2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters

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.

2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters
Date	10–16 October
Edition	3rd
Category	ATP Masters 1000
Draw	64S / 32D
Prize money	$3,240,000
Location	Shanghai, China
Venue	Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena
Champions
Singles
Andy Murray
Doubles
Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles[1]	1000	600	360	180	90	45	10	25	14	0
Doubles[1]						0	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q2	Q1
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	Seed
ESP	Rafael Nadal	2	1
GBR	Andy Murray	4	2
ESP	David Ferrer	5	3
FRA	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7	4
USA	Mardy Fish	8	5
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	10	6
ESP	Nicolás Almagro	11	7
FRA	Gilles Simon	12	8
SRB	Janko Tipsarević	13	9
USA	Andy Roddick	15	10
SRB	Viktor Troicki	16	11
UKR	Alexandr Dolgopolov	19	12
SUI	Stanislas Wawrinka	20	13
AUT	Jürgen Melzer	21	14
GER	Florian Mayer	22	15
ESP	Fernando 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:

Main article: 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles qualifying

• 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)^[2]
• Roger Federer (fatigue)^[3]
• Richard Gasquet (elbow injury)^[4]
• John Isner (illness)
• Gaël Monfils (knee injury)^[5]
• Robin Söderling (mono)

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – 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.^[6]

Doubles

Main article: 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles

Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor defeated Michaël Llodra / Nenad Zimonjić, 3–6, 6–1, [12–10]