2011 French Open

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.

Senior ranking points

Junior ranking points

Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in boy singles and doubles play.

Wheelchair ranking points

The total amount of prize money available for the 2011 tournament was €17,520,000. The prize money breakdown was as follows:

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Men's singles

Women's singles

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

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

Withdrawn players

Women's singles

Withdrawn players

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

Mixed doubles wildcard entries

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

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

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

Men's singles

• Benjamin Becker → replaced by Ryan Harrison
• Ričardas Berankis → replaced by Marsel İlhan
• Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by Andreas Beck
• Fernando González → replaced by Brian Dabul
• Lleyton Hewitt → replaced by Marc Gicquel
• Paul-Henri Mathieu → replaced by Jan Hájek
• David Nalbandian → replaced by Daniel Brands
• Tommy Robredo → replaced by Alex Bogomolov Jr.
• Andy Roddick → replaced by Simone Bolelli

Women's singles

• Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by Anna Tatishvili
• Anna Chakvetadze → replaced by Vesna Dolonts
• Alisa Kleybanova → replaced by Anastasia Pivovarova
• Dinara Safina → replaced by Anne Keothavong
• Serena Williams → replaced by Junri Namigata
• Venus Williams → replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko