# 2011 French Open

The 2011 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 115th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 22 May to 5 June 2011.
Rafael Nadal successfully defended his 2010 title, defeating rival Roger Federer in the final to win his sixth French Open title. Francesca Schiavone was narrowly unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated by Li Na in the final. Li became the first female Asian to win a Grand Slam singles title.

## Tournament

The 2011 French Open was the one hundred and tenth edition of the French Open. It was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour and the 2011 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments. There were also singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts. The tournament took place over a series of twenty courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.

## Ranking points
### Senior ranking points

| Event | Event | W | F | SF | QF | 4R | 3R | 2R | 1R | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | Points (M) | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| Singles | Points (F) | 2000 | 1400 | 900 | 500 | 280 | 160 | 100 | 5 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 2 |
| Doubles | Points (M) | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 0 | - | - | – | - | - |
| Doubles | Points (F) | 2000 | 1400 | 900 | 500 | 280 | 160 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |

### Junior ranking points

Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in boy singles and doubles play.
| Stage | Boys singles | Boys doubles | Girls singles | Girls doubles |
| Champion | 250 | 180 | 250 | 180 |
| Runner up | 180 | 120 | 180 | 120 |
| Semifinals | 120 | 80 | 120 | 80 |
| Quarterfinals | 80 | 50 | 80 | 50 |
| Round of 16 | 50 | 30 | 50 | 30 |
| Round of 32 | 30 | – | 30 | – |
| Qualifier who loses in first round | 25 | – | 25 | – |
| Qualifying final round | 20 | – | 20 | – |

### Wheelchair ranking points

| Stage | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
| Champion | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 |
| Runner up | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Semifinals | 375 | 100 | 375 | 100 |
| Quarterfinals | 100 | – | 100 | – |

## Prize money

The total amount of prize money available for the 2011 tournament was €17,520,000. The prize money breakdown was as follows:
| Event | Event | W | F | SF | QF | 4R | 3R | 2R | 1R | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | Prize money | €1,200,000 | €600,000 | €300,000 | €150,000 | €75,000 | €42,000 | €25,000 | €15,000 | €8,000 | €4,000 | €2,500 |
| Doubles | Prize money$^*$ | €330,000 | €165,000 | €82,500 | €42,000 | €22,000 | €12,000 | €7,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Mixed doubles | Prize money$^*$ | €100,000 | €50,000 | €25,000 | €13,000 | - | - | €7,000 | €3,500 | - | - | - |
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## Singles players

Men's singles
| Champion | Champion | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Rafael Nadal (1) | Rafael Nadal (1) | Roger Federer (3) | Roger Federer (3) |
| Semifinals out ||||
| Andy Murray (4) | Andy Murray (4) | Novak Djokovic (2) | Novak Djokovic (2) |
| Quarterfinals out ||||
| Robin Söderling (5) | Juan Ignacio Chela | Gaël Monfils (9) | Fabio Fognini |
| 4th round out ||||
| Ivan Ljubičić | Gilles Simon (18) | Viktor Troicki (15) | Alejandro Falla (Q) |
| David Ferrer (7) | Stanislas Wawrinka (14) | Albert Montañés | Richard Gasquet (13) |
| 3rd round out ||||
| Antonio Veić (Q) | Fernando Verdasco (16) | Mardy Fish (10) | Leonardo Mayer (Q) |
| Michael Berrer | Alexandr Dolgopolov (21) | Łukasz Kubot (Q) | Lukáš Rosol (Q) |
| Sergiy Stakhovsky (31) | Steve Darcis (Q) | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (17) | Janko Tipsarević (29) |
| Guillermo García López (30) | Mikhail Youzhny (12) | Thomaz Bellucci (23) | Juan Martín del Potro (25) |
| 2nd round out ||||
| Pablo Andújar | Nikolay Davydenko (28) | Sam Querrey (24) | Xavier Malisse |
| Robin Haase | Jérémy Chardy | Marcos Baghdatis (27) | Albert Ramos (Q) |
| Simone Bolelli (LL) | Arnaud Clément (WC) | Andreas Haider-Maurer | Tobias Kamke |
| Carlos Berlocq (Q) | Florian Mayer (20) | Kevin Anderson (32) | Jürgen Melzer (8) |
| Julien Benneteau | Kei Nishikori | Philipp Petzschner | Guillaume Rufin (WC) |
| Thomas Schoorel (Q) | Igor Andreev | Pere Riba | Maxime Teixeira (WC) |
| Stéphane Robert (Q) | Marsel İlhan (LL) | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | Mikhail Kukushkin |
| Marcel Granollers | Andreas Seppi | Blaž Kavčič | Victor Hănescu |
| 1st round out ||||
| John Isner | Santiago Giraldo | Pablo Cuevas | Denis Gremelmayr (Q) |
| Philipp Kohlschreiber | Somdev Devvarman | Dmitry Tursunov | Juan Mónaco |
| Ricardo Mello | Daniel Gimeno Traver | Grigor Dimitrov | Michael Russell |
| Frederico Gil | Dustin Brown | Javier Martí (Q) | Ryan Harrison (LL) |
| Éric Prodon (Q) | Frank Dancevic (Q) | Filippo Volandri | Milos Raonic (26) |
| Rainer Schüttler | Ryan Sweeting | Olivier Rochus | Julian Reister |
| Nicolás Almagro (11) | Bernard Tomic (WC) | Potito Starace | Igor Kunitsyn |
| Nicolas Mahut | Tim Smyczek (WC) | Édouard Roger-Vasselin (WC) | Andreas Beck (LL) |
| Jarkko Nieminen | Rui Machado | Lu Yen-hsun | David Guez (Q) |
| Michaël Llodra (22) | Mischa Zverev | Adrian Mannarino | Björn Phau (Q) |
| Augustin Gensse (Q) | Máximo González | Florent Serra | Jan Hájek |
| Brian Dabul | Ivan Dodig | Vincent Millot (WC) | Feliciano López |
| Tomáš Berdych (6) | Denis Istomin | Tommy Haas (PR) | Robert Kendrick |
| Marin Čilić (19) | Marc Gicquel (LL) | Daniel Brands | Go Soeda |
| Radek Štěpánek | Alex Bogomolov Jr. (LL) | Teymuraz Gabashvili | Andrey Golubev |
| Ivo Karlović (PR) | Ernests Gulbis | Benoît Paire (WC) | Thiemo de Bakker |

### Women's singles

| Champion | Champion | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Li Na (6) | Li Na (6) | Francesca Schiavone (5) | Francesca Schiavone (5) |
| Semifinals out ||||
| Marion Bartoli (11) | Marion Bartoli (11) | Maria Sharapova (7) | Maria Sharapova (7) |
| Quarterfinals out ||||
| Svetlana Kuznetsova (13) | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (14) | Victoria Azarenka (4) | Andrea Petkovic (15) |
| 4th round out ||||
| Daniela Hantuchová (28) | Gisela Dulko | Vera Zvonareva (3) | Jelena Janković (10) |
| Petra Kvitová (9) | Ekaterina Makarova | Agnieszka Radwańska (12) | Maria Kirilenko (25) |
| 3rd round out ||||
| Caroline Wozniacki (1) | Rebecca Marino | Julia Görges (17) | Samantha Stosur (8) |
| Anastasia Rodionova | Nuria Llagostera Vives (Q) | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | Peng Shuai (29) |
| Sorana Cîrstea | Vania King | Kaia Kanepi (16) | Roberta Vinci (30) |
| Chan Yung-jan (Q) | Yanina Wickmayer (21) | Jarmila Gajdošová (24) | Arantxa Rus |
| 2nd round out ||||
| Aleksandra Wozniak (Q) | Sara Errani | María José Martínez Sánchez | Irina-Camelia Begu |
| Olga Govortsova (Q) | Lucie Šafářová | Tsvetana Pironkova (32) | Simona Halep |
| Sabine Lisicki (Q) | Edina Gallovits-Hall | Alizé Cornet | Mona Barthel (Q) |
| Vera Dushevina | Varvara Lepchenko | Polona Hercog | Vesna Dolonts |
| Sílvia Soler Espinosa (Q) | Alexandra Dulgheru (27) | Elena Baltacha | Zheng Jie |
| Heather Watson (Q) | Johanna Larsson | Iryna Brémond (WC) | Pauline Parmentier (WC) |
| Caroline Garcia (WC) | Jill Craybas | Ayumi Morita | Sania Mirza |
| Lucie Hradecká | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Chanelle Scheepers | Kim Clijsters (2) |
| 1st round out ||||
| Kimiko Date-Krumm | Junri Namigata | Christina McHale | Zhang Shuai |
| Shahar Pe'er (19) | Kateryna Bondarenko | Aravane Rezaï | Magdaléna Rybáriková |
| Anna Tatishvili | Ágnes Szávay | Kirsten Flipkens | Mathilde Johansson |
| Casey Dellacqua (WC) | Irina Falconi (WC) | Alla Kudryavtseva | Iveta Benešová |
| Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Akgul Amanmuradova | Angelique Kerber | Nadia Petrova (26) |
| Anastasia Pivovarova (LL) | Renata Voráčová | Sybille Bammer | Yaroslava Shvedova |
| Alona Bondarenko | Jelena Dokić | Arantxa Parra Santonja | Flavia Pennetta (18) |
| Tamira Paszek | Olivia Sanchez (WC) | Anne Keothavong | Melanie Oudin |
| Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | Elena Vesnina | Patty Schnyder | Laura Pous Tió |
| Dominika Cibulková (22) | Sloane Stephens (Q) | Sandra Zahlavová | Gréta Arn |
| Sofia Arvidsson | Stéphanie Foretz Gacon (WC) | Romina Oprandi | Ana Ivanovic (20) |
| Alberta Brianti | Evgeniya Rodina | Ksenia Pervak | Andrea Hlaváčková |
| Mirjana Lučić | Zuzana Ondrášková | Eleni Daniilidou (Q) | Klára Zakopalová (31) |
| Monica Niculescu | Kristina Mladenovic (WC) | Kristina Barrois | Patricia Mayr-Achleitner |
| Bojana Jovanovski | Anastasija Sevastova | Corinna Dentoni (Q) | Virginie Razzano |
| CoCo Vandeweghe | Viktoriya Kutuzova (PR) | Marina Erakovic (Q) | Anastasiya Yakimova |

## Events
### Seniors
#### Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 5–7, 6–1
* In the final, Nadal won his sixth French Open title with a victory over the world number three to hold his title. It was Nadal's third title of the year and 46th of his career. It was the first slam he had won this year and the tenth of his career.

#### Women's singles

Li Na defeated Francesca Schiavone, 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–0)}$
* In the final Li Na played the defending champion Francesca Schiavone and won in straight sets. In the final tiebreak game Li won 7–0. It was Li's 2nd title of the year and 5th of her career. Li became the first Chinese and the first Asian winner of a singles Grand Slam tennis tournament. It was Li's second Grand Slam final, after she reached the final of the 2011 Australian Open. After her victory Li Na said that "everyone in China will be so excited".

#### Men's doubles

Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor defeated Juan Sebastián Cabal / Eduardo Schwank, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 3–6, 6–4
* Mirnyi and Nestor both won their third French Open men's doubles title; Mirnyi won his fifth Grand Slam men's doubles title, and Nestor his seventh.

#### Women's doubles

Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká defeated Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina, 6–4, 6–3
* Hlaváčková and Hradecká both won their first Grand Slam title.

#### Mixed doubles

Casey Dellacqua / Scott Lipsky defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 4–6, [10–7]
* Dellacqua and Lipsky both won their first Grand Slam title.

### Juniors
#### Boys' singles

Bjorn Fratangelo defeated Dominic Thiem, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6
* Fratangelo won his first junior Grand Slam title. He is the first American to win the junior title since John McEnroe's junior title in 1977.

#### Girls' singles

Ons Jabeur defeated Monica Puig, 7–6$^{(10–8)}$, 6–1
* Jabeur won her first junior Grand Slam title.

#### Boys' doubles

Andrés Artuñedo / Roberto Carballés defeated Mitchell Krueger / Shane Vinsant, 5–7, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, [10–5]
* Artunedo and Carballes both won their first junior Grand Slam title.

#### Girls' doubles

Irina Khromacheva / Maryna Zanevska defeated Victoria Kan / Demi Schuurs, 6–4, 7–5
* Khromacheva won her first junior Grand Slam doubles title, and Zanevska won her second.

### Wheelchair events
#### Wheelchair men's singles

Maikel Scheffers defeated Nicolas Peifer, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–3
* Scheffers won his first Grand Slam title.

#### Wheelchair women's singles

Esther Vergeer defeated Marjolein Buis, 6–0, 6–2
* Vergeer won her fifth consecutive French Open singles title and her 18th Grand Slam singles title.

#### Wheelchair men's doubles

Shingo Kunieda / Nicolas Peifer defeated Robin Ammerlaan / Stefan Olsson, 6–2, 6–3
* Kunieda won his third French Open doubles title, and tenth Grand Slam doubles title.
* Peifer won his first Grand Slam title.

#### Wheelchair women's doubles

Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven defeated Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot, 5–7, 6–4, [10–5]
* Vergeer won her fourth French Open doubles title, and 17th Grand Slam doubles title.
* Walraven won her fourth consecutive Grand Slam title.

### Other events
#### Legends under 45 doubles

Fabrice Santoro / Todd Woodbridge defeated Arnaud Boetsch / Cédric Pioline, 6–2, 6–4

#### Legends over 45 doubles

Guy Forget / Henri Leconte defeated Andrés Gómez / John McEnroe, 6–3, 5–7, [10–8]

#### Women's legends doubles

Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis defeated Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná, 6–1, 6–2

## Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Rankings are as of 16 May 2011 and the Points are as of 23 May 2011. For the first time since the 2006 French Open, the top four seeds all made it to the semifinals.

### Men's singles

| Seed | Rank | Player | Points | Points defending | Points won | New points | Status |
| 1 | 1 | Rafael Nadal | 12070 | 2000 | 2000 | 12070 | Champion, defeated Roger Federer [3] |
| 2 | 2 | Novak Djokovic | 11665 | 360 | 720 | 12025 | Semifinal lost to Roger Federer [3] |
| 3 | 3 | Roger Federer | 8390 | 360 | 1200 | 9230 | Runner-Up, lost to Rafael Nadal [1] |
| 4 | 4 | Andy Murray | 6085 | 180 | 720 | 6625 | Semifinal lost to Rafael Nadal [1] |
| 5 | 5 | Robin Söderling | 5435 | 1200 | 360 | 4595 | Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal [1] |
| 6 | 6 | Tomáš Berdych | 4200 | 720 | 10 | 3490 | First round lost to Stéphane Robert |
| 7 | 7 | David Ferrer | 4060 | 90 | 180 | 4150 | Fourth round lost to Gaël Monfils [9] |
| 8 | 8 | Jürgen Melzer | 2850 | 720 | 45 | 2175 | Second round lost to Lukáš Rosol |
| 9 | 9 | Gaël Monfils | 2465 | 45 | 360 | 2780 | Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [3] |
| 10 | 10 | Mardy Fish | 2395 | 45 | 90 | 2440 | Third round lost to Gilles Simon [18] |
| 11 | 12 | Nicolás Almagro | 2225 | 360 | 10 | 1875 | First round lost Łukasz Kubot |
| 12 | 13 | Mikhail Youzhny | 2010 | 360 | 90 | 1740 | Third round lost to Albert Montañés |
| 13 | 14 | Richard Gasquet | 1755 | 10 | 180 | 1925 | Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [2] |
| 14 | 15 | Stanislas Wawrinka | 1920 | 180 | 180 | 1920 | Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [3] |
| 15 | 16 | Viktor Troicki | 1840 | 90 | 180 | 1930 | Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [4] |
| 16 | 17 | Fernando Verdasco | 1515 | 180 | 90 | 1425 | Third round lost to Ivan Ljubičić |
| 17 | 18 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 1570 | 180 | 90 | 1480 | Third round lost to Stanislas Wawrinka [14] |
| 18 | 19 | Gilles Simon | 1565 | 0 | 180 | 1745 | Fourth round lost to Robin Söderling [5] |
| 19 | 20 | Marin Čilić | 1515 | 180 | 10 | 1345 | First round lost to Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo |
| 20 | 21 | Florian Mayer | 1555 | 0 | 45 | 1600 | Second round lost to Alejandro Falla |
| 21 | 23 | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 1450 | 90 | 90 | 1450 | Third round lost to Viktor Troicki [15] |
| 22 | 24 | Michaël Llodra | 1400 | 10 | 10 | 1400 | First round lost to Steve Darcis |
| 23 | 25 | Thomaz Bellucci | 1395 | 180 | 90 | 1305 | Third round lost to Richard Gasquet [13] |
| 24 | 26 | Sam Querrey | 1325 | 10 | 45 | 1360 | Second round lost to Ivan Ljubičić |
| 25 | 27 | Juan Martín del Potro | 1355 | 0 | 90 | 1445 | Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [2] |
| 26 | 28 | Milos Raonic | 1342 | 0 | 10 | 1352 | First round lost to Michael Berrer |
| 27 | 29 | Marcos Baghdatis | 1295 | 90 | 45 | 1250 | Second round vs Leonardo Mayer |
| 28 | 30 | Nikolay Davydenko | 1285 | 0 | 45 | 1330 | Second round lost to Antonio Veić |
| 29 | 32 | Janko Tipsarević | 1225 | 10 | 90 | 1305 | Third round lost to Roger Federer [3] |
| 30 | 33 | Guillermo García López | 1205 | 45 | 90 | 1250 | Third round lost to Fabio Fognini |
| 31 | 34 | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 1145 | 10 | 90 | 1225 | Third round lost to David Ferrer [7] |
| 32 | 35 | Kevin Anderson | 1150 | 10 | 45 | 1185 | Second round lost to Juan Ignacio Chela |

### Withdrawn players

| Rank | Player | Points | Points defending | Points won | New points | Withdrew due to |
| 11 | Andy Roddick | 2290 | 90 | 0 | 2200 | right shoulder injury |
| 22 | David Nalbandian | 1425 | 0 | 0 | 1425 | illness |
| 31 | Tommy Robredo | 1245 | 10 | 0 | 1235 | Left leg Injury |

### Women's singles

| Seed | Rank | Player | Points | Points defending | Points won | New points | Status |
| 1 | 1 | Caroline Wozniacki | 10255 | 500 | 160 | 9915 | Third round lost to Daniela Hantuchová [28] |
| 2 | 2 | Kim Clijsters | 8115 | 0 | 100 | 8215 | Second round lost to Arantxa Rus |
| 3 | 3 | Vera Zvonareva | 7755 | 100 | 280 | 7935 | Fourth round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [14] |
| 4 | 4 | Victoria Azarenka | 5425 | 5 | 500 | 5920 | Quarterfinals lost to Li Na [6] |
| 5 | 5 | Francesca Schiavone | 5246 | 2000 | 1400 | 4646 | Runner-up, lost to Li Na [6] |
| 6 | 6 | Li Na | 4635 | 160 | 2000 | 6475 | Champion, defeated Francesca Schiavone [5] |
| 7 | 7 | Maria Sharapova | 4481 | 160 | 900 | 5221 | Semifinal lost to Li Na [6] |
| 8 | 8 | Samantha Stosur | 4645 | 1400 | 160 | 3405 | Third round lost to Gisela Dulko |
| 9 | 9 | Petra Kvitová | 3743 | 5 | 280 | 4018 | Fourth round lost to Li Na [6] |
| 10 | 10 | Jelena Janković | 3670 | 900 | 280 | 3050 | Fourth round lost to Francesca Schiavone [5] |
| 11 | 11 | Marion Bartoli | 3000 | 160 | 900 | 3740 | Semifinal lost to Francesca Schiavone [5] |
| 12 | 12 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 2876 | 100 | 280 | 3056 | Fourth round lost to Maria Sharapova [7] |
| 13 | 13 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 2870 | 160 | 500 | 3210 | Quarterfinals lost to Marion Bartoli [11] |
| 14 | 14 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 2715 | 160 | 500 | 3055 | Quarterfinals lost to Francesca Schiavone [5] |
| 15 | 15 | Andrea Petkovic | 2890 | 100 | 500 | 3290 | Quarterfinals lost to Maria Sharapova [7] |
| 16 | 16 | Kaia Kanepi | 2540 | 160 | 160 | 2540 | Third round lost to Ekaterina Makarova |
| 17 | 18 | Julia Görges | 2500 | 100 | 160 | 2560 | Third round lost to Marion Bartoli [11] |
| 18 | 19 | Flavia Pennetta | 2495 | 280 | 5 | 2220 | First round lost to Varvara Lepchenko |
| 19 | 20 | Shahar Pe'er | 2445 | 280 | 5 | 2170 | First round lost to María José Martínez Sánchez |
| 20 | 21 | Ana Ivanovic | 2425 | 100 | 5 | 2330 | First round lost to Johanna Larsson |
| 21 | 22 | Yanina Wickmayer | 2350 | 160 | 160 | 2350 | Third round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [12] |
| 22 | 23 | Dominika Cibulková | 2210 | 160 | 5 | 2055 | First round lost Vania King |
| 23 | 24 | Alisa Kleybanova | 2165 | 160 | 0 | 2005 | withdrew due to Illness |
| 24 | 25 | Jarmila Gajdošová | 2060 | 280 | 160 | 1940 | Third round lost to Andrea Petkovic [15] |
| 25 | 26 | Maria Kirilenko | 1985 | 280 | 280 | 1985 | Fourth round lost to Andrea Petkovic [15] |
| 26 | 27 | Nadia Petrova | 1940 | 500 | 5 | 1445 | First round lost to Anastasia Rodionova |
| 27 | 28 | Alexandra Dulgheru | 1515 | 160 | 100 | 1455 | Second round lost to Sorana Cîrstea |
| 28 | 30 | Daniela Hantuchová | 1875 | 280 | 280 | 1875 | Fourth round lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova [13] |
| 29 | 31 | Peng Shuai | 2080 | 0 | 160 | 2240 | Third round lost to Francesca Schiavone [5] |
| 30 | 32 | Roberta Vinci | 1615 | 100 | 160 | 1675 | Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka [4] |
| 31 | 33 | Klára Zakopalová | 1600 | 100 | 5 | 1505 | First round lost to Chan Yung-jan |
| 32 | 34 | Tsvetana Pironkova | 1463 | 5 | 100 | 1558 | Second round lost to Gisela Dulko |

### Withdrawn players

| Rank | Player | Points | Points defending | Points won | New points | Withdrew due to |
| 17 | Serena Williams | 2500 | 500 | 0 | 2000 | Pulmonary embolism |
| 24 | Alisa Kleybanova | 2165 | 160 | 0 | 2005 | Illness |
| 29 | Venus Williams | 1840 | 280 | 0 | 1560 | hip injury |

## Wildcard entries

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.

### Mixed doubles wildcard entries

* Julie Coin / Nicolas Mahut
* Alizé Cornet / Gilles Simon
* Alizé Lim / Richard Gasquet (withdrew to focus on Gasquet's singles match)
* Amélie Mauresmo / Michaël Llodra (withdrew)
* Virginie Razzano / Dick Norman
* Aravane Rezaï / Grigor Dimitrov

## Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

## Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.