2011 tennis event results
Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion, but lost to qualifier Marina Erakovic in the second round.
Serena Williams , ranked world no. 169 at the time, won the title by defeating Marion Bartoli 7–5, 6–1 in the final. This win was Williams' first WTA title since her win in Wimbledon on July 3, 2010, it was on her third tournament of the year following injuries and health problems sustained with the 2010 season .
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
Grand Slam events WTA Premier tournaments Sydney (S , D ) Paris (S , D ) Dubai (S , D ) Doha (S , D ) Indian Wells (S , D ) Miami (S , D ) Charleston (S , D ) Stuttgart (S , D ) Madrid (S , D ) Rome (S , D ) Brussels (S , D ) Eastbourne (S , D ) Stanford (S , D ) San Diego (S , D ) Toronto (S , D ) Cincinnati (S , D ) New Haven (S , D ) Tokyo (S , D ) Beijing (S , D ) Moscow (S , D ) WTA International tournaments Brisbane (S , D ) Auckland (S , D ) Hobart (S , D ) Pattaya City (S , D ) Memphis (S , D ) Bogotá (S , D ) Acapulco (S , D ) Kuala Lumpur (S , D ) Monterrey (S , D ) Marbella (S , D ) Fes (S , D ) Barcelona (S , D ) Estoril (S , D ) Strasbourg (S , D ) Birmingham (S , D ) Copenhagen (S , D ) 's-Hertogenbosch (S , D ) Budapest (S , D ) Båstad (S , D ) Palermo (S , D ) Bad Gastein (S , D ) Baku (S , D ) Washington DC (S , D ) Dallas (S , D ) Tashkent (S , D ) Quebec City (S , D ) Seoul (S , D ) Guangzhou (S , D ) Linz (S , D ) Osaka (S , D ) Luxembourg City (S , D ) Underline denotes the mandatory events, and the year-end championships