2011 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's singles
Esther Vergeer defeated Daniela di Toro in the final, 6–0, 6–0 to win the women's singles wheelchair tennis title at the 2011 Australian Open. It was her eighth Australian Open singles title and 17th major singles overall. It also marked the fourth time that Vergeer did not drop a game during a major final, and she only lost four games en route to the title. The win in the final was her 404th consecutive match win.
| Wheelchair women's singles | |
|---|---|
| 2011 Australian Open | |
| Champion |  Esther Vergeer |
| Runner-up |  Daniela di Toro |
| Score | 6–0, 6–0 |
Korie Homan was the reigning champion, but did not participate this year due to injury.[1]
The 2011 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles was a tennis tournament featuring 8 paraplegic women tennis players, which was part of the NEC Tour. The tournament took place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 17 January to 30 January, it was the 9th edition of the Australian Open women's wheelchair event and the first Grand Slam event of 2011. The tournament was played on Plexicushion Prestige AO hard courts,[2][3][4] which were rated a medium-fast pace by the ITF.[5] The competition was organised by the International Tennis Federation and Tennis Australia.
Tournament
editOn her Grand Slam debut Marjolein Buis won in three sets against Annick Sevenans to reach the semifinals. Also into the semifinals were World number one Esther Vergeer who recorded her 402nd consecutive match win with a 6–0, 6–0 win over her doubles partner, Sharon Walraven. Buis then took on World number two and home favourite Daniela di Toro who lost just three games on Australia Day against Aniek van Koot.[6] While Jiske Griffioen would play Vergeer in the semifinals after defeating Grand Slam debutant Jordanne Whiley in straight sets.[7] The semifinals witnessed di Toro and Vergeer make the final with straight sets wins.[8] In the final Vergeer claimed her eighth Australian Open title as she defeated di Toro without losing a game to chalk up her 404th consecutive win.[9][10]
Results
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Seeds
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Esther Vergeer (champion)
Daniela di Toro (final)
Draw
edit| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Esther Vergeer
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sharon Walraven
| 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Esther Vergeer
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jiske Griffioen
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Jordanne Whiley
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jiske Griffioen
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Esther Vergeer
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Daniela di Toro
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marjolein Buis
| 5 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
 Annick Sevenans
| 7 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marjolein Buis
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Daniela di Toro
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Aniek van Koot
| 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Daniela di Toro
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Australian Open Preview, Draws and Schedule". itftennis.com. 24 January 2011.
- ^ "Australian Open 2011 Overview". itftennis.com. Retrieved 10 June 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Plexicushion Tennis Court Surface". plexipave.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-07. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ "Plexicushion tournaments". plexipave.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ "Plexicushion Prestige AO ITF Court Pace Classification" (PDF). plexipave.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-12. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ "Buis makes Australian Open semifinals". itftennis.com. 26 January 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ^ "Peter Norfolk secures opening win at Australian Open". bbc.co.uk. 26 January 2011.
- ^ Caroline Tang (27 January 2011). "Di Toro closes on wheelchair trophy". australianopen.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
- ^ Caroline Tang (29 January 2011). "Vergeer breezes to 17th Slam singles title". australianopen.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
- ^ "This week 31 January issue 5" (PDF). itftennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-06-10.