2011 Rafael Nadal tennis season

2011 Rafael Nadal tennis season

Name	Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera
Country	Spain
Calendar prize money	$7,668,214
Singles
Season record	68-15 (81.93%)
Calendar titles	3
Year-end ranking	No. 2
Ranking change from previous year	1
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF
French Open	W
Wimbledon	F
US Open	F
Doubles
Season record	9-5 (64.29%)
Calendar titles	1
Davis Cup
Davis Cup	W
Injuries
Injuries	N/A
Last updated on: October 11, 2013.

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.^[1]

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

Match	Tournament	Start Date	Type	I/O	Surf.	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
578	Doha	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Karol Beck	#103	Win	6–3, 6–0
579	Doha	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Lukáš Lacko	#89	Win	7–6^(7–3), 0–6, 6–3
580	Doha	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Ernests Gulbis	#24	Win	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
581	Doha	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	#22	Loss	6–3, 6–2
582	Australian Open	1/16	GS	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Marcos Daniel	#93	Win	6–0, 5–0, RET
583	Australian Open	1/16	GS	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Ryan Sweeting	#116	Win	6–2, 6–1, 6–1
584	Australian Open	1/16	GS	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Bernard Tomic	#199	Win	6–2, 7–5, 6–3
585	Australian Open	1/16	GS	Outdoor	Hard	4R	Marin Čilić	#15	Win	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
586	Australian Open	1/16	GS	Outdoor	Hard	QF	David Ferrer	#7	Loss	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
587	Davis Cup, Charleroi	3/04	Davis Cup	Indoor	Hard	RR	Ruben Bemelmans	#144	Win	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
588	Davis Cup, Charleroi	3/04	Davis Cup	Indoor	Hard	RR	Olivier Rochus	#115	Win	6–4, 6–2
589	Indian Wells Masters	3/10	1000	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Bye
590	Indian Wells Masters	3/10	1000	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Rik de Voest	#162	Win	6–0, 6–2
591	Indian Wells Masters	3/10	1000	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Ryan Sweeting (2)	#105	Win	6–3, 6–1
592	Indian Wells Masters	3/10	1000	Outdoor	Hard	4R	Somdev Devvarman	#84	Win	7–5, 6–4
593	Indian Wells Masters	3/10	1000	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Ivo Karlović	#239	Win	5–7, 6–1, 7–6^(9–7)
594	Indian Wells Masters	3/10	1000	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Juan Martín del Potro	#90	Win	6–4, 6–4
595	Indian Wells Masters	3/10	1000	Outdoor	Hard	F	Novak Djokovic	#3	Loss	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
596	Miami Masters	3/23	1000	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Bye
597	Miami Masters	3/23	1000	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Kei Nishikori	#62	Win	6–4, 6–4
598	Miami Masters	3/23	1000	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Feliciano López	#41	Win	6–3, 6–3
599	Miami Masters	3/23	1000	Outdoor	Hard	4R	Alexandr Dolgopolov	#23	Win	6–1, 6–2
600	Miami Masters	3/23	1000	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Tomáš Berdych	#7	Win	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
601	Miami Masters	3/23	1000	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Roger Federer	#3	Win	6–3, 6–2
602	Miami Masters	3/23	1000	Outdoor	Hard	F	Novak Djokovic (2)	#2	Loss	4–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
603	Monte Carlo Masters	4/10	1000	Outdoor	Clay	1R	Bye
604	Monte Carlo Masters	4/10	1000	Outdoor	Clay	2R	Jarkko Nieminen	#59	Win	6–2, 6–2
605	Monte Carlo Masters	4/10	1000	Outdoor	Clay	3R	Richard Gasquet	#18	Win	6–2, 6–4
605	Monte Carlo Masters	4/10	1000	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Ivan Ljubičić	#40	Win	6–1, 6–3
605	Monte Carlo Masters	4/10	1000	Outdoor	Clay	SF	Andy Murray	#4	Win	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
606	Monte Carlo Masters	4/10	1000	Outdoor	Clay	W	David Ferrer (2)	#6	Win	6–4, 7–5
607	Barcelona	4/18	500	Outdoor	Clay	1R	Bye
608	Barcelona	4/18	500	Outdoor	Clay	2R	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	#60	Win	6–1, 6–1
609	Barcelona	4/18	500	Outdoor	Clay	3R	Santiago Giraldo	#54	Win	6–3, 6–1
610	Barcelona	4/18	500	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Gaël Monfils	#9	Win	6–2, 6–2
611	Barcelona	4/18	500	Outdoor	Clay	SF	Ivan Dodig	#56	Win	6–3, 6–2
612	Barcelona	4/18	500	Outdoor	Clay	W	David Ferrer	#6	Win	6–2, 6–4
613	Madrid Masters	5/1	1000	Outdoor	Clay	1R	Bye
614	Madrid Masters	5/1	1000	Outdoor	Clay	2R	Marcos Baghdatis	#24	Win	6–1, 6–3
615	Madrid Masters	5/1	1000	Outdoor	Clay	3R	Juan Martín del Potro (2)	#32	Win	Walkover
615	Madrid Masters	5/1	1000	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Michaël Llodra	#27	Win	6–2, 6–2
616	Madrid Masters	5/1	1000	Outdoor	Clay	SF	Roger Federer (2)	#3	Win	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
617	Madrid Masters	5/1	1000	Outdoor	Clay	F	Novak Djokovic (3)	#2	Loss	7–5, 6–4
618	Rome Masters	5/8	1000	Outdoor	Clay	1R	Bye
619	Rome Masters	5/8	1000	Outdoor	Clay	2R	Paolo Lorenzi	#148	Win	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–0
620	Rome Masters	5/8	1000	Outdoor	Clay	3R	Feliciano López (2)	#40	Win	6–4, 6–2
621	Rome Masters	5/8	1000	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Marin Čilić (2)	#23	Win	6–1, 6–3
622	Rome Masters	5/8	1000	Outdoor	Clay	SF	Richard Gasquet (2)	#16	Win	7–5, 6–1
623	Rome Masters	5/8	1000	Outdoor	Clay	F	Novak Djokovic (4)	#2	Loss	6–4, 6–4
624	Roland Garros	5/22	GS	Outdoor	Clay	1R	John Isner	#39	Win	6–4, 6–7^(2–7), 6–7^(2–7), 6–2, 6–4
625	Roland Garros	5/22	GS	Outdoor	Clay	2R	Pablo Andújar	#48	Win	7–5 6–3 7–6^(7–4)
626	Roland Garros	5/22	GS	Outdoor	Clay	3R	Antonio Veić	#227	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–0
627	Roland Garros	5/22	GS	Outdoor	Clay	4R	Ivan Ljubičić (2)	#37	Win	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
628	Roland Garros	5/22	GS	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Robin Söderling	#5	Win	6–4 6–1 7–6^(7–3)
629	Roland Garros	5/22	GS	Outdoor	Clay	SF	Andy Murray (2)	#4	Win	6–4, 7–5, 6–4
630	Roland Garros	5/22	GS	Outdoor	Clay	W	Roger Federer (3)	#3	Win	7–5, 7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 6–1
631	Queen's Club	6/06	250	Outdoor	Grass	1R	Bye
632	Queen's Club	6/06	250	Outdoor	Grass	2R	Matthew Ebden	#168	Win	6–4, 6–4
633	Queen's Club	6/06	250	Outdoor	Grass	3R	Radek Štěpánek	#57	Win	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
634	Queen's Club	6/06	250	Outdoor	Grass	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	#19	Loss	6–7^(3–7), 6–4, 6–1
635	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	1R	Michael Russell	#90	Win	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
635	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	2R	Ryan Sweeting (3)	#69	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
636	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	3R	Gilles Müller	#92	Win	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–5), 6–0
637	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	4R	Juan Martín del Potro (3)	#21	Win	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4
638	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	QF	Mardy Fish	#9	Win	6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
639	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	SF	Andy Murray (3)	#4	Win	5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
640	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	F	Novak Djokovic (5)	#2	Loss	6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3
641	Canada Masters	8/8	1000	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Bye
642	Canada Masters	8/8	1000	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Ivan Dodig	#41	Loss	1–6, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–5)
643	Cincinnati Masters	8/14	1000	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Bye
644	Cincinnati Masters	8/14	1000	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Julien Benneteau	#112	Win	6–4, 7–5
645	Cincinnati Masters	8/14	1000	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Fernando Verdasco	#21	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(11–9)
646	Cincinnati Masters	8/14	1000	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Mardy Fish	#7	Loss	3–6, 4–6
647	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Andrey Golubev	#98	Win	6–3, 7–6^(7–1), 7–5
648	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Nicolas Mahut	#99	Win	6–2, 6–2, RET
649	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	3R	David Nalbandian	#76	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–1, 7–5
650	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	4R	Gilles Müller (2)	#68	Win	7–6^(7–1), 6–1, 6–2
651	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Andy Roddick	#21	Win	6–2, 6–1, 6–3
652	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Andy Murray (4)	#4	Win	6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
653	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	F	Novak Djokovic (6)	#1	Loss	2–6, 4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 1–6
654	Tokyo	10/3	500	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Go Soeda	#118	Win	6–3, 6–2
655	Tokyo	10/3	500	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Milos Raonic	#30	Win	7–5, 6–3
656	Tokyo	10/3	500	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Santiago Giraldo (2)	#53	Win	7–6^(8–6),6-3
657	Tokyo	10/3	500	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Mardy Fish (2)	#8	Win	7–5, 6–1
658	Tokyo	10/3	500	Outdoor	Hard	F	Andy Murray	#4	Loss	6–3, 2–6, 0–6
659	Shanghai Masters	10/9	1000	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Bye
660	Shanghai Masters	10/9	1000	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Guillermo García-López	#53	Win	6–3, 6–2
661	Shanghai Masters	10/9	1000	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Florian Mayer	#23	Loss	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
662	ATP World Tour Finals	11/20	YEC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Mardy Fish (3)	#8	Win	6-2, 3-6, 7-6^(7/3)
663	ATP World Tour Finals	11/20	YEC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Roger Federer	#4	Loss	3-6, 0-6
664	ATP World Tour Finals	11/20	YEC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2)	#6	Loss	6-7^(2/7), 6-4, 3-6
665	Davis Cup, Seville	12/2	Davis Cup	Indoor	Clay	F	Juan Mónaco	#26	Win	6–1, 6–1, 6–2
666	Davis Cup, Seville	12/2	Davis Cup	Indoor	Clay	F	Juan Martín del Potro (4)	#11	Win	1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6^(7–0)

Doubles

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents (Seed or Key)	Ranks	Result	Score
Qatar ExxonMobil Open Doha, Qatar ATP World 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 World 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 World 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 World 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 World 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 World 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. "Rafa's 2011 Calendar". The Official Rafa Nadal Website. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.