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 EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1 Singles100060036018090451025140 Doubles0
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1 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 SeedRafael Nadal 2 1Andy Murray 4 2David Ferrer 5 3Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7 4Mardy Fish 8 5Tomáš Berdych 10 6Nicolás Almagro 11 7Gilles Simon 12 8Janko Tipsarević 13 9Andy Roddick 15 10Viktor Troicki 16 11Alexandr Dolgopolov 19 12Stanislas Wawrinka 20 13Jürgen Melzer 21 14Florian Mayer 22 15Fernando 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:
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) Roger Federer (fatigue) Richard Gasquet (elbow injury) John Isner (illness) Gaël Monfils (knee injury) Robin Söderling (mono)
Finals
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.
Doubles
Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor defeated Michaël Llodra / Nenad Zimonjić, 3–6, 6–1, [12–10]
References
External links Official website