2011 Match of the Year

aceX

aceX

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Awards
Nominate matches for certain awards:
  • Match of the Year
  • Highest quality
  • Biggest upset
  • Most entertaining
  • Best incomplete match
  • Best set of tennis
  • Best tie-break
  • Best run through a draw
  • Most epic match
  • Best display of defense
  • Best attacking tennis
  • Best surprise
  • Best display of revenge





2011 ATP World Tour

List noteworthy matches as the year progresses. It can be difficult recalling them at the end of the year.

Davis Cup
Fish-Lopez (USA-Spain World Group QF)​

Australian Open
R1 Hewitt-Nalbandian
R2 Bellucci-Hernych
R2 Federer-Simon
R3 Cilic-Isner
SF Djokovic-Federer​

Indian Wells Masters
F Djokovic-Nadal​

Miami Masters
R3 Harrison-Raonic
QF Karlovic-Nadal
F Djokovic-Nadal​

Monte Carlo Masters
R2 Almagro-Gonzalez​

Madrid Masters
R2 Federer-Lopez​

Rome Masters
R3 Federer-Gasquet
SF Djokovic-Murray​

French Open
R4 Ferrer-Monfils
SF Djokovic-Federer​

Wimbledon
R2 Ferrer-Harrison
QF Federer-Tsonga
F Djokovic-Nadal​

Montreal Masters
R2 Dodig-Nadal​

Cincinnati Masters
TBA​

US Open
TBA​

Shanghai Masters
TBA​

Paris Masters
TBA​

World Tour Finals
TBA​
 
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SLD76

SLD76

G.O.A.T.
Li Na vs Wozzy

two one-dimensional tennis styles, equal and oppsosite clashed.

A battle of nerves and will.
 
bluescreen

bluescreen

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no match has really stood out to me yet. i would have to go with hewitt-nalbandian, but i don't think this is gonna hold throughout the year. i hope we get a great french open match this year.
 
Sentinel

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OddJack said:
Thoroughly enjoyed Kuzy-Franky
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I'd say the same.

Although, i only saw from the 3rd set onwards, since the telly was showing the Fed match which ended at the end of Kuz-Fran 2nd set.

Jokers play against Fed and Murray at AO was great.

Federer played some flawless tennis in the second and 3rd set of the Davydenko .. wait this is for 2011 :( myy bad.
 
Fate Archer

Fate Archer

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Djokovic vs Fed was a good match, but not as good as people here are making it sound. Simon vs Fed was a much better match IMO. I enjoyed Verdasco's comeback against Tipsarevic too, altough Tipsy totally lost the competitiveness at the very end.
 
boredone3456

boredone3456

G.O.A.T.
Dolgopolov v Soderling AO was good, but at the end of the year I don't know how many will actually remember it as anything much more then that unless Dolgopolov follows it up with more like it.

Nalbandian v Hewitt AO was a really good match, quality, emotion, it had pretty much everything.

Fed vs Novak was ok, but I really don't think it was as good as either of Hewitt/Nalby or Soderling/Dolgo...least in my opinion.

Kuznetsova v Schiavone, Well apart from it being the longest womens match in history I think they said, I don't know anything else about it to really comment. I only saw the last half an hour or so when really both of them looked near drop dead exhausted. But for sheer length it will be talked about for a long time.

There really aren't any other womens matches that even come close to mind at all...Maybe Sydney for Li Na's 0-5 rally? Someone mentioned the AO SF of Li and Woz...well I wouldn't say anything good about that, Li won but for the first half it was Li spraying the ball all over the place and it slowly shifted to Woz spraying the ball all over the place...not really high quality. The AO final for the ladies was ok, Li played pretty well for a while and forced Kim to change tactics to beat her, Kim just outplayed her. But even that wasn't that amazing a match.
 
Devilito

Devilito

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boredone3456 said:
Kuznetsova v Schiavone, Well apart from it being the longest womens match in history I think they said, I don't know anything else about it to really comment. I only saw the last half an hour or so when really both of them looked near drop dead exhausted. But for sheer length it will be talked about for a long time.
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Too bad you didn’t see the entire 3rd set where the level of play just got better and better. Sure the final game was a little tight because this match was a war. They were both exhausted. But if you didn’t watch the entire match you don’t have context. It was definitely not only the longest match but one of the best ones as well. By far the best match of the australian open.

Men had some amazing 5 setters that were exciting but not because of the quality of tennis. Verdasco coming back against Tipsy was amazing to watch but it was horrid tennis. I would give more credit to Dolgopolov. He had a a real Cinderella story run at this AO. He would be my pick on the men's side.
 
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jwilson

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So far in 2011, I would say...

Federer vs. Djokovic AO - high quality points by both guys.

Kuznetsova vs Schiavone AO - that was a battle of wills as well as tennis.
 
Lsmkenpo

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^^^^^^^^^^

Nah, that match was nothing compared to the Harrison-Raonic match the quality of play was much higher.
 
tennis_pro

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Lsmkenpo said:
^^^^^^^^^^

Nah, that match was nothing compared to the Harrison-Raonic match the quality of play was much higher.
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Exactly. A high quality can't have Karlovic in it (even tho it was tense).

Harrison-Raonic was sheer brilliance from both
 
namelessone

namelessone

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Not sure if I can name a great match, only Nalby-Hewitt comes close. Simon-Fed was quite good as well.

The other candidates were either too one side or too up and down.

Anyway, pretty average year for tennis so far outside of Novak's streak.

Fed has been pretty meh struggling with age and motivation, Nadal had health issues at the beginning of the year and hasn't been teriffic game-wise on slow HC and clay so far, Andy Murray didn't win a set of tennis from AO to Monte Carlo, Soderling started good but then had health issues, Davydenko is just recovering from his and has spotty form, the top half of the top 10 is changing spots like crazy, delpo is starting to come back he isn't there yet and so on.
 
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YodaKnowsBest

YodaKnowsBest

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The King vs Federer AO - They played their best tennis. Federer produced some immortal shots, but in the end even that wasn't enough to break the Serbian wall.
 
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3 matches stand out and it's genaral consensus!!!

Sveta-Francesca

Fedex-Nole

Rey David - Rusty
 
Lsmkenpo

Lsmkenpo

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Harrison-Raonic match is still the best match of the year.

So far this season has been the worst in terms of quality matches I can remember in quite some time.
 
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namelessone said:
Not sure if I can name a great match, only Nalby-Hewitt comes close. Simon-Fed was quite good as well.

The other candidates were either too one side or too up and down.

Anyway, pretty average year for tennis so far outside of Novak's streak.

Fed has been pretty meh struggling with age and motivation, Nadal had health issues at the beginning of the year and hasn't been teriffic game-wise on slow HC and clay so far, Andy Murray didn't win a set of tennis from AO to Monte Carlo, Soderling started good but then had health issues, Davydenko is just recovering from his and has spotty form, the top half of the top 10 is changing spots like crazy, delpo is starting to come back he isn't there yet and so on.
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I kind of agree with this post. The bold part does make me smile though... He makes back to back finals in IW and Miami, pushing both to three sets. Loses only one set in both MC and Barcelona events combined...and he still isn't good game wise. Granted, we've seen better, however, i think you are a little hard on him too.
 
djokovicgonzalez2010

djokovicgonzalez2010

G.O.A.T.
Djokovic d Nadal 4-6 6-3 7-6
Djokovic d Murray 6-1 3-6 7-6

And the one no one saw...
Hanescu d Berrer 6-4 7-6 amazing shotmaking. really.
 
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