The 2011 Italian Open[1] [2] [3] (also known as the 2011 Rome Masters[4] [5] and sponsored title 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament, being played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 68th edition of the event and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place from 9 to 15 May 2011.
| Stage | Men's singles[6] | Men's doubles | Women's singles[7] | Women's doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 1000 | 900 | ||
| Runner up | 600 | 620 | ||
| Semifinals | 360 | 395 | ||
| Quarterfinals | 180 | 225 | ||
| Round of 16 | 90 | 125 | ||
| Round of 32 | 45 | 10 | 70 | 1 |
| Round of 64 | 10 | – | 1 | – |
| Qualifier | 25 | 30 | ||
| Qualifying Finalist | 14 | 20 | ||
| Qualifying 1st round | 1 | |||
All money is in Euros
| Stage | Men's singles[8] | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | €438,000 | €134,500 | €350,000 | €100,000 |
| Runner up | €205,000 | €63,400 | €175,000 | €50,000 |
| Semifinals | €104,400 | €32,000 | €87,500 | €25,000 |
| Quarterfinals | €53,500 | €16,400 | €40,000 | €12,500 |
| Round of 16 | €27,750 | €8,540 | €20,000 | €6,250 |
| Round of 32 | €14,635 | €4,550 | €10,275 | €3,170 |
| Round of 64 | €7,715 | – | €5,400 | – |
| Final round qualifying | €1,820 | €2,900 | ||
| First round qualifying | €900 | €1,500 |
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Nadal | 1 | 1 | ||
| Novak Djokovic | 2 | 2 | ||
| Roger Federer | 3 | 3 | ||
| Andy Murray | 4 | 4 | ||
| Robin Söderling | 5 | 5 | ||
| Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 7 | ||
| Jürgen Melzer | 8 | 8 | ||
| Nicolás Almagro | 9 | 9 | ||
| Mardy Fish | 11 | 11 | ||
| Andy Roddick | 12 | 12 | ||
| Mikhail Youzhny | 13 | 13 | ||
| Stanislas Wawrinka | 14 | 14 | ||
| Victor Troicki | 15 | 15 | ||
| Richard Gasquet | 16 | 16 |
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry via qualifying:
See main article: 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's singles qualifying.
The following players received entry from a lucky losers spot:
The following notable players withdrew from the event:
Janko Tipsarević (withdrew due to a right leg injury)[10]
David Nalbandian (withdrew due to illness)[11]
Tommy Robredo
Gaël Monfils (withdrew due to sickness)[12] David Ferrer (withdrew due to illness)
Kei Nishikori| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Wozniacki | 1 | 1 | ||
| Francesca Schiavone | 4 | 2 | ||
| Victoria Azarenka | 5 | 3 | ||
| Li Na | 6 | 4 | ||
| Jelena Janković | 7 | 5 | ||
| Samantha Stosur | 8 | 6 | ||
| Maria Sharapova | 9 | 7 | ||
| Agnieszka Radwańska | 11 | 8 | ||
| Marion Bartoli | 12 | 9 | ||
| Shahar Pe'er | 13 | 10 | ||
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | 14 | 11 | ||
| Andrea Petkovic | 15 | 12 | ||
| Ana Ivanovic | 17 | 13 | ||
| Kaia Kanepi | 19 | 14 | ||
| Flavia Pennetta | 20 | 15 | ||
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 21 | 16 |
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry via qualifying:
See main article: 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Women's singles qualifying.
Varvara Lepchenko Christina McHale Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja
Tamira Paszek
Anastasia RodionovaThe following players received entry from a lucky losers spot:
The following notable players withdrew from the event:
Kim Clijsters (torn ligaments, right ankle)
Dominika Cibulková (left abdominal injury)
Anna Chakvetadze (withdrew due to sickness)
Ágnes Szávay (lower back injury) Serena Williams (pulmonary embolism)[13] Venus Williams (torn abdominal)[13]See main article: 2011 Italian Open – Men's singles. Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 6–4, 6–4
See main article: 2011 Italian Open – Women's singles. Maria Sharapova defeated Samantha Stosur, 6–2, 6–4
See main article: 2011 Italian Open – Men's doubles. John Isner / Sam Querrey defeated Mardy Fish / Andy Roddick, w/o
See main article: 2011 Italian Open – Women's doubles. 
Peng Shuai / Zheng Jie defeated Vania King / 
Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–2, 6–3
