Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2011

Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2011
date	October 3, 2011 - October 9, 2011
Edition	39
navigation	2010  ◄  2011  ►  2012
ATP World Tour
venue	Tokyo Japan
Tournament number	329
category	World Tour 500
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 1,214,500
Financial. Obligation	US $ 1,341,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Rafael Nadal
Last year's winner (double)	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer
Winner (singles)	Andy Murray
Winner (doubles)	Andy Murray Jamie Murray
Tournament director	Nao Kawatei
Tournament supervisor	Tom Barnes
Last direct assumption	Lukas Rosol (65)
As of February 16, 2016

The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2011 were a tennis tournament that took place from October 3rd to 9th, 2011 in Tokyo . It was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour and was played outdoors on hard courts. The same week the China Open was played in Beijing , which, like the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, belonged to the ATP World Tour 500 category .

Defending champion in singles was Rafael Nadal . In this year's final he lost to Andy Murray in three sets . This was his fourth ATP title that year and the twentieth of his career overall. Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer defended their title in doubles, but were eliminated in the quarterfinals. After his triumph in singles, Murray was then able to win the double finals together with his brother Jamie , where they defeated František Čermák and Filip Polášek in straight sets. For the brothers it was the second common title; the last one was around a year ago. Jamie had already won another title this year with another partner.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The total prize pool was $ 1,214,500; total financial liabilities were $ 1,341,000.

qualification

The qualification took place from October 1st to 2nd, 2011. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

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The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers
Dudi Sela
Matthew Ebden
Marco Chiudinelli
Ryan Harrison

Prize money and world ranking points

The following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who moved into the main draw via qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. Prize money for the double competition applies per team.

singles round Points Prize money victory 500 $ 295,000 final 300 $ 133,000 Semifinals 180 $ 63,000 Quarter finals 90 $ 63,000 Round of 16 45 $ 30,400 First round 0 $ 15,500

Qualification individual round Points Prize money Qualifier 20th Qualifying round 10 $ 960 First round 0 $ 530

Double round Points Prize money victory 500 $ 87,150 final 300 $ 39,320 Semifinals 180 $ 18,540 Quarter finals 90 $ 8,960 First round 0 $ 4,600

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Rafael Nadal final 02.  Andy Murray victory 03.  David Ferrer Semifinals 04th  Mardy Fish Semifinals

No. player Round reached 05.  Viktor Troicki 1 round 06th  Janko Tipsarevic 1 round 07th  Radek Štěpánek Quarter finals 08th.  Juan Mónaco 1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

R. Nadal

6th

6th

WC

G. Soeda

3

2

1

R. Nadal

7th

6th

M. Raonic

6 4

6th

7th

M. Raonic

5

3

WC

Y. Sugita

7th

3

6 1

1

R. Nadal

7th

6th

R. Haase

3

6 5

S. Giraldo

6 6

3

S. Giraldo

6th

7th

S. Giraldo

6th

7th

D. Tursunov

7th

6 3

7th

D. Tursunov

4th

6 4

6th

J. Tipsarevic

6 6

7th

5

1

R. Nadal

7th

6th

4th

M. Fish

6th

3

7th

4th

M. Fish

5

1

Q

R. Harrison

4th

6th

5

4th

M. Fish

6th

6th

E. Gulbis

6th

3

7th

E. Gulbis

2

4th

Ł. Kubot

3

6th

5

4th

M. Fish

6 5

6th

6th

WC

T. Itō

6th

3

6th

B. Tomic

7th

4th

1

Q

D. Sela

4th

6th

3

WC

T. Itō

7th

1

5

B. Tomic

7th

7th

B. Tomic

6 4

6th

7th

5

V. Troicki

6 6

6 1

1

R. Nadal

6th

2

0

7th

R. Štěpánek

6th

6th

2

A. Murray

3

6th

6th

OLD

S. Devvarman

4th

3

7th

R. Štěpánek

7th

6 5

6th

Q

M. Chiudinelli

6th

4th

6th

Q

M. Chiudinelli

5

7th

1

G. García-López

1

6th

4th

7th

R. Štěpánek

2

6 3

Q

M. Ebden

6 4

6th

6th

3

D. Ferrer

6th

7th

P. Andújar

7th

4th

4th

Q

M. Ebden

6th

2

2

K. Nishikori

4th

3

3

D. Ferrer

4th

6th

6th

3

D. Ferrer

6th

6th

3

D. Ferrer

2

3

8th

J. Mónaco

2

6th

6 1

2

A. Murray

6th

6th

I. Dodig

6th

2

7th

I. Dodig

6 2

2

D. Nalbandian

6th

6th

D. Nalbandian

7th

6th

OLD

L. Rosol

1

1

D. Nalbandian

4th

5

J. Nieminen

4th

4th

2

A. Murray

6th

7th

A. Bogomolov junior

6th

6th

A. Bogomolov junior

1

2

M. Baghdatis

6 4

6th

4th

2

A. Murray

6th

6th

2

A. Murray

7th

2

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi   1 round 02.  Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer   Quarter finals 03.  Christopher Kas Alexander Peya   1 round 04th  František Čermák Filip Polášek   final

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

R. Bopanna A.-ul-H. Qureshi

4th

3

M. Melo B. Soares

6th

6th

M. Melo B. Soares

7th

6 5

[10]

Ł. Kubot R. Štěpánek

6th

6th

Ł. Kubot R. Štěpánek

6 5

7th

[3]

M. Kohlmann P. Petzschner

1

4th

M. Melo B. Soares

6th

5

[7]

4th

F. Čermák F. Polášek

6th

6th

4th

F. Čermák F. Polášek

3

7th

[10]

WC

Y. Uchiyama D. Young

4th

1

4th

F. Čermák F. Polášek

6th

3

[10]

D. Bracciali S. González

3

4th

D. Ferrer M. Lopez

2

6th

[8th]

D. Ferrer M. Lopez

6th

6th

4th

F. Čermák F. Polášek

1

4th

P. Andújar M. Raonic

5

7th

[6]

A. Murray J. Murray

6th

6th

A. Murray J. Murray

7th

6 2

[10]

A. Murray J. Murray

6th

6th

WC

T. Itō K. Nishikori

4th

6th

[10]

WC

T. Itō K. Nishikori

3

4th

3

C. Kas A. Peya

6th

4th

[4]

A. Murray J. Murray

6th

1

[10]

R. Haase, V. Troicki

6 4

6th

[10]

R. Haase, V. Troicki

3

6th

[6]

A. Bogomolov Jr. J. Mónaco

7th

4th

[5]

R. Haase, V. Troicki

6th

6th

I. Dodig G. García-López

3

6 5

E. Butorac J.-J. Rojer

4th

2

2

E. Butorac J.-J. Rojer

6th

7th

Web links and sources

• Official website (English)
• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 53 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 49 kB)
• Tournament schedule individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF; 33 kB)