2011 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries 2011 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries The 2011 Australian Open was a tennis tournament held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia from 17 January to 30 January 2011. It was the 99th edition of the Australian Open and the first Grand Slam event of 2011. The tournament was played on hard courts and was organised by the International Tennis Federation and Tennis Australia. The women's singles competition was won by Kim Clijsters, and the men's singles by Novak Djokovic. The second day saw both Nadal and Murray win when their opponents retired. There was also a win for wildcard Bernard
2011 Australian Open beat Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor in the final set. This set up a final against the Bryan Brothers who won in straight sets over Butorac and Rojer. In the championship match the Bryan Brothers won in straight sets for their third title in a row. This was also the Bryan Brothers tenth Men's Doubles Grand Slam title leaving them one behind the Woodies (Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde) all time grand slam record of 11 titles. Championship match result The 2011 women's doubles competition was wide open with no team in the field having previously won a grand slam.