Global Information2011 Australian Open information
| 2011 Australian Open | |
|---|---|
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| Date | 17–30 January 2011 |
| Edition | 99th |
| Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
| Surface | Hardcourt (Plexicushion) |
| Location | Melbourne, Australia |
| Venue | Melbourne Park |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
 Andy Lapthorne / Peter Norfolk | |
| Boys' singles | |
 Jiří Veselý | |
| Girls' singles | |
| An-Sophie Mestach | |
| Boys' doubles | |
 Filip Horanský / Jiří Veselý | |
| Girls' doubles | |
| An-Sophie Mestach / Demi Schuurs | |
The 2011 Australian Open was a tennis tournament featuring six different competitions, and part of the 2011 ATP World Tour, the 2011 WTA Tour, ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour, as tournaments for professional, junior and wheelchair players were held. The tournament took place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia from 17 to 30 January, it was the 99th edition[1] of the Australian Open and the first Grand Slam event of 2011. The tournament was played on hard courts and was organised by the International Tennis Federation and Tennis Australia.
Roger Federer was unsuccessful in his title defence, being defeated by Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals, and Serena Williams was unable to defend her title due to a foot injury she suffered shortly after winning Wimbledon last year. Djokovic won the Australian Open for the second time, and Kim Clijsters, the runner-up to Justine Henin-Hardenne in 2004, won her maiden Australian Open. In the men's doubles the Bryan brothers won their fifth Australian Open while Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta won their maiden 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, her first Australian, leaving her one away from a career Grand Slam, as she has now won three of the Grand Slams, needing just Wimbledon to complete her collection.
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 whilst Mestach won her doubles crown with Demi Schuurs. Vesely and Mestach won their first Grand Slam titles and became the first players to achieve the junior double together in any Grand Slam since Kristian Pless and Virginie Razzano 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 respectively. Kunieda won his fourth consecutive Australian Open, his fifth overall. In the doubles Kunieda was partnered to the title by Maikel Scheffers. Vergeer's singles win was her eighth Australian Open crown, her seventeenth overall, and the fourth time that she has not lost a game during a Grand Slam final. The win in the final was her 404th consecutive match win, she was partnered by Sharon Walraven in the doubles. In the Quad events David Wagner won the singles while Andy Lapthorne and Peter Norfolk took the doubles crown.
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