The 2011 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions took place at the Bali International Convention Centre from 3–6 November 2011.

The singles draw saw eight women qualify from the year, with the top four ranked players seeded.

The other four players were randomly drawn against them in a straight knockout event, with the tournament starting in the quarterfinals.

[2] The total prize money for the 2011 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions is 600,000 United States dollars.

The 8 highest-ranked players who have captured at least one International tournament during the year and who are not participating in singles at the year-end WTA Championships in Istanbul will qualify for the event.

On September 30, it was announced that defending champion, Ana Ivanovic, was awarded the first wildcard of the tournament.

The Frenchwoman reached five finals in the year, winning two in the Aegon International over Petra Kvitová, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5, and the HP Open over Samantha Stosur, 6–3, 6–1, earning her a spot in the championships.

She lost in the finals of the BNP Paribas Open to Caroline Wozniacki, the Internationaux de Strasbourg to Andrea Petkovic, and the Bank of the West Classic to Serena Williams.

She also barely missed originally qualifying for the WTA Tour Championships, but filled in for Maria Sharapova when she sprained her ankle.

She also won two titles in the year, the Aegon Classic over Daniela Hantuchová, 6–3, 6–2, and in the Texas Tennis Open over Aravane Rezaï, 6–2, 6–1, which made her qualify for the event.

Her titles were all international events, which was her pass to the event, winning in the Barcelona Ladies Open over Lucie Hradecká, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, the UNICEF Open over Jelena Dokić, 6–7(7–9), 6–3, 7–5, and the Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix, defeating Irina-Camelia Begu, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4.

She claimed major upsets across the year, including defeating Caroline Wozniacki, her first win against a reigning world no.

The Serb endured a horror 2011 season, being the only one not to reach a final in the field and only made it to two semifinals in the Aegon Classic and the Mercury Insurance Open.

Day 1 In the first match of the tournament, Nadia Petrova upset second-seed and wildcard Peng Shuai.

Petrova lost her serve on four occasions but managed to break her Chinese opponent seven times to win in straight sets, 6–4, 6–3.

Bartoli had taken the first set and was 5–2 down in the second before battling back to force a tiebreak and holding two match points.

Having fallen down 4–0 in the decider, and sustaining a mid-back injury since the second-set, Lisicki retired, allowing the Spaniard to advance to her biggest final of the year.

Earlier in the day Nadia Petrova claimed third place when Sabine Lisicki withdrew from their match before it began.