It was the 19th edition of the Open GDF Suez (formerly known as the Open Gaz de France) and was a Premier tournament on the 2011 WTA Tour.
Suez Canal | Australian Open | French Open | Open University | open source | U.S. Open | Suez Crisis | Wacken Open Air | Suez | The Open Championship | U.S. Open (tennis) | All England Open Badminton Championships | U.S. Open (golf) | Open Source | Open-pit mining | 2006 Australian Open | Open Software Foundation | Indira Gandhi National Open University | Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup | 2005 Australian Open – Men's Singles | U.S. Women's Open | open access | Gerry Weber Open | Swedish Open | Suez Canal Company | International GT Open | Federal Open Market Committee | 2014 Australian Open – Men's Singles | 2008 Australian Open – Men's Singles#Finals | WTA German Open |
The top four seeds were Serena Williams, the 2009 Australian Open champion, Dinara Safina, the 2009 Australian Open runner-up, Jelena Janković, a former World No. 1, and Elena Dementieva, the runner-up at the recent Open GDF SUEZ tournament in Paris.