2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell

2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell
2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell
Date	April 16 – April 24
Edition	59th
Category	ATP World Tour 500
Surface	Clay / Outdoor
Location	Barcelona, Spain
Venue	Real Club de Tenis Barcelona
Champions
Singles
	Rafael Nadal
Doubles
	Santiago González / Scott Lipsky

The 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell (also known as the Torneo Godó) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 59th edition of the event known this year as the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, from April 16 through April 24, 2011. The defending champion was Fernando Verdasco, but was absent from the tournament in 2011.

Points and prize money

Points

Stage	Men's singles^[1]	Men's doubles ^[1]
Champion	500
Runner up	300
Semifinals	180
Quarterfinals	90
Round of 16	45
Round of 32	20	0
Round of 64	0	–
Qualifier	10
Qualifying final round	4

Prize money

The Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell has slightly raised the prize money for this year's edition, which turns it into one of the highest paid tennis tournaments in its category. The singles winner will go home with €290,000 (€4,000 more than last year).

Stage	Men's singles (€)^[2]	Men's doubles (per team) (€)^[2]
Champion	290,000	90,750
Runner up	145,750	45,700
Semifinals	73,850	23,160
Quarterfinals	37,450	11,750
Round of 16	19,230	6,020
Round of 32	10,110	3,170
Round of 64	6,075	-
Qualifying final round	610
Qualifying first round	300

Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
ESP	Rafael Nadal	1	1
GBR	~~Andy Murray~~	4	2
SWE	Robin Söderling	5	3
ESP	David Ferrer	6	4
CZE	~~Tomáš Berdych~~	7	5
AUT	Jürgen Melzer	9	6
FRA	Gaël Monfils	10	7
ESP	Nicolás Almagro	12	8
FRA	Richard Gasquet	18	9
UKR	Alexandr Dolgopolov	21	10
ESP	Albert Montañés	23	11
ESP	Guillermo García López	27	12
BRA	Thomaz Bellucci	31	13
RSA	Kevin Anderson	33	14
CAN	Milos Raonic	34	15
ARG	Juan Mónaco	36	16

Rankings as of April 11, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry from a Lucky loser spot:

Notable withdrawals

Tommy Robredo (hamstring injury)^[6]
Tomáš Berdych (gastroenteritis)^[4]
Andy Murray (elbow injury)^[5]

Champions

Singles

Rafael Nadal def. David Ferrer, 6–2, 6–4

It was Nadal's 2nd title of the year and 45th of his career. It was his 6th title at Barcelona, also winning from 2005 to 2009.

Doubles

Santiago González / Scott Lipsky def. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 5–7, 6–2, [12–10]

References

^ ^a ^b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Guide". barcelonaopenbancsabadell.com. Archived from the original on 2011-02-10. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Drawing Ceremony Three top matches in first round". Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell official website. Barcelona, Spain: Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899. April 16, 2011. Archived from the original on August 3, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Tomas Berdych drops out of tournament". barcelonaopenbancsabadell.com. Barcelona, Spain: Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899. April 19, 2011. Archived from the original on September 5, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Andy Murray withdraws from tournament". barcelonaopenbancsabadell.com. Barcelona, Spain: Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899. April 19, 2011. Archived from the original on September 5, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
^ "Una rotura fibrilar deja a Robredo sin Barcelona Open" [A hamstring injury leaves Barcelona Open without Robredo]. sport.es (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain: Ediciones Deportivas Catalanas, S.A. 2010 Grupo Zeta. April 14, 2011. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2011.