Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. ...

defeated the defending champion

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in a rematch of the previous year's final, 6–2, 6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2011 US Open. It was his first US Open title, his third

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of the year, and his fourth major title overall. Djokovic saved match points en route to the title, saving two against

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in the semifinals. This was the second consecutive US Open where Djokovic saved two match points against Federer to reach the final, and the fifth consecutive US Open where Djokovic and Federer played each other. With the loss, Federer failed to win a major in a calendar year for the first time since 2002.

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and

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, who both lost in the quarterfinals, became the last American men to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament until

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reached the quarterfinals at the

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, a span of 22 majors. This was the last major for two-time quarterfinalist and former world No. 5 Fernando González, and the last US Open appearances for

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finalist and former world No. 1

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, 2003 semifinalist and former world No. 3

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, and former world No. 3

Ivan Ljubičić Ivan Ljubičić (; born 19 March 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on 1 May 2006. His career highlights include reaching a Grand S ...

Seeds

Qualifying

Main draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

References

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 2011 US Open Men's Singles draw2011 US Open – Men's draws and results
at the

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