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This is a list of Roger Federer's achievements in 2011.

Year summary

Federer began the year ranked as the World number two according to the Association of Tennis Professionals rankings.^[1] Federer once again started his year with an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi. He beat Robin Soderling in his opening match^[2] before losing to Rafael Nadal in his second match.^[3] Federer then got his competitive season under way in Doha. In the first two rounds Federer beat two qualifiers.^[4]^[5] The first match was memorable as Federer pulled off another 'tweener'.^[4] In the quarter finals Federer defeated Viktor Troicki^[6] and Jo Wilfried Tsonga in the semi finals, both in straight sets.^[7] Federer went on to beat Nikolay Davydenko for his third title in Doha and the sixty-seventh of his career in straight sets.^[8]

At the Australian Open, Federer beat Lukáš Lacko in the first round 6-1, 6-1, 6-3. In the next round, he faced Gilles Simon. Federer won the first two sets easily, 6-2, 6-3, but Simon fought back to win the next two sets, 6-4, 6-4, before Federer came back to win the last set 6-3. Against Xavier Malisse in the third round, Federer set another record as he defeated the Belgium man in straight sets. Federer had past Stefan Edberg's record for the number of matches won at the Australian Open in the open era, as he won his fifty-seventh match.^[9]In the fourth round, Federer beat Tommy Robredo, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, to equal Jimmy Connors' record of 27 consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinals. He defeated Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarterfinal 6-1, 6-3, 6-3. In a repeat of 2008 Australian Open semifinals, Djokovic once again defeated Federer in a tight and exciting match, 7-6(3), 7-5, 6-4.

All matches

Singles

Match	Tournament	Country	Start Date	Type	I/O	Surface	Round	Opponent/Rank	Result	Score
1176	Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha	Qatar	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Thomas Schoorel (NED) / #168	Win	7-6(3), 6-3
1177	Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha	Qatar	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) / #117	Win	7-6(5), 7-5
1178	Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha	Qatar	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Viktor Troicki (SRB) / #28	Win	6-2, 6-2
1179	Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha	Qatar	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) / #13	Win	6-3, 7-6(2)
1180	Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha	Qatar	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	F	Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) / #22	Win	6-3, 6-4
1181	Australian Open, Melbourne	Australia	1/16	Grand Slam	Outdoor	Hard	1R	Lukas Lacko (SVK) / #97	Win	6-1, 6-1, 6-3
1182	Australian Open, Melbourne	Australia	1/16	Grand Slam	Outdoor	Hard	2R	Gilles Simon (FRA) / #34	Win	6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3
1183	Australian Open, Melbourne	Australia	1/16	Grand Slam	Outdoor	Hard	3R	Xavier Malisse (BEL) / #45	Win	6-3, 6-3, 6-1
1184	Australian Open, Melbourne	Australia	1/16	Grand Slam	Outdoor	Hard	4R	Tommy Robredo (ESP) / #52	Win	6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1185	Australian Open, Melbourne	Australia	1/16	Grand Slam	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) / #19	Win	6-1, 6-3, 6-3
1186	Australian Open, Melbourne	Australia	1/16	Grand Slam	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Novak Djokovic (SRB) / #3	Loss	7-6(3) 7-5 6-4

Tournament Schedule 2011

Date	Championship	Place	Category	Surface	2010 result	2010 points	New points	Outcome
03.01.2011–08.01.2011	Qatar ExxonMobil Open	Doha (QAT)	ATP World Tour 250	Hard	SF	90	250	Winner (defeated Davydenko)
17.01.2011–30.01.2011	Australian Open	Melbourne (AUS)	Grand Slam	Hard	W	2000		Semifinals (lost to Djokovic)
21.02.2011–27.02.2011	Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships	Dubai (UAE)	ATP World Tour 500	Hard	A	-
07.03.2011–20.03.2011	BNP Paribas Open	Indian Wells (USA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	R32	45
21.03.2011–03.04.2011	Sony Ericsson Open	Miami (USA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	R16	90
02.05.2011–08.05.2011	Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open	Madrid (ESP)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Clay	F	600
09.05.2011–15.05.2011	Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Rome (ITA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Clay	R32	10
23.05.2011–05.06.2011	French Open	Paris (FRA)	Grand Slam	Clay	QF	360
06.06.2011–12.06.2011	Gerry Weber Open	Halle (GER)	ATP World Tour 250	Grass	F	150
20.06.2011–03.07.2011	Wimbledon	Wimbledon (GBR)	Grand Slam	Grass	QF	360
08.08.2011–14.08.2011	Rogers Cup	Montreal (CAN)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	F	600
15.08.2011–21.08.2011	Western & Southern Financial Group Masters	Cincinnati (USA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	W	1000
29.08.2011–11.09.2011	US Open	New York (USA)	Grand Slam	Hard	SF	720
10.10.2011–16.10.2011	Shanghai Rolex Masters	Shanghai (CHN)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	F	600
30.10.2011–06.11.2011	Davidoff Swiss Indoors	Basel (SUI)	ATP World Tour 500	Hard (i)	W	500
07.11.2011–13.11.2011	BNP Paribas Masters	Paris (FRA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard (i)	SF	360
20.11.2011–27.11.2011	Barclays ATP World Tour Finals	London (GBR)	ATP World Tour Finals	Hard (i)	W	1500

References

[1] ttp://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Singles.aspx?d=03.01.2011&c=&r=1

[2] ttp://msn.foxsports.com/tennis/story/Nadal-beats-Soderling-in-Abu-Dhabi-final-123110

[3] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/9332339.stm

[Schoorel-4] ttp://www.torontosun.com/sports/othersports/2011/01/04/16755346.html

[5] ttp://washingtonexaminer.com/sports/2011/01/roger-federer-beats-chiudinelli-qatar-open

[6] ttp://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/tennis/01/06/qatar.federer.nadal.tsonga.win/

[7] ttp://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5g2l6eDbnJdpk93tMJj6RR2s67iqA?docId=N0038611294425364224A

[8] ttp://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/federer-dominant-in-doha-2179665.html

[9] ttp://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/tennis/01/21/tennis.federer.djokovic.roddick/

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 Federer began the year ranked as the World number two according to the [[Association of Tennis Professionals]] rankings.<ref>http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Singles.aspx?d=03.01.2011&c=&r=1</ref> Federer once again started his year with an [[2011 Mubadala World Tennis Championship|exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi]]. He beat [[Robin Soderling]] in his opening match<ref>http://msn.foxsports.com/tennis/story/Nadal-beats-Soderling-in-Abu-Dhabi-final-123110</ref> before losing to [[Rafael Nadal]] in his second match.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/9332339.stm</ref> Federer then got his competitive season under way in [[2011 Qatar Open|Doha]]. In the first two rounds Federer beat two qualifiers.<ref name="Schoorel">http://www.torontosun.com/sports/othersports/2011/01/04/16755346.html</ref><ref>http://washingtonexaminer.com/sports/2011/01/roger-federer-beats-chiudinelli-qatar-open</ref> The first match was memorable as Federer pulled off another 'tweener'.<ref name="Schoorel"/> In the quarter finals Federer defeated [[Viktor Troicki]]<ref>http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/tennis/01/06/qatar.federer.nadal.tsonga.win/</ref> and [[Jo Wilfried Tsonga]] in the semi finals, both in straight sets.<ref>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5g2l6eDbnJdpk93tMJj6RR2s67iqA?docId=N0038611294425364224A</ref> Federer went on to beat [[Nikolay Davydenko]] for his third title in Doha and the sixty-seventh of his career in straight sets.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/federer-dominant-in-doha-2179665.html</ref>
-At the [[Australian Open]], Federer beat [[Lukáš Lacko]] in the first round 6-1, 6-1, 6-3. In the next round, he faced [[Gilles Simon]]. Federer won the first two sets easily, 6-2, 6-3, but Simon fought back to win the next two sets, 6-4, 6-4, before Federer came back to win the last set 6-3. Against [[Xavier Malisse]] in the third round, Federer set another record as he defeated the Belgium man in straight sets. Federer had past [[Stefan Edberg]]'s record for the number of matches won at the Australian Open in the open era, as he won his fifty-seventh match.<ref>http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/tennis/01/21/tennis.federer.djokovic.roddick/</ref>In the fourth round, Federer beat [[Tommy Robredo]], 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, to equal [[Jimmy Connors]]'  record of  27 consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinals. He defeated [[Stanislas Wawrinka]] in the quarterfinal 6-1, 6-3, 6-3. In a repeat of 2008 Australian Open semifinals, Djokovic once again defeated Federer in a tight match, 7-6(3), 7-5, 6-4.
+At the [[Australian Open]], Federer beat [[Lukáš Lacko]] in the first round 6-1, 6-1, 6-3. In the next round, he faced [[Gilles Simon]]. Federer won the first two sets easily, 6-2, 6-3, but Simon fought back to win the next two sets, 6-4, 6-4, before Federer came back to win the last set 6-3. Against [[Xavier Malisse]] in the third round, Federer set another record as he defeated the Belgium man in straight sets. Federer had past [[Stefan Edberg]]'s record for the number of matches won at the Australian Open in the open era, as he won his fifty-seventh match.<ref>http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/tennis/01/21/tennis.federer.djokovic.roddick/</ref>In the fourth round, Federer beat [[Tommy Robredo]], 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, to equal [[Jimmy Connors]]'  record of  27 consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinals. He defeated [[Stanislas Wawrinka]] in the quarterfinal 6-1, 6-3, 6-3. In a repeat of 2008 Australian Open semifinals, Djokovic once again defeated Federer in a tight and exciting match, 7-6(3), 7-5, 6-4.
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