2011 Aegon Championships

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2011 Aegon Championships
Date6–13 June
Edition109th
Category ATP World Tour 250
Draw56S / 24D
Prize money€608,000
Surface Grass / outdoor
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Venue Queen's Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray [1]
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan / Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan [2]
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The 2011 Aegon Championships (also known traditionally as the Queen's Club Championships ) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 109th edition of the Aegon Championships and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom, in the club's 125th year. The tournament was scheduled to take place between 6 and 12 June 2011, however the finals were delayed to 13 June 2011 due to rain. [3] The field was headlined by the 2008 champion and current world number one Rafael Nadal, four-time champion Andy Roddick, 2009 champion Andy Murray and defending champion Sam Querrey.

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In the singles competition, the defending champion Sam Querrey lost in round three, paving the way for Andy Murray to win his second title; Murray became the first Briton since Gordan Lowe to win multiple Queen's titles. [4] While in the doubles the defending champion was absent, Bob and Mike Bryan won their 4th Aegon doubles title, their first since 2005.

Finals

Andy Murray at the 2011 Aegon Championships Andy Murray Queens.jpg
Andy Murray at the 2011 Aegon Championships

Singles

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray defeated Flag of France.svg Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan / Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan defeated Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi / Flag of India.svg Leander Paes, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–6]

Entries

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Rafael Nadal 11
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Andy Murray 42
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Andy Roddick 113
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 144
Flag of France.svg  FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 175
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gilles Simon 186
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Fernando Verdasco 197
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Marin Čilić 208
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG David Nalbandian 229
Flag of France.svg  FRA Michaël Llodra 2310
Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Thomaz Bellucci 2511
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Juan Martín del Potro 2612
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sam Querrey 2813
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Janko Tipsarević 3214
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Kevin Anderson 3515
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivan Ljubičić 3716

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Notable withdrawals

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