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
World Tennis Championship the actual tour events, as a warm-up exhibition for the top players, similar to the AAMI Classic in Melbourne. The inaugural Capitala World Tennis Championship took place from January 1 to January 3, 2009, with Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Roddick and James Blake taking part. Murray won the event, defeating Blake, Federer, and then-World No. 1 Nadal in the final. As of October 2009, Federer, Nadal and Davydenko announced they would return for the 2010 edition, with Stanislas Wawrinka, David Ferrer and Robin Söderling completing the field. Nadal went one further this time, defeating compatriot