Editing Mardy Fish (section)

===2011===
Fish opened his season at the [[2011 Brisbane International]], falling in the second round to Stepanek, 3–6, 1–6. Fish then fell in the second round to [[Tommy Robredo]], 6–1, 3–6, 3–6, 3–6, at the [[2011 Australian Open]].

He made the semifinals at his next two tournaments; [[2011 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships]], losing to resurging, eventual champion [[Juan Martín del Potro]], and at the [[2011 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships]] losing to fast-rising Canadian youngster [[Milos Raonic]] in three sets.

After a first-round bye in the [[2011 BNP Paribas Open]], he fell in the second round again to [[Milos Raonic]], 5–7, 4–6. At the [[2011 Sony Ericsson Open]], Fish found some rich vein of form, collecting wins over [[Julien Benneteau]], [[Richard Gasquet]], and notably reached the quarterfinals by winning against [[Juan Martín del Potro]], 7–5, 7–6, who only a few weeks earlier had defeated Fish in Delray Beach. By defeating del Potro and reaching the quarterfinals in Miami, Mardy Fish overtook Andy Roddick as the highest-ranked American player on the tour. Fish's campaign continued, as he upset ATP world no. 6 [[David Ferrer]], 7–5, 6–2, before falling to world no. 2 [[Novak Djokovic]] in the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Open. He entered the top 10 for the first time on April 18, despite not playing, because [[Fernando Verdasco]] did not defend his Monte Carlo points.

Fish reached the third round of the [[2011 French Open]], his best result at the tournament so far. He was beaten by [[Gilles Simon]], 3–6, 4–6, 2–6.

Fish reached the quarterfinals at [[2011 Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] for the first time, after beating the 2010 finalist [[Tomáš Berdych]] in straight sets. He lost to world no. 1 [[Rafael Nadal]], 6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4. At the [[2011 Farmers Classic]] on July 31, 2011, Fish faced [[Ernests Gulbis]] for the title, having defeated fellow American teenager [[Ryan Harrison]] in the semifinals. He finished runner-up to Gulbis, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6. This dropped him to a 6–13 mark in ATP World Tour finals. The following week, he withdrew from Washington, D.C., citing a heel injury sustained during the Farmers Classic final.

In August at the [[2011 Rogers Cup]], Fish reached his fourth Masters series final, defeating [[Feliciano López]], [[Ernests Gulbis]], [[Stanislas Wawrinka]], and [[Janko Tipsarević]], 6–3, 6–4, in the semifinal. In the final, Fish faced world no. 1 [[Novak Djokovic]], who was looking to extend his season record to 53–1. He lost to Djokovic, 2–6, 6–3, 4–6, in the final, saving three match points to come up from 0–40 in the final game. Fish rose to a career-high ranking of no. 7.

Fish continued his impressive run on the American hard courts with a comfortable 6–0, 6–2 victory in the second round of the [[2011 Western & Southern Open]] against former world no. four [[Nikolay Davydenko]]. In the quarterfinal, he defeated [[Rafael Nadal]], 6–3, 6–4. This was Fish's first win against Nadal. He faced world no. 4 [[Andy Murray]] in the semifinal. Fish lost, 3–6, 6–7, after a thrilling second-set tiebreak. In the [[2011 US Open (tennis)|2011 US Open]], he advanced to the fourth round by beating German [[Tobias Kamke]] and qualifier [[Malek Jaziri]] in straight sets in the first two rounds, and South African [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] in straight sets with two tiebreakers in the third round. Fish was subsequently eliminated in the fourth round of the tournament by world no. 11 [[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]].

He reached the semifinals in Tokyo in October, defeating [[Ryan Harrison]], [[Ernests Gulbis]], and [[Bernard Tomic]], before falling to [[Rafael Nadal]].

He played for the first time in the [[Barclays ATP World Tour Finals]], but was eliminated in the round-robin stage.