2011 ATP World Tour facts for kids

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour is the top series of tennis tournaments for men. The 2011 ATP World Tour included several types of events. These were the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, and the ATP World Tour 250 series. It also featured team events like the ATP World Team Championship and the Davis Cup. The year ended with the ATP World Tour Finals. The Hopman Cup was also part of the calendar, but it didn't give out ranking points.

Rafael Nadal is the current ATP singles number one.

Understanding the Tournaments

The ATP World Tour has different levels of tournaments. Each level offers different amounts of ranking points. Winning a tournament gives players points that help them climb the world rankings.

Grand Slam Events

These are the biggest and most important tournaments in tennis. They are organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). There are four Grand Slams each year:

• The Australian Open
• The French Open
• Wimbledon
• The US Open

Winning a Grand Slam is a huge achievement for any tennis player.

ATP World Tour Finals

This is the final tournament of the year. Only the top eight players and doubles teams get to play in it. It's a special event that crowns the best players of the season.

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

These are nine big tournaments held throughout the year. They offer a lot of ranking points, second only to the Grand Slams. Winning a Masters 1000 event is a major step for players.

ATP World Tour 500 Series

These tournaments are a step below the Masters 1000 events. They still offer good ranking points and attract many top players.

ATP World Tour 250 Series

These are smaller tournaments, but they are still important for players to earn points and improve their rankings. Many rising stars get their first wins at these events.

Team Events

The ATP World Tour also includes team competitions:

• The ATP World Team Championship
• The Davis Cup: This is a big international team competition where countries play against each other. It's also organized by the ITF.
• The Hopman Cup: This is another team event, but it's a mixed-gender competition and doesn't give out ranking points.

Schedule of 2011 Tournaments

This section shows the main tournaments from the 2011 calendar. The colors help you see what type of tournament each one is.

Key to Tournament Types

January Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Singles Winner	Singles Finalist	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
January 3	Hyundai Hopman Cup Perth, Australia Hopman Cup	United States 2–1	Belgium	Round Robin (Group A)  Serbia  Australia  Kazakhstan	Round Robin (Group B)  France  Italy  Great Britain
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia ATP World Tour 250	Robin Söderling	Andy Roddick	Radek Štěpánek Kevin Anderson	Matthew Ebden Florian Mayer Santiago Giraldo Marcos Baghdatis
		Doubles Winners: Lukáš Dlouhý Paul Hanley	Doubles Finalists: Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău
	Aircel Chennai Open Chennai, India ATP World Tour 250	Stanislas Wawrinka	Xavier Malisse	Tomáš Berdych Janko Tipsarević	Blaž Kavčič Robin Haase Björn Phau Kei Nishikori
		Doubles Winners: Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	Doubles Finalists: Robin Haase David Martin
	Qatar ExxonMobil Open Doha, Qatar ATP World Tour 250	Roger Federer	Nikolay Davydenko	Rafael Nadal Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Ernests Gulbis Ivo Karlović Guillermo García-López Viktor Troicki
		Doubles Winners: Marc López Rafael Nadal	Doubles Finalists: Daniele Bracciali Andreas Seppi
January 10	Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia ATP World Tour 250	Gilles Simon	Viktor Troicki	Ernests Gulbis Florian Mayer	Alexandr Dolgopolov Sergiy Stakhovsky Richard Gasquet Potito Starace
		Doubles Winners: Lukáš Dlouhý Paul Hanley	Doubles Finalists: Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
	Heineken Open Auckland, New Zealand ATP World Tour 250	David Ferrer	David Nalbandian	Santiago Giraldo Nicolás Almagro	Philipp Kohlschreiber Thomaz Bellucci John Isner Adrian Mannarino
		Doubles Winners: Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo	Doubles Finalists: Johan Brunström Stephen Huss
January 17 January 24	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam	TBD vs TBD		D Ferrer vs A Murray N Djokovic vs R Federer	Rafael Nadal Alexandr Dolgopolov Tomáš Berdych Stanislas Wawrinka
		Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan vs /
		/ vs /
January 31	SA Tennis Open Johannesburg, South Africa ATP World Tour 250
	PBZ Zagreb Indoors Zagreb, Croatia ATP World Tour 250
	Movistar Open Santiago, Chile ATP World Tour 250

February Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Singles Winner	Singles Finalist	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
February 7	SAP Open San Jose, United States ATP World Tour 250
	ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament Rotterdam, Netherlands ATP World Tour 500
	Brasil Open Costa do Sauípe, Brazil ATP World Tour 250
February 14	Open 13 Marseille, France ATP World Tour 250
	Regions Morgan Keegan Championships Memphis, United States ATP World Tour 500
	Copa Claro Buenos Aires, Argentina ATP World Tour 250
February 21	Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates ATP World Tour 500
	Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico ATP World Tour 500
	Delray Beach International Tennis Championships Delray Beach, United States ATP World Tour 250
February 28	Davis Cup by BNP Paribas First Round Team Event

March Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Singles Winner	Singles Finalist	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
March 7 March 15	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000
March 21 March 28	Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000

April Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Singles Winner	Singles Finalist	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
April 4	Grand Prix Hassan II Casablanca, Morocco ATP World Tour 250
	US Men's Clay Court Championships Houston, United States ATP World Tour 250
April 11	Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP World Tour Masters 1000
April 18	Barcelona Open BancSabadell Barcelona, Spain ATP World Tour 500
April 25	BMW Open Munich, Germany ATP World Tour 250
	Serbia Open Belgrade, Serbia ATP World Tour 250
	Estoril Open Estoril, Portugal ATP World Tour 250

May Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Singles Winner	Singles Finalist	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 2	Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP World Tour Masters 1000
May 9	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy ATP World Tour Masters 1000
May 16	Open de Nice Côte d’Azur Nice, France ATP World Tour 250
May 23 June 6	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam

June Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Singles Winner	Singles Finalist	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
June 6	Gerry Weber Open Halle, Germany ATP World Tour 250
	AEGON Championships London, United Kingdom ATP World Tour 250
June 13	UNICEF Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands ATP World Tour 250
	AEGON International Eastbourne, United Kingdom ATP World Tour 250
June 20 June 27	The Championships, Wimbledon London, United Kingdom Grand Slam

July Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Singles Winner	Singles Finalist	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
July 4	Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships Newport, United States ATP World Tour 250
	Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Quarterfinals Team Event
July 11	MercedesCup Stuttgart, Germany ATP World Tour 250
	SkiStar Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden ATP World Tour 250
July 19	German Open Tennis Championships Hamburg, Germany ATP World Tour 500
	Atlanta Tennis Championships Atlanta, United States ATP World Tour 250
July 25	Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad Gstaad, Switzerland ATP World Tour 250
	Farmers Classic Los Angeles, United States ATP World Tour 250
	Studena Croatia Open Umag, Croatia ATP World Tour 250

August Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Singles Winner	Singles Finalist	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
August 1	Interwetten Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria ATP World Tour 250
	Legg Mason Tennis Classic Washington, United States ATP World Tour 500
August 8	Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada ATP World Tour Masters 1000
August 15	Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000
August 22	Winston-Salem Open Winston-Salem, United States ATP World Tour 250
August 29 September 11	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam

September Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Singles Winner	Singles Finalist	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
September 12	Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Semifinals Team Event
September 19	Open de Moselle Metz, France ATP World Tour 250
	BCR Open Romania Bucharest, Romania ATP World Tour 250
September 26	PTT Thailand Open Bangkok, Thailand ATP World Tour 250
	Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ATP World Tour 250

October Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Singles Winner	Singles Finalist	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
October 3	China Open Beijing, People's Republic of China ATP World Tour 500
	Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan ATP World Tour 500
October 10	Shanghai Rolex Masters Shanghai, People's Republic of China ATP World Tour Masters 1000
October 17	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia ATP World Tour 250
	If Stockholm Open Stockholm, Sweden ATP World Tour 250
October 24	St. Petersburg Open Saint Petersburg, Russia ATP World Tour 250
	Bank Austria-TennisTrophy Vienna, Austria ATP World Tour 250
	Open Sud de France Montpellier, France ATP World Tour 250

November Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Singles Winner	Singles Finalist	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
November 1	Valencia Open 500 Valencia, Spain ATP World Tour 500
	Swiss Indoors Basel Basel, Switzerland ATP World Tour 500
November 7	BNP Paribas Masters Paris, France ATP World Tour Masters 1000
November 14	colspan="5" style="background:#ededed; style="text-align:center;" No tournaments scheduled.
November 21	Barclays ATP World Tour Finals London, United Kingdom ATP World Tour Finals				Round Robin losers
November 29	Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final Team Event	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"

Images for kids

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  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.

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  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).

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  Nicolás Lapentti ended the 1999 season in the top 10, after making the Australian Open semifinals.

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  Mario Ančić won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics doubles event with fellow Croatian Ivan Ljubičić.

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  Gastón Gaudio is the only player to have won a Grand Slam title (the 2004 French Open) saving match points in the final.

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Torneos ATP en 2011 para niños