2011 US Open – Men's Singles

Men's Singles
2011 US Open
Champion	Novak Djokovic
Runner-up	Rafael Nadal
Final score	6–2, 6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 6–1

Novak and Rafa

Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but was defeated in the final by Novak Djokovic with a score of 6–2, 6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 6–1. Djokovic claimed his first US Open title, his third Grand Slam of the year, and his fourth Grand Slam overall.^[1][2][3]

Seeds

1. Novak Djokovic (Champion)
2. Rafael Nadal (Final)
3. Roger Federer (Semifinals)
4. Andy Murray (Semifinals)
5. David Ferrer (Fourth round)
6. Robin Söderling (withdrew because of illness)
7. Gaël Monfils (Second round)
8. Mardy Fish (Fourth round)
9. Tomáš Berdych (Third round, retired because of a right shoulder injury)
10. Nicolás Almagro (First round)
11. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Quarterfinals)
12. Gilles Simon (Fourth round)
13. Richard Gasquet (Second round)
14. Stanislas Wawrinka (Second round)
15. Viktor Troicki (First round)
16. Mikhail Youzhny (First round)
17. Jürgen Melzer (Second round)
18. Juan Martín del Potro (Third round)
19. Fernando Verdasco (Third round)
20. Janko Tipsarević (Quarterfinals, retired because of a left thigh injury)
21. Andy Roddick (Quarterfinals)
22. Alexandr Dolgopolov (Fourth round)
23. Radek Štěpánek (Second round, retired because of a right shoulder injury)
24. Juan Ignacio Chela (Third round)
25. Feliciano López (Third round)
26. Florian Mayer (Third round)
27. Marin Čilić (Third round)
28. John Isner (Quarterfinals)
29. Michaël Llodra (Second round)
30. Ivan Ljubičić (Second round)
31. Marcel Granollers (Third round, retired because of an abdominal injury)
32. Ivan Dodig (First round)

Qualifying

Main draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

Detail from final (Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal)

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Novak Djokovic	7^7	6^3	6	3
	20	Janko Tipsarević	6^2	7^7	0	0^r
										1	Novak Djokovic	6^7	4	6	6	7
										3	Roger Federer	7^9	6	3	2	5
	3	Roger Federer	6	6	6
	11	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	4	3	3
																			1	Novak Djokovic	6	6	6^3	6
																			2	Rafael Nadal	2	4	7^7	1
	28	John Isner	5	4	6	6^2
	4	Andy Murray	7	6	3	7^7
										4	Andy Murray	4	2	6	2
										2	Rafael Nadal	6	6	3	6
	21	Andy Roddick	2	1	3
	2	Rafael Nadal	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	1	N Djokovic	6	5
	Q	C Niland	0	1	r					1	N Djokovic	6	6	6
		P Riba	5	0	1						C Berlocq	0	0	2
		C Berlocq	7	6	6														1	N Djokovic	6	6	6
		P Starace	6	4	6	6														N Davydenko	3	4	2
		M Berrer	4	6	3	2					P Starace	2	4	5
		N Davydenko	6^6	6	6	2	6				N Davydenko	6	6	7
	32	I Dodig	7^8	3	0	6	2																					1	N Djokovic	7^16	6	6
	22	A Dolgopolov	6	6	7																							22	A Dolgopolov	6^14	4	2
		F Gil	4	2	5					22	A Dolgopolov	6	7	2	5	6
		K Nishikori	4	2^r							F Cipolla	0	5	6	7	4
		F Cipolla	6	6															22	A Dolgopolov	6^4	6	6	6
	PR	I Karlović	6	6	7^7														PR	I Karlović	7^7	2	4	4
	PR	F González	4	4	6^3					PR	I Karlović	6	6	2	7^7
		S Stakhovsky	4	4	0					13	R Gasquet	4	2	6	6^4
	13	R Gasquet	6	6	6

Section 2

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	9	T Berdych	6	7^7	6
	Q	R Jouan	2	6^4	1					9	T Berdych	7	6	6
		F Fognini	5	6	7^7	6					F Fognini	5	0	0
		H Zeballos	7	4	6^5	4													9	T Berdych	4	0^r
		P Petzschner	7	6^2	6	6^5	6												20	J Tipsarević	6	5
		A Ramos	5	7^7	3	7^7	3				P Petzschner	0	3	6	3
	Q	A Gensse	2	5	0					20	J Tipsarević	6	6	3	6
	20	J Tipsarević	6	7	6																							20	J Tipsarević	7	6^3	7	6
	31	M Granollers	6	6	6																								JC Ferrero	5	7^7	5	2
		X Malisse	4	4	4					31	M Granollers	7	6	6
		M Kukushkin	7	6	3	7^7					M Kukushkin	5	3	4
		A Montañés	5	2	6	6^5													31	M Granollers	1	3^r
		P Andújar	6	5	7	1	3													JC Ferrero	6	4
		JC Ferrero	1	7	5	6	6				JC Ferrero	7^7	5	6^5	6	6
		G Dimitrov	6^4	3	4					7	G Monfils	6^5	7	7^7	4	4
	7	G Monfils	7^7	6	6

Section 3

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	3	R Federer	6	6	6
		S Giraldo	4	3	2					3	R Federer	6	6	6
		D Sela	4	2	6	6	6				D Sela	3	2	2
		T Bellucci	6	6	4	3	0												3	R Federer	6	4	6	6
	Q	M Yani	3	4	4														27	M Čilić	3	6	4	2
		B Tomic	6	6	6						B Tomic	1	0	2
	WC	R Harrison	2	5	6^6					27	M Čilić	6	6	6
	27	M Čilić	6	7	7^8																							3	R Federer	6	6	6
	23	R Štěpánek	6	6	6																								J Mónaco	1	2	0
		P Kohlschreiber	4	1	3					23	R Štěpánek	4	1	0^r
		J Mónaco	7^7	6	6						J Mónaco	6	6	2
		A Seppi	6^1	2	2															J Mónaco	6^3	6	6	6
	PR	T Haas	6	6	6^5	6													PR	T Haas	7^7	3	2	3
	Q	J Dasnières de Veigy	3	4	7^7	1				PR	T Haas	7^7	6	7
		A Falla	3	6	4	7	7				A Falla	6^5	1	5
	15	V Troicki	6	3	6	5	5

Section 4

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	11	J-W Tsonga	6	6	6
		Y-h Lu	4	4	4					11	J-W Tsonga	6	7	6
		A Haider-Maurer	3	2	6	4				Q	S Bubka	3	5	2
	Q	S Bubka	6	6	3	6													11	J-W Tsonga	6	7	6
	Q	M İlhan	6	6	1														19	F Verdasco	3	5	4
	Q	F Dancevic	3	2	0^r					Q	M İlhan	4	3	1
		J Nieminen	6	4	1	4				19	F Verdasco	6	6	6
	19	F Verdasco	3	6	6	6																						11	J-W Tsonga	6	6^5	3	6	6
	29	M Llodra	6	4	4	6	6																					8	M Fish	4	7^7	6	4	2
		V Hănescu	2	6	6	3	2			29	M Llodra	1	2	2
		K Anderson	6	6	6						K Anderson	6	6	6
	Q	G Soeda	1	3	0															K Anderson	4	6^4	6^3
	Q	M Jaziri	4	6	6	6													8	M Fish	6	7^7	7^7
		T de Bakker	6	1	4	2				Q	M Jaziri	2	2	4
		T Kamke	2	2	1					8	M Fish	6	6	6
	8	M Fish	6	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	LL	R Dutra da Silva	6	3	6	1
	Q	L Sorensen	0	6	4	0^r				LL	R Dutra da Silva	4	3	5
		A Bogomolov Jr.	4	4	6	7^7	6				A Bogomolov Jr.	6	6	7
	WC	S Johnson	6	6	3	6^3	3													A Bogomolov Jr.	6^9	4	4
	WC	R Ginepri	6	6	6^5	6													28	J Isner	7^11	6	6
	Q	J Souza	3	4	7^7	1				WC	R Ginepri	4	3	4
		M Baghdatis	6^2	6^11	6	4				28	J Isner	6	6	6
	28	J Isner	7^7	7^13	2	6																						28	J Isner	7^7	3	7^7	7^7
	18	JM del Potro	6	6	6																							12	G Simon	6^2	6	6^2	6^4
		F Volandri	3	1	1					18	JM del Potro	6	6	7
		D Junqueira	6								D Junqueira	2	1	5
		K Beck	2^r																18	JM del Potro	6	6^5	2	6^3
		G García-López	6	1	7^7	4	7^7												12	G Simon	4	7^7	6	7^7
		D Gimeno-Traver	3	6	6^1	6	6^4				G García-López	4	7^7	5	3
		R Mello	6	3	4	6	4			12	G Simon	6	6^4	7	6
	12	G Simon	3	6	6	3	6

Section 6

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	14	S Wawrinka	3	6	6	6
		M González	6	4	1	3				14	S Wawrinka	6^7	6	6	3	6^1
	WC	D Young	6	6	6					WC	D Young	7^9	3	2	6	7^7
	LL	L Lacko	4	2	4														WC	D Young	7	6	6
		D Tursunov	7^7	6	5	1	6^0												24	JI Chela	5	4	3
		S Darcis	6^4	4	7	6	7^7				S Darcis	2	4	4
	WC	M Matosevic	1^r							24	JI Chela	6	6	6
	24	JI Chela	3																									WC	D Young	2	3	3
	25	F López	6	6	6																							4	A Murray	6	6	6
		T Ito	2	4	4					25	F López	5	6	7^7	7^7
	Q	V Pospisil	6	6	6					Q	V Pospisil	7	4	6^3	6^5
		L Rosol	1	2	1														25	F López	1	4	2
		R Machado	0	4	4														4	A Murray	6	6	6
		R Haase	6	6	6						R Haase	7^7	6	2	0	4
		S Devvarman	6^5	2	3					4	A Murray	6^5	2	6	6	6
	4	A Murray	7^7	6	6

Section 7

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	5	D Ferrer	2	6	6	6
		I Andreev	6	3	0	4				5	D Ferrer	6	6	6
		J Blake	6	6	4	6					J Blake	4	3	4
	Q	J Huta Galung	4	2	6	4													5	D Ferrer	6	6	7^7
		O Rochus	6^5	2	4														26	F Mayer	1	2	6^2
	Q	J-R Lisnard	7^7	6	6					Q	J-R Lisnard	2	5	2
		A Mannarino	2	0	1					26	F Mayer	6	7	6
	26	F Mayer	6	6	6																							5	D Ferrer	3	4	6	3
	21	A Roddick	6	6	4	7																						21	A Roddick	6	6	3	6
		M Russell	2	4	6	5				21	A Roddick	6	6	6
	WC	J Sock	6	6	1	6				WC	J Sock	3	3	4
		M Gicquel	4	3	6	4													21	A Roddick	6	6	7^7
		D Istomin	3	7	6	7^7													WC	J Benneteau	1	4	6^5
		R Sweeting	6	5	4	6^4					D Istomin	4	4	4
	WC	J Benneteau	6	6	6					WC	J Benneteau	6	6	6
	10	N Almagro	2	4	3

Section 8

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	16	M Youzhny	2	4	4
		E Gulbis	6	6	6						E Gulbis	6	6^4	4	6^5
		É Roger-Vasselin	6^5	4	4						G Müller	3	7^7	6	7^7
		G Müller	7^7	6	6															G Müller	6	6	6
		M Bachinger	6	6	1	4	4													I Kunitsyn	1	4	4
		I Kunitsyn	2	1	6	6	6				I Kunitsyn	3	6	1	6	7^7
		É Prodon	2	6^4	2					17	J Melzer	6	3	6	2	6^5
	17	J Melzer	6	7^7	6																								G Müller	6^1	1	2
	30	I Ljubičić	7^7	3	6	7																						2	R Nadal	7^7	6	6
		B Kavčič	6^5	6	1	5				30	I Ljubičić	4	6	3	2
	WC	B Reynolds	6	3	4	3					D Nalbandian	6	1	6	6
		D Nalbandian	4	6	6	6														D Nalbandian	6^5	1	5
		N Mahut	3	6^4	6	6	6												2	R Nadal	7^7	6	7
	Q	R Farah	6	7^7	2	4	0				N Mahut	2	2^r
		A Golubev	3	6^1	5					2	R Nadal	6	6
	2	R Nadal	6	7^7	7

References

1. "Novak Djokovic claims U.S. Open crown". ESPN. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
2. "Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in epic final". BBC Sport. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
3. "Brilliant Djokovic makes it a treble as he beats Nadal in memorable US Open final". Daily Mail. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

External links

• Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 2011 US Open Men's Singles draw