2011 BNP Paribas Masters explained

The 2011 BNP Paribas Masters, also known as the Paris Masters, was an ATP World Tour professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 39th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place in Paris, France between 7 and 13 November 2011. Third-seeded Roger Federer won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2011 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles. Roger Federer defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)

• It was Federer's 3rd title of the year and 69th of his career. It was his 1st Masters of the year and 18th of his career. He became the only player to reach the final of all 9 Masters events.^[1]

Doubles

See main article: 2011 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles. Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi defeated Julien Benneteau / Nicolas Mahut, 6–2, 6–4

Points and prize money

Points

width=150	Stage	width=200	Singles^[2]	width=200	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

width=150	Stage	width=200	Singles	width=200	Doubles
Champion	€454,000	€134,500
Runner up	€0	€63,400
Semifinals	€106,500	€32,000
Quarterfinals	€55,500	€16,400
Round of 16	€29,155	€8,540
Round of 32	€15,320	€4,550
Round of 64	€8,040	–
Qualifying final round	€1,825
Qualifying first round	€925

ATP entrants

Seeds

width=70	Country	width=175	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Serbia	Novak Djokovic	1	1
United Kingdom	Andy Murray	3	2
	Roger Federer	4	3
Spain	David Ferrer	5	4
Czech Republic	Tomáš Berdych	7	5
France	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	8	6
	Mardy Fish	9	7
France	Gaël Monfils	10	8
Spain	Nicolás Almagro	11	9
France	Gilles Simon	12	10
Serbia	Janko Tipsarević	13	11
Argentina	Juan Martín del Potro	14	12
	Andy Roddick	15	13
Ukraine	Alexandr Dolgopolov	16	14
Serbia	Viktor Troicki	17	15
France	Richard Gasquet	18	16

• ¹ Rankings are as of 31 October 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Julien Benneteau
• Jérémy Chardy
• Adrian Mannarino

The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:

• Kei Nishikori

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

See main article: 2011 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles qualifying.

• Santiago Giraldo
• Philipp Kohlschreiber
• Nicolas Mahut
• Andreas Seppi
• Sergiy Stakhovsky
• Donald Young

The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:

• Igor Kunitsyn

Withdrawals

• Rafael Nadal (training)^[3]
• Robin Söderling (mononucleosis)^[4]
• Jürgen Melzer (back injury)^[5]
• Ivan Ljubičić
• Juan Ignacio Chela^[6]
• Juan Martín del Potro (shoulder injury)^[7]

External links

• Official website
• ATP tournament profile
• ITF tournament edition details

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roger Federer takes Paris Masters title. 13 November 2011. ESPN.
2. Web site: Rankings explained. atpworldtour.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20110110061359/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Rankings-FAQ.aspx. 10 January 2011 . live.
3. Web site: tennis.com. Miller Publishing Group LLC.. Santa Monica, California, United States. Nadal pulls out of Paris to focus on London, Cup. Associated Press. 2 November 2011.
4. Web site: tennis.com. Miller Publishing Group LLC.. Santa Monica, California, United States. Soderling pulls out of Stockholm, Bercy. Associated Press. 15 October 2011.
5. Web site: tennis.com. Miller Publishing Group LLC.. Santa Monica, California, United States. Melzer to skip Basel, Bercy due to ailing back. Associated Press. 31 October 2011.
6. Web site: Chela no jugará el Masters París-Bercy. Spanish. Chela won't play at the Paris-Bercy Masters. 2 November 2011. ESPN.
7. Web site: atpworldtour.com. Paris, France. Del Potro's London Hopes End With Paris Withdrawal. ATP staff. 6 November 2011.