	7⁷
	J Larsson	7⁷	0	6		J Larsson	3	6⁵
20	A Ivanovic	6³	6	2										E Makarova	2	3
30	R Vinci	6	3	6									4	V Azarenka	6	6
	A Brianti	3	6	3	30	R Vinci	6	6
	E Rodina	3	6	6	WC	I Brémond	3	4
WC	I Brémond	6	4	8					30	R Vinci	3	2
WC	P Parmentier	7⁷	6						4	V Azarenka	6	6
	K Pervak	6⁵	4		WC	P Parmentier	0	1
	A Hlaváčková	3	3		4	V Azarenka	6	6
4	V Azarenka	6	6

Section 7

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

7	M Sharapova	6	6
	M Lučić	3	0		7	M Sharapova	3	6	6
	Z Ondrášková	3	4		WC	C Garcia	6	4	0
WC	C Garcia	6	6							7	M Sharapova	6	6
	J Craybas	6	6							Q	Y-j Chan	2	3
Q	E Daniilidou	3	3			J Craybas	1	4
Q	Y-j Chan	7	6		Q	Y-j Chan	6	6
31	K Zakopalová	5	1											7	M Sharapova	7⁷	7
21	Y Wickmayer	6	6											12	A Radwańska	6⁴	5
	M Niculescu	0	3		21	Y Wickmayer	6	7
WC	K Mladenovic	6	4	5		A Morita	4	5
	A Morita	2	6	7						21	Y Wickmayer	4	4
	S Mirza	6	6							12	A Radwańska	6	6
	K Barrois	3	3			S Mirza	2	4
	P Mayr-Achleitner	1	2		12	A Radwańska	6	6
12	A Radwańska	6	6

Section 8

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

15	A Petkovic	6	7⁷
	B Jovanovski	4	6³		15	A Petkovic	7⁷	6
	A Sevastova	3	7	1		L Hradecká	6²	2
	L Hradecká	6	5	6						15	A Petkovic	6	4	6
Q	C Dentoni	5	5							24	J Gajdošová	2	6	3
	A Medina Garrigues	7	7			A Medina Garrigues	6⁴	4
	V Razzano	3	1		24	J Gajdošová	7⁷	6
24	J Gajdošová	6	6												15	A Petkovic	6	2	6
25	M Kirilenko	7⁸	6												25	M Kirilenko	2	6	4
	C Vandeweghe	6⁶	2		25	M Kirilenko	6	6
PR	V Kutuzova	3	6	2		C Scheepers	1	4
	C Scheepers	6	4	6						25	M Kirilenko	6	6
Q	M Erakovic	6	4	4							A Rus	1	1
	A Rus	2	6	6		A Rus	3	7	6
	A Yakimova	2	3		2	K Clijsters	6	5	1
2	K Clijsters	6	6

Championship match statistics

Category	Li	Schiavone
1st serve %	53/69 (77%)	45/70 (64%)
1st serve points won	37 of 53 = 70%	32 of 45 = 71%
2nd serve points won	11 of 16 = 69%	11 of 25 = 44%
Total service points won	48 of 69 = 69.57%	43 of 70 = 61.43%
Aces	3	0
Double faults	1	0
Winners	31	12
Unforced errors	24	17
Net points won	10 of 11 = 91%	6 of 13 = 46%
Break points converted	2 of 8 = 25%	1 of 2 = 50%
Return points won	27 of 70 = 39%	21 of 69 = 30%
Total points won	75	64
Source

References

^ "Li Na Dethrones Schiavone at French Open". New York Times. 4 June 2011. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
^ "Clijsters crashes out of French Open". CNN.com. 26 May 2011.
^ "No. 1 Wozniacki, Still Seeking First Major, Is Ousted". The New York Times. 27 May 2011.
^ "Venus Williams withdraws from French Open". BBC Sport. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

External links

Preceded by 2011 Australian Open – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

[1] "Li Na Dethrones Schiavone at French Open". New York Times. 4 June 2011. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

[2] "Clijsters crashes out of French Open". CNN.com. 26 May 2011.

[3] "No. 1 Wozniacki, Still Seeking First Major, Is Ousted". The New York Times. 27 May 2011.

[4] "Venus Williams withdraws from French Open". BBC Sport. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

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