2011 ATP World Tour

Also included in the 2011 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which does not distribute ranking points, and is organized by the ITF.

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2011 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.

[18] 2 For the first round only, any player who competes in a live rubber, without a win, receives 10 ranking points for participation.

[18] 4 Performance bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 8 live matches in a calendar year.

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2011 season: Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who came out of retirement from professional tennis during the 2011 season:

20-year-old ATP Newcomer of the Year Milos Raonic from Canada won his first ATP World Tour singles title in San Jose , defeating reigning champion Fernando Verdasco in the final. [ 6 ]
27-year-old and eventual World No. 9 and ATP World Tour Finals contender Janko Tipsarević claimed his maiden ATP World Tour singles title in Kuala Lumpur (def. Baghdatis ). [ 7 ]
Nicolás Lapentti ended the 1999 season in the top 10, after making the Australian Open semifinals .
Mario Ančić won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics doubles event with fellow Croatian Ivan Ljubičić .
Gastón Gaudio is the only player to have won a Grand Slam title (the 2004 French Open ) saving match points in the final.