2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters Explained

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	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles^[1]	1000	600	360	180	90	45	10	25	14	0
Doubles						0

Prize money

width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9	Event	width=80 bgcolor=lime	W	width=85 bgcolor=thistle	F	width=85 bgcolor=ffff00	SF	width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd	QF	width=85 bgcolor=afeeee	Round of 16	width=85 bgcolor=afeeee	Round of 32	width=85 bgcolor=afeeee	Round of 64	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
style=background:#ededed	Singles	$620,000	$304,000	$153,000	$77,800	$40,400	$21,300	$11,500	$2,650	$1,350
style=background:#ededed	Doubles	$192,000	$94,000	$47,150	$24,200	$12,510	$6,600

Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Spain	Rafael Nadal	2	1
United Kingdom	Andy Murray	4	2
Spain	David Ferrer	5	3
France	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7	4
	Mardy Fish	8	5
Czech Republic	Tomáš Berdych	10	6
Spain	Nicolás Almagro	11	7
France	Gilles Simon	12	8
Serbia	Janko Tipsarević	13	9
	Andy Roddick	15	10
Serbia	Viktor Troicki	16	11
Ukraine	Alexandr Dolgopolov	19	12
	Stanislas Wawrinka	20	13
Austria	Jürgen Melzer	21	14
	Florian Mayer	22	15
Spain	Fernando Verdasco	23	16

• Rankings are as of October 3, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• • Gong Maoxin Li Zhe
• David Nalbandian
• Zhang Ze

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

See main article: 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles qualifying.

• Stéphane Bohli
• Matthew Ebden
• Ryan Harrison
• Marsel İlhan
• Lu Yen-hsun
• Albert Ramos
• Donald Young

Withdrawals

• Juan Martín del Potro
• Novak Djokovic (ruptured back muscle)^[2]
• Roger Federer (fatigue)^[3]
• Richard Gasquet (elbow injury)^[4]
• John Isner (illness)
• Gaël Monfils (knee injury)^[5]
• Robin Söderling (mono)

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles. Andy Murray defeated 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

See main article: 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles. Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor defeated Michaël Llodra / Nenad Zimonjić, 3–6, 6–1, [12–10]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rankings explained. 25 February 2013. atpworldtour.com.
2. Web site: Novak Djokovic withdraws from Shanghai Masters after back injury. The Guardian. 7 October 2011. 9 October 2011.
3. Web site: Roger Federer pulls out of Shanghai Masters. BBC Sport. 23 September 2011. 9 October 2011.
4. Web site: Gasquet également forfait. Eurosport. 4 October 2011. 9 October 2011. French. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005061336/http://www.eurosport.fr/tennis/shanghai-rolex-masters/2011/gasquet-egalement-forfait_sto2976797/flashnews.shtml. 2011-10-05. dead.
5. Web site: Injured Monfils withdraws from Beijing, Shanghai. The Times of India. 3 October 2011. 9 October 2011. French.
6. Web site: Andy Murray to leap-frog Roger Federer in world rankings after beating David Ferrer to win Shanghai. https://web.archive.org/web/20111017111431/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/8829978/Andy-Murray-to-leap-frog-Roger-Federer-in-world-rankings-after-beating-David-Ferrer-to-win-Shanghai.html. dead. 17 October 2011. 16 October 2011. Daily Telegraph. 17 October 2011.