2011 Malaysian Open | |
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Date | February 28 - March 6 |
Edition | 2nd |
Category | International tournament |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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The 2011 BMW Malaysian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the Malaysian Open and was an International tournament on the 2011 WTA Tour. This was also be the first edition of the tournament to be sponsored by BMW. The tournament took place from February 28 to March 6 at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort.
The event was headlined by the participation of World No. 5 and French Open reigning champion Francesca Schiavone, World No. 15 Marion Bartoli, former World No. 1 Dinara Safina, the defending champion and World No. 22, Alisa Kleybanova and World No. 30 Lucie ?afá?ová among others.
Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seeding |
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Francesca Schiavone | 5 | 1 |
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Marion Bartoli | 18 | 2 |
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Alisa Kleybanova | 20 | 3 |
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Jarmila Groth | 31 | 4 |
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Lucie ?afá?ová | 35 | 5 |
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Ayumi Morita | 48 | 6 |
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Kimiko Date-Krumm | 53 | 7 |
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Bojana Jovanovski | 55 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Jelena Doki? defeated
Lucie ?afá?ová, 2-6, 7-6(11-9), 6-4.
Dinara Safina /
Galina Voskoboeva defeated
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn /
Jessica Moore, 7-5, 2-6, [10-5].