# 2011 Italian Open (tennis)

The 2011 Italian Open (also known as the 2011 Rome Masters and sponsored title 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament, being played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 68th edition of the event and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place from 9 to 15 May 2011.

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Stage | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
| Champion | 1000 | 1000 | 900 | 900 |
| Runner up | 600 | 600 | 620 | 620 |
| Semifinals | 360 | 360 | 395 | 395 |
| Quarterfinals | 180 | 180 | 225 | 225 |
| Round of 16 | 90 | 90 | 125 | 125 |
| Round of 32 | 45 | 10 | 70 | 1 |
| Round of 64 | 10 | – | 1 | – |
| Qualifier | 25 | – | 30 | – |
| Qualifying Finalist | 14 | – | 20 | – |
| Qualifying 1st round | | – | 1 | – |

### Prize money

All money is in Euros
| Stage | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
| Champion | €438,000 | €134,500 | €350,000 | €100,000 |
| Runner up | €205,000 | €63,400 | €175,000 | €50,000 |
| Semifinals | €104,400 | €32,000 | €87,500 | €25,000 |
| Quarterfinals | €53,500 | €16,400 | €40,000 | €12,500 |
| Round of 16 | €27,750 | €8,540 | €20,000 | €6,250 |
| Round of 32 | €14,635 | €4,550 | €10,275 | €3,170 |
| Round of 64 | €7,715 | – | €5,400 | – |
| Final round qualifying | €1,820 | – | €2,900 | – |
| First round qualifying | €900 | – | €1,500 | – |

## ATP entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| ESP | Rafael Nadal | 1 | 1 |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 2 | 2 |
| SUI | Roger Federer | 3 | 3 |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 4 | 4 |
| SWE | Robin Söderling | 5 | 5 |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 6 | 6 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 7 |
| AUT | Jürgen Melzer | 8 | 8 |
| ESP | Nicolás Almagro | 9 | 9 |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 10 | 10 |
| USA | Mardy Fish | 11 | 11 |
| USA | Andy Roddick | 12 | 12 |
| RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | 13 | 13 |
| SUI | Stanislas Wawrinka | 14 | 14 |
| SRB | Victor Troicki | 15 | 15 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 16 | 16 |
* Rankings are as of 2 May 2011.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
* Simone Bolelli
* Fabio Fognini
* Potito Starace
* Filippo Volandri
The following players received entry via qualifying:
* Igor Andreev
* Pablo Cuevas
* Victor Hănescu
* Łukasz Kubot
* Paolo Lorenzi
* Kei Nishikori
* Pere Riba
The following players received entry from a lucky losers spot:
* Adrian Mannarino
* Jarkko Nieminen
* Carlos Berlocq

### Withdrawals

The following notable players withdrew from the event:
* Ivan Dodig (plays at Zagreb Challenger instead)
* Ernests Gulbis (withdrew due to respiratory problems)
* Janko Tipsarević (withdrew due to a right leg injury)
* David Nalbandian (withdrew due to illness)
* Tommy Robredo
* Gaël Monfils (withdrew due to sickness)
* David Ferrer (withdrew due to illness)
* Kei Nishikori

## WTA entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| Denmark | Caroline Wozniacki | 1 | 1 |
| Italy | Francesca Schiavone | 4 | 2 |
| Belarus | Victoria Azarenka | 5 | 3 |
| China | Li Na | 6 | 4 |
| Serbia | Jelena Janković | 7 | 5 |
| Australia | Samantha Stosur | 8 | 6 |
| Russia | Maria Sharapova | 9 | 7 |
| Poland | Agnieszka Radwańska | 11 | 8 |
| France | Marion Bartoli | 12 | 9 |
| Israel | Shahar Pe'er | 13 | 10 |
| Russia | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 14 | 11 |
| Germany | Andrea Petkovic | 15 | 12 |
| Serbia | Ana Ivanovic | 17 | 13 |
| Estonia | Kaia Kanepi | 19 | 14 |
| Italy | Flavia Pennetta | 20 | 15 |
| Russia | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 21 | 16 |
* Rankings are as of 2 May 2011.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
* Alberta Brianti
* Corinna Dentoni
* Romina Oprandi
The following players received entry via qualifying:
* Polona Hercog
* Varvara Lepchenko
* Christina McHale
* Anabel Medina Garrigues
* Arantxa Parra Santonja
* Tamira Paszek
* Anastasia Rodionova
* Chanelle Scheepers
The following players received entry from a lucky losers spot:
* Angelique Kerber
* Zheng Jie

### Withdrawals

The following notable players withdrew from the event:
* Kim Clijsters (torn ligaments, right ankle)
* Dominika Cibulková (left abdominal injury)
* Julia Görges (lower back injury)
* Anna Chakvetadze (withdrew due to sickness)
* Ágnes Szávay (lower back injury)
* Serena Williams (pulmonary embolism)
* Venus Williams (torn abdominal)

## Finals
### Men's singles

Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 6–4, 6–4
* It was Djokovic's 7th title of the year and 25th of his career. It was his 39th consecutive match win. It was his 2nd title in Rome, also winning in 2008. It was his 4th Masters of the year and 9th of his career.

### Women's singles

Maria Sharapova defeated Samantha Stosur, 6–2, 6–4
* It was Sharapova's 1st title of the year and 23rd of her career.

### Men's doubles

John Isner / Sam Querrey defeated Mardy Fish / Andy Roddick, w/o

### Women's doubles

Peng Shuai / Zheng Jie defeated Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–2, 6–3