2011 Rafael Nadal tennis season

2011 Rafael Nadal tennis season
Singles
Full name	Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera
Country	Spain
Calendar prize money	$7,668,214^[1]
Season record	69–15 (82.1%)
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.
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The 2011 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on January 2 with the start of the 2011 ATP World Tour.

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, United States	ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2011 Sony Ericsson Open	Miami, United States	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, United States	ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2011 US Open	New York City, United States	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

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 / 574	1R	Karol Beck	103	Win	6–3, 6–0
	2 / 575	2R	Lukáš Lacko	89	Win	7–6^(7–3), 0–6, 6–3
	3 / 576	QF	Ernests Gulbis (5)	24	Win	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
	4 / 577	SF	Nikolay Davydenko (4)	22	Loss	3–6, 2–6

Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 17 – 30 January 2011
	5 / 578	1R	Marcos Daniel	93	Win	6–0, 5–0, retired
	6 / 579	2R	Ryan Sweeting (Q)	116	Win	6–2, 6–1, 6–1
	7 / 580	3R	Bernard Tomic (WC)	199	Win	6–2, 7–5, 6–3
	8 / 581	4R	Marin Čilić (15)	15	Win	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
	9 / 582	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 / 583	1R R2	Ruben Bemelmans	144	Win	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
	11 / 584	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
	–	1R	Bye
	12 / 585	2R	Rik de Voest (Q)	162	Win	6–0, 6–2
	13 / 586	3R	Ryan Sweeting (Q)	105	Win	6–3, 6–1
	14 / 587	4R	Somdev Devvarman (Q)	84	Win	7–5, 6–4
	15 / 588	QF	Ivo Karlović (PR)	239	Win	5–7, 6–1, 7–6^(9–7)
	16 / 589	SF	Juan Martín del Potro (PR)	90	Win	6–4, 6–4
	17 / 590	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
	–	1R	Bye
	18 / 591	2R	Kei Nishikori	62	Win	6–4, 6–4
	19 / 592	3R	Feliciano López	41	Win	6–3, 6–3
	20 / 593	4R	Alexandr Dolgopolov (21)	23	Win	6–1, 6–2
	21 / 594	QF	Tomáš Berdych (7)	7	Win	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
	22 / 595	SF	Roger Federer (3)	3	Win	6–3, 6–2
	23 / 596	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
	–	1R	Bye
	24 / 597	2R	Jarkko Nieminen	59	Win	6–2, 6–2
	25 / 598	3R	Richard Gasquet (13)	18	Win	6–2, 6–4
	26 / 599	QF	Ivan Ljubičić	40	Win	6–1, 6–3
	27 / 600	SF	Andy Murray (3/WC)	4	Win	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
	28 / 601	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
	–	1R	Bye
	29 / 602	2R	Daniel Gimeno Traver	60	Win	6–1, 6–1
	30 / 603	3R	Santiago Giraldo	54	Win	6–3, 6–1
	31 / 604	QF	Gaël Monfils (7)	9	Win	6–2, 6–2
	32 / 605	SF	Ivan Dodig	56	Win	6–3, 6–2
	33 / 606	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
	–	1R	Bye
	34 / 607	2R	Marcos Baghdatis	24	Win	6–1, 6–3
	–	3R	Juan Martín del Potro	32	Walkover	N/A
	35 / 608	QF	Michaël Llodra	27	Win	6–2, 6–2
	36 / 609	SF	Roger Federer (3)	3	Win	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
	37 / 610	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
	–	1R	Bye
	38 / 611	2R	Paolo Lorenzi (Q)	148	Win	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–0
	39 / 612	3R	Feliciano López	40	Win	6–4, 6–2
	40 / 613	QF	Marin Čilić	23	Win	6–1, 6–3
	41 / 614	SF	Richard Gasquet (16)	16	Win	7–5, 6–1
	42 / 615	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 / 616	1R	John Isner	39	Win	6–4, 6–7^(2–7), 6–7^(2–7), 6–2, 6–4
	44 / 617	2R	Pablo Andújar	48	Win	7–5, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
	45 / 618	3R	Antonio Veić (Q)	227	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–0
	46 / 619	4R	Ivan Ljubičić	37	Win	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
	47 / 620	QF	Robin Söderling (5)	5	Win	6–4, 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)
	48 / 621	SF	Andy Murray (4)	4	Win	6–4, 7–5, 6–4
	49 / 622	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
	–	1R	Bye
	50 / 623	2R	Matthew Ebden (Q)	168	Win	6–4, 6–4
	51 / 624	3R	Radek Štěpánek	57	Win	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
	52 / 625	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 / 626	1R	Michael Russell	90	Win	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
	54 / 627	2R	Ryan Sweeting	69	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
	55 / 628	3R	Gilles Müller (WC)	92	Win	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5), 6–0
	56 / 629	4R	Juan Martín del Potro (24)	21	Win	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4
	57 / 630	QF	Mardy Fish (10)	9	Win	6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
	58 / 631	SF	Andy Murray (4)	4	Win	5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
	59 / 632	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
	–	1R	Bye
	60 / 633	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
	–	1R	Bye
	61 / 634	2R	Julien Benneteau (Q)	112	Win	6–4, 7–5
	62 / 635	3R	Fernando Verdasco	21	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(11–9)
	63 / 636	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 / 637	1R	Andrey Golubev	98	Win	6–3, 7–6^(7–1), 7–5
	65 / 638	2R	Nicolas Mahut	99	Win	6–2, 6–2, retired
	66 / 639	3R	David Nalbandian	76	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–1, 7–5
	67 / 640	4R	Gilles Müller	68	Win	7–6^(7–1), 6–1, 6–2
	68 / 641	QF	Andy Roddick (21)	21	Win	6–2, 6–1, 6–3
	69 / 642	SF	Andy Murray (4)	4	Win	6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
	70 / 643	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 / 644	SF R1	Richard Gasquet	15	Win	6–3, 6–0, 6–1
	72 / 645	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 / 646	1R	Go Soeda (WC)	118	Win	6–3, 6–2
	74 / 647	2R	Milos Raonic	30	Win	7–5, 6–3
	75 / 648	QF	Santiago Giraldo	53	Win	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
	76 / 649	SF	Mardy Fish (4)	8	Win	7–5, 6–1
	77 / 650	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
	–	1R	Bye
	78 / 651	2R	Guillermo García López	53	Win	6–3, 6–2
	79 / 652	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 / 653	RR	Mardy Fish (8)	8	Win	6–2, 3–6, 7–6^(7–3)
	81 / 654	RR	Roger Federer (4)	4	Loss	3–6, 0–6
	82 / 655	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 / 656	W R1	Juan Mónaco	26	Win	6–1, 6–1, 6–2
	84 / 657	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 / 136	1R	David Marrero / Pere Riba	#40 / #108	Win	6–3, 7–5
	2 / 137	QF	Mohammad Al-Ghareeb / Mubarak Zaid (WC)	– / –	Win	6–2, 6–0
	3 / 138	SF	Teymuraz Gabashvili / Philipp Kohlschreiber	#237 / #197	Win	6–4, 6–4
	4 / 139	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 / 140	1R	Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (4)	#10 / #9	Win	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–2)
	6 / 141	2R	Marin Čilić / Ivo Karlović	#208 / #320	Win	6–4, 6–4
	7 / 142	QF	Lukáš Dlouhý / Paul Hanley	#11 / #33	Win	7–5, 6–7^(3–7), [10–7]
	8 / 143	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 / 144	1R	Thomaz Bellucci / André Sá	#340 / #68	Win	7–6^(8–6), 6–2
	10 / 145	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 / 146	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 / 147	1R	Janko Tipsarević / Viktor Troicki	#61 / #78	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(2–7), [10–5]
	13 / 148	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 / 149	1R	Christopher Kas / Alexander Peya	#31 / #21	Loss	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]

References

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

External links

Official website (in Spanish)
ATP tour profile

Rafael Nadal

Entourage

Miguel Ángel Nadal (uncle)
Toni Nadal (uncle and former coach, 1990-2017)
Francisco Roig (former coach, 2005–2022)
Carlos Moyá (coach, 2017–current)
Marc López (coach, 2022–current)
Gustavo Marcaccio (coach, 2023–current)

Career

Rivalries

Year-end No. 1

Seasons

Notable matches

Grand Slam titles

Australian Open	2009 2022
French Open	2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022
Wimbledon	2008 2010
US Open	2010 2013 2017 2019

Year-end Championships

ATP Finals	-

ATP Masters titles

Indian Wells Open	2007 2009 2013
Miami Open	-
Monte-Carlo Masters	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2016 2017 2018
Italian Open	2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2012 2013 2018 2019 2021
Hamburg → Madrid Open	2008_(H) 2010 2013 2014 2017
Canadian Open	2005_(M) 2008_(T) 2013_(M) 2018_(T) 2019_(M)
Cincinnati Open	2013
Madrid → Shanghai Masters	2005_(M)
Paris Masters	-

National representation

Olympics	2008 2016 (Doubles)
Davis Cup	2004 2008 2009 2011 2019
Hopman Cup	Nil
Laver Cup	2017 2019

Rafael Nadal's official website

v t e 2011 ATP World Tour « 2010 2012 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Monte Carlo (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Shanghai (S, D) Paris (S, D)
ATP World Tour 500 series	Rotterdam (S, D) Memphis (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Washington (S, D) Beijing (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Valencia (S, D) Basel (S, D)
ATP World Tour 250 series	Brisbane (S, D) Chennai (S, D) Doha (S, D) Sydney (S, D) Auckland (S, D) Johannesburg (S, D) Zagreb (S, D) Santiago (S, D) San Jose (S, D) Costa do Sauípe (S, D) Buenos Aires (S, D) Marseille (S, D) Delray Beach (S, D) Casablanca (S, D) Houston (S, D) Munich (S, D) Belgrade (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Nice (S, D) London (S, D) Halle (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Newport (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Atlanta (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) Umag (S, D) Kitzbühel (S, D) Winston-Salem (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Metz (S, D) Bangkok (S, D) Kuala Lumpur (S, D) Stockholm (S, D) Moscow (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Vienna (S, D)
Team events	Davis Cup World Team Cup
ATP World Tour Finals, London (S, D)

v t e 2011 in tennis
Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Men	ATP World Tour ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour Finals, London ATP Challenger Tour ATP Challenger Tour Finals, São Paulo ITF Men's Circuit
Women	WTA Tour WTA Tournament of Champions, Bali WTA Championships, Istanbul ITF Women's Circuit
Team events	Davis Cup (World Group) Fed Cup (World Group) Hopman Cup World Team Cup
Other events	All-Africa Games European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Games of the Small States of Europe Island Games Pacific Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Parapan American Games Southeast Asian Games Summer Universiade

v t e Men's tennis player seasons: 2010–2019
2010	Federer Nadal Djokovic
2011	Federer Nadal Djokovic
2012	Federer Nadal Djokovic Murray
2013	Federer Nadal Djokovic Murray
2014	Federer Nadal Djokovic Murray Wawrinka Čilić
2015	Federer Nadal Djokovic Murray Wawrinka
2016	Federer Nadal Djokovic Murray Wawrinka
2017	Federer Nadal Djokovic Murray Wawrinka
2018	Federer Nadal Djokovic del Potro
2019	Federer Nadal Djokovic