| 2011 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions | ||||
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| Date: | November 3 – November 6 | |||
| Edition: | 3rd | |||
| Location: | Bali, Indonesia | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Ana Ivanović | ||||
Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions
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The 2011 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions was a singles-only tennis tournament that was be played on indoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament and was part of the 2011 WTA Tour. It was held at the Bali International Convention Centre in Bali, Indonesia from November 3 through November 6, 2011. The 2011 edition was the last to be held in Bali before it relocated to Sofia in 2012. The tournament saw Ana Ivanovic successfully defend her title.
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The 2011 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions will take place at the Bali International Convention Centre from 3–6 November 2011. It is the third edition of the event and the last to take place in Bali. The tournament is run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and is part of the 2011 WTA Tour. It is the season ending championships for players who have won one of the WTA International tournaments but have not qualified for the WTA Championships. The singles draw will see eight women qualify from the year, with the top four ranked players seeded. The other four players will be randomly drawn against them in a straight knockout event, with the tournament starting in the quarterfinals. There is no doubles competition at this event.[1] This was the last year that the tournament was held in Bali as it will relocate to Sofia in 2012.[2]
The total prize money for the 2011 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions is 600,000 United States dollars.
| Stage | Prize Money | Points |
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| Champion | $210,000 | 375 |
| Finalist | $120,000 | 255 |
| Third Place | $70,000 | 180 |
| Fourth Place | $60,000* | 165 |
| Quarterfinalist | $35,000 | 75 |
The 8 highest-ranked players who have captured at least one International tournament during the year and who are not participating in singles at the year-end WTA Championships in Istanbul will qualify for the event. However, at the tournament's discretion two of these players can be replaced with wildcards. On September 30, it was announced that defending champion, Ana Ivanović, was awarded the first wildcard of the tournament.[4] On October 20, the second wildcard of the tournament was awarded to Peng Shuai.[5]
| WTA Singles Rankings (24 October 2011) | |||
| Sd | Player | Rk | Won |
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| 1 | Marion Bartoli | 9 | HP Open |
| 2 | Peng Shuai | 16 | Wildcard |
| 3 | Sabine Lisicki | 18 | AEGON Classic Texas Tennis Open |
| 4 | Roberta Vinci | 22 | Barcelona Ladies Open UNICEF Open Budapest Grand Prix |
| Daniela Hantuchová | 23 | PTT Pattaya Open | |
| Ana Ivanović | 26 | Wildcard | |
| Anabel Medina Garrigues | 28 | Estoril Open Internazionali Femminili di Palermo |
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| Nadia Petrova | 31 | Citi Open | |
Marion Bartoli[1]
Bartoli is making her second appearance at the championships after finishing runner-up at the inaugural Tournament of Champions in 2009. She has produced a good year, returning to the top 10 and reaching 14 quarterfinals, the most of any player. The Frenchwoman reached five finals in the year, winning two in the AEGON International over Petra Kvitová, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5, and the HP Open over Samantha Stosur, 6–3, 6–1, earning her a spot in the championships. She lost in the finals of the BNP Paribas Open to Caroline Wozniacki, the Internationaux de Strasbourg to Andrea Petkovic, and the Bank of the West Classic to Serena Williams. She also reached her second career Grand Slam semifinal at the French Open. At the other Grand Slams, she reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon and the second rounds of the Australian Open and the US Open. Her biggest wins of the year were against Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters. She also barely missed originally qualifying for the WTA Tour Championships, but filled in for Maria Sharapova when she sprained her ankle.
Peng Shuai[1]
Peng was one of the wildcard recipients in the tournament. She has had a consistent year and was able to crack the top 20 for the first time and reached a new career high of number 14 after reaching the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Open. She reached her first premier-level final at the Brussels Open, losing to Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6. She also reached four other semifinals. She reached the fourth round of all the Grand Slams except the French Open, where she reached the third round. Her big wins of the year came against Li Na and Vera Zvonareva.
Sabine Lisicki[1]
Lisicki has had a breakthrough year, including improving her ranking from a low of no. 218 in March, to a career-best of no. 17 in September. She also won two titles in the year, the AEGON Classic over Daniela Hantuchová, 6–3, 6–2, and in the Texas Tennis Open over Aravane Rezaï, 6–2, 6–1, which made her qualify for the event. She made her maiden Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon before losing to Maria Sharapova, the first time a German woman had reached a Grand Slam semifinal since Steffi Graf there in 1999. She also reached the fourth round of the US Open and the second round of the French Open. She has earned top-10 wins over Samantha Stosur, Li Na, and Marion Bartoli.
Roberta Vinci[1]
Vinci has had her best season to date, reaching a career high of no. 18 in the world and winning three titles, the third most singles titles in the season. Her titles were all international events, which was her pass to the event, winning in the Barcelona Ladies Open over Lucie Hradecká, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, the UNICEF Open over Jelena Dokić, 6–7(7–9), 6–3, 7–5, and the Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix, defeating Irina-Camelia Begu, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4. However, she has had an inconsistent year, including losing eight in a row before winning Barcelona. At the Grand Slams, she reached the first round of the Australian Open and reached the third rounds of the other slams. She earned her biggest win of her career by defeating world no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in the third round of the Rogers Cup.
Daniela Hantuchová[1]
Hantuchová has had a bad start of the season, losing her first four matches, before triumphing in the PTT Pattaya Open over Sara Errani, 6–0, 6–2, without dropping a set in the tournament. It was also her first title since October 2007. She also reached the final of the AEGON Classic, losing to Sabine Lisicki, 3–6, 2–6. She had mixed results in the Grand Slams, losing in the fourth round of the French Open, third round of the Wimbledon, and the first rounds of the Australian Open and the US Open. She claimed major upsets across the year, including defeating Caroline Wozniacki, her first win against a reigning world no. 1, and claiming her first win over Venus Williams in 11 matches. She also had top-10 victories against Vera Zvonareva, Li Na, Marion Bartoli, and Victoria Azarenka.
Ana Ivanović[1]
Ivanović is the defending champion, after defeating Alisa Kleybanova in the final, and is one of the wildcard recipients. The Serb has not had a good 2011 season, being the only one not to reach a final in the field and has only made it to two semifinals in the AEGON Classic and the Mercury Insurance Open. However, she was able to go deep in two Premier Mandatory, reaching the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open and the China Open. She was also able to earn top 10 victories over Jelena Jankovic and Vera Zvonareva. She fell in the first rounds of the Australian Open and the French Open, the third round at Wimbledon, and the fourth round of the US Open.
Anabel Medina Garrigues[1]
Medina Garrigues is competing for the second time, the first being in 2009. She has won two titles in the year, winning her first titles in three years. She won the Estoril Open, defeating Kristina Barrois, 6–1, 6–2, and the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, defeating Polona Hercog, 6–3, 6–2. These wins made her the player with most clay titles of all active players with 10, surpassing Venus Williams. Her title at Palermo was her fifth at the event, and she became only the fourth active player to win the same tournament five times. In the Grand Slams, she reached the first round of the Australian Open , second round of the French Open, the first round at Wimbledon, and the third round of the US Open. She has beaten two top-20 players in the year, Shahar Pe'er and Marion Bartoli.
Nadia Petrova[1]
Petrova is one of the debutants in the event. She won her first title since November of 2008 at the Citi Open, defeating Shahar Pe'er in the final, 7–5, 6–2. This made her qualify for the event. However, she has only reached two other quarterfinals. At the Grand Slams, she reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, the third rounds of the Australian Open and the US Open, and the first round of the French Open. She has beaten top-20 players, Roberta Vinci, Ana Ivanović, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.
| Bartoli | Peng | Lisicki | Vinci | Hantuchová | Ivanović | Medina Garrigues | Petrova | Overall | YTD | ||
| 1 | Marion Bartoli | 5–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 18–19 | 57–24 | |
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| 2 | Peng Shuai | 3–5 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 9–14 | 53–20 | |
| 3 | Sabine Lisicki | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 7–2 | 47–17 | |
| 4 | Roberta Vinci | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 10–8 | 37–25 | |
| 5 | Daniela Hantuchová | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 16–13 | 41–28 | |
| 6 | Ana Ivanović | 4–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 6–5 | 23–13 | 29–20 | |
| 7 | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 2–6 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 6–19 | 38–22 | |
| 8 | Nadia Petrova | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 5–6 | 2–1 | 16–17 | 24–20 |
In the first match of the tournament Nadia Petrova upset Peng Shuai. Petrova lost her serve on four occasions but managed to break her Chinese opponenet seven times. Ana Ivanovic set up a match with Petrova after two runs of games against Roberta Vinci. Ivanovic had runs of four and three games in a row which set up a straight sets win for the Serb.[36] Anabel Medina Garrigues opened the second day of action by ending a eighteen match losing streak against top 10 opponents. The Spanish woman saved match points against Marion Bartoli who retired in the third set. Bartoli had taken the first set and was 5-2 down in the second before battling back to force a tiebreak and holding two match points. But after one game in the third set Bartoli retired with an ankle injury. In the final quarterfinal Sabine Lisicki became the only seed to win. The German saved set point in the first set against Daniela Hantuchova before sealing a straight sets win.[37]
In the first semifinal Ana Ivanovic won 7 of the first eight games to lead Petrova by a set and a break. However Petrova responded and held set point but it was Ivanovic who won in straight sets. In the second semi Medina Garrigues took the opening set with just six unforced errors, while her opponent Lisicki hit twenty one. The second set had the same pattern but Liscki managed to convert her opportunities to win the set. During the second set Liscki had a medical time out for a mid back injury. But after losing eighteen of the first twenty two points in the third set the German decided to retire.[38]
In the final Ivanovic retained her title in just over an hour. The Serb broke early in the first set and easily won the second set, breaking three times, hitting twenty winners to Medina Garrigues' four. The 6–3 6–0 win was the perfect way for Ivanovic to celebrate her birthday. Earlier in the day Nadia Petrova claimed third place when Sabine Lisicki withdrew from their match before it began. Instead Petrova played an exhibition match with Daniela Hantuchová. Petrova won in three sets, taking the final set 6–0.[2][39]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Marion Bartoli | 6 | 67 | 0r | |||||||||||||||||
| Anabel Medina Garrigues | 4 | 79 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anabel Medina Garrigues | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sabine Lisicki | 3 | 6 | 0r | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sabine Lisicki | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daniela Hantuchová | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Anabel Medina Garrigues | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | Ana Ivanović | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WC | Ana Ivanović | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Roberta Vinci | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WC | Ana Ivanović | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nadia Petrova | 1 | 5 | Thrid Place match | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nadia Petrova | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2/WC | Peng Shuai | 4 | 3 | 3 | Sabine Lisicki | ||||||||||||||||
| Nadia Petrova | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||
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