2011 WTA Tour

2011 WTA Tour
Caroline Wozniacki finished the year as WTA world No. 1 for the second time in her career, though Petra Kvitová was named the Player of the Year. Wozniacki won six tournaments during the season, including two Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 events. Kvitová won six tournaments during the season, including a major at the Wimbledon Championships, the WTA Tour Championships, and a Premier Mandatory event.
Details
Duration1 January – 7 November 2011
Edition41st
Tournaments57
CategoriesGrand Slam (4)
WTA Championships (2)
WTA Premier Mandatory (4)
WTA Premier 5 (5)
WTA Premier (11)
WTA International (31)
Achievements (singles)
Most titlesCzech Republic Petra Kvitová
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (6)
Most finalsDenmark Caroline Wozniacki (8)
Prize money
leader
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
(US$5,145,943)
Points leaderDenmark Caroline Wozniacki (7,395)
Awards
Player of the yearCzech Republic Petra Kvitová
Doubles team
of the year
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Most improved
player of the year
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
Newcomer
of the year
Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
Comeback
player of the year
Germany Sabine Lisicki
2010
2012
Kim Clijsters (top left) claimed her first Australian Open title and as well as her fourth (and last) Grand Slam title, defeating Li Na in the final. Li (top right) would go on to win her maiden Grand Slam title at French Open defeating defending champion Francesca Schiavone, thus becoming the first Chinese player to win the Grand Slam. Petra Kvitová (bottom left) won her maiden Grand Slam title at the Wimbledon defeating Maria Sharapova, thus becoming the first Czech to win the Grand Slam since Jana Novotná in 1998, and the first player born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title. Samantha Stosur (bottom right) won her maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open defeating Serena Williams in the final. Stosur becoming the first Australian to win a Grand Slam title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980 Wimbledon Championships.

The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The 2011 WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments (sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions and the WTA Championships.