2011 WTA Tour facts for kids

Caroline Wozniacki is the current WTA singles number one.

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour is the number one tier professional tennis tour for women's tennis competition. The 2011 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5 and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organised by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions and the WTA Tour Championships). Also included in the 2011 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which does not distribute ranking points, and is organised by the ITF.

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2011 WTA Tour. Player progression will be documented from the quarterfinals stage.

Key

January

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
January 3	Hyundai Hopman Cup Perth, Australia Hopman Cup AU$1,000,000 – Hard (i) – 8 teams (RR)	United States 2–1	Belgium	Round Robin (Group A)  Serbia  Australia  Kazakhstan	Round Robin (Group B)  Great Britain  Italy  France
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Petra Kvitová 6–1, 6–3	Andrea Petkovic	Marion Bartoli Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Jarmila Groth Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Dominika Cibulková Lucie Šafářová
		Alisa Kleybanova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–3, 7–5	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska
	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Gréta Arn 6–3, 6–3	Yanina Wickmayer	Julia Görges Shuai Peng	Maria Sharapova Kateryna Bondarenko Heather Watson Simona Halep
		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–0	Sofia Arvidsson Marina Erakovic
January 10	Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia WTA Premier tournaments $618,000 - Hard - 30S/48Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Li Na 7–6(3), 6–3	Kim Clijsters	Alisa Kleybanova Bojana Jovanovski	Dominika Cibulková Victoria Azarenka Svetlana Kuznetsova Flavia Pennetta
		Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
	Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Jarmila Groth 6–4, 6–3	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Klára Zakopalová Peng Shuai	Marion Bartoli Roberta Vinci Sara Errani Angelique Kerber
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–3, 7–5	Kateryna Bondarenko Līga Dekmeijere
January 17 January 24	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam A$23,140,000 - Hard - 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw - Doubles Draw - Mixed Draw	Na Li vs Kim Clijsters		Caroline Wozniacki Vera Zvonareva	Francesca Schiavone Andrea Petkovic Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitova
		Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta vs Victoria Azarenka / Maria Kirilenko
		/ vs /
January 31	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas: Quarterfinals Hobart, Australia, Hard Moscow, Russia, Hard (i) Bratislava, Slovakia, Hard (i) Antwerp, Belgium, (i)	Australia vs  Italy  Russia vs  France  Slovakia vs  Czech Republic  Belgium vs  United States

February

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
February 7	Open GDF Suez Paris, France WTA Premier tournaments $618,000 - Hard (i) - 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya City, Thailand WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
February 14	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier 5 tournaments $2,050,000 - Hard - 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	Cellular South Cup Memphis, United States WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard (i) - 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	Copa BBVA-Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
February 21	Qatar Ladies Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier tournaments $721,000 - Hard - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
February 28	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard (i) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw

March

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
March 7 March 14	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments $4,500,000 - Hard - 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
March 21 March 28	Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments $4,500,000 - Hard - 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw

April

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
April 4	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States WTA Premier tournaments $721,000 - Clay (Green) - 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	Andalucia Tennis Experience Marbella, Spain WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
April 11	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas: Semifinals	Semifinal winners	Semifinal losers
April 18	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier tournaments $721,000 - Clay (Red) (i) - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fes, Morocco WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
April 25	Barcelona Ladies Open Barcelona, Spain WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	Estoril Open Estoril, Portugal WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw

May

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 2	Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments $4,500,000 - Clay (Red) - 64S/32Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
May 9	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 tournaments $2,050,000 - Clay (Red) - 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
May 16	Open de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium WTA Premier tournaments $618,000 - Clay (Red) - 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
May 23 May 30	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam €17,226,040 - Clay (Red) - 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw - Doubles Draw - Mixed Draw

June

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
June 6	AEGON Classic Birmingham, United Kingdom WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Grass - 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	e-Boks Danish Open Copenhagen, Denmark WTA International tournaments $220,000 - - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
June 13	AEGON International Eastbourne, United Kingdom WTA Premier tournaments $618,000 - Grass - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	UNICEF Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Grass - 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
June 20 June 27	Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam £13,725,000 - Grass - 128S/96Q/64D/48X Singles Draw - Doubles Draw - Mixed Draw

July

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
July 4	GDF SUEZ Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
July 11	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
July 18	Baku Cup Baku, Azerbaijan WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
July 25	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States WTA Premier tournaments $721,000 - Hard - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	Troy Park Women's Tennis Championships Elkridge, United States WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw

August

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
August 1	Mercury Insurance Open San Diego, United States WTA Premier tournaments $721,000 - Hard - 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
August 8	Rogers Cup Toronto, Canada WTA Premier 5 tournaments $2,050,000 - Hard - 56S/64Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
August 15	Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, United States WTA Premier 5 tournaments $2,050,000 - Hard - 56S/48Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
August 22	New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, United States WTA Premier tournaments $618,000 - Hard - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	Possibly (WTA sources conflict) Texas Tennis Open Dallas, United States WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
August 29 September 5	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam $22,668,000 - Hard - 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles Draw - Doubles Draw - Mixed Draw

September

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
September 12	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard (i) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
September 19	Hansol Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
September 26	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier 5 tournaments $2,050,000 - Hard - 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw

October

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
October 3	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments $4,500,000 - Hard - 60S/32Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
October 10	Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard (i) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	HP Open Osaka, Japan WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
October 17	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier tournaments $1,000,000 - Hard (i) - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
	BGL Luxembourg Open Luxembourg City, Luxembourg WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard (i) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
October 24	WTA Tour Championships Istanbul, Turkey Year-end championships $4,900,000 - Hard(i) - 8S (RR)/4D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw
October 31	Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions Bali, Indonesia Year-end championships $600,000 - Hard(i)- 8S Singles Draw
	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas: Final

Images for kids

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  Kim Clijsters (top left) claimed her first Australian Open title and as well as her fourth (and last) Grand Slam title, defeating Li Na in the final. Li (top right) would go on to win her maiden Grand Slam title at French Open defeating defending champion Francesca Schiavone, thus becoming the first Chinese player to win the Grand Slam. Petra Kvitová (bottom left) won her maiden Grand Slam title at the Wimbledon defeating Maria Sharapova, thus becoming the first Czech to win the Grand Slam since Jana Novotná in 1998, and the first player born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title. Samantha Stosur (bottom right) won her maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open defeating Serena Williams in the final. Stosur becoming the first Australian to win a Grand Slam title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980 Wimbledon Championships.

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Torneos WTA en 2011 para niños