# Badminton at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's singles

The men's singles badminton event at the 2011 Pan American Games was held October 15–20 at the Multipurpose Gymnasium in Guadalajara. The defending Pan American Games champion was Mike Beres of Canada, while the defending Pan American Championship champion was Stephan Wojcikiewicz, also of Canada. Beres retired after the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
The athletes were drawn into an elimination stage draw. Once a team lost a match it was no longer able to compete. Each match was contested as the best of three games.
The draw for the competition was done on October 7, 2011.

## Seeds

* Kevin Cordón (GUA) (champion)
* Rodrigo Pacheco (PER) (third round)
* Stephan Wojcikiewicz (CAN) (quarterfinals)
* Daniel Paiola (BRA) (semifinals)
* Sattawat Pongnairat (USA) (third round)
* Rodolfo Ramírez (GUA) (third round)
* Lino Muñoz (MEX) (quarterfinals)
* Alex Tjong (BRA) (quarterfinals)

## Results
### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Kevin Cordón (GUA) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Pedro Yang (GUA) | 11 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Pedro Yang (GUA) | 11 | 16 | | 1 | Kevin Cordón (GUA) | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Daniel Paiola (BRA) | 14 | 8 | | | | | |
| 4 | Daniel Paiola (BRA) | 21 | 21 | | 4 | Daniel Paiola (BRA) | 14 | 8 | | | | | |
| 7 | Lino Muñoz (MEX) | 12 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Lino Muñoz (MEX) | 12 | 16 | | | | | | | 1 | Kevin Cordón (GUA) | 23 | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Osleni Guerrero (CUB) | 21 | 19 |
| | Osleni Guerrero (CUB) | 10 | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | Osleni Guerrero (CUB) | 21 | 19 |
| 3 | Stephan Wojcikiewicz (CAN) | 21 | 20 | 18 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Stephan Wojcikiewicz (CAN) | 21 | 20 | 18 | | Osleni Guerrero (CUB) | 21 | 18 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Charles Pyne (JAM) | 18 | 21 | 18 | | | | |
| 8 | Alex Yuwan Tjong (BRA) | 14 | 21 | 19 | | Charles Pyne (JAM) | 18 | 21 | 18 | | | | |
| | Charles Pyne (JAM) | 21 | 19 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | K Cordón (GUA) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Ng (CAN) | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 1 | K Cordón (GUA) | 21 | 23 | | | | | |
| | | | | | M Cuba (PER) | 15 | 21 | | | | | |
| | M Cuba (PER) | 21 | 22 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Castillo (MEX) | 18 | 20 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | K Cordón (GUA) | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | | | P Yang (GUA) | 11 | 16 |
| 5 | S Pongnairat (USA) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Valentín (PUR) | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 5 | S Pongnairat (USA) | 14 | 21 | 16 | | | | |
| | | | | | P Yang (GUA) | 21 | 13 | 21 | | | | |
| | G Henry (JAM) | 19 | 20 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Yang (GUA) | 21 | 22 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | 4 | D Paiola (BRA) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | L Camacho (VEN) | 14 | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 4 | D Paiola (BRA) | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | A Raposo (DOM) | 7 | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | A Raposo (DOM) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | E Mujica (CHI) | 13 | 14 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | D Paiola (BRA) | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | L Muñoz (MEX) | 12 | 16 |
| | | | 7 | L Muñoz (MEX) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | M del Valle (PER) | 10 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 7 | L Muñoz (MEX) | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | T Ronald (CUB) | 12 | 17 | | | | |
| | | | | R Toledo (CUB) | 21 | 14 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| A Padmore (BAR) | 8 | 10 | | M Wongsodikromo (SUR) | 18 | 21 | 13 | | | | | | | | |
| M Wongsodikromo (SUR) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| F Diaz (ARG) | 5 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| O Guerrero (CUB) | 21 | 21 | | O Guerrero (CUB) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | V Soeroredjo (SUR) | 11 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | O Guerrero (CUB) | 22 | 23 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 6 | R Ramírez (GUA) | 20 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | A Trigo (CHI) | 8 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | R Ramírez (GUA) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | O Guerrero (CUB) | 10 | 22 | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Wojcikiewicz (CAN) | 21 | 20 | 18 |
| | | | | N Javier (DOM) | 17 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | S Teran (ECU) | 21 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | N Javier (DOM) | 13 | 16 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 3 | S Wojcikiewicz (CAN) | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | L dos Santos (BRA) | 13 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | S Wojcikiewicz (CAN) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | C Araya (CHI) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Darmohoetomo (SUR) | 17 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | C Araya (CHI) | 13 | 14 | | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | A Tjong (BRA) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
| | L Uzcategui (VEN) | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Tjong (BRA) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 8 | A Tjong (BRA) | 14 | 21 | 19 |
| | | | | | | | | | | C Pyne (JAM) | 21 | 19 | 21 |
| | C Pyne (JAM) | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Matute (VEN) | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | C Pyne (JAM) | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | R Pacheco (PER) | 22 | 17 | 10 | | | | | |
| | A López (MEX) | 12 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | R Pacheco (PER) | 21 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | |