2011 China Open – Men's singles
# 2011 China Open – Men's singles

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but was unable to participate due to a back injury.

Tomáš Berdych won the title, defeating Marin Čilić in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1.

## Seeds

* Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (semifinals)
* Gaël Monfils (withdrew due to a knee injury)
* Tomáš Berdych (champion)
* Nicolás Almagro (first round)
* Gilles Simon (first round)
* Andy Roddick (first round)
* John Isner (withdrew due to abdominal strain)
* Alexandr Dolgopolov (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| 3 | Tomáš Berdych | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Tomáš Berdych | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | Tomáš Berdych | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Marin Čilić | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| | Ivan Ljubičić | 4 | 3 | | | Marin Čilić | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| | Marin Čilić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | J-W Tsonga | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Dimitrov | $6^5$ | 5 | | 1 | J-W Tsonga | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Z Zhang | 6 | 6 | | WC | Z Zhang | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Z Li | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | J-W Tsonga | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | T Bellucci | 1 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | JC Ferrero | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | JC Ferrero | 6 | $7^7$ | | | JC Ferrero | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Granollers | 6 | 6 | | | M Granollers | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | G Simon | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J-W Tsonga | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | T Berdych | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | T Berdych | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | J Melzer | 5 | 5 | | 3 | T Berdych | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | $7^7$ | | Q | P Kohlschreiber | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Robredo | 3 | $6^0$ | | | | | | | 3 | T Berdych | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | F Verdasco | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | F Verdasco | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| | M Llodra | 2 | 4 | | | F Verdasco | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Cipolla | 6 | 1 | 6 | Q | F Cipolla | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Dolgopolov | 1 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| LL | T Gabashvili | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Ljubičić | 7 | 7 | I Ljubičić | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | F Mayer | 6 | 6 | F Mayer | 0 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Ramos | 2 | 4 | | | | | I Ljubičić | $7^7$ | $6^4$ | 6 | | | |
| Q | M İlhan | 2 | $6^6$ | | | | | M Youzhny | $6^4$ | $7^7$ | 2 | | | |
| | F López | 6 | $7^8$ | F López | $7^7$ | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | M Youzhny | 6 | 6 | M Youzhny | $6^5$ | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | N Almagro | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | I Ljubičić | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | A Roddick | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | M Čilić | 6 | 6 |
| | K Anderson | 6 | 7 | K Anderson | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | A Montañés | 6 | 6 | A Montañés | $6^3$ | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | |
| LL | P Capdeville | 3 | 3 | | | | | K Anderson | $6^4$ | 6 | 1 | | | |
| WC | D Wu | 2 | 0 | | | | | M Čilić | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | |
| | M Čilić | 6 | 6 | M Čilić | 6 | $6^1$ | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | F Fognini | 6 | 6 | F Fognini | 2 | $7^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | |
| LL | G Žemlja | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
