2011 Novak Djokovic tennis season

2011 Novak Djokovic tennis season
Full nameNovak Djokovic
Calendar prize money$12,619,803 (singles & doubles)
Singles
Season record70–6
Calendar titles10
Year-end rankingNo. 1
Ranking change from previous yearIncrease 2
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian OpenW
French OpenSF
WimbledonW
US OpenW
Doubles
Season record3–5
Calendar titles0
Year-end ranking240
Ranking change from previous yearDecrease 77
Davis Cup
Davis CupSF
Injuries
Injuries7–21 February (shoulder injury)[1]
11–25 April (knee injury)[2]
6–20 June (patellar tendinitis)[3]
16 September – 20 October (ruptured back muscle)[4]
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Main article: Novak Djokovic

The 2011 Novak Djokovic tennis season is widely regarded as one of the greatest seasons in men's tennis history.[5][6] Djokovic ended the year with an impressive 10–1 record against Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, the other two best players of the year. From the start of the year, he went undefeated until the French Open semifinals in June (losing to Federer), compiling a 41-match winning streak. Djokovic won ten tournaments, in which three of them were major events: the Australian Open, Wimbledon Championships and the US Open.[5] He won a then-record (later broken by himself) five Masters Series 1000 titles: Indian Wells, Miami and Canada, played on hard courts, and Madrid and Rome, on clay.[7] Djokovic also won in Dubai and at the Serbia Open.

Djokovic won seventy matches and lost only six (including two in which he retired due to injury). He beat Nadal in six finals during the season and reached the world No. 1 ranking for the first time on 4 July, maintaining the top ranking for the rest of the season.[8] Among the six finals he defeated Nadal, two were in Masters tournaments on clay: a notable reversal due to the fact that he had lost all nine matches played against Nadal on clay prior to this season. He also set a new season record by winning $12.6 million USD in prize money on the ATP World Tour.[9] Furthermore, he obtained a 21–4 record against top-10 and a 13–3 against Top-5 players.

  1. ^ "Novak Djokovic pulls out of 38th ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament". abnamrowtt.nl. Rotterdam, Netherlands: ABN AMRO. Associated Press. 2 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Novak Djokovic out of Monte Carlo". ESPN. Monte Carlo, Monaco. Associated Press. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Djokovic withdraws from AEGON Championships". atpworldtour.com. London, United Kingdom: Association of Tennis Professionals. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Novak Djokovic withdraws from Shanghai Masters after back injury". The Guardian. UK. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Djokovic plays down fitness worries". tennis.com.au. Tennis Australia. 20 November 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  6. ^ Ackerman, McCarton (2020). "For Novak Djokovic, Banner 2011 Season Remains Benchmark To Eclipse". ATP Tour. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  7. ^ ATP Staff (14 August 2011). "Djokovic Makes Masters 1000 History In Montreal". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Djokovic Clinches Year-End No. 1 For First Time". ATP. 13 October 2011.
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