2011 WNBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
Jessica Adair added 13 points in 18 minutes in a reserve role for the Lynx, who took a 2–0 lead in the best-of-five matchup by overcoming 38 points by the Dream's Angel McCoughtry, who broke her own finals scoring record of 35, set against the Seattle Storm in 2010.


2011 WNBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
With veteran center Taj McWilliams-Franklin on the bench with a sprained right knee, WNBA Rookie of the Year Maya Moore sitting for most of the game in foul trouble and fellow All-Star Rebekkah Brunson having a quiet game, Augustus took over.


2011 WNBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
The Lynx took a 77–76 lead early in the fourth, their first edge since 20–19, and used a 10–0 spurt to turn an 85–81 deficit with five minutes to go into a comfortable lead in the closing minutes.


2011 WNBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
McCoughtry had 24 points in the first half on 8 for 9 shooting, but she shot just 2 for 13 after halftime. Atlanta criticized the officiating of Sue Blauch, Lamont Simpson and Kurt Walker, noting that the Lynx had received 33 foul calls to 23 for Atlanta.


2011 WNBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
Iziane Castro Marques was twice fouled while taking a 3-pointer and made only one of those six free-throw attempts. Lindsey Harding had 10 of her 14 points in the first half for the Dream. Erika de Souza finished with eight points and 10 rebounds.


2011 WNBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
Seimone Augustus and the Minnesota Lynx turned up the defensive pressure on Angel McCoughtry and the Atlanta Dream.


2011 WNBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
Augustus had 16 points and Maya Moore, returning to her Atlanta home, had 15–including a key 3-pointer late in the game–to lead a balanced scoring attack as the Lynx won their first WNBA title.


2011 WNBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
McCoughtry had a game-high 22 points, including nine in the fourth quarter. McCoughtry made only 9 of 25 shots as the Dream were held to 34.6 percent shooting from the field.


2011 WNBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
Erika de Souza, who had 11 points, was Atlanta's only other scorer in double figures.


2011 WNBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
Minnesota had four scorers in double figures as Rebekkah Brunson had 13 points and nine rebounds and Candice Wiggins had 10 points.


2011 WNBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
Poor shooting from the field forced Atlanta to foul in the final minute.


2011 WNBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
Two free throws by Taj McWilliams-Franklin and another by Lindsay Whalen pushed the lead to 67-63. Following a miss by Izi Castro Marques, McWilliams-Franklin added two more free throws with 35 seconds remaining.


2011 WNBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
McCoughtry had two late layups, but the Dream could come no closer than four points in the final 30 seconds.


2011 WNBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
Seimone Augustus was named Finals MVP, averaging 24.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4.7 assists per game in the series and shooting 58.7% (27–46) from the floor.


2011 WNBA Playoffs
The 2011 WNBA Playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2011 season. Four teams from each of the league's two conferences qualified for the playoffs seeded 1 to 4 in a tournament bracket, with the two opening rounds in a best-of-three format, and the final in a best-of-five format. The finals were won by the Minnesota Lynx who defeated the defending Eastern Conference Champion Atlanta Dream.


2011 WNBA Playoffs
The Minnesota Lynx was the top overall seed in the tournament, having finished 27-7 in the regular season, the best record in franchise history. The team was appearing in its first playoffs since 2004. Prior to the 2011 playoffs, the Lynx had not won a playoff series in franchise history. This changed in the 2011 playoffs, as the Lynx won their first two playoff series to advance to the WNBA Finals.


2011 WNBA Playoffs
The Atlanta Dream had reached the 2010 WNBA Finals, losing in three games to the Seattle Storm. Despite a slow start to the 2011 season, the Dream rebounded to finish with a 20-14 record, good for the third seed in the Eastern Conference. The Dream upset two higher-seeded teams to reach the WNBA finals for the second straight year.


2011 WNBA Playoffs
After earning the third seed in the West, the Phoenix Mercury reached their third straight conference finals after upsetting the defending WNBA Champion Seattle Storm in the opening round. They ultimately lost to Minnesota in the conference final.


2011 WNBA Playoffs
The Indiana Fever was the top seed in the Eastern Conference, and dispatched the New York Liberty in the opening round. They ultimately fell short to Atlanta in the conference final after WNBA MVP Tamika Catchings tore her plantar fascia in game two of the series, limiting her in the decisive game.


2011 WNBA Playoffs
The Seattle Storm earned the West's second seed, and were attempting to repeat as WNBA champions. They took a 1-0 lead in the conference semifinals, but then dropped the next two, losing to Phoenix.


2011 WNBA Playoffs
The Connecticut Sun earned the second seed in the East, but were swept in the opening round by the Dream, the eventual East champs.


2011 WNBA Playoffs
The San Antonio Silver Stars were the lowest overall seed in the West and the tournament, and drew the unenviable task of playing the Minnesota Lynx. Despite the apparent mismatch, the Silver Stars lost by only one point in game one of the opening round, and won game two. They could not keep up with the Lynx in game three, however, and lost in the opening round.


2011 WNBA Playoffs, Eastern Conference, Conference Finals, (1) Indiana Fever vs. (3) Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream won 4–0 in the regular season series:


2011 WNBA Playoffs, Western Conference, Conference Semifinals, (1) Minnesota Lynx vs. (4) San Antonio Silver Stars
The Minnesota Lynx won 4–0 in the regular season series:


2011 WNBA Playoffs, Western Conference, Conference Finals, (1) Minnesota Lynx vs. (3) Phoenix Mercury
The Minnesota Lynx won 3–2 in the regular season series:


2011 WNBA draft
The 2011 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut. The first round was shown on ESPN (HD), while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.


2011 WNBA draft, Draft lottery
The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2011 draft occurred on November 2, 2010. The Minnesota Lynx won the first pick, while the Tulsa Shock, Chicago Sky and Lynx were awarded the second, third and fourth picks respectively. The remaining first-round picks and all the second- and third-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win-loss records in the previous season.


2011 WNBA draft, Draft lottery
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2010 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:


2011 WNBA draft, Invited players
The WNBA announced on April 6, 2011 that 15 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.


2011 WNBA season
The 2011 WNBA season was the 15th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began on June 3 with the Los Angeles Sparks hosting the Minnesota Lynx, featuring 2011 WNBA Draft top pick Maya Moore, in a game televised on NBA TV. Four games followed the next day, with the marquee matchup, televised on ABC, featuring the defending champion Seattle Storm and the Phoenix Mercury in Seattle.


2011 WNBA season
The Minnesota Lynx finished the regular season with the best record in the league at 27-7, and were the top seed in the Western Conference. The  Indiana Fever were the top seed in the Eastern Conference. The Lynx ultimately advanced to face the Atlanta Dream in the 2011 WNBA Finals.


2011 WNBA season, Marquee sponsorship
On August 22, 2011, the WNBA announced a league-wide marquee sponsorship with Boost Mobile. The deal would allow the Boost Mobile logo to be placed on ten of the 12 teams' jerseys (excluding Phoenix and San Antonio) in addition to branding on the courts and in arenas. A source said the deal is worth "roughly $10 million over its four years" and is the richest in league history.


2011 WNBA season, 2011 WNBA Draft
The WNBA Draft lottery was held on November 2, 2010. The lottery teams were the Tulsa Shock, Minnesota Lynx, Chicago Sky and Minnesota Lynx (from Conn.). The top pick was awarded to Minnesota.


2011 WNBA season, 2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft was held on April 11, 2011, in Bristol, Connecticut. Coverage of the first round was shown on ESPN (HD). Second and third round coverage was shown on ESPNU and NBA TV.


2011 WNBA season, Regular season, All-Star Game
The 2011 WNBA All-Star Game was hosted by the San Antonio Silver Stars on July 23 at the AT&T Center. Coverage of the game began at 3:30pm (ET) on ABC. This marks the first time the Silver Stars have hosted the annual event. This is only the second time in league history that the showcase was played on the court of a Western Conference team.


2011 WNBA season, Regular season, Statistic leaders
The following shows the leaders for each statistic during the 2011 regular season.


2011 WNBL Finals
The 2011 WNBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the WNBL's 2010–11 season. The Canberra Capitals were the two-time defending champions, but were defeated in the Grand Final by the Bulleen Boomers.


2011 WOW Tennis Challenger
The 2011 WOW Tennis Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament and part of the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada between July 4 and July 10, 2011.


2011 WOW Tennis Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 WOW Tennis Challenger, Champions, Doubles
Alexandra Mueller /  Asia Muhammed def. Eugenie Bouchard /  Megan Moulton-Levy, 6–3, 3–6, [10–7]


2011 WOW Tennis Challenger – Doubles
Elisabeth Abanda and Katarena Paliivets were the defending champions, but Paliivets chose not to participate. Abanda partnered up with Yawna Allen but lost in the first round.


2011 WOW Tennis Challenger – Doubles
Alexandra Mueller and Asia Muhammed won the tournament defeating Eugenie Bouchard and Megan Moulton-Levy in the final 6–3, 3–6, [10–7].


2011 WOW Tennis Challenger – Singles
Julia Cohen was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2011 WOW Tennis Challenger – Singles
Sharon Fichman won the final against Julia Boserup 6–3, 4–6, 6–4.


2011 WPA World Eight-ball Championship
The 2011 WPA World Eight-ball Championship was an eight-ball world championship, organized by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), and held 19–26 February 2011 at the Fujairah Exhibition Centre of the Al Diar Siji Hotel in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. A total of 116 players from all of the WPA's six regions participated.


2011 WPA World Eight-ball Championship
The event was won by Dennis Orcollo of the Philippines, who won the event with a 9–2 win in the final over Niels Feijen of the Netherlands. David Alcaide of Spain, and Darren Appleton of England were third and fourth respectively. The total prize money for the event was US$205,000. The event is also referred to as the 2011 Etisalat World 8 Ball Pool Championship, among other variations, for sponsorship purposes.


2011 WPA World Eight-ball Championship, Stage 2, Playoff
Vincent Facquet (FRA) defeated Phuc Lung Nguyen (VIE) 3–2 for eighth seed and the last bye to the Round of 32.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
The 2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship (also referred to as the 2011 World Pool Championship) was a professional nine-ball pool tournament held from June 25 to July 1, 2011 at the Al Sadd Sports Club in Doha, Qatar. A series of qualifying tournaments were held from June 21 to 23. The competition was the 2011 edition of the WPA World Nine-ball Championship, which was first held in 1990. The event was organized by the World Pool-Billiard Association and Matchroom Sport.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
The defending champion was Filipino Francisco Bustamante who had defeated Kuo Po-cheng in the final of the 2010 WPA World Nine-ball Championship 13–7. Bustamante lost to Dennis Orcullo in the last 32. Japanese Yukio Akakariyama defeated Ronnie Alcano of the Philippines 13–11 in the final to become the first Japanese world pool champion since 1998 when Takahashi Kunihiko defeated Johnny Archer. The event featured a prize fund of $250,000 with the winner receiving $30,000.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Overview
The WPA World Nine-ball Championship was a professional nine-ball pool championship, organized and promoted by the World Pool-Billiard Association and Matchroom Sport. The event was held in the headquarters of the Qatari Billiard and Snooker Federation at the Al Sadd Sports Club in Doha, Qatar. The championships were held between June 25 to July 1, 2011 for 128 competitors. The event featured 116 invited players, as well as a series of three qualifying events from June 21 to 23 for the remaining 12.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Overview
The event was played with alternating breaks, and matches were a races-to-nine racks. The winner of the lag breaks for the first rack and every odd-numbered rack thereafter, including the final rack if needed. The 128 participants were split into 16 groups of 8 players, competing in a double elimination tournament. When 64 players remained, the event changed to a single elimination tournament, with matches being a race-to-11 racks, except for the final which is race-to-13. The defending champion of the event was Francisco Bustamante, who had won the 2010 final defeating Kuo Po-cheng 13–7.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Overview, Prize fund
The event featured a prize fund of $250,000, with the winner receiving $36,000, the same as that of the 2010 event. A breakdown in prize money can be seen below:


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Double-elimination round
The double-elimination stage took place between June 21–25, consisting of four rounds. A first round match between Efren Reyes and Mark Gray went to a deciding rack. Gray led 6–2 at the start of the match, but Reyes tied the score at 7–7. Reyes later reached the hill ahead at 8–7, but lost position on the next rack to allow Gray to tie the match at hill-hill. Reyes sank a ball on the break and cleared the table to win the match 9–8. The defending champion Francisco Bustamante led fellow Filipino player Caneda Villamor 5–2.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Double-elimination round
Villamor, who works in Saudi Arabia as a pool instructor, cut Bustamante's lead to 6–5 when the match turned into a battle of safety shots. Bustamante made a combination shot between the 6-ball and the 9-ball in rack 16 to win 9–7. The 2010 runner-up Kuo Po-cheng also won 9–7 in his first round match.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Double-elimination round
The second day featured matches from the first and second rounds. Fillipinos world number two Ronnie Alcano and world number three Antonio Lining defeated Hamzah al-Saeed 9–5, and Liu Cheng-Cheih 9-4 respectively in the first round. The 1995 champion Oliver Ortmann, lost his opening match to Japanese player Tohru Kuribayashi 6–9. Qualifier Mohammad al-Hazmi defeated world number 24 Nguyen Phuc Long 9–6; where he would play Daryl Peach who defeated Keng Kwang Chan 9–5. Qatar's number one, Mohanna Obaidly had lost his first round matches, but defeated Andrew Kong of Hong Kong in the loser's second round. Mark Gray trailed 2-7 but won 7 racks in-a-row to win 9–7. Two matches went to a deciding rack; both Radosław Babica and Yukio Akakariyama defeated Raymund Faron and Mohammed Al Bin Ali 9-8 respectively.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Double-elimination round
Third day was devoted to second round matches. Winners in the winners' bracket advanced to the Round of 64, while those in the losers' bracket winners played the winners' bracket losers the following day. All Filipino players in the winners' bracket won their matches to advance to the Round of 64; WPA world number one Dennis Orcollo, Reyes, Bustamante, Oliver Medenilla, Jeffery de Luna, Alan Cuartero, Ronnie Alcano and Antonio Lining all won their matches and qualified for the knockout round.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Double-elimination round
The 2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship winner Alcano had to win a deciding rack to defeat Radosław Babica of Poland, while Cuartero, an overseas Filipino worker in Kuwait, defeated Marcus Chamat of Sweden. Shane Van Boening, one of only two Americans in the tournament, defeated 2005 champion Wu Jia-qing. Wu led 2–0, then went on the hill at 8–6. Van Boening evened the match and held on to win on the final rack.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Double-elimination round
Fourth day was devoted to second round matches in the losers' bracket, with winners progressing, and losers being eliminated. All home Qatari players were eliminated from contention in the group stage: Mohanna Obaidly was beaten by Konstantin Stepanov 3–9, Taher Hussain lost to Tōru Kuribayashi 1–9, Waleed Majid was defeated by Hunter Lombardo 8–9, while Fawal Abdulatif lost to Naoyuki Ōi 9–6. The match between Antonio Gabica and Fu Jian-bo finished 9–8. The Qatar-based Gabica had a 6–1 lead but the Chinese won the next four racks.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Double-elimination round
Gabica was the first on the hill but Fu won the next three racks. Gabica won the deciding rack to advance to the knockout stage. Ko Ping-chung and Kwang Yong exchanged leads in their match, until Yong pulled ahead 7–4. Ko tied the match at 7–7 and won next two racks to qualify to the next round. Former two-time world champion Wu Jia-qing was beaten by Mariusz Skoneczny. The match was level at 8-8; but Wu missed the 8-ball allowing Skoneczny to pot the last two balls and win 9–8.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Early rounds (last 64–last 16)
The tournament changed to a single elimination tournament from June 29 to July 1. The Round of 64 was played on June 29. Efren Reyes was defeated by fellow Filipinos Villamor 11–5. Antonio Gabica led Mika Immonen 4–1 and 10–6 when he scratched in rack 17 allowing Immonen to win the next four racks to go hill-hill. The deciding rack emerged as a safety battle until Gabica pocketed the 1-ball, and ran the rack to win 11–10. Kuo Po-cheng led Mark Gray 10–6 but Gray won five racks in-a-row to win 11–10. Gray drew fellow Brit Chris Melling who beat Korean Hwang Yong. Francisco Bustamante defeated Sascha-Andrej Tege 11–4.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Early rounds (last 64–last 16)
In the last 32 played on the June 30, Francisco Bustamante was leading 9–4 against Riyan Setiawan when he was reportedly distracted by a press photographer, causing him to lose his composure. Setiawan won three of the next four to trail 10–7, but won the next three to take the match to a decider. Bustamante had the break, before a safety battle ensued. Riyan scratched and Bustamante ran out to advance to the last 16. In an all-Filipino match, Carlo Biado led Lee Van Corteza 8–5; however Corteza won the next four frames to lead 9–8. In rack 18, Corteza missed a shot at the 9-ball, with Biado winning the remaining racks to win 11–9.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Early rounds (last 64–last 16)
Also played on June 30, in the last-16, Shane Van Boening, the only American left in the field, led against England's Darren Appleton 6–3. Appleton tied the match at 6–6, then took the lead 7–6. The two exchanged leads when Appleton reached the hill first, but van Boening tied when he made a jump shot on the 5-ball in rack 20. In the deciding rack, van Boening made a safety in which Appleton studied for ten minutes.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Early rounds (last 64–last 16)
Appleton missed, but there was no clear shot as Van Boening studied the ball for several minutes before making the shot and ran out for the win. The 2007 champion Daryl Peach defeated Ko Pin-yi, after trailing 9-7 won four racks-in-a-row. Defending champion Francisco Bustamante, who had only five minutes between matches, lost 11–6 to Dennis Orcullo. In other matches, Yukio Akakariyama eliminated Carlo Biado, whilst Tōru Kuribayashi defeated Antonio Lining.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Later rounds (quarter-finals–final)
The quarter-finals to the final were all played on the last day of competition, July 1. In the quarter-finals, Dennis Orcullo led 5–0 against Daryl Peach early in the match, and later won 11–2. Mark Gray played Shane van Boening and held a 4–0 lead before van Boening won five racks in-a-row to lead 5–4. Gray then won the next four racks and led 10–6. Van Boening won the next three frames, but in rack 20, but missed a shot using the bridge.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Later rounds (quarter-finals–final)
The two took their time studying the shot on the nine-ball, but van Boening made an errant safety allowing Gray to capitalize and win the match. Tōru Kuribayashi trailed Ronnie Alcano 7–3 but won five of the next six to level the match at 8-8, which later became 10-10. Kuribayashi broke for the game but the two got locked in a safety battle. After a fluke on the 3-ball, Alcano ran the rack to win 11–10.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Later rounds (quarter-finals–final)
Yukio Akakariyama lead Vinacio Tanio throughout the match, until 8-8 when he lost the next rack to trail 9–8, and 10–9, but the match went to a decider after a break and run. Tanio broke in rack 21, but ran out of position on the 8-ball. He sank the 8-ball but then faced on another difficult shot on the 9-ball. Tanio missed and Akakariyama faced on a table's length shot on the 9-ball. Akakariyama took more than ten minutes to study the shot before potting it to win 11–10.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Later rounds (quarter-finals–final)
The first semi-final saw Orcullo face Alcano. Alcano won the first two racks, and remained at least two racks ahead throughout, as he led 8-4 and 10–6. Orcullo won three racks in-a-row, before Alcano won rack 20 to win 11–9. After the match, Alcano said that his game had improved due to no longer having a manager, but instead working with Manny Pacquiao, a Filipino boxer commenting "all I need is just a little bit of Manny's good fortune and I can win the World Championship. I just have to win one more match."


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Later rounds (quarter-finals–final)
The second semi-final went to a deciding rack between Yukio Akagariyama and Mark Gray. Yukio led 6-2 and 8-3 before Gray won five racks in-a-row to level the match at 8-8. In rack 17, Gray attempted a bank shot on the 9-ball, but missed, allowing Yukio to win the rack and then the next to go 10-8 ahead. Gray won the next two racks, and had the break in rack 21. On his break, the cue ball scratched allowing Yukio to clear the table to win 11–10.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Later rounds (quarter-finals–final)
The final was played at 7p.m. local time (GMT+3), as a race-to-13 racks with an alternating break between Yukio and Alcano. The lag was won by Alcano, and the racks were won on break until rack nine, with Yukio taking a 5–4 lead. He also won the next frame after a failed jump shot by Alcano. Breaking to have a three rack lead, Yukio went in-off when potting the 9-ball allowing Alcano to win the rack. Yukio won the next two to take a 9–6 lead, but Alcano won three in-a-row to tie the match at 9-9.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Later rounds (quarter-finals–final)
In rack 19, Alcano missed a shot on the 8-ball that traveled the length of the table, and Yukio won the next two to lead 11–9. Alcano tied the match with some safety play in the next two racks for 11-11. Breaking in rack 23, Alcano missed a shot on the 2-ball into the middle pocket, with Yukio running the rest of the rack. Yukio broke in rack 24, but ran the balls in order to win 13–11.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Knockout stage
The knockout draw from the last 64 stages can be seen below. Players in bold denote match winners.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship
The 2011 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championships was the 20th hosting of the Junior World Championship in the pool discipline 9-Ball. The event ran from  1–3 September 2011 in Kielce, Poland.


2011 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship, Tournament format
All three competitions were first held in the double-elimination tournament with a single-elimination tournament from the quarter finals onwards. The events were all played under the winner-breaks format.


2011 WPA World Ten-ball Championship
The WPA 10-Ball World Championship 2011 was the third edition of the WPA World 10-ball Championship, the world championship for the discipline of 10-ball pool. It took place from May 9 to 15, 2011. The qualification phase was hosted at the Star Billiards Center, in Quezon City while the final tournament which started from May 10, 2011 was hosted at the World Trade Center Manila in Pasay.


2011 WPA World Ten-ball Championship
Dutch Huidji See won the event, defeating China's Fu Jianbo in the final 11–8. The defending champion Mika Immonen lost in the last 64 round against Tomoo Takano.


2011 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Format
The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in a double elimination tournament against each other. The remaining 64 players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system. The event saw players from 44 different countries.


2011 WPS Draft
The 2011 WPS College Draft took place on January 14, 2011. It was the third college draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of college players to the American-based teams.


2011 WPSL season
The 2011 Women's Premier Soccer League season was the 15th season of the WPSL.


2011 WPSL season, Standings, Big Sky Conference
The Big Sky regional playoffs were cancelled due to a high number of players returning to college.


2011 WPSL season, Standings, East Conference
Boston Aztec U23 received a bye to the conference semifinals.


2011 WPSL season, Playoffs, Big Sky Conference
The Big Sky regional playoffs were cancelled due to a high number of players returning to college.


2011 WPSL season, Playoffs, Midwest/Sunshine Conferences
The planned final match, between the Midwest playoff champion and the Sunshine champion, was instead played as the national Semifinal as the winner would have played the Big Sky playoff champion in the semifinals.


2011 WSA World Series
The WSA World Series 2011 is a series of women's squash tournaments which are part of the Women's Squash Association (WSA) World Tour for the 2011 squash season. The WSA World Series tournaments are some of the most prestigious events on the women's tour. The best-performing players in the World Series events qualify for the annual 2011 WSA World Series Finals tournament. Nicol David won her first WSA World Series Squash Finals trophy, beating Madeline Perry in the final.


2011 WSA World Series, WSA World Series Ranking Points
WSA World Series events also have a separate World Series ranking. Points for this are calculated on a cumulative basis after each World Series event.


2011 WSA World Series, World Series Standings 2011
Bold – The first eight players present for the final


2011 WSA World Series Finals
The 2011 WSA World Series Finals is the women's edition of the 2011 WSA World Series Finals (Prize money : $50 000). The event took place at the Queen's Club in London in England between 4–8 January 2012. Nicol David won her first WSA World Series Finlas trophy, beating Madeline Perry in the final.


2011 WSA World Tour
The WSA World Tour 2011 is the international squash tour and organized circuit, organized by the Women's Squash Association (WSA) for the 2011 squash season. The most important tournament in the series is the World Open held in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The tour features three categories of regular events, the World Series, which features the highest prize money and the best fields, Gold and Silver tournaments. The Tour is concluded by the WSA World Series Finals, the end of season championship for the top 8 rated players.


2011 WSA World Tour, Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WSA World Rankings top 30 for at least one month) who announced their retirement from professional squash, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2011 season:


2011 WSBL season
The 2011 WSBL season was the 23rd season of the Women's State Basketball League (SBL). The regular season began on Friday 18 March and ended on Saturday 23 July. The finals began on Friday 29 July and ended on Friday 26 August, when the Willetton Tigers defeated the East Perth Eagles in the WSBL Grand Final.


2011 WSBL season, Regular season
The regular season began on Friday 18 March and ended on Saturday 23 July after 19 rounds of competition.


2011 WSBL season, Finals
The finals began on Friday 29 July and ended on Friday 26 August with the WSBL Grand Final.


2011 WTA Premier tournaments
The 2011 WTA Premier tournaments are 20 of the tennis tournaments on the 2011 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments are divided into three levels which all rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments.


2011 WTA Tour
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.


2011 WTA Tour, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2011 WTA Tour. Player progression will be documented from the quarterfinals stage.


2011 WTA Tour, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2011 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments.


2011 WTA Tour, Statistical information
1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


2011 WTA Tour, Statistical information, Titles information
The following players won their first title in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):


2011 WTA Tour, Statistical information, Titles information
The following players completed a successful title defence in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):


2011 WTA Tour, Titles information
The following players won their first title in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):


2011 WTA Tour, Titles information
The following players completed a successful title defence in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):


2011 WTA Tour, Rankings
The Race to the Championships determines the players in the WTA Tour Championships in October. The WTA rankings are based on tournaments of the latest 52 weeks.


2011 WTA Tour, Rankings, Singles
The following is the 2011 top 20 in the Race to the Championships and the top 20 ranked players in the world. Premier Mandatory Events are counted for players in the top 10, even if they did not compete, unless there is an injury excuse. Gold backgrounds indicate players that qualified for the WTA Tour Championships. Blue backgrounds indicate players that became alternates at the WTA Tour Championships.


2011 WTA Tour, Rankings, Doubles
The following is the 2011 top 20 in the Race to the Championships – Doubles and the top 20 individual ranked doubles players. Gold backgrounds indicate teams that have qualified for WTA Tour Championships.


2011 WTA Tour, Retirements
Following are notable players who have announced they will retire from the WTA Tour during the 2011 season:


2011 WTA Tour, Comebacks
Following are notable players that came back after retirements during the 2011 WTA Tour season:


2011 WTA Tour, Awards
The winners of the 2011 WTA Awards were announced on 14 November 2011.


2011 WTA Tour Championships
The 2011 WTA Tour Championships (also known for sponsorship reasons as the 2011 TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships) was a tennis tournament played at Istanbul, Turkey from October 25 to October 30, 2011. It was the first time Turkey hosted the WTA Tour Championships. It was the 41st edition of the singles event and the 36th edition of the doubles competition. The tournament was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome and was contested by eight singles players and four doubles teams. It was the larger of two season ending championships on the 2011 WTA Tour.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Tournament
The 2011 WTA Championships took place at the Sinan Erdem Dome 25–30 October 2011. It was the 41st edition of the event. The tournament was jointly run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and was part of the 2011 WTA Tour. It was the larger of the two season ending championships on the 2011 WTA Tour, the smaller being the Tournament of Champions the following week. The latter is only for players who did not qualify for the WTA Championships.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Tournament, Format
The singles event featured eight players and began as a round robin event, with four players in each of two groups called the Red Group and the White Group. Over the first four days of competition, each player met the other three players in their group, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. The first-placed player in one group met the second-placed player in the other group, and vice versa. The winners of each semifinal met in the championship match.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Tournament, Format
The doubles competition had four teams playing in a straight knockout format from the semifinal stage.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Tournament, Format, Round Robin tie-breaking methods
The final standings of each group shall be determined by the first of the following methods that apply:


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Turkey Earthquake 2011
WTA players and TEB BNP Paribas, the title sponsor of the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships, made a joint donation of US$250,000 to the Turkish Red Crescent to support the victims of the recent devastating earthquake in Turkey.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Turkey Earthquake 2011
Close to 600 people died and more than 2,300 were injured during the country's most powerful earthquake in more than a decade. WTA stars participating in the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships donated a percentage of their Championships prize money, which was matched by both the WTA and TEB BNP Paribas.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Turkey Earthquake 2011
The Turkish Red Crescent is Turkey's arm of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the world's largest humanitarian network. Turkish Red Crescent took immediate action after the earthquake, mobilizing its staff and emergency supplies for thousands of victims.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Prize money and points
The total prize money for the 2011 WTA Championships is 4.9 million United States dollars.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
On September 5, Caroline Wozniacki and Maria Sharapova became the first two players to qualify for the championships.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
Caroline Wozniacki won six singles titles in 2011. She began the year with a loss at the Medibank International Sydney to Dominika Cibulková. She then reached three consecutive finals at the Dubai Tennis Championships defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–1, 6–3, Qatar Ladies Open losing to Vera Zvonareva 4–6, 4–6, and Indian Wells beating Marion Bartoli 6–1, 2–6, 6–3. Her 3rd title came at the Family Circle Cup, where she won against unseeded Elena Vesnina 6–2, 6–3. She then lost to Julia Görges 6–7(3–7), 3–6 at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
Her 4th and 5th singles title were at the Brussels Open defeating Peng Shuai 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, and her home tournament the e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open defeating Lucie Šafářová 6–1, 6–4. However, she had a 3-match losing streak in the summer season before winning the New Haven Open at Yale against Petra Cetkovská 6–4, 6–1 for the 4th consecutive time. At the Slams, Wozniacki reached the semis of the Australian Open and the US Open, falling to Li Na 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 after failing to convert a match point and Serena Williams 6–2, 6–4  respectively. However, she suffered early exits in the third round of the French Open to Daniela Hantuchová 6–1, 6–3 and the fourth round of the Wimbledon to Dominika Cibulková 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5. This is her third appearance at the event, with her best result in 2010 when she reached the final.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
Maria Sharapova regained some of her form by performing consistently throughout the year with two Premier-5 titles. Sharapova was crowned Internazionali BNL d'Italia on red clay, by beating World no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 6–3 in the semis and sixth-seeded Samantha Stosur 6–2, 6–4 in the final. Her second title came at the Western & Southern Open, where she defeated fellow former World No. 1 Jelena Janković 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 in two hours and 49 minutes, making it the longest WTA tour final this year.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
She also made 2 other finals at the Sony Ericsson Open, losing to Victoria Azarenka 1–6, 4–6  and the final of the Wimbledon Championships, losing to Petra Kvitová 3–6, 4–6. This was also her first Grand Slam final appearance since winning the 2008 Australian Open . At the other Slams, Sharapova reached the Semifinals of the French Open, falling to eventual champion Li Na 4–6, 5–7, but fell early in the fourth round of the Australian Open, losing 2–6, 3–6 to Andrea Petkovic, and the third round of the US Open, beaten by Flavia Pennetta 3–6, 6–3, 4–6. This is the first time since 2007 that she has been qualified for the Championships. She has never lost before the semifinals in her previous four appearances, with her best result on her debut at the event, beating Serena Williams in 2004.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
On October 1, Petra Kvitová and Victoria Azarenka qualified for the championships.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
Petra Kvitová won five titles prior to the Championships, capturing her sixth at this tournament. She began the year by winning the Brisbane International, defeating Andrea Petkovic 6–1, 6–3. She then reached the quarter-finals at the Australian Open, upsetting 5th seed Samantha Stosur 7–6(7–5), 6–3 in the third round before losing to Vera Zvonareva 2–6, 4–6. She then won the Open GDF Suez, defeating Kim Clijsters 6–4, 6–3. She then lost 4 of her next 5 matches before winning the Mutua Madrid Open, defeating Victoria Azarenka 7–6(7–3), 6–4 in the final.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
Later, she fell in the fourth round of the French Open to eventual champion Li Na 2–6, 6–1, 6–3. She then reached the final of the Aegon International, losing to Marion Bartoli 1–6, 6–4, 5–7. Her most significant title came by winning Wimbledon, beating Maria Sharapova 6–3, 6–4 in the final. After the triumph, she lost back-to-back third round matches to Andrea Petkovic in the US Open Series before becoming the first Wimbledon champion ever to fall in the first round of the US Open, where she lost to Alexandra Dulgheru  7–6(7–3), 6–3. She then won her fifth title of the year at the Generali Ladies Linz, defeating Slovakian Dominika Cibulková 6–4, 6–1. This is her debut at the championships.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
Victoria Azarenka won three titles this year. She picked up her second Sony Ericsson Open trophy after defeating Maria Sharapova in the final 6–1, 6–4 and upsetting 2nd seed Kim Clijsters and 3rd seed Vera Zvonareva earlier. She then won her first clay title the following week at the Andalucia Tennis Experience, defeating Irina-Camelia Begu in the final 6–3, 6–2. She then claimed a title before the championships at the BGL Luxembourg Open defeating Monica Niculescu 6–2, 6–2.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
She reached another final at the Mutua Madrid Open, losing to Petra Kvitová in the final 7–6(7–3), 6–4. Azarenka reached her first Slam semifinal at Wimbledon losing to eventual champion Petra Kvitová 6–1, 3–6, 6–2. At the other Slams, she lost in the fourth round of the Australian Open and the quarterfinal of the French Open both to Li Na, and the third round of the 2011 US Open to Serena Williams 6–1, 7–6(7–5). Azarenka is making her third consecutive appearance at the event.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
On October 5, Li Na became the fifth player to qualify for the championships.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
Li Na has had a memorable yet very inconsistent year. She started the year by winning Sydney defeating Kim Clijsters in the final 7–6(3), 6–3 and reaching the final of the Australian Open, upsetting world no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in the semi-finals, but losing to Kim Clijsters 6–3, 3–6, 3–6. However, she lost her next 4 matches before bouncing back in the European clay season, reaching the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open and Internazionali BNL d'Italia.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
Li then won her first Grand Slam title and became the first Grand Slam singles champion born in an Asian country at the French Open, defeating defending champion Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 7–6(7–0) in the final. Following her French Open victory, she has had disappointing results for the rest of the year with the 5–7 record, including the second round lost at Wimbledon to Sabine Lisicki 6–3, 4–6, 6–8 and the first round defeat from Simona Halep 6–2, 7–5 at the US Open. Li is making her debut at the tournament after being an alternate last year.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
On October 9, Vera Zvonareva and Samantha Stosur qualified for the championships.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
Vera Zvonareva was not able to duplicate her 2010 season in 2011, however, she won two titles this year to one in the previous year. She won her first title in over a year at the Qatar Ladies Open, defeating world no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki 6–4, 6–4 in the final. She then won her second title at the Baku Cup, beating her compatriot Ksenia Pervak in the final 6–1, 6–4.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
She reached two other finals in the Mercury Insurance Open and the 2011 Toray Pan Pacific Open, both losing to Agnieszka Radwańska with a scoreline of 6–3, 6–4 and 6–3, 6–2, respectively. At the Slams, her best result was reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open, losing to Kim Clijsters 6–3, 6–3.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
She also lost in the quarterfinals of the US Open to Samantha Stosur 6–3, 6–3, the fourth round of the French Open to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–2, and the third round of the Wimbledon to Tsvetana Pironkova 6–2, 6–3. Zvonareva is making her fifth appearance at the Championships. Her best result was reaching the final in 2008.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
Samantha Stosur did not enjoy a successful first half of the year, failing to reach a semifinal of any event until the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in April. She then reached her first final of the year at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, losing to Maria Sharapova 6–2, 6–4, despite having not lost a set before the final. She reached her second final at the Rogers Cup before falling to Serena Williams 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
In September, she became the winner of the US Open after beating the heavy favorite Serena Williams in the final in straight sets 6–2, 6–3, to win her maiden Slam title. She also became the first Australian woman to win a Slam since Evonne Goolagong Cawley won Wimbledon in 1980. She then reached the final of the HP Open losing to Marion Bartoli 6–3, 6–1.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
In the other Slams, she fell in the third rounds of the Australian Open to Petra Kvitová 7–6(7–5), 6–3 and French Open to Gisela Dulko 6–4, 1–6, 6–3, and the first round of the Wimbledon to 262nd ranked Melinda Czink 6–3, 6–4. Stosur is making her second appearance at the event, after the semifinals' appearance in 2010.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
On October 21, Agnieszka Radwańska became the last to qualify after Marion Bartoli withdrew in her quarterfinal match in Kremlin Cup


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska reached three finals in 2011 and won all of them, thus ending her 3 year-title drought. Her first title of the year came in the Mercury Insurance Open, where she defeated top seed Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–4 in the final. In the Asian swing season, she won back-to-back titles in the Toray Pan Pacific Open over Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–2 and the China Open over Andrea Petkovic 7–5, 0–6, 6–4, winning her biggest title so far.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
At the slams, Radwańska was able to reach her fourth slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open losing to eventual champion Kim Clijsters 6–3, 7–6(7–4). However, she fell short in the fourth round of the French Open to Maria Sharapova 7–6(7–4), 7–5, the second rounds of both the Wimbledon to Petra Cetkovská 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4, and the US Open to Angelique Kerber 6–3, 4–6, 6–3. She is making her third appearance, having played as the alternate here in 2008 and 2009.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
The first alternate for the championships is Frenchwomen Marion Bartoli, who has reached 5 finals in the year. She reached her first Premier Mandatory final at the BNP Paribas Open losing to Caroline Wozniacki 6–1, 2–6, 6–3, then lost her next final at the Internationaux de Strasbourg to Andrea Petkovic retiring being down 6–4, 1–0. She then won her first title since 2009 at the Aegon International defeating Petra Kvitová 6–1, 4–6, 7–5. At Wimbledon, she lost to Sabine Lisicki 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–1 in the quarterfinal after upsetting Serena Williams in the previous round.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
On the contrary, she fell to Serena Williams in the final of the Bank of the West Classic. She then won her second title of the year at the 2011 HP Open defeating Samantha Stosur 6–3, 6–1 in the final. At the 2011 French Open, she reached her second career slam semifinal. The second alternate is Andrea Petkovic, who is enjoying her best season so far by cracking the top 10. She won her lone title of the year at the Internationaux de Strasbourg over Marion Bartoli.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Singles
She then reached two other final, at the Brisbane International losing to Petra Kvitová 6–1, 6–3 and the final of the China Open losing to Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 0–6, 6–4 in her first Premier Mandatory final. At the slams she was able to reach the quarterfinals in 3 of the 4 majors excluding Wimbledon.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Doubles
On September 5, Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik became the first doubles team to qualify for the year-end championships.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Doubles
Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik continued their partnership coming to 2011, they also were able to reach the no. 1 ranking in doubles for the first time on July 4, 2011. They were also able to win 6 titles together their first coming in the ASB Classic over the team of Arvidsson & Erakovic 6–3, 6–0. They then won their second title in the Qatar Ladies Open over Huber & Petrova 7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–8].


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Doubles
Their next titles came in back-to-back-to-back winning in Aegon International over Huber & Raymond 6–3, 6–0, in Wimbledon over Lisicki & Stosur 6–3, 6–1 and in the Mercury Insurance Open over Kopz-Jones & Spears 6–0, 6–2. Their triumph in Wimbledon is the team's first Slam title together and their first as individuals in the women's doubles. They then claimed their sixth title at the China Open over Dulko & Pennetta 6–3, 6–4.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Doubles
They also reached three other finals in the Medibank International Sydney losing to Benešová & Záhlavová-Strýcová, in Dubai Tennis Championships falling to Huber & Martínez Sánchez and in the Mutua Madrid Open to Azarenka & Kirilenko. Srebotnik also on the mixed doubles title in the Australian Open with Daniel Nestor. In the other Slams they were able to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open and the quarterfinals of the French Open and US Open.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Doubles
On October 1, Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond became the second team to qualify for the championships.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Doubles
Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond did not start pairing up for doubles until the European clay season as Huber initially paired with Nadia Petrova and Raymond teamed up with Julia Görges. The veteran team then had a great result together, reaching the semifinals of the French Open and the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. They lost their first two finals in the Aegon International losing to Peschke & Srebotnik 6–3, 6–0 and in the Bank of the West Classic losing to Azarenka & Kirilenko 6–1, 6–3.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Doubles
Their first title as a team came in as a gift winning the Rogers Cup over Azarenka & Kirilenko in a walkover. They then claim their first Slam as a team in the US Open over King & Shvedova 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3).


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Doubles
They then collected their third title at the Toray Pan Pacific Open over Dulko & Pennetta 7–6(7–4), 0–6, [10–6]. Huber was also able reach two other finals in the Dubai Tennis Championships with María José Martínez Sánchez winning over Peschke & Srebotnik 7–6(7–5), 6–3 and in the Qatar Ladies Open with Nadia Petrova in a losing effort to Peschke & Srebotnik.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Doubles
On October 11, Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta became the third team to qualify for the championships.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Doubles
Gisela Dulko and Flavia Penetta failed to duplicate their 2010 season winning 6 titles and the championship as they only won one title in the year, but it is their most prestigious  title as a team this coming in the Australian Open beating Azarenka & Kirilenko 2–6, 7–5, 6–1. This marks their first Slam title as team and as individuals. An injury suffered by Dulko prevented the team to collect some points during the mid-season.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Doubles
However, the team performed well during the Asian swing and became the runner-up in both Toray Pan Pacific Open to Huber & Raymond and China Open to Peschke & Srebotnik. In the other Slams they reached the quarterfinals of the French Open and the third round of the US Open. Pennetta also reached another final with Dominika Cibulková at the UNICEF Open losing to Záhlavová-Strýcová & Zakopalová.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Doubles
On October 16, Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova took the last spot over Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Doubles
Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova wasn't able to play together until the BNP Paribas Open due to Shvedova's knee injury. The team weren't able to match up to their 2010 season when they won 2 Slam titles, as they only reached 1 slam final in the US Open losing to Huber & Raymond 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7). They won their first title of the year at the Western & Southern Open winning 6–4, 3–6, [11–9] over Grandin & Uhlířová.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Qualified players, Doubles
They also reached two other finals in a losing effort in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia losing to the Chinese pair of Peng & Zheng 2–6, 3–6 and in the HP Open losing to the Asian pair of Date-Krumm & Zhang in the final 5–7, 6–3, [9–11]. Shvedova was able to win another title with Sania Mirza this time at the Citi Open over Govortsova & Kudryavtseva 6–3, 6–3. King also reached a final with a different partner Anna-Lena Grönefeld at the Monterrey Open losing to Czechs Benešová & Záhlavová-Strýcová.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Groupings
The 2011 edition of the year-end championships featured two former World number ones, four Grand Slam champions, two Grand Slam finalists. Two of them made their debut at the championships. The competitors were divided into two groups representing the colors of the flag of Turkey. The Red group consisted of no. 1 seed Caroline Wozniacki, no. 3 seed Petra Kvitová, no. 6 seed Vera Zvonareva and no. 8 seed Agnieszka Radwańska. The White Group was composed of no. 2 seed Maria Sharapova, no, 4 seed Victoria Azarenka, no. 5 seed Li Na and no. 7 seed Samantha Stosur. Marion Bartoli and Andrea Petkovic served as alternates.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Groupings
In the red group, in their respective records in their group, World no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki was 11–6, Petra Kvitová was 5–6, Vera Zvonareva was 9–9 and Agnieszka Radwańska was 4–8. Leading the group Wozniacki, has a good record in each opponent in her group. She has a positive record against Kvitová, leading the Wimbledon champion 3–1, with their last meeting coming in the third round of the 2010 China Open, with Wozniacki winning 6–3, 6–2 and all their matches were won in straight sets.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Groupings
Against Zvonareva, she has a record of 4–4, with Zvonareva winning their only encounter in 2011 in the final of the Qatar Ladies Open 6–4, 6–4. Against good friend Radwańska, the Dane lead 4–1 winning their last four matches including their only encounter in 2011 at the semifinal of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix 7–5, 6–3, with Radwańska's last win coming in 2007. Zvonareva on the other hand, has close records against Kvitová and Radwańska.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Groupings
Against Kvitová, the Russian leads 3–2 facing each other 3 times in 2011 all won in straight sets, with Zvonerva winning two of them in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and the semifinal of the Toray Pan Pacific Open and lost in the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Groupings
In her match-up against Radwańska, the Russian trails 2–3 with them competing against each other 4 times in 2011 all won in straight sets and the Pole winning their last three encounters – the first in the final of Mercury Insurance Open, the third round of Rogers Cup, and the final of the Toray Pan Pacific Open, Zvonerva's last win came in quarterfinal of the Sony Ericsson Open. In the head-to-head of first time qualifiers. Kvitová and Radwańska, The Czech has won both of their matches including their last match in the quarterfinal of Aegon International 1–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Groupings
In the white group, in their head-to-heads with players within their group, Maria Sharapova was 17–6, Victoria Azarenka was 8–7, Li Na was 7–11, and Samantha Stosur was 5–13. Like Wozniacki, Sharapova has a good record against each members of her group. Against Azarenka, they have split their match-ups with each having 3 wins, and also splitting their match-ups in 2011 with 1 win each, with Azarenka winning in the final of the Sony Ericsson Open and Sharapova winning in the quarterfinal of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Groupings
Against Li, Sharapova leads their head-to-head 5–3, however Li has won their 3 previous meetings in straight sets including the semifinal of the French Open 6–4, 7–5. Against Stosur, Sharapova has a perfect record of 9–0 including 3 straight set wins in the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open, the final of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, and the quarterfinal of the Western & Southern Open. Azarenka, in the other hand has a mixed record against Li and Stosur.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Groupings
She trails Li 1–4, including losing in the fourth round of the Australian Open 6–3, 6–3 and the quarterfinal of the French Open 7–5, 6–2. However, against Stosur, Azarenka has never lost a match and a set winning their four encounters, with their last meeting coming in semifinal of the 2010 Bank of the West Classic with the Belorussian winning 6–2, 6–3.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Groupings
In the match-up between Slam champions Li and Stosur, despite Stosur having lost all matches against Sharapova and Azarenka, she has never lost to Li winning their 5 matches including 3 in 2011 in the semifinal of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, the third rounds of Rogers Cup and Western & Southern Open.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Groupings
The four doubles teams started the semifinals without group play.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Player head-to-head
Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 1
The action in this year's Tour Championships began with the Red Group with Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová and 2008 finalist Vera Zvonareva. Having lost to Zvonareva in straight sets just a few weeks ago in Tokyo, Kvitová had her work cut out for her, but this time it was different - Kvitová hadn't lost an indoor match all year and her huge serve, powerful groundstrokes and strong net play were working like a charm as she raced out to a 6–2, 4–1 lead.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 1
Things got tougher as the unforced errors began to creep into Kvitová's game, and Zvonareva closed the gap to 4–all in the second set; but the No.3-seeded Kvitová broke again for 5–4 and served it out, getting two errors in a row from the No.6-seeded Zvonareva to get to match point then knifing a forehand volley. The series between the two is now knotted at 3–3. Kvitová ended with an even differential, 24 winners to 24 errors; she won 17 of 23 net points (including match point). Zvonareva was −9 (eight winners, 17 errors).


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 1
They were followed by last years finalist Caroline Wozniacki and first time qualifier Agnieszka Radwańska. Wozniacki had her chances in the first set, rallying from 2–4 to 5–4 and holding triple set point with Radwańska falling into a 0–40 hole in the next game; Radwańska snuck that game out and took the first set, Radwańska then started to be bothered by her shoulder injury and started to go for her shots but Wozniacki wouldn't lose her cool, comfortably taking the second set and holding steady from 4–all in the third to close the door on the two-hour, 39-minute marathon.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 1
The last match saw two US champions the 2006 champion Maria Sharapova and the current champion Samantha Stosur. Stosur, the No.7 seed at the year-end finale, turned the tables on one of the most lopsided head-to-heads in the upper echelon of the women's game, coming out like a house on fire then surviving some tense moments to close out a No.2-ranked, No.2-seeded Sharapova in straight sets 6–1, 7–5.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 1
Having lost her last 11 sets in a row to Sharapova, Stosur stormed through the opening set in just 28 minutes, then rallied from 3–0 down in the second set, with Sharapova missing a backhand return on match point. Both players had a similar number of winners throughout the match – Stosur 18, Sharapova 17 – but Sharapova's 30 unforced errors far outweighed Stosur's 17 miscues.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 2
The second day began with Belarus' Victoria Azarenka and Australia's Samantha Stosur, Azarenka lead their head-to-head 4–0. With her intense and relentless barrage of deep, penetrating groundstrokes, the No.4-seeded Azarenka never really let the No.7-seeded Stosur into the match, losing just five points in seven service games and breaking four times in building a 6–2, 5–2 lead. Stosur put up a fight in a 10-minute final game, saving three match points - including two on big inside out forehand winners - but Azarenka wrapped up the one-hour, 17-minute triumph on her fourth match point. In their winners to unforced errors ratio, Stosur was 11–26, Azarenka was 16–13.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 2
The second match saw French Open Champion Li Na making her debut against no. 2 seed Maria Sharapova. Having not won a match since August - she lost first round at her last two events at the US Open and Beijing, and in straight sets too - Li's game came alive at the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships, as her power game clicked against one of the most powerful players in the game.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 2
She rallied from 2–4 to take the first set to a tie-break, where she rallied from 0–4 to take the set; she then held off a late surge from Sharapova in the second set, watching a 5–2 lead close to 5–4 before finally serving out the victory in front of a packed crowd.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 2
Li had been struggling since becoming Asia's first Grand Slam champion at the French Open, going 5–7 in her seven tournaments since – but she had won her last three meetings against Sharapova in straight sets and brought that magic out again, getting just a few more winners in the winners column - 15 to 12. Li is the first Chinese ever to compete in singles at the year-end finale. Later in the day, Sharapova withdrew with a left ankle injury, ending her chance to finish the year at No.1.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 2
The last match of the day came between two former US Open finalists Vera Zvonareva and Caroline Wozniacki, who has split their former 8 matches in half. Zvonareva, the No.6 seed, was the clear aggressor in the match, going for her big groundstrokes – including some particularly impressive backhands – to take the first set in just 35 minutes. Wozniacki broke in the last game of the second set to push the match to a third but Zvonareva came alive again, racing out to a double-break 4–1 lead and barely looking back.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 2
The Russian, who just turned 27 last month, won the last seven points of the match to end it 6–2, 4–6, 6–3. Although both Zvonareva and Wozniacki are known for their strong defensive skills, the Russian's offense really shone through at the Sinan Erdem Dome – she had by far the bigger numbers for the day, 49 winners to 49 unforced errors (Wozniacki finished the match with 13 winners to 18 unforced errors).


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 3
The first match featured white group's Victoria Azarenka and Li Na. Victoria Azarenka was a relentless wall of power at the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships on Thursday, getting revenge for losses at the Australian and French Opens with a commanding 6–2, 6–2 win over Li Na.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 3
Azarenka, who lost to Li in straight sets in the fourth round in Melbourne and in the quarterfinals in Paris - and had actually lost four of the pair's five previous meetings - was sharper in every department against Li this time, controlling most of the rallies with her powerful groundstrokes and sending any of the Chinese trailblazer's own powerful groundstrokes back with added interest. Although Li hit twice as many winners as Azarenka (18 to 9) those were far outweighed by more than twice as many unforced errors (39 to 17). Having beaten Samantha Stosur by an identical scoreline on Wednesday, Azarenka is now 2–0 in the White Group and the first to qualify for the semifinals.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 3
The second match saw top seed Caroline Wozniacki taking on third seed Petra Kvitová. With a swift 6–4, 6–2 win over Caroline Wozniacki, Petra Kvitová not only scored her second win over a reigning No.1, she also got the second spot in the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships semifinals. Kvitová, the No.3 seed, beat the No.1-seeded Wozniacki in style, losing just 17 points in nine service games and breaking Wozniacki three times, including in the first game of each set. The No.3-ranked Czech - just the fourth Czech player ever to rank in the Top 3, after Martina Navratilova, Hana Mandlíková and Jana Novotná - served seven aces in the one-hour, 24-minute victory.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 3
The last match was one of the most enthralling one in tournament so far with Russian Vera Zvonareva taking on Pole Agnieszka Radwańska. Zvonareva wouldn't have just qualified for the semifinals with a victory over Radwańska, she would have snapped a three-match losing streak against her, having lost to her at Carlsbad, Toronto and Tokyo in the last few months - all in straight sets, too. This one would be much different. It took just 35 minutes for the No.6-seeded Zvonareva to win the first set, 6–1; Radwańska, the No.8 seed, retaliated with a 6–2 second set.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 3
An aggressive Zvonareva regrouped and got to double match point at 5–3, 40–15 in the third set but missed down-the-lines on both of those, then lost an extended exchange on her third match point in the same game. She would eventually lose to Radwańska for a fourth straight time, 1–6, 6–2 7–5.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 4
The first match saw two Slam champions between Li Na and Samantha Stosur, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. Samantha Stosur served up a barrage of kick serves and blasted some ferocious forehands to completely confound Li Na in 66 minutes, 6–1, 6–0, improving to 6–0 in the pair's head-to-head series and dealing the Chinese her most lopsided loss on the WTA in almost three and a half years.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 4
Their sixth meeting at the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships on Friday was by far their quickest, as Stosur hit far more winners (15 to 4) and was cleaner on the unforced errors (22 to 32) and basically dominated every department, losing her serve from 30-0 up in the fifth game of the match but otherwise winning every game en route to her easiest victory since Dubai in February.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 4
The second match saw Agnieszka Radwańska trying to advance to the semifinals taking on Petra Kvitová. With Kvitová, Victoria Azarenka and Samantha Stosur already through, Radwańska had to take a set from Kvitová on Friday to become the fourth player into the final four. And that goal didn't seem far away at all as she stormed out to a 5–1 first set lead - but Kvitová suddenly came alive, her power game hitting its mark as she stormed back to take the opening set comfortably in a tie-break.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 4
Although there were a few close moments midway through the second set - she went to six deuces before holding in a marathon game for 4–3 - Kvitová never really looked in trouble again, eventually finishing the match off with a big crosscourt forehand that drew one last backhand error from Radwańska. Whether she was winning or losing, Kvitová seemed to be in complete control of the score against Radwańska - she finished the match with 42 winners to 47 unforced errors, while Radwańska had eight winners to 17 unforced errors.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 4
Kvitová finished first in the Red Group with a bullet, 3–0 in win-loss and 6–0 in sets. Although Zvonareva, Radwańska and Caroline Wozniacki all ended with a 1–2 win–loss record and 3–5 sets won-lost, Zvonareva had the best games won-lost percentage of the three and thus finished second in the Red Group. The semifinals will be Red Group No.1 Kvitová taking on White Group No.2 Stosur, and White Group No.1 Azarenka taking on Red Group No.2 Zvonareva.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Round Robin, Day 4
In the last round robin match of the week on Friday night, Victoria Azarenka took on alternate Marion Bartoli. The result, a 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 win for Bartoli, had no effect on either group's standings. However, Azarenka was accused of tanking the final set of the match, going for winners at the get go and not willing to track down balls.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Semifinals, Day 5
The first singles semifinal match saw white group no. 1 Petra Kvitová and red group no. 2 Samantha Stosur. Kvitová was the only player to make it through the round robin undefeated, but she showed some cracks in her last match on Friday, falling behind 5–1 in the first set before rallying to beat Agnieszka Radwańska in straights.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Semifinals, Day 5
And although she was up an early break she had somewhat of a slowish start again against a confident Stosur, who came back to take the first set and eventually build a 7–5, 1–0 lead, with a break point to go up 7–5, 2–0. Just like she did before, though, Kvitová came alive when she needed to, winning six of the next eight games to take the second set 6–3, then racing ahead 5–0 in the third.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Semifinals, Day 5
Stosur made things exciting at the end by winning three straight games to close to 5–3, but the Wimbledon champion held on, closing out the US Open champion with a love hold 5–7, 6–3, 6–3. Both Kvitová and Stosur finished with clean winners-to-errors differentials (Kvitová 38–39, Stosur 16–18) but the biggest difference came in creating break point opportunities – Kvitová brought up 11 break points (converting on five) while Stosur only got six break points (converting on three).


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Semifinals, Day 5
The second semifinal featured red group no. 1 Victoria Azarenka and white group no. 2 Vera Zvonareva. She broke serve three times in the first set, including once at love. There were some tough moments in the 59-minute second set, including a marathon six-deuce fourth game where Zvonareva defied four break points to hold for 2–all, but Azarenka got a late break and save two break points at the final game and served it out, It is her fourth win in their 10 meetings. Azarenka of Belarus eventually won 6–2, 6–3 Saturday to reach the final of the WTA Championships. The No. 4-ranked Azarenka's solid groundstrokes forced errors from No. 6 Zvonareva, who was never able to gain momentum in the match.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Semifinals, Day 5
In the doubles, Peschke and Srebotnik, the No.1 seeds, were the first team into the final, getting the only break of serve in the first set then rebounding after a second set lapse to beat Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova 6–3, 6–4. Peschke and Srebotnik broke King's serve en route to taking the opening set and built a 3–0 lead in the second, only to lose four straight games; but the momentum swung again and they won three more games of their own to close it out.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Semifinals, Day 5
Huber and Raymond, the No.2 seeds, followed with a 4–6, 6–3, [10–7] victory over Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta, the defending champs at the year-ender. Huber and Raymond not only rallied from a set down to win, they also came back from 3–6 in the match tie-break, Huber hitting winners on four of the last five points of the match (two drop volley winners and two big overheads).


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Finals, Day 6
The first match was the Doubles Final between the top two seeds Květa Peschke & Katarina Srebotnik and Liezel Huber & Lisa Raymond. Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond wrapped up a breakthrough year at the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships, capturing their fourth title in their last six events with a 64 64 win on Sunday over Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik, losing three straight games from 64 31 but regrouping and winning three straight games of their own to finish it. They fell short on their first two match points but Huber closed it out with a backhand volley at Srebotnik's body.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Day-by-day summaries, Finals, Day 6
They were followed on court by the Singles Final between 3rd seed Petra Kvitová and 4th seed Victoria Azarenka, who were battling not only for the championship but for the world no. 2 ranking. Kvitová won 7–5 4–6 6–3, hitting a forehand pass that drew an error on the final point.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Race to the championships, Singles
Those with a gold background have enough points to qualify; with a brown background withdrew.


2011 WTA Tour Championships, Finals, Doubles
Liezel Huber /  Lisa Raymond defeated  Květa Peschke /  Katarina Srebotnik, 6–4, 6–4.


2011 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta did not defend their title. They were eliminated by Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond.


2011 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
The American pair reached the final, which they won against first seeds Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik, 6–4, 6–4.


2011 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but did not qualify for the championships due to an abdominal injury that ended her season prematurely.


2011 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
Petra Kvitová won her first WTA Tour Championship title at her first participation, beating Victoria Azarenka in the final, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3.


2011 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
Li Na also made her debut in the event. Agnieszka Radwańska made her debut as a direct qualifier, after playing two matches as an alternative in 2008 and 2009.


2011 WTA Tour Championships – Singles, Draw, Red Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2011 WTA Tour Championships – Singles, Draw, White Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2011 WWE draft
The 2011 WWE draft was the ninth and final overall WWE draft before the WWE brand extension ended on August 29, produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, which took place on April 25. With a core business of professional wrestling, the corporation held a draft to exchange personnel assigned to one of its two brands (Raw and SmackDown) that are (in terms of storyline) independent brands that represent WWE. The draft aired live on the USA Network on Raw in the United States for two hours in Raleigh, North Carolina from the RBC Center. As a standard for previous drafts, most on-air personnel were eligible to be drafted. A continuation of the draft took place on WWE's official website at 12:00pm Eastern time on the following afternoon.


2011 WWE draft
Matches determined the recipient of draft picks for the television portion of the draft while the continuation of the draft via the Internet was conducted at random. The draft's 30 selections featured 29 wrestlers being exchanged between WWE's two brands. SmackDown received 16 additional members to its roster while Raw received 13. For the first time in draft history, two of the draft picks consisted of the same wrestler (John Cena) being selected to SmackDown with the first pick and back to Raw with the last televised pick.


2011 WWE draft, Background
The Brand Extension storyline was initiated in March 2002, in which WWE's Raw and SmackDown television programs were made into brands (similar to conferences within a league) to which employees were assigned; the ECW brand was additionally involved between 2006 and 2009. Annual drafts have followed since this occurrence, except for in 2003. As with past drafts, the purpose of the 2011 WWE draft was to increase television ratings of WWE programming and refresh the rosters for each brand. The 2011 event was confirmed by the RBC Center in April 2011, with WWE officially announcing it on the April 18 episode of Raw. A USA Network executive had also confirmed the event to occur via a press release on the same day of the WWE announcement.


2011 WWE draft, Background
The 2011 WWE draft would mark the sixth time that only the Raw and SmackDown brands were involved; male and female wrestlers and other WWE personalities from these brands were eligible to be drafted. Unlike sports draft lotteries where players are signed to a team, WWE drafts feature on-air personnel being exchanged between brands. Like all other WWE programs, the draft was run by the WWE management backstage. Championships could be exchanged between brands if the champion was drafted, like with previous drafts; however, the WWE Divas Championship and WWE Tag Team Championship were accessible to both brands and thus had no role in the draft because of their inter-brand availability.


2011 WWE draft, Roster selections
Overall, 29 wrestlers were drafted in 30 selections. Eight selections were made on television (four from each brand) with seven draftees; the online draft featured 22 selections (13 by Raw and nine by SmackDown). Of the 29 drafted personalities, only five were females (all drafted after the televised event). All but one of the draftees were in-ring competitors: Alberto Del Rio's personal ring announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez, came to Raw in the televised draft with Alberto Del Rio in one draft pick. SmackDown obtained the first draft pick by winning the first match, which resulted in the acquisition of John Cena.


2011 WWE draft, Roster selections
Raw obtained their first pick after winning the second match and were able to acquire Rey Mysterio. Cena became the second person to have changed brands twice during the same draft event (the first was Triple H in 2004, who was drafted to SmackDown then traded back to Raw), with Raw reacquiring Cena with the eighth draft pick to conclude the televised portion. Kelly Kelly became the first woman to be drafted overall and was drafted to the Smackdown brand. The draft also featured various wrestlers being selected to a new brand for the first time in their WWE careers, such as Sheamus and Daniel Bryan.


2011 WWE draft, Roster selections, Televised draft
During Raw, matches were held among representatives of the two brands to determine which would receive one or two draft picks. Each match featured one or more wrestlers representing their brand; if a wrestler was drafted earlier in the program, they would represent their new brand. After the matches, a computerized system, which appeared on the Raw stage TitanTron, randomly selected a member from the opposing brand's roster for the winning brand. Unlike the regular Raw production, the lighting in the RBC Center featured red and blue lighting on the audience, like in WWE Superstars, and both programs' logos represented on the TitanTron.


2011 WWE draft, Roster selections, Online draft
WWE announced that the draft would continue to take place over WWE.com on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, beginning at 12:00pm Eastern time.


2011 WWE draft, Response and aftermath
Various WWE wrestlers posted updates on their Twitter accounts (as mentioned during the televised portion of the Draft) regarding their reactions to draft selections. Most of these regarded Raw losing top-tier talent to SmackDown, such as Cena and Orton switching brands. Mark Henry stated that with his recent weight loss, he was more determined to seek a championship reign on SmackDown. Rey Mysterio also was hopeful about his new home and explained that he would represent Raw just as proud as he has for the majority of his WWE career with SmackDown.


2011 WWE draft, Response and aftermath
The first and final pick in the televised event, John Cena, stated how he wanted to make history for 2011 and that it only begun by being the first person to ever be drafted officially first and last. Finally, Big Show was stunned by his selection but looked forward to the transition from broadcast delay to live television.


2011 WWE draft, Response and aftermath
As a result of Sheamus holding the United States Championship, the title would be designated back to SmackDown (though the title would quickly go back to Raw due to Kofi Kingston's victory at Extreme Rules five nights later). Big Show being one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions allowed him to appear on both shows (as did his partner Kane), despite their brand designations. During the time that the Draft was produced, WWE was promoting their annual Extreme Rules pay-per-view event. At the time of production, the matches scheduled were between members of their respective rosters before the draft.


2011 WWE draft, Response and aftermath
These matches (including championships bouts) were scheduled to still take place while being official members to their new brands. As a result of the extra promotion, the April 25 episode of Raw increased viewership from the previous week in terms of adults from 1.6 and 1.7 to 2.0 and 1.9 for the first and second hours, respectively.


2011 WWE draft, Response and aftermath
On the August 29 episode of Raw, it was announced that performers from Raw and SmackDown were no longer exclusive to their respective brand. Subsequentely, championships previously exclusive to one show or the other were available for wrestlers from any show to compete for; this would mark the end of the brand extension, as all programming and live events featured the full WWE roster. In a 2013 interview with Advertising Age, Stephanie McMahon explained that WWE's decision to end the brand extension was due to wanting their content to flow across television and online platforms. However, the brand split was reintroduced in July 2016, when SmackDown began broadcasting live on Tuesdays.


2011 Wagner Seahawks football team
The 2011 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). The Seahawks were led by 31st-year head coach Walt Hameline and played their home games at Wagner College Stadium. Wagner finished the season 4–7 overall and 4–4 in NEC play to tie for fourth place.


2011 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic season
The 2011 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic season was the fourth year that the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic contested the ANZ Championship, and the thirteenth year of their competitive history. Player signings for the Magic were released on 18 August 2010. Five changes were made to the lineup for the 2011, including the loss of Silver Ferns veteran shooter Jodi Brown; Julianna Naoupu from the Steel and Jamilah Gupwell from the Pulse were brought in as cover in the shooting circle.


2011 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic season
Noeline Taurua returned for her ninth year in charge of the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. She was joined by newly appointed assistant coach Margaret Foster, a former Silver Ferns player and Southern Steel assistant coach. Laura Langman retained her position as captain for the Magic. The 2011 season was also the last year in which Hamilton-based home games were held at the Mystery Creek Events Centre. From 2012, Hamilton games will be transferred to the newly renovated Claudeland Arena in the city centre.


2011 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic season
During the 2011 season, the Magic's position as the dominant ANZ Championship franchise in New Zealand was challenged by the Auckland-based Northern Mystics. The Magic finished the round-robin season in second place with a 10–3 win–loss record, which included wins in Australia against the Fever and Thunderbirds. Progressing to the finals stage, the Magic were defeated 50–39 by the Queensland Firebirds in the major semi-final. They hosted the Mystics in the preliminary final, but were defeated 42–43 in a closely fought match, ending their 2011 season in third place.


2011 Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic
The 2011 Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic was held from November 18 to 21 at the Wainwright Curling Club in Wainwright, Alberta as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was CAD$50,000, and the winner of the event, Brent Pierce, received CAD$12,000. The event was held in a triple-knockout format.


2011 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 2011 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Jim Grobe, who was coaching his eleventh season at the school, and played its home games at BB&T Field. Wake Forest competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference, as they have since the league's inception in 1953, and are in the Atlantic Division. They finished the season 6–7, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the Music City Bowl where they were defeated by Mississippi State 17–23.


2011 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Before the season, Recruiting
On National Signing Day, the Demon Deacons received letters of intent from 14 players.


2011 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
2nd meeting. 1–0 all time. Last meeting 2006, 20–10 Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem.


2011 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, NC State
105th meeting. 36–62–6 all time. Last meeting 2010, 38–3 Wolfpack in Raleigh.


2011 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Boston College
19th meeting. 6–10–2 all time. Last meeting 2010, 23–13 Eagles in Winston-Salem.


2011 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Florida State
30th meeting. 5–23–1 all time. Last meeting 2010, 31–0 Seminoles in Tallahassee.


2011 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech
36th meeting. 11–23–1 all time. Last meeting 2010, 52–21 Hokies in Blacksburg.


2011 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Duke
92nd meeting. 36–53–2 all time. Last meeting 2010, 54–48 Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem.


2011 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, North Carolina
104th meeting. 34–67–2 all time. Last meeting 2007, 37–10 Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem.


2011 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Clemson
77th meeting. 17–58–1 all time. Last meeting 2010, 30–10 Tigers in Winston-Salem.


2011 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Maryland
60th meeting. 16–42–1 all time. Last meeting 2010, 62–14 Terrapins in College Park.


2011 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
14th meeting. 6–7 all time. Last meeting 2010, 34–13 Demon Deacons in Nashville.


2011 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
The 2011 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council with an increased majority. After the election, the composition of the council was:


2011 Wales Rally GB
The 2011 Wales Rally GB, formally the 67th Wales Rally of Great Britain, was the thirteenth and final round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 10–13 November, and was based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The rally was also the seventh and final round of the Production World Rally Championship, and the sixth and final round of the WRC Academy. The route returned to the Great Orme stage for the first time in thirty years, as well as the Dyfnant and Dyfi East and West stages for the first time in fifteen years.


2011 Wales Rally GB
Jari-Matti Latvala took his first WRC victory since 2010 Rally Finland, and the fifth of his career, after taking the lead midway through the running on Saturday. With Sébastien Loeb's retirement on Sunday after a collision on a road section, Latvala's eventual winning margin was almost four minutes over Mads Østberg, who matched his best WRC result from Rally Sweden at the beginning of the season. Henning Solberg took his first podium since 2009 Rally Poland after Kris Meeke, who had been challenging Solberg for his first WRC podium, spun on the final stage of the event. Patrik Flodin took the PWRC victory to finish in second place in the class championship, while Craig Breen took the WRC Academy victory, and enough bonus points to win the championship.


2011 Wales Rally GB, Report, WRC Championship
Sébastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen headed into the final round of the championship for the second time in three years as the only drivers that could claim the world title. Loeb held the lead of the championship with 222 points, having won Rally Catalunya, the event prior to Rally GB. Hirvonen was eight points in arrears, with a maximum of 28 points possible on the rally including Power Stage bonus points. Ultimately, the championship was decided during Friday's running when Hirvonen hit a tree stump during the first passing of the Dyfnant stage.


2011 Wales Rally GB, Report, WRC Championship
He was forced to retire from the event after Ford deemed the damage to Hirvonen's Fiesta to be too extensive for him to rejoin. With Hirvonen unable to restart, Loeb claimed his eighth consecutive world title. While running second, 7.5 seconds behind Jari-Matti Latvala, Loeb retired from the event after a head-on collision with a spectator vehicle on the liaison route between the Halfway and Crychan stages on Sunday morning. There were no injuries in the accident.


2011 Wales Rally GB, Report, Support categories
The PWRC title had already been decided prior to the rally, as Hayden Paddon had clinched the title in Australia after four wins from the first four rallies he contested. Paddon did not compete in the class in Great Britain, instead moving to an R4-specification Subaru Impreza. Seven drivers remained within mathematical contention for the runner-up placing, all of whom contested the event. The WRC Academy title was also yet to be decided prior to the rally, with Egon Kaur, Craig Breen and Yeray Lemes the only drivers in contention for the €500,000 scholarship given to the champion. Kaur held a 20-point lead over Breen and a 36-point advantage over Lemes with 42 points on offer. Breen won the event, and with numerous stage wins – including the final five stages – managed to beat Kaur for the championship title, winning it on countback of stage wins.


2011 Wales Rally GB, Results, Power Stage
The "Power stage" was a live, televised 4.36 km (2.71 mi) stage at the end of the rally, held near Builth Wells.


2011 Walker Cup
The 43rd Walker Cup Match was played on 10 and 11 September 2011 at the Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. Team Great Britain and Ireland won 14 to 12.


2011 Walker Cup, Format
On Saturday, there are four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. On Sunday, there are again four matches of foursomes in the morning, followed by ten singles matches (involving every player) in the afternoon. In all, 26 matches are played.


2011 Walker Cup, Format
Each of the 26 matches is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 13½ points wins the competition. In the event of a tie, the previous winner retains the Cup.


2011 Walker Cup, Course
The matches were played on the Balgownie Links of the Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in Aberdeen, Scotland, which is a par 71 course. The club was founded in 1780, and is the sixth-oldest golf club in the world. The club moved to the Balgownie Links in 1888, and has hosted a number of Scottish tournaments (including the Boys Amateur Championship) and the 2005 Senior British Open Championship. The club has one other course, named the Silverburn.


2011 Walker Cup, Teams
Ten players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.


2011 Walker Cup, Teams
Note: World Amateur Golf Ranking as of 4 September 2011.


2011 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2011 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


2011 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election, Background
The council leader Mike Bird was one of the Conservatives who were defending seats at the election, along with a member of his cabinet Barbara McCracken.


2011 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives lose their majority on the council after Labour gained 8 seats, including 5 from the Conservatives. This meant the Conservatives had 28 councillors compared to 26 for Labour, leaving the Liberal Democrats, down one on five seats, holding the balance.


2011 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
Following the election the Conservatives continued to run the council as a minority administration.


2011 Walsh Cup
The 2011 Walsh Cup was a hurling competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA, a team from Connacht GAA and a team from Ulster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship as it also features further education colleges from both Leinster and Connacht and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level. The four losers of the first round enter the Walsh Shield. The winners of the Walsh Cup were Dublin, who defeated Kilkenny in the final, and the winners of the Walsh Shield were Offaly, who defeated Carlow in a replay, following the abandonment on the initial fixture in extra time.


2011 Walsh Cup, Walsh Shield
The Walsh Shield consists of the 4 losing teams from the first round of the Walsh Cup.


2011 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic
The 2011 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic was a preseason soccer tournament held at Walt Disney World's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. The tournament, the second edition of the Pro Soccer Classic, was held from February 24 to 26 and featured three Major League Soccer clubs alongside one USL Pro club.


2011 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic
The tournament was won by FC Dallas, who defeated Houston Dynamo on penalties in the final.


2011 Waltham triple murder
A triple homicide was committed in Waltham, Massachusetts, in the United States, on the evening of September 11, 2011. Brendan Mess, Erik Weissman, and Raphael Teken were murdered in Mess's apartment. All had their throats slit from ear to ear with such great force that they were nearly decapitated. Thousands of dollars' worth of marijuana and money were left covering their mutilated bodies; in all, $5,000 was left in the apartment. The local district attorney said that it appeared that the killer and the victims knew each other, and that the murders were not random.


2011 Waltham triple murder
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the deceased suspect in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, had previously described murder victim Brendan Mess as his best friend, though before Mess was murdered there had been animosity between Tsarnaev and Mess over Mess's "lifestyle". After the bombings and subsequent revelations of Tsarnaev's personal life, the Waltham murders case was reexamined in April 2013 with Tsarnaev as a new suspect.


2011 Waltham triple murder
Authorities said Tsarnaev and his younger brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev may have been responsible for the triple homicide, that forensic evidence connected them to the scene of the killings, and that their cell phone records placed them in the area. While police in the first investigation said that victims were killed on September 12, The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and The Wall Street Journal reported that at least one relative of the victims believes that the killings took place on September 11.


2011 Waltham triple murder
In May 2013, Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old Chechen native and former mixed martial arts fighter who knew Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was shot and killed in Orlando, Florida, by law enforcement officers who had been interviewing him about the Waltham murders as well as the Boston Marathon bombings. The FBI has alleged that just before he was killed, Todashev made statements implicating both himself and Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the Waltham murders – saying that the initial crime was a drug robbery, and the murders were committed to prevent being identified by the victims.


2011 Waltham triple murder, Victims
Three men, Brendan Mess (age 25), Erik Weissman (31) and Raphael Teken (37), were discovered murdered in the early afternoon on September 12, 2011. They were found in Mess's apartment at 12 Harding Avenue in Waltham, Massachusetts.