The 2011 French Open was the one hundred and tenth edition of the French Open. It was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour and the 2011 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments. There were also singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts. The tournament took place over a series of twenty courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.

Senior ranking points edit

Junior ranking points edit

Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in boy singles and doubles play.

Wheelchair ranking points edit

The total amount of prize money available for the 2011 tournament was €17,520,000. The prize money breakdown was as follows:^[6]

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Men's singles

Women's singles

Seniors edit

Men's singles edit

  Rafael Nadal defeated   Roger Federer 7–5, 7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 6–1

• In the final, Nadal won his sixth French Open title with a victory over the world number three to hold his title.^[7] It was Nadal's third title of the year and 46th of his career.^[8] It was the first slam he had won this year and the tenth of his career.^[9]

Women's singles edit

  Li Na defeated   Francesca Schiavone, 6–4, 7–6^(7–0)

• In the final Li Na played the defending champion Francesca Schiavone and won in straight sets.^[10] In the final tiebreak game Li won 7–0. It was Li's 2nd title of the year and 5th of her career. Li became the first Chinese and the first Asian winner of a singles Grand Slam tennis tournament.^[10] It was Li's second Grand Slam final, after she reached the final of the 2011 Australian Open.^[10] After her victory Li Na said that "everyone in China will be so excited".^[11]

Men's doubles edit

  Max Mirnyi /   Daniel Nestor defeated   Juan Sebastián Cabal /   Eduardo Schwank, 7–6^(7–3), 3–6, 6–4

• Mirnyi and Nestor both won their third French Open men's doubles title; Mirnyi won his fifth Grand Slam men's doubles title, and Nestor his seventh.

Women's doubles edit

  Andrea Hlaváčková /   Lucie Hradecká defeated   Sania Mirza /   Elena Vesnina, 6–4, 6–3

• Hlaváčková and Hradecká both won their first Grand Slam title.

Mixed doubles edit

  Casey Dellacqua /   Scott Lipsky defeated   Katarina Srebotnik /   Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6^(8–6), 4–6, [10–7]

• Dellacqua and Lipsky both won their first Grand Slam title.

Juniors edit

Boys' singles edit

  Bjorn Fratangelo defeated   Dominic Thiem, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6

• Fratangelo won his first junior Grand Slam title. He is the first American to win the junior title since John McEnroe's junior title in 1977.^[12]

Girls' singles edit

  Ons Jabeur defeated   Monica Puig, 7–6^(10–8), 6–1

• Jabeur won her first junior Grand Slam title.

Boys' doubles edit

  Andrés Artuñedo /   Roberto Carballés defeated   Mitchell Krueger /   Shane Vinsant, 5–7, 7–6^(7–5), [10–5]

• Artunedo and Carballes both won their first junior Grand Slam title.

Girls' doubles edit

  Irina Khromacheva /   Maryna Zanevska defeated   Victoria Kan /   Demi Schuurs, 6–4, 7–5

• Khromacheva won her first junior Grand Slam doubles title, and Zanevska won her second.

Wheelchair events edit

Wheelchair men's singles edit

  Maikel Scheffers defeated   Nicolas Peifer, 7–6^(7–3), 6–3

• Scheffers won his first Grand Slam title.

Wheelchair women's singles edit

  Esther Vergeer defeated   Marjolein Buis, 6–0, 6–2

• Vergeer won her fifth consecutive French Open singles title and her 18th Grand Slam singles title.

Wheelchair men's doubles edit

  Shingo Kunieda /   Nicolas Peifer defeated   Robin Ammerlaan /   Stefan Olsson, 6–2, 6–3

• Kunieda won his third French Open doubles title, and tenth Grand Slam doubles title.
• Peifer won his first Grand Slam title.

Wheelchair women's doubles edit

  Esther Vergeer /   Sharon Walraven defeated   Jiske Griffioen /   Aniek van Koot, 5–7, 6–4, [10–5]

• Vergeer won her fourth French Open doubles title, and 17th Grand Slam doubles title.
• Walraven won her fourth consecutive Grand Slam title.

Other events edit

Legends under 45 doubles edit

  Fabrice Santoro /   Todd Woodbridge defeated   Arnaud Boetsch /   Cédric Pioline, 6–2, 6–4

Legends over 45 doubles edit

  Guy Forget /   Henri Leconte defeated   Andrés Gómez /   John McEnroe, 6–3, 5–7, [10–8]

Women's legends doubles edit

  Lindsay Davenport /   Martina Hingis defeated   Martina Navratilova /   Jana Novotná, 6–1, 6–2

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Rankings are as of 16 May 2011 and the Points are as of 23 May 2011. For the first time since the 2006 French Open, the top four seeds all made it to the semifinals.

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.

Mixed doubles wildcard entries edit

1.   Julie Coin /   Nicolas Mahut
2.   Alizé Cornet /   Gilles Simon
3.   Alizé Lim /   Richard Gasquet (withdrew to focus on Gasquet's singles match)
4.   Amélie Mauresmo /   Michaël Llodra (withdrew)
5.   Virginie Razzano /   Dick Norman
6.   Aravane Rezaï /   Grigor Dimitrov

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.

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