# 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships. It was Djokovic's second title of the season, after his triumph at the 2011 Australian Open, and 20th of his career. Djokovic joined Federer as the only two men to have won the tournament at least three times.

## Seeds

* Roger Federer (final)
* Novak Djokovic (champion)
* Tomáš Berdych (semifinals, retired due to a left quadriceps injury)
* Mikhail Youzhny (first round)
* Ivan Ljubičić (first round, retired due to a leg injury)
* Viktor Troicki (first round)
* Marcos Baghdatis (first round, retired due to illness)
* Ernests Gulbis (second 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 |
| 1 | Roger Federer | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Richard Gasquet | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Richard Gasquet | 2 | 5 | | 1 | Roger Federer | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | 2 | Novak Djokovic | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 2 | 2$^r$ | 2 | Novak Djokovic | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Novak Djokovic | 6$^5$ | 6 | 4 | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | R Federer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Devvarrman | 3 | 3 | | 1 | R Federer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Granollers | 6 | 6 | | | M Granollers | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Tursunov | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | R Federer | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Stakhovsky | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | O Alawadhi | 4 | 2 | | | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Berrer | 3 | 4 | | 8 | E Gulbis | 3 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | E Gulbis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Federer | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | M Youzhny | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | R Gasquet | 2 | 5 |
| | G Simon | 6 | 7 | | | G Simon | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Rosol | 7 | 6 | | Q | L Rosol | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Beck | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | | | | | | G Simon | 7 | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | G Dimitrov | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | R Gasquet | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Gasquet | 6 | 6 | | | R Gasquet | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Bubka | 6 | 0 | | Q | S Bubka | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | I Ljubičić | 1 | 1 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 |
| 6 | V Troicki | 1 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 7 | | | P Kohlschreiber | 0 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Seppi | 6 | 6$^2$ | 2 | | P Petzschner | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Petzschner | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | P Petzschner | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | N Davydenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | T Berdych | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G García-López | 2 | 0 | | | N Davydenko | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Chardy | 2 | 3 | | 3 | T Berdych | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | T Berdych | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | T Berdych | 7 | 2 | 2$^r$ |
| 7 | M Baghdatis | 0 | r | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | N Djokovic | 6$^5$ | 6 | 4 |
| | A Golubev | 4 | | | | A Golubev | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Mayer | 6 | 6 | | | F Mayer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Nieminen | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | F Mayer | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| | F López | 5 | | | | | | | | 2 | N Djokovic | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Y-h Lu | 0 | r | | | F López | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Llodra | 3 | 3 | | 2 | N Djokovic | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |