2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters
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The 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000
event on the 2011 ATP World Tour
. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai
, People's Republic of China
. This edition was held from October 10 to October 16, 2011.
Li Zhe David Nalbandian
Zhang Ze
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Stéphane Bohli
Matthew Ebden
Ryan Harrison Marsel İlhan
Lu Yen-hsun
Albert Ramos Donald Young
Novak Djokovic
(ruptured back muscle) Roger Federer
(fatigue) Richard Gasquet
(elbow injury) John Isner
(illness) Gaël Monfils
(knee injury) Robin Söderling
(mono)
Andy Murray def. 
David Ferrer
, 7–5, 6–4
Max Mirnyi
/
Daniel Nestor
def.
Michaël Llodra
/
Nenad Zimonjić
, 3–6, 6–1, [12–10]
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 is a series of nine tennis tournaments that are part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America and Asia...
event on the 2011 ATP World Tour
2011 ATP World Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2011 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World...
. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. This edition was held from October 10 to October 16, 2011.
Points
| Stage | Singles | Doubles |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | 1000 | |
| Runner up | 600 | |
| Semifinals | 360 | |
| Quarterfinals | 180 | |
| Round of 16 | 90 | |
| Round of 32 | 45 | 0 |
| Round of 64 | 10 | - |
| Qualifier | 25 | |
| Qualifying Final Round | 14 | |
Prize Money
| Stage | Singles | Doubles |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | $ 620,000 | $ 192,000 |
| Runner up | $ 304,000 | $ 94,000 |
| Semifinals | $ 153,000 | $ 47,150 |
| Quarterfinals | $ 77,800 | $ 24,200 |
| Round of 16 | $ 40,400 | $ 12,510 |
| Round of 32 | $ 21,300 | $ 6,600 |
| Round of 64 | $11,500 | - |
| Qualifying Final Round | $ 2,650 | |
| Qualifying First Round | 1,350 |
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain |
Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals... |
2 | 1 |
| United Kingdom |
Andy Murray | 4 | 2 |
| Spain |
David Ferrer David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000... |
5 | 3 |
| France |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 7 | 4 |
 United States |
Mardy Fish Mardy Fish Mardy Simpson Fish is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist... |
8 | 5 |
 Czech Republic |
Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005... |
10 | 6 |
| Spain |
Nicolás Almagro Nicolás Almagro Nicolas Almagro Sanchez Rolle is a professional Spanish tennis player, ranked 10 on the ATP World Tour.-2005:... |
11 | 7 |
| France |
Gilles Simon Gilles Simon Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour... |
12 | 8 |
| Serbia |
Janko Tipsarević Janko Tipsarevic Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high ranking is No. 9, achieved on 14 November 2011. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10.... |
13 | 9 |
| United States |
Andy Roddick Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish.... |
15 | 10 |
| Serbia |
Viktor Troicki Viktor Troicki Viktor Troicki is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has Serb and Russian ethnic roots. His paternal grandparents emigrated from Tver and Rostov-on-Don to Serbia in 1917. His career-high ranking is no. 12, achieved on 6 June 2011. He won his first ATP singles title at the 2010 Kremlin Cup,... |
16 | 11 |
 Ukraine |
Alexandr Dolgopolov | 19 | 12 |
 Switzerland |
Stanislas Wawrinka Stanislas Wawrinka Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot... |
20 | 13 |
 Austria |
Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but... |
21 | 14 |
 Germany |
Florian Mayer Florian Mayer Florian Mayer is a German professional tennis player. He plays on both the ATP Tour and the Challenger Tour. He has won nine Challenger events, which has helped him stay in the top 50 on the rankings.... |
22 | 15 |
| Spain |
Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight... |
23 | 16 |
- Rankings are as of October 3, 2011.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Gong MaoxinGong Maoxin
Gong Maoxin , is a professional male tennis player.-Doubles: 3 :- External links :* * *...
Li Zhe David Nalbandian
David Nalbandian
David Pablo Nalbandian is an Argentine professional tennis player and former world no. 3. He was runner-up at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships and the winner of the Tennis Masters Cup in 2005.-Biography:...
Zhang Ze
Zhang Ze
Zhang Ze is a Chinese male tennis player.-External links:...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Stéphane Bohli
Stéphane Bohli
Stéphane Bohli is a professional tennis player from Switzerland.-Doubles: 1 :-Challengers Wins:-External links:* Official Website of Stéphane Bohli...
Matthew Ebden
Matthew Ebden
Matthew Ebden is an Australian professional tennis player who is currently ranked the World No. 80, making him the second highest ranked Australian behind Bernard Tomic...
Ryan Harrison Marsel İlhan
Marsel Ilhan
Marsel İlhan is a Turkish tennis player, ranked No. 1 in Turkey and No. 109, as of October 10th, 2011, in the world...
Lu Yen-hsun
Lu Yen-hsun
Lu Yen-hsun is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. He goes by the nickname Rendy. As of November 1, 2010, Lu is ranked #33 in the world and #1 in Asia. His favorite surface is hardcourt.- Junior career:...
Albert Ramos Donald Young
Withdrawals
Juan Martín del PotroJuan Martin Del Potro
Juan Martín del Potro is an Argentine professional tennis player. Del Potro achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on October 6, 2008. In January 2010, he reached a career-high ranking of world no. 4...
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
(ruptured back muscle) Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
(fatigue) Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
(elbow injury) John Isner
John Isner
John Robert Isner is an American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high rank of no. 18 on July 5, 2010, and has been as high as the second-ranked American tennis player behind Andy Roddick...
(illness) Gaël Monfils
Gaël Monfils
Gaël Sébastien Monfils is a French professional tennis player. he was the highest-ranked French tennis player, ranked no. 7 in the world ATP rankings. He was the runner-up at the Paris Masters in 2009 and 2010 and a semifinalist at the 2008 French Open.-2002:In 2002, Monfils finished 24th at the...
(knee injury) Robin Söderling
Robin Söderling
Robin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 13 in the ATP rankings. Söderling reached successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010...
(mono)
Singles
Andy Murray def. David FerrerDavid Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
, 7–5, 6–4
- It was Murray's 5th title of the year and 21st of his career. It was his 2nd Masters of the year and 8th of his career. He defended his title.
Doubles
Max MirnyiMax Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...
/
Daniel NestorDaniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
def.
Michaël LlodraMichaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra is a French professional tennis player. He is a prolific doubles player with three Grand Slam championships, and has also had success in singles.-Life and career:...
/
Nenad ZimonjićNenad Zimonjic
Nenad Zimonjić is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3 in men's doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No.1, after Slobodan Živojinović.-Career:...
, 3–6, 6–1, [12–10]