# 2011 China Open (tennis)

The 2011 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the China Open for the men (15th for the women), and was part of the ATP 500 Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2011 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from October 1 through October 9, 2011.

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Stage | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
| Champion | 500 | 500 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Runner up | 300 | 300 | 700 | 700 |
| Semifinals | 180 | 180 | 450 | 450 |
| Quarterfinals | 90 | 90 | 250 | 250 |
| Round of 16 | 45 | 0 | 140 | 140 |
| Round of 32 | 0 | – | 80 | 5 |
| Round of 64 | – | – | 5 | – |
| Qualifier | 20 | – | 30 | – |
| Qualifying Finalist | 10 | – | 20 | – |
| Qualifying 1st round | 0 | – | 1 | – |

### Prize money

| Stage | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
| Champion | $505,000 | $148,500 | $775,500 | $266,000 |
| Runner up | $234,000 | $68,000 | $387,750 | $133,000 |
| Semifinals | $110,000 | $33,000 | $169,447 | $53,000 |
| Quarterfinals | $52,520 | $15,500 | $74,450 | $22,260 |
| Round of 16 | $26,810 | $7,920 | $37,225 | $9,350 |
| Round of 32 | $14,710 | – | $19,950 | $4,250 |
| Round of 64 | – | – | $11,817 | – |
| Final round qualifying | $1,700 | – | $2,610 | – |
| First round qualifying | $900 | – | $1,350 | – |

## WTA entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 1 | 1 |
| BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 3 | 2 |
| RUS | Vera Zvonareva | 4 | 3 |
| CHN | Li Na | 5 | 4 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 6 | 5 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 7 | 6 |
| ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 8 | 7 |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | 10 | 8 |
| GER | Andrea Petkovic | 11 | 9 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 12 | 10 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 13 | 11 |
| CHN | Peng Shuai | 15 | 12 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 16 | 13 |
| GER | Sabine Lisicki | 17 | 14 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 18 | 15 |
| RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 19 | 16 |
* Rankings are as of September 26, 2011.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Gisela Dulko
* Hu Yueyue
* Zhang Shuai
* Zheng Jie
* Zheng Saisai
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Eleni Daniilidou
* Christina McHale
* Monica Niculescu
* Virginie Razzano
* Laura Robson
* Chanelle Scheepers
* Carla Suárez Navarro
* Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová

### Withdrawals

* Maria Sharapova
* Yanina Wickmayer
* Serena Williams
* Venus Williams

## ATP entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 7 | 1 |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 9 | 2 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 10 | 3 |
| ESP | Nicolás Almagro | 11 | 4 |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 12 | 5 |
| USA | Andy Roddick | 14 | 6 |
| USA | John Isner | 18 | 7 |
| UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 19 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of September 26, 2011.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Li Zhe
* Wu Di
* Zhang Ze
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Flavio Cipolla
* Marsel İlhan
* Philipp Kohlschreiber
* Albert Ramos
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:
* Grega Žemlja
* Paul Capdeville
* Teymuraz Gabashvili

### Withdrawals

* Novak Djokovic (muscle torn)
* Richard Gasquet (elbow injury)
* Robin Söderling
* Gaël Monfils (knee injury)
* Nikolay Davydenko
* John Isner (abdominal strain)

## Champions
### Men's singles

Tomáš Berdych def. Marin Čilić, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
* It was Berdych's 1st title of the year and the 6th of his career.

### Women's singles

Agnieszka Radwańska def. Andrea Petkovic, 7–5, 0–6, 6–4
* It was Radwańska's 3rd title of the year and 7th of her career.

### Men's doubles

Michaël Llodra / Nenad Zimonjić def. Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$

### Women's doubles

Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik def. Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta, 6–3, 6–4