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. 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. On October 16, Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova took the last spot over Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko. 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. 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. 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.