2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters

2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters
Date10–16 October
Edition3rd
CategoryATP Masters 1000
Draw64S / 32D
Prize money$3,240,000
LocationShanghai, China
VenueQizhong Forest Sports City Arena
Champions
Singles
United Kingdom Andy Murray
Doubles
Belarus Max Mirnyi / Canada Daniel Nestor
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The 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a men's 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, China. This edition was held from 10 October through 16 October 2011. Second-seeded Andy Murray won the singles title.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Singles[1] 1000 600 360 180 90 45 10 25 14 0
Doubles[1] 0 — — — —

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
Singles $620,000 $304,000 $153,000 $77,800 $40,400 $21,300 $11,500 $2,650 $1,350
Doubles $192,000 $94,000 $47,150 $24,200 $12,510 $6,600 — — —

Entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ESP Rafael Nadal 2 1
 GBR Andy Murray 4 2
 ESP David Ferrer 5 3
 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7 4
 USA Mardy Fish 8 5
 CZE Tomáš Berdych 10 6
 ESP Nicolás Almagro 11 7
 FRA Gilles Simon 12 8
 SRB Janko Tipsarević 13 9
 USA Andy Roddick 15 10
 SRB Viktor Troicki 16 11
 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 19 12
  SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 20 13
 AUT Jürgen Melzer 21 14
 GER Florian Mayer 22 15
 ESP Fernando Verdasco 23 16
  • Rankings are as of October 3, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Main article: 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles qualifying

Withdrawals

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles

United Kingdom Andy Murray defeated Spain David Ferrer, 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.[6]

Doubles

Main article: 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles

Belarus Max Mirnyi / Canada Daniel Nestor defeated France Michaël Llodra / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić, 3–6, 6–1, [12–10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Novak Djokovic withdraws from Shanghai Masters after back injury". The Guardian. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Roger Federer pulls out of Shanghai Masters". BBC Sport. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Gasquet également forfait" (in French). Eurosport. 4 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Injured Monfils withdraws from Beijing, Shanghai". The Times of India (in French). 3 October 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Andy Murray to leap-frog Roger Federer in world rankings after beating David Ferrer to win Shanghai". Daily Telegraph. 16 October 2011. Archived from the original on 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.