See main article: 2011 HP Open. Tamarine Tanasugarn was the defending champion, but lost to Angelique Kerber in the quarterfinals.
No.2 seed Marion Bartoli won the 2011 title, defeating No.1 seed and US Open Champion Samantha Stosur 6 - 3, 6 - 1.
See main article: 2011 HP Open – Singles qualifying.