2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell
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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
, Catalonia
, Spain
, from April 16 through April 24, 2010. The defending champion was Fernando Verdasco
, but was absent from the tournament in 2011.
s into the main draw: Juan Mónaco
Albert Ramos Gerard Granollers Pablo Carreño-Busta
Andrey Kuznetsov
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Flavio Cipolla
Simon Greul
Vincent Millot
Jarkko Nieminen
Benoît Paire
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Simone Vagnozzi
The following players received entry from a Lucky loser
spot: Rui Machado
Mischa Zverev
(hamstring injury) Tomáš Berdych
(gastroenteritis) Andy Murray (elbow injury)
Rafael Nadal
def. David Ferrer
, 6–2, 6–4
Santiago González / 
Scott Lipsky
def. Bob Bryan
/ Mike Bryan
, 5–7, 6–2, [12–10]
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
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
ATP World Tour 500 series
The ATP World Tour 500 series is the third highest tier of men's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slam tournaments, and the ATP World Tour Masters 1000.The series includes 11 tournaments, with a number of 500 rankings points to win for the events' singles...
of the 2011 ATP World Tour
2011 ATP World Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2011 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World...
. It took place at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona
Real Club de Tenis Barcelona
The Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899 is a private tennis club in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The facility has 18 clay courts, including a stadium court with a capacity of 7,200 and show court for 2,000 spectators. Since moving to its current location in the northwest of the city in 1953, the...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, from April 16 through April 24, 2010. The defending champion was Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...
, but was absent from the tournament in 2011.
Points
| Stage | Men's Singles | Men's Doubles |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (€) | Men's Doubles (per team) (€) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain |
Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals... |
1 | 1 |
 United Kingdom |
|||
 Sweden |
Robin Söderling Robin Söderling Robin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 13 in the ATP rankings. Söderling reached successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010... |
5 | 3 |
| Spain |
David Ferrer David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000... |
6 | 4 |
 Czech Republic |
Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005... |
||
 Austria |
Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but... |
9 | 6 |
 France |
Gaël Monfils Gaël Monfils Gaël Sébastien Monfils is a French professional tennis player. he was the highest-ranked French tennis player, ranked no. 7 in the world ATP rankings. He was the runner-up at the Paris Masters in 2009 and 2010 and a semifinalist at the 2008 French Open.-2002:In 2002, Monfils finished 24th at the... |
10 | 7 |
| Spain |
Nicolás Almagro Nicolás Almagro Nicolas Almagro Sanchez Rolle is a professional Spanish tennis player, ranked 10 on the ATP World Tour.-2005:... |
12 | 8 |
| France |
Richard Gasquet Richard Gasquet Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year... |
18 | 9 |
 Ukraine |
Alexandr Dolgopolov | 21 | 10 |
| Spain |
Albert Montañés Álbert Montañés Albert Montañés Roca is a professional tennis player from Spain.He first entered the top-100 in 2001 and has been in the top-100 for all but 20 weeks since then... |
23 | 11 |
| Spain |
Guillermo García-López | 27 | 12 |
 Brazil |
Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci , a professional tennis player, is the top ranked Brazilian tennis player. He achieved a career high ranking of #21 on July 26, 2010.... |
31 | 13 |
 South Africa |
Kevin Anderson Kevin Anderson (tennis) Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis player.He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas... |
33 | 14 |
 Canada |
Milos Raonic Milos Raonic Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since... |
34 | 15 |
 Argentina |
Juan Mónaco Juan Mónaco Juan Mónaco , nicknamed "Pico", is a male tennis player from Argentina. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 14 on February 4, 2008. He is sponsored by Adidas and Yonex.-Biography:... |
36 | 16 |
- Rankings as of April 11, 2011.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcardWild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...
s into the main draw: Juan Mónaco
Juan Mónaco
Juan Mónaco , nicknamed "Pico", is a male tennis player from Argentina. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 14 on February 4, 2008. He is sponsored by Adidas and Yonex.-Biography:...
Albert Ramos Gerard Granollers Pablo Carreño-Busta
Pablo Carreño-Busta
Pablo Carreño Busta is a Spanish tennis player.He has reached the finals of three Futures tournaments; only one of these he won against Karlis Lejnieks, He plays with right hand and two-handed backhand. Pablo Carreño currently resides in Barcelona.-Singles Finals:-Wins :-Runner-up :-External...
Andrey Kuznetsov
Andrey Kuznetsov (tennis)
Andrey Kuznetsov , is a professional Russian tennis player.Kuznetsov won the Boy's Singles title at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.He is coached by his father, Alexander ....
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Flavio Cipolla
Flavio Cipolla
Flavio Cipolla is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Italy. He reached the second round at the French Open of 2007, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. He reached the 3rd round of the 2008 US Open...
Simon Greul
Simon Greul
Simon Greul is a German male tennis player born April 13, 1981. He is 6'1" tall and weighs 176 lbs . His career high rank was #55, achieved on March 22, 2010.-Career:...
Vincent Millot
Vincent Millot
Vincent Millot is a professional tennis player.-Singles :-External links:...
Jarkko Nieminen
Jarkko Nieminen
Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen is a professional tennis player from Finland.His highest ranking is 13th, which was achieved on July 10, 2006. He has won one ATP singles title and two doubles titles in his career so far. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarter-finals...
Benoît Paire
Benoît Paire
Benoît Paire is a French tennis player. He reached a career high-ranking of 94 . He reached the 1st round of a Grand Slam event for the first time at Roland Garros in 2010...
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Édouard Roger-Vasselin is a male tennis player from France, the son of 1983 French Open semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin.-2007:...
Simone Vagnozzi
Simone Vagnozzi
Simone Vagnozzi is an Italian professional tennis player.-Runner-Up :-External links:...
The following players received entry from a Lucky loser
Lucky Loser
Lucky Loser is a 2006 Thai sports-comedy about a small, fictional Southeast Asian country's bid to play in the World Cup...
spot: Rui Machado
Rui Machado
Rui Machado is a Portuguese professional tennis player that competes in the ATP World Tour. In October 2011, he achieved he achieved a career-high singles world ranking no. 59, the highest ranking a Portuguese player has ever held.- Early life :At the age of six, Machado was first introduced to...
Mischa Zverev
Mischa Zverev
Mikhail "Mischa" Zverev is a German professional tennis player. He is the son of former Russian tennis player Alexander Zverev, who is also his coach. He now resides in Monte-Carlo, Monaco and represents Germany internationally...
Notable Withdrawals
Tommy RobredoTommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo Garcés is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time. His highest singles ranking to date is No...
(hamstring injury) Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005...
(gastroenteritis) Andy Murray (elbow injury)
Singles
Rafael NadalRafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
def.
David FerrerDavid Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
, 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 2005-2009.
Doubles
Santiago González / Scott LipskyScott Lipsky
Scott Lipsky is a professional tennis player from the United States. He is primarily a doubles specialist....
def.
Bob BryanBob Bryan
Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has spent over 200 weeks as a World No. 1 doubles player. He has won eighteen Grand Slam titles, 11 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998...
/
Mike BryanMike Bryan
Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan is an American professional tennis player. He stands tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Bob, he has been World No...
, 5–7, 6–2, [12–10]