title: 2011 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships – Women's singles
text: # 2011 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships – Women's singles
  
  Kurumi Nara was the defending champion, but chose not to participate. Chichi Scholl won the final against Amanda Fink 6–1, 6–1.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Melanie Oudin (first round)
  * Alison Riske (quarterfinals)
  * Sloane Stephens (first round)
  * Tetiana Luzhanska (quarterfinals)
  * Julia Cohen (first round)
  * Melinda Czink (first round)
  * Heidi El Tabakh (second round)
  * Zhang Ling (semifinals)
  
  ## Main draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Q | Amanda Fink | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 8 | Zhang Ling | 1 | 4 | | | | |
  | 8 | Zhang Ling | 1 | 4 | Q | Amanda Fink | 1 | 1 |
  | | | | | | Chichi Scholl | 6 | 6 |
  | | Chichi Scholl | 6 | $7^7$ | | Chichi Scholl | 6 | 6 |
  | | Lauren Davis | 2 | $6^3$ | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1/WC | M Oudin | $6^4$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Simmonds | $7^7$ | 2 | 6 | | C Simmonds | $6^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | L Embree | 6 | 6 | | Q | L Embree | $7^7$ | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Patterson | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | C Simmonds | 3 | 5 | | | | |
  | Q | A Fink | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | Q | A Fink | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | | J Boserup | 0 | 5 | | Q | A Fink | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Hendler | 6 | 4 | $6^3$ | 7 | H El Tabakh | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | H El Tabakh | 4 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | Q | A Fink | 6 | 6 |
  | 3 | S Stephens | 2 | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | L Zhang | 1 | 4 |
  | | J Elie | 6 | $7^8$ | | | J Elie | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Nakamura | 6 | 6 | | | A Nakamura | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | MF Álvarez Terán | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | A Nakamura | 4 | 4 | | | | |
  | | A Rolle | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | L Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | Q | H Barte | 4 | 6 | 4 | | A Rolle | 4 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Puig | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | L Zhang | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | L Zhang | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 | M Czink | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Scholl | 6 | 2 | 6 | | C Scholl | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | W-h Hsu | 1 | 3 | | | A Weinhold | 1 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Weinhold | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | C Scholl | 6 | 6 | | | |
  | WC | R Anderson | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | T Luzhanska | 1 | 3 | | | |
  | | A Mueller | 6 | 6 | | | A Mueller | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Falcon | 4 | 4 | | 4 | T Luzhanska | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | T Luzhanska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | C Scholl | 6 | $7^7$ |
  | 5 | J Cohen | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | L Davis | 2 | $6^3$ |
  | Q | G Min | 6 | 6 | | Q | G Min | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | |
  | | L Davis | 4 | 6 | 6 | | L Davis | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | WC | N Gibbs | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | L Davis | 7 | 6 | | | |
  | | M Keys | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 2 | A Riske | 5 | 0 | | | |
  | | L Lee-Waters | 1 | 5 | | | M Keys | 3 | $7^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | |
  | | K Hardebeck | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | A Riske | 6 | $6^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | A Riske | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  