2011 Australian Open | ||||
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Date: | 17 – 30 January | |||
Edition: | 99th[1] | |||
Category: | Grand Slam (ITF) | |||
Location: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |||
Champions | ||||
Men's Singles | ||||
Novak Djokovic | ||||
Women's Singles | ||||
Kim Clijsters | ||||
Men's Doubles | ||||
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan | ||||
Women's Doubles | ||||
Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta | ||||
Mixed Doubles | ||||
Katarina Srebotnik / Daniel Nestor | ||||
Boys' Singles | ||||
Jiří Veselý | ||||
Girls' Singles | ||||
An-Sophie Mestach | ||||
Boys' Doubles | ||||
Filip Horanský / Jiří Veselý | ||||
Girls' Doubles | ||||
An-Sophie Mestach / Demi Schuurs | ||||
Wheelchair Men's Singles | ||||
Shingo Kunieda | ||||
Wheelchair Women's Singles | ||||
Esther Vergeer | ||||
Wheelchair Quad Singles | ||||
David Wagner | ||||
Wheelchair Men's Doubles | ||||
Maikel Scheffers / Shingo Kunieda | ||||
Wheelchair Women's Doubles | ||||
Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven | ||||
Wheelchair Quad Doubles | ||||
Andrew Lapthorne / Peter Norfolk | ||||
Australian Open
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The 2011 Australian Open was a tennis tournament featuring six different competitions. It was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour, the 2011 WTA Tour, ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour. The tournament took place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 17 January to 30 January. The event was the 99th edition of the Australian Open.[1] It was also the first Grand Slam event of 2011. The tournament was played on hard courts. It was organised by the International Tennis Federation and Tennis Australia.[2]
Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open for the second time. Kim Clijsters won her first Australian Open title. In the men's doubles the Bryan Brothers won their fifth Australian Open. Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta won their first Grand Slam title in the women's doubles. Daniel Nestor claimed his second mixed doubles Grand Slam alongside Katarina Srebotnik who won her fourth mixed title.
In the junior tournaments both the singles and doubles titles in the boys and girls events were won by Jiří Veselý and An-Sophie Mestach. Vesely won the doubles alongside Filip Horanský. Mestach won her doubles crown with Demi Schuurs. Vesely and Mestach won their first Grand Slam titles. They became the first players to achieve the junior double together since Kristian Pless and Virginie Razzano. They achieved this at the 1999 Australian Open.
Shingo Kunieda and Esther Vergeer both won the singles and doubles in the men's and women's wheelchair tennis events. Kunieda won his fourth Australian Open in a row, his fifth overall. In the doubles Kuneda was partnered to the title by Maikel Scheffers. Vergeer's singles win was her eighth Australian Open crown. It was also her 17th Grand Slam title overall. The final also marked the fourth time that she has not lost a game during a Grand Slam final. The win in the final was Vergeer's 404th match win in a row. Vergeer was partnered by Sharon Walraven in the doubles. In the mixed events David Wagner won the singles. Andrew Lapthorne and Peter Norfolk won the doubles competition.