2011 US Open (tennis)
| 2011 US Open | |
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| Date | 29 August – 12 September |
| Edition | 131st |
| Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
| Surface | Hardcourt |
| Location | New York City, USA |
| Venue | USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center |
| Champions | |
| Men's Singles | |
 Novak Djokovic
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| Women's Singles | |
 Samantha Stosur
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| Men's Doubles | |
 Jürgen Melzer /  Philipp Petzschner
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| Women's Doubles | |
 Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond
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| Mixed Doubles | |
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Melanie Oudin / Jack Sock
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| Boys' Singles | |
 Oliver Golding
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| Girls' Singles | |
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Grace Min
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| Boys' Doubles | |
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Robin Kern / Julian Lenz
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| Girls' Doubles | |
 Irina Khromacheva /  Demi Schuurs |
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| Wheelchair Men's Singles | |
 Shingo Kunieda
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| Wheelchair Women's Singles | |
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Esther Vergeer
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| Wheelchair Quad Singles | |
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David Wagner
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| Wheelchair Men's Doubles | |
 Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer
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| Wheelchair Women's Doubles | |
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Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven
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| Wheelchair Quad Doubles | |
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Nick Taylor / David Wagner
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The 2011 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States. It began on 29 August and was originally scheduled to end on 11 September, but the men's final was postponed to 12 September due to rain.
Rafael Nadal and Kim Clijsters were the defending champions. Due to an abdominal muscle injury, Clijsters was not able to defend her title.
In the women's singles, Australia's Samantha Stosur defeated Serena Williams in straight sets 6–2, 6–3 for her first Grand Slam title. Stosur thus became the first Australian female player to win a Grand Slam since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980.
In the men's singles, both Nadal and Novak Djokovic contested the final for the second consecutive year. This time, Djokovic won 6–2, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–1 for his first US Open title.
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.
The USTA announced that the 2011 US Open purse has increased by more than one million dollars to reach a record $23.7 million. In addition to the base purse of $23.7 million, the top three men's and top three women's finishers in the Olympus US Open Series may earn up to an additional $2.6 million in bonus prize money at the US Open, providing a potential total payout of $26.3 million. Both the men's and women's US Open singles champions will earn a record $1.8 million with the ability to earn an additional $1 million in bonus prize money (for a total $2.8 million potential payout) based on their performances in the Olympus US Open Series. Below is the list of prize money given to each player in the main draw of the professional competitions; all prize money is in US dollars (US$); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.
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