to fifth seeds Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach. Gil's three wins over Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Davis Cup in September contributed for Portugal's promotion to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2011. After participating in Challenger tournaments, Gil returned to the ATP Tour in October, losing in the second round at the Open Sud de France. He finished 2010 season following a loss in the qualifying rounds of the Valencia Open. In the year's last ranking, Gil was positioned 101 in the world – thus failing to keep his top 100 status from the previous season and behind his fellow countryman Machado. 2011: Career-high ranking Gil entered the 2011 season with early round losses at the Chennai Open and the Sydney International. Then, he won his first match at a Grand Slam tournament and became the first Portuguese since Nuno Marques in 1991 to do so at the Australian Open, with a 5-set win over Pablo Cuevas. Gil lost in the second round to Gaël Monfils. In February, at the Movistar Open, he lost in First round to no. 52 Tommy Robredo by 2–6, 6–3, 6–4. Later, he lost in the first round of Copa Claro to no. 55 Fabio Fognini by 1–6, 6–2, 6–2. A week later, at Abierto Mexicano Telcel he suffer his third consecutive lost in a first round of a tournament to no. 86 Filippo Volandri by 6–1, 3–6, 6–4. In March, at the Miami Open Gil defeated no. 146 Paul Capdeville 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(6) in the first round. He then lost to no. 12 Nicolás Almagro by 6–4, 3–6, 6–2. In April, competing in Casablanca, Gil reached the Second round where he was defeated 6–3, 6–4 by Gilles Simon, ranked 27th. At the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, he defeated world number 10 and 8th seed Gaël Monfils, reaching the quarterfinals of an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event for the first time. Despite the 6–2, 6–1 loss to world number 4 Andy Murray, Gil collected 205 points which allowed him to reach a career-high world ranking number 64. A week later, after achieving the quarter-finals in a challenger in Naples, defeated by Ivo Minář (122nd), by 6–7(5), 6–3, 3–6, where he reached a new career-high world ranking number 62, a week before is favorite tournament in Estoril, Portugal where he has many points to defend after losing in the final in the previous year. Gil was