2011 ATP World Tour Media Guide

his 60th tour-level title…In process he reclaimed top ranking (on July 6) after Nadal’s run of 46 consecutive
weeks at No. 1…During five weeks off following Wimbledon, his twin daughters, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva
were born on July 23…Returned in August and won Cincinnati* (d. Djokovic) and then at US Open, lost in fiveset
final to No. 6 del Potro, ending a 40-match winning streak at Flushing Meadows…Played six (4-2) five-set
matches, a career high…In ’08, captured four titles in eight finals, including his fifth straight US Open crown (d.
Murray)…Each of his runner-up showings came to rival Nadal, at Monte-Carlo*, Hamburg*, Roland Garros (for
third straight year) and Wimbledon…Won a career-best 21 of 25 matches on clay…Then moved to grass and
won Halle title (d. Kohlschreiber) without dropping serve in 49 games…Fell short of winning a sixth straight
Wimbledon title as Nadal prevailed in a 4:48 marathon (9-7 in fifth set)…It also ended a record 65-match winning
streak on grass and it was his first loss in a grass court final (10-1)…In August, reached QF in Beijing
Olympics (l. to Blake) and earned gold medal in doubles (w/Wawrinka)…His record streak of 237 consecutive
weeks at No. 1 came to an end on Aug. 18 after holding top spot since Feb. 2, ‘04 (previous mark was 160 weeks
by Connors)…At US Open, became first player to win five straight titles since Bill Tilden captured six in a row
from ‘20-25…In November, withdrew from QF (vs. Blake) at Paris* due to back injury for first time in a tournament
after 763 matches…In ’07, finished No. 1 for a fourth straight year and became only fourth player since
1973 to end year at No. 1 at least four consecutive years, joining Sampras (6), Connors (5) and McEnroe
(4)…Also first player in history to reach all four Grand Slam finals in back-to-back years…Won an ATP-best eight
titles (in 12 finals), including three Grand Slam crowns for third time in four years…Began year with a repeat
title at Australian Open (d. Gonzalez) without dropping a set (first Slam title without losing a set) and first player
to win a Slam title in such fashion since Borg at Roland Garros in ‘80 (fourth player in Open Era to do so)…In
March, his career-best 41-match winning streak (going back to ‘06 US Open) came to an end with his opening
round loss to Cañas at Indian Wells*…Repeated runner-up effort in Monte-Carlo* (l. to Nadal)…In his next clay
court showing in Rome*, lost in 3rd RD to Volandri and afterwards parted ways with coach Tony Roche…At
Hamburg*, defeated Nadal in final for first time on clay (1-6) to break his rival’s 81-match winning streak on the
surface…At Roland Garros, dropped one set en route to final, only to fall in four sets for second straight year to
Nadal…Withdrew from Halle and entered Wimbledon without a grass court pre-tournament for first time in his
career…At All England Club dropped only one set en route to title match before defeating Nadal in five sets to
capture his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title and join Borg as only players to win at least five straight crowns in
Open Era…Became first player since Bill Tilden in ‘20s to capture four straight US Open titles with straight-sets
win over Djokovic…It was his 12th career Grand Slam crown…Posted a 15-1 mark in Grand Slam tie-breaks
during year…Closed with fourth Tennis Masters Cup title (d. Ferrer) in last five years…In 06, Finished No. 1 for
third straight year highlighted by an ATP-best 12 titles, including three Grand Slam crowns for second time in
three years and four ATP Masters 1000 titles for second straight season…Competed in 16 finals in 17 tournaments
played and won a career-high 92 matches (92-5), most by a player since Lendl compiled a 106-9 mark in
‘82…Became first player since Sampras in ‘93-94 to win three straight Slam titles…His 12 titles were most in a
season since Muster in ‘95…Became first player in Open Era (since ‘68) to win at least 10 titles three straight
years…Also first player to reach all four Grand Slam finals in a year since Laver in ‘69…Advanced to six straight
Grand Slam finals going back to ‘05 Wimbledon, first player to accomplish that feat since Laver in ‘61-62…
Joined Laver as only players to win at least three Grand Slam titles in two different seasons (Laver won Grand
Slam in ‘62, ‘69)… Also first player since Lendl in ‘81-82 to win at least 80 matches in back-to-back seasons…
From ‘04-06, compiled a match record of 247-15 (.943) with Nadal only player to beat him more than once during
that stretch…Going back to June ‘05- Aug. ‘06, advanced to 17 consecutive finals, second-best behind
Lendl’s 18 straight final appearances in ‘81-82…His five losses came to two players — No. 2 Nadal in finals of
Dubai, Monte-Carlo*, Rome* and Roland Garros and to Murray in 2nd RD of Cincinnati*…His loss to Murray
ended a 55-match winning streak in North America…He also won a record 29 consecutive ATP Masters 1000
matches since Hamburg* in May ‘05 (along with ‘05 Cincinnati*, ’06 Indian Wells*, Miami*) before Nadal ended
streak with his four-set win in Monte-Carlo*…Also had won nine consecutive ATP Masters 1000 finals since
‘04…Fell to Nadal in Dubai final and loss broke his Open Era record 56-match hard court winning streak going
back to ‘05 Australian Open. (l. to Safin in SF)…Moved on to Indian Wells* and became first player to win three
straight tournament titles (d. Blake)…Repeated title at Miami* (d. Ljubicic)…Made clay court debut in Monte-
Carlo* and lost only one set en route to his first final (l.to Nadal in 3:50)…In Rome*, held 2 M.P. against Nadal
before falling in a fifth set tie-break in 5:05…At Roland Garros, reached first final (l. to Nadal)…In Halle, won
fourth straight title there and at All England Club dropped his only set to Nadal in title match to capture his
fourth consecutive Wimbledon title…Went undefeated on grass (12-0) for fourth straight year to set record for
longest grass court winning streak (48)…Captured Toronto* title (d. Gasquet)…At US Open, became first player
to win three straight US Open titles since Lendl in ‘85-87 with his four-set win over Roddick…In October captured
Tokyo title (d. Henman) before winning his sixth different Masters 1000 title in Madrid* and followed with
his first title in his birthplace of Basel (d. Gonzalez at both)…Closed season by winning third Tennis Masters Cup
in four years (d. Nadal in SF, Blake in F)…Ended year with a 29-match winning streak…In ‘05, finished No. 1 for
second straight year highlighted by an ATP-best 11 titles (along with Nadal), including two Grand Slam and a
record four ATP Masters 1000 crowns…Clinched No. 1 on Oct. 3 after Bangkok title and became only fifth player
in history of ATP Rankings (since 1973) to rank No. 1 every week during calendar year (Connors, Lendl, Sampras,
Hewitt)…Compiled best match winning percentage in a season (.953, 81-4) since McEnroe (.965, 82-3) in
‘84…His record unbeaten streak in finals of 24 came to an end with his five-set loss to Nalbandian at Tennis
Masters Cup in Shanghai…His 35-match winning streak also came to an end…By capturing five Grand Slam
titles within last two years, became first player since Laver in ‘68-69 to win five in consecutive seasons…Also
became first player since Budge in ‘37-38 to win Wimbledon and US Open back-to-back years…In two of his
four losses, held at least one match point…His other losses came to Nadal in SF at Roland Garros on June 3 and
to Nalbandian in fifth set tie-break on Nov. 20…After Nadal loss, compiled a 35-match winning streak with
titles in Halle (d. Safin), Wimbledon (d. Roddick), Cincinnati* (d. Roddick), US Open (d. Agassi) and Bangkok (d.
Murray)…Went 50-1 on hard courts for season with only loss to Safin…After Australian Open SF loss to Safin 9-
7 in fifth, compiled a 25-match winning streak with titles in Rotterdam (d. Ljubicic), Dubai (d. Ljubicic), Indian
Wells* (d. Hewitt) and Miami* (d. Nadal), rallying from two sets down to win in five…Streak ended on clay in
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