2011 French Open – Men's singles

2011 French Open ESP Rafael Nadal SUI Roger Federer 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1 2011 French Open Defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in the final, 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2011 French Open.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jun/05/rafael-nadal-roger-federer-french-open French Open 2011: Rafael Nadal too hot for great rival Roger Federer The Guardian 17 July 2025 It was his sixth French Open title and tenth major title overall, tying Björn Borg's record for the most French Open titles won in the Open Era. It was the fourth time Nadal defeated Federer in the French Open final. Federer was attempting to become the first man in the Open Era and the third man overall to achieve a double career Grand Slam. Nadal and Novak Djokovic were in contention for the world No. 1 ranking. Nadal retained the top ranking by defending the title. This edition of the tournament saw the top four seeds advance to the semifinals. Federer ended Djokovic's 43-match winning streak dating back to the 2010 Davis Cup Finals, as well as his 41–0 unbeaten 2011 season – second only to John McEnroe's 1984 record of 42–0 for the best unbeaten start to a season. Although this was Nadal's sixth title at the French Open, it was the first time since 2001 in which the top seed won the title.Sports Central / Sports Articles and Columns / Tennis / Hard Road Ahead for Top Seeds at French Seeds 30em 1 1 ESP Rafael Nadal (champion) 2 8 SRB Novak Djokovic (semifinals) 3 6 SUI Roger Federer (final) 4 3 GBR Andy Murray (semifinals) 5 2 SWE Robin Söderling (quarterfinals) 6 7 CZE Tomáš Berdych (first round) 7 5 ESP David Ferrer (fourth round) 8 4 AUT Jürgen Melzer (second round) 9 5 FRA Gaël Monfils (quarterfinals) 10 2 USA Mardy Fish (third round) 11 4 ESP Nicolás Almagro (first round) 12 7 RUS Mikhail Youzhny (third round) 13 8 FRA Richard Gasquet (fourth round) 14 6 SUI Stanislas Wawrinka (fourth round) 15 3 SRB Viktor Troicki (fourth round) 16 1 ESP Fernando Verdasco (third round) 17 6 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (third round) 18 2 FRA Gilles Simon (fourth round) 19 7 CRO Marin Čilić (first round) 20 4 GER Florian Mayer (second round) 21 3 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov (third round) 22 5 FRA Michaël Llodra (first round) 23 8 BRA Thomaz Bellucci (third round) 24 1 USA Sam Querrey (second round) 25 8 ARG Juan Martín del Potro (third round) 26 3 CAN Milos Raonic (first round) 27 2 CYP Marcos Baghdatis (second round) 28 1 RUS Nikolay Davydenko (second round) 29 6 SRB Janko Tipsarević (third round) 30 7 ESP Guillermo García-López (third round) 31 5 UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky (third round) 32 4 RSA Kevin Anderson (second round) Qualifying 2011 French Open – Men's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 ESP Rafael Nadal 6 6 77 5 SWE Robin Söderling 4 1 63 4 GBR Andy Murray 77 7 6 ARG Juan Ignacio Chela 62 5 2 9 FRA Gaël Monfils 4 3 63 3 SUI Roger Federer 6 6 77 ITA Fabio Fognini 2 SRB Novak Djokovic w/o 1 ESP Rafael Nadal 6 7 6 4 GBR Andy Murray 4 5 4 3 SUI Roger Federer 77 6 3 77 2 SRB Novak Djokovic 65 3 6 65 1 ESP Rafael Nadal 7 77 5 6 3 SUI Roger Federer 5 63 7 1 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 ESP R Nadal 6 62 62 6 6 USA J Isner 4 77 77 2 4 COL S Giraldo 65 3 3 ESP P Andújar 77 6 6 URU P Cuevas 6 3 2 1r Q CRO A Veić 4 6 6 3 Q GER D Gremelmayr 62 1 3 28 RUS N Davydenko 77 6 6 24 USA S Querrey 3 6 6 6 GER P Kohlschreiber 6 1 2 4 CRO I Ljubičić 6 6 6 IND S Devvarman 4 3 4 RUS D Tursunov 5 6 3 6 1 BEL X Malisse 7 3 6 3 6 ARG J Mónaco 2 5 6 4 16 ESP F Verdasco 6 7 4 6 1 ESP R Nadal 7 6 77 ESP P Andújar 5 3 64 Q CRO A Veić 3 6 7 3 6 28 RUS N Davydenko 6 2 5 6 1 24 USA S Querrey 62 4 4 CRO I Ljubičić 77 6 6 BEL X Malisse 6 3 65 1 16 ESP F Verdasco 4 6 77 6 1 ESP R Nadal 6 6 6 Q CRO A Veić 1 3 0 CRO I Ljubičić 6 78 6 16 ESP F Verdasco 3 66 4 1 ESP R Nadal 7 6 6 CRO I Ljubičić 5 3 3 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 10 USA M Fish 6 611 6 6 BRA R Mello 2 713 2 4 ESP D Gimeno-Traver 2 63 3 NED R Haase 6 77 6 FRA J Chardy 6 6 6 BUL G Dimitrov 2 4 4 USA M Russell 3 6 1 0 18 FRA G Simon 6 4 6 6 27 CYP M Baghdatis 77 6 6 POR F Gil 64 2 2 Q ARG L Mayer 3 77 6 6 GER D Brown 6 65 2 2 Q ESP A Ramos 6 65 4 6 6 Q ESP J Martí 3 77 6 1 3 LL USA R Harrison 1 77 3 5 5 SWE R Söderling 6 65 6 7 10 USA M Fish 77 6 6 NED R Haase 61 2 1 FRA J Chardy 6 4 1 4 18 FRA G Simon 4 6 6 6 27 CYP M Baghdatis 5 4 66 Q ARG L Mayer 7 6 78 Q ESP A Ramos 3 4 4 5 SWE R Söderling 6 6 6 10 USA M Fish 3 4 2 18 FRA G Simon 6 6 6 Q ARG L Mayer 1 4 3 5 SWE R Söderling 6 6 6 18 FRA G Simon 2 3 65 5 SWE R Söderling 6 6 77 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 GBR A Murray 6 6 6 Q FRA É Prodon 4 1 3 LL ITA S Bolelli 6 6 65 6 Q CAN F Dancevic 1 3 77 2 WC FRA A Clément 6 1 711 6 ITA F Volandri 3 6 69 4 GER M Berrer 6 4 6 6 26 CAN M Raonic 4 6 3 4 21 UKR A Dolgopolov 6 6 6 GER R Schüttler 3 3 1 AUT A Haider-Maurer 6 65 6 6 USA R Sweeting 1 77 2 0 GER T Kamke 65 6 6 6 BEL O Rochus 77 3 3 2 GER J Reister 4 3 3 15 SRB V Troicki 6 6 6 4 GBR A Murray 77 6 7 LL ITA S Bolelli 64 4 5 WC FRA A Clément 66 6 5 4 GER M Berrer 78 3 7 6 21 UKR A Dolgopolov 6 6 6 AUT A Haider-Maurer 2 4 2 GER T Kamke 2 2 64 15 SRB V Troicki 6 6 77 4 GBR A Murray 6 6 6 GER M Berrer 2 3 2 21 UKR A Dolgopolov 4 6 3 4 15 SRB V Troicki 6 3 6 6 4 GBR A Murray 4 4 6 6 7 15 SRB V Troicki 6 6 3 2 5 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 11 ESP N Almagro 6 6 63 65 4 Q POL Ł Kubot 3 2 77 77 6 ARG C Berlocq 7 6 6 WC AUS B Tomic 5 4 2 ITA P Starace 62 1 1 Q COL A Falla 77 6 6 RUS I Kunitsyn 3 6 4 3 20 GER F Mayer 6 4 6 6 32 RSA K Anderson 6 6 66 6 FRA N Mahut 4 4 78 3 ARG JI Chela 77 6 6 WC USA T Smyczek 65 1 1 WC FRA É Roger-Vasselin 6 2 4 6 5 Q CZE L Rosol 3 6 6 3 7 LL GER A Beck 3 4 2 8 AUT J Melzer 6 6 6 Q POL Ł Kubot 6 77 6 ARG C Berlocq 3 64 3 Q COL A Falla 4 77 6 6 20 GER F Mayer 6 64 1 2 32 RSA K Anderson 6 3 4 6 2 ARG JI Chela 3 6 6 4 6 Q CZE L Rosol 64 6 4 77 6 8 AUT J Melzer 77 4 6 63 4 Q POL Ł Kubot 77 4 5 4 Q COL A Falla 64 6 7 6 ARG JI Chela 6 6 3 77 Q CZE L Rosol 2 4 6 65 Q COL A Falla 6 2 6 65 2 ARG JI Chela 4 6 1 77 6 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 ESP D Ferrer 6 6 6 FIN J Nieminen 3 3 1 FRA J Benneteau 4 6 6 6 POR R Machado 6 1 2 0 JPN K Nishikori 6 6 6 TPE Y-h Lu 1 3 4 Q FRA D Guez 79 3 3 3 31 UKR S Stakhovsky 67 6 6 6 22 FRA M Llodra 77 3 3 3 Q BEL S Darcis 65 6 6 6 GER P Petzschner 77 6 6 GER M Zverev 63 0 4 FRA A Mannarino 2 3 2 WC FRA G Rufin 6 6 6 Q GER B Phau 6 3 5 0 9 FRA G Monfils 4 6 7 6 7 ESP D Ferrer 6 6 6 FRA J Benneteau 3 4 2 JPN K Nishikori 1 6 3 63 31 UKR S Stakhovsky 6 3 6 77 Q BEL S Darcis 7 6 6 GER P Petzschner 5 4 4 WC FRA G Rufin 3 6 1 3 9 FRA G Monfils 6 1 6 6 7 ESP D Ferrer 6 6 6 31 UKR S Stakhovsky 1 1 3 Q BEL S Darcis 3 4 5 9 FRA G Monfils 6 6 7 7 ESP D Ferrer 4 6 5 6 6 9 FRA G Monfils 6 2 7 1 8 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 14 SUI S Wawrinka 4 6 6 6 Q FRA A Gensse 6 3 4 2 Q NED T Schoorel 77 6 6 ARG M González 65 3 3 FRA F Serra 4 1 3 RUS I Andreev 6 6 6 CZE J Hájek 3 2 2 17 FRA J-W Tsonga 6 6 6 29 SRB J Tipsarević 77 6 6 ARG B Dabul 61 1 0 CRO I Dodig 3 6 66 4 ESP P Riba 6 3 78 6 WC FRA V Millot 2 7 77 4 1 WC FRA M Teixeira 6 5 64 6 6 ESP F López 3 4 63 3 SUI R Federer 6 6 77 14 SUI S Wawrinka 6 6 6 Q NED T Schoorel 3 2 4 RUS I Andreev 3 64 3 17 FRA J-W Tsonga 6 77 6 29 SRB J Tipsarević 6 6 6 ESP P Riba 1 3 0 WC FRA M Teixeira 3 0 2 3 SUI R Federer 6 6 6 14 SUI S Wawrinka 4 63 77 6 6 17 FRA J-W Tsonga 6 77 65 2 3 29 SRB J Tipsarević 1 4 3 3 SUI R Federer 6 6 6 14 SUI S Wawrinka 3 2 5 3 SUI R Federer 6 6 7 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 CZE T Berdych 6 6 2 2 7 Q FRA S Robert 3 3 6 6 9 ITA F Fognini 6 6 6 UZB D Istomin 4 2 2 PR GER T Haas 4 6 61 4 LL TUR M İlhan 6 4 77 6 USA R Kendrick 1 5 6 3 30 ESP G García-López 6 7 4 6 19 CRO M Čilić 65 4 4 ESP R Ramírez Hidalgo 77 6 6 LL FRA M Gicquel 4 4 2 ESP A Montañés 6 6 6 GER D Brands 2 4 4 KAZ M Kukushkin 6 6 6 JPN G Soeda 5 2 4 12 RUS M Youzhny 7 6 6 Q FRA S Robert 2 1 0 ITA F Fognini 6 6 6 LL TUR M İlhan 4 6 2 6 11 30 ESP G García-López 6 1 6 4 13 ESP R Ramírez Hidalgo 77 4 1 2 ESP A Montañés 65 6 6 6 KAZ M Kukushkin 3 5 4 12 RUS M Youzhny 6 7 6 ITA F Fognini 4 6 6 6 30 ESP G García-López 6 3 3 1 ESP A Montañés 6 77 6 12 RUS M Youzhny 1 60 1 ITA F Fognini 4 6 3 6 11 ESP A Montañés 6 4 6 3 9 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 13 FRA R Gasquet 7 6 6 CZE R Štěpánek 5 3 0 LL USA A Bogomolov Jr. 3 6 66 2 ESP M Granollers 6 3 78 6 RUS T Gabashvili 3 5 5 ITA A Seppi 6 7 7 KAZ A Golubev 4 4 77 65 23 BRA T Bellucci 6 6 64 77 25 ARG JM del Potro 67 6 7 6 PR CRO I Karlović 79 3 5 4 LAT E Gulbis 1 4 2 SLO B Kavčič 6 6 6 WC FRA B Paire 5 6 1 64 ROU V Hănescu 7 4 6 77 NED T de Bakker 2 1 3 2 SRB N Djokovic 6 6 6 13 FRA R Gasquet 4 6 6 6 ESP M Granollers 6 3 2 4 ITA A Seppi 1 2 4 23 BRA T Bellucci 6 6 6 25 ARG JM del Potro 6 6 6 SLO B Kavčič 3 2 4 ROU V Hănescu 4 1 3r 2 SRB N Djokovic 6 6 2 13 FRA R Gasquet 6 6 3 6 23 BRA T Bellucci 2 3 6 3 25 ARG JM del Potro 3 6 3 2 2 SRB N Djokovic 6 3 6 6 13 FRA R Gasquet 4 4 2 2 SRB N Djokovic 6 6 6 References External links Official Roland Garros 2011 Men's Singles Draw 2011 French Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 2011 Australian Open – Men's singles Grand Slam men's singles 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles Men's Singles French Open - Men's Singles Category:French Open by year – Men's singles