2011 Rafael Nadal tennis season

The 2011 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on January 2 with the start of the 2011 ATP World Tour.

Main article: Rafael Nadal

2011 Rafael Nadal tennis season

Full name	Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera
Country	Spain
Calendar prize money	$7,668,214[1]
Singles
Season record	68–15 (81.9%)
Calendar titles	3
Year-end ranking	No. 2
Ranking change from previous year	1
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	QF
French Open	W
Wimbledon	F
US Open	F
Doubles
Season record	9–5 (64.3%)
Calendar titles	1
Davis Cup
Davis Cup	W
Injuries
Injuries	hamstring injury
Last updated on: October 11, 2013.

Calendar

The January–June tournaments listed on Nadal's calendar at his official site as of 4 January 2011.[2]

Tournament	Country	Type
2011 Capitala World Tennis Championship	Abu Dhabi, UAE	Exhibition
2011 Qatar ExxonMobil Open	Doha, Qatar	ATP World Tour 250 series
2011 Australian Open	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam
2011 Davis Cup		Team events
2011 BNP Paribas Open	Indian Wells, USA	ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2011 Sony Ericsson Open	Miami, USA	ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2011 Davis Cup		Team events
2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters	Monte-Carlo, Monaco	ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell	Barcelona, Spain	ATP World Tour 500 series
2011 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open	Madrid, Spain	ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Rome, Italy	ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2011 French Open	Paris, France	Grand Slam
2011 Aegon Championships	London, United Kingdom	ATP World Tour 250 series
2011 Wimbledon Championships	London, United Kingdom	Grand Slam
2011 Rogers Cup	Montreal, Canada	ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2011 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters	Cincinnati, USA	ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2011 US Open	New York City, USA	Grand Slam
2011 Davis Cup		Team events
2011 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships	Tokyo, Japan	ATP World Tour 500 series
2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters	Shanghai, China	ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2011 BNP Paribas Masters	Paris, France	ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2011 Barclays World Tour Finals	London, England	World Tour Finals
2011 Davis Cup		Team events

Year summary

All matches

Singles

The overall matches count (from 578 to 672) could be misleading since it was copied from the old list, as it also counted byes and walkovers as won matches. Please correct this counter if necessary.

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (Seed or Key)	Rank	Result	Score
Qatar ExxonMobil Open Doha, Qatar ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 3 – 8 January 2011
	1 / 578	1R	Karol Beck	103	Win	6–3, 6–0
	2 / 579	2R	Lukáš Lacko	89	Win	7–6^(7–3), 0–6, 6–3
	3 / 580	QF	Ernests Gulbis (5)	24	Win	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
	4 / 581	SF	Nikolay Davydenko (4)	22	Loss	3–6, 2–6
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 17 – 30 January 2011
	5 / 582	1R	Marcos Daniel	93	Win	6–0, 5–0, retired
	6 / 583	2R	Ryan Sweeting (Q)	116	Win	6–2, 6–1, 6–1
	7 / 584	3R	Bernard Tomic (WC)	199	Win	6–2, 7–5, 6–3
	8 / 585	4R	Marin Čilić (15)	15	Win	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
	9 / 586	QF	David Ferrer (7)	7	Loss	4–6, 2–6, 3–6
Davis Cup, World Group Charleroi, Belgium Davis Cup Hard, indoor 4 – 6 March 2011
	10 / 587	1R R2	Ruben Bemelmans	144	Win	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
	11 / 588	1R R4	Olivier Rochus	115	Win	6–4, 6–2
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 7 – 20 March 2011
	– / 589	1R	Bye
	12 / 590	2R	Rik de Voest (Q)	162	Win	6–0, 6–2
	13 / 591	3R	Ryan Sweeting (Q)	105	Win	6–3, 6–1
	14 / 592	4R	Somdev Devvarman (Q)	84	Win	7–5, 6–4
	15 / 593	QF	Ivo Karlović (PR)	239	Win	5–7, 6–1, 7–6^(9–7)
	16 / 594	SF	Juan Martín del Potro (PR)	90	Win	6–4, 6–4
	17 / 595	F	Novak Djokovic (3)	3	Loss (1)	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 21 March – 3 April 2011
	– / 596	1R	Bye
	18 / 597	2R	Kei Nishikori	62	Win	6–4, 6–4
	19 / 598	3R	Feliciano López	41	Win	6–3, 6–3
	20 / 599	4R	Alexandr Dolgopolov (21)	23	Win	6–1, 6–2
	21 / 600	QF	Tomáš Berdych (7)	7	Win	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
	22 / 601	SF	Roger Federer (3)	3	Win	6–3, 6–2
	23 / 602	F	Novak Djokovic (2)	2	Loss (2)	6–4, 3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 11 – 17 April 2011
	– / 603	1R	Bye
	24 / 604	2R	Jarkko Nieminen	59	Win	6–2, 6–2
	25 / 605	3R	Richard Gasquet (13)	18	Win	6–2, 6–4
	26 / 606	QF	Ivan Ljubičić	40	Win	6–1, 6–3
	27 / 607	SF	Andy Murray (3/WC)	4	Win	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
	28 / 608	W	David Ferrer (4)	6	Win (1)	6–4, 7–5
Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell Barcelona, Spain ATP Tour 500 Clay, outdoor 18 – 24 April 2011
	– / 609	1R	Bye
	29 / 610	2R	Daniel Gimeno Traver	60	Win	6–1, 6–1
	30 / 611	3R	Santiago Giraldo	54	Win	6–3, 6–1
	31 / 612	QF	Gaël Monfils (7)	9	Win	6–2, 6–2
	32 / 613	SF	Ivan Dodig	56	Win	6–3, 6–2
	33 / 614	W	David Ferrer (4)	6	Win (2)	6–2, 6–4
Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 2 – 8 May 2011
	– / 615	1R	Bye
	34 / 616	2R	Marcos Baghdatis	24	Win	6–1, 6–3
	– / 617	3R	Juan Martín del Potro	32	Walkover	N/A
	35 / 618	QF	Michaël Llodra	27	Win	6–2, 6–2
	36 / 619	SF	Roger Federer (3)	3	Win	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
	37 / 620	F	Novak Djokovic (2)	2	Loss (3)	5–7, 4–6
Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 9 – 15 May 2011
	– / 621	1R	Bye
	38 / 622	2R	Paolo Lorenzi (Q)	148	Win	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–0
	39 / 623	3R	Feliciano López	40	Win	6–4, 6–2
	40 / 624	QF	Marin Čilić	23	Win	6–1, 6–3
	41 / 625	SF	Richard Gasquet (16)	16	Win	7–5, 6–1
	42 / 626	F	Novak Djokovic (2)	2	Loss (4)	4–6, 4–6
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 23 May – 5 June 2011
	43 / 627	1R	John Isner	39	Win	6–4, 6–7^(2–7), 6–7^(2–7), 6–2, 6–4
	44 / 628	2R	Pablo Andújar	48	Win	7–5, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
	45 / 629	3R	Antonio Veić (Q)	227	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–0
	46 / 630	4R	Ivan Ljubičić	37	Win	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
	47 / 631	QF	Robin Söderling (5)	5	Win	6–4, 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)
	48 / 632	SF	Andy Murray (4)	4	Win	6–4, 7–5, 6–4
	49 / 633	W	Roger Federer (3)	3	Win (3)	7–5, 7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 6–1
Aegon Championships London, United Kingdom ATP Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 6 – 12 June 2011
	– / 634	1R	Bye
	50 / 635	2R	Matthew Ebden (Q)	168	Win	6–4, 6–4
	51 / 636	3R	Radek Štěpánek	57	Win	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
	52 / 637	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5)	19	Loss	7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 1–6
The Championships, Wimbledon London, United Kingdom Grand Slam tournament Grass, outdoor 20 June – 3 July 2011
	53 / 638	1R	Michael Russell	90	Win	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
	54 / 639	2R	Ryan Sweeting	69	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
	55 / 640	3R	Gilles Müller (WC)	92	Win	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5), 6–0
	56 / 641	4R	Juan Martín del Potro (24)	21	Win	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4
	57 / 642	QF	Mardy Fish (10)	9	Win	6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
	58 / 643	SF	Andy Murray (4)	4	Win	5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
	59 / 644	F	Novak Djokovic (2)	2	Loss (5)	4–6, 1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 8 – 14 August 2011
	– / 645	1R	Bye
	60 / 646	2R	Ivan Dodig	41	Loss	6–1, 6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(5–7)
Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 15 – 21 August 2011
	– / 647	1R	Bye
	61 / 648	2R	Julien Benneteau (Q)	112	Win	6–4, 7–5
	62 / 649	3R	Fernando Verdasco	21	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(11–9)
	63 / 650	QF	Mardy Fish (7)	7	Loss	3–6, 4–6
US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 29 August – 11 September 2011
	64 / 651	1R	Andrey Golubev	98	Win	6–3, 7–6^(7–1), 7–5
	65 / 652	2R	Nicolas Mahut	99	Win	6–2, 6–2, retired
	66 / 653	3R	David Nalbandian	76	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–1, 7–5
	67 / 654	4R	Gilles Müller	68	Win	7–6^(7–1), 6–1, 6–2
	68 / 655	QF	Andy Roddick (21)	21	Win	6–2, 6–1, 6–3
	69 / 656	SF	Andy Murray (4)	4	Win	6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
	70 / 657	F	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Loss (6)	2–6, 4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 1–6
Davis Cup, World Group Córdoba, Spain Davis Cup Clay, outdoor 16 – 18 September 2011
	71 / 658	SF R1	Richard Gasquet	15	Win	6–3, 6–0, 6–1
	72 / 659	SF R4	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	10	Win	6–0, 6–2, 6–4
Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 3 – 9 October 2011
	73 / 660	1R	Go Soeda (WC)	118	Win	6–3, 6–2
	74 / 661	2R	Milos Raonic	30	Win	7–5, 6–3
	75 / 662	QF	Santiago Giraldo	53	Win	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
	76 / 663	SF	Mardy Fish (4)	8	Win	7–5, 6–1
	77 / 664	F	Andy Murray (2)	4	Loss (7)	6–3, 2–6, 0–6
Shanghai Rolex Masters Shanghai, China ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 10 – 16 October 2011
	– / 665	1R	Bye
	78 / 666	2R	Guillermo García López	53	Win	6–3, 6–2
	79 / 667	3R	Florian Mayer (15)	23	Loss	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals London, United Kingdom ATP Finals Hard, indoor 21 – 27 November 2011
	80 / 668	RR	Mardy Fish (8)	8	Win	6–2, 3–6, 7–6^(7–3)
	81 / 669	RR	Roger Federer (4)	4	Loss	3–6, 0–6
	82 / 670	RR	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6)	6	Loss	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 3–6
Davis Cup, World Group Seville, Spain Davis Cup Clay, indoor 2 – 4 December 2011
	83 / 671	W R1	Juan Mónaco	26	Win	6–1, 6–1, 6–2
	84 / 672	W R4	Juan Martín del Potro	11	Win	1–6, 6–4, 6–1, 7–6^(7–0)

Source (ATP)

Doubles

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents (Seed or Key)	Ranks	Result	Score
Qatar ExxonMobil Open Doha, Qatar ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 3 – 8 January 2011 Partner: Marc López
	1	1R	David Marrero / Pere Riba	#40 / #108	Win	6–3, 7–5
	2	QF	Mohammad Al-Ghareeb / Mubarak Zaid (WC)	– / –	Win	6–2, 6–0
	3	SF	Teymuraz Gabashvili / Philipp Kohlschreiber	#237 / #197	Win	6–4, 6–4
	4	W	Daniele Bracciali / Andreas Seppi	#58 / #86	Win (1)	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 7 – 20 March 2011 Partner: Marc López
	5	1R	Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (4)	#10 / #9	Win	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–2)
	6	2R	Marin Čilić / Ivo Karlović	#208 / #320	Win	6–4, 6–4
	7	QF	Lukáš Dlouhý / Paul Hanley	#11 / #33	Win	7–5, 6–7^(3–7), [10–7]
	8	SF	Roger Federer / Stanislas Wawrinka	#335 / #500	Loss	5–7, 3–6
Aegon Championships London, United Kingdom ATP Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 6 – 12 June 2011 Partner: Marc López
	9	1R	Thomaz Bellucci / André Sá	#340 / #68	Win	7–6^(8–6), 6–2
	10	2R	Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău (7)	#16 / #13	Loss	6–7^(3–7), retired
Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 8 – 14 August 2011 Partner: Marc López
	11	1R	Tomáš Berdych / Florian Mayer	#220 / #136	Loss	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 15 – 21 August 2011 Partner: Marc López
	12	1R	Janko Tipsarević / Viktor Troicki	#61 / #78	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(2–7), [10–5]
	13	2R	Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (3)	#6 / #8	Loss	4–6, 2–6
Shanghai Rolex Masters Shanghai, China ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 10 – 16 October 2011 Partner: Marc López
	14	1R	Christopher Kas / Alexander Peya	#31 / #21	Loss	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]

See also

• 2011 Roger Federer tennis season
• 2011 Novak Djokovic tennis season

References

1. El patrimonio de Rafael Nadal
2. "Rafa's 2011 Calendar". The Official Rafa Nadal Website. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.