2021 Australian Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2021 Australian Open
Final
Champion	Novak Djokovic
Runner-up	Daniil Medvedev
Score	7–5, 6–2, 6–2
Details
Draw	128 ( 16 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32
Events

Two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic^[1] defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final, 7–5, 6–2, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 Australian Open.^[2] It was his record-extending ninth Australian Open title and his 18th major title overall.^[3] With his fourth round win against Milos Raonic, Djokovic joined Roger Federer as only the second man with 300 or more match wins in majors.^[4]^[5]

This marked the first major main-draw appearance for future world No. 1 and four-time major champion Carlos Alcaraz; he lost to Mikael Ymer in the second round. At 17 years old, Alcaraz became the youngest man to win a main-draw match at the Australian Open since Bernard Tomic in the 2009 Australian Open, defeating fellow qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp in the previous round.

Aslan Karatsev became the first male qualifier to reach a major semifinal since Vladimir Voltchkov in the 2000 Wimbledon Championships, and the first since Bob Giltinan in December 1977 to do so at the Australian Open.^[6] He was also the lowest-ranked player to reach a major semifinal since Goran Ivanišević (ranked 125) at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, the lowest ranked to do so at the Australian Open since Patrick McEnroe (also ranked 114) in 1991, and the first man to reach a major semifinal in the Open Era on his main draw debut.^[7]

This was the first major in the Open Era to feature three Russian men in the quarterfinals, those being Karatsev, Medvedev and Andrey Rublev.

Seeds

All seedings per ATP rankings.^[8]

01. Novak Djokovic (champion)

02.

Rafael Nadal (quarterfinals)

03.

Dominic Thiem (fourth round)

04.

Daniil Medvedev (final)

05.

Stefanos Tsitsipas (semifinals)

06.

Alexander Zverev (quarterfinals)

07.

Andrey Rublev (quarterfinals)

08.

Diego Schwartzman (third round)

09.

Matteo Berrettini (fourth round, withdrew)

10.

Gaël Monfils (first round)

11.

Denis Shapovalov (third round)

12.

Roberto Bautista Agut (first round)

13.

David Goffin (first round)

14.

Milos Raonic (fourth round)

15.

Pablo Carreño Busta (third round, retired)

16.

Fabio Fognini (fourth round)

17.

Stan Wawrinka (second round)

18.

Grigor Dimitrov (quarterfinals)

19.

Karen Khachanov (third round)

20.

Félix Auger-Aliassime (fourth round)

21.

Alex de Minaur (third round)

22.

Borna Ćorić (second round)

23.

Dušan Lajović (fourth round)

24.

Casper Ruud (fourth round, retired)

25.

Benoît Paire (first round)

26.

Hubert Hurkacz (first round)

27.

Taylor Fritz (third round)

28.

Filip Krajinović (third round)

29.

Ugo Humbert (second round)

30.

Dan Evans (first round)

31.

Lorenzo Sonego (second round)

32.

Adrian Mannarino (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals					Final

1	Novak Djokovic	6⁶	6	6	7⁸

6	Alexander Zverev	7⁸	2	4	6⁶
							1	Novak Djokovic	6	6	6

							Q	Aslan Karatsev	3	4	2
18	Grigor Dimitrov	6	4	1	2

Q	Aslan Karatsev	2	6	6	6
												1	Novak Djokovic	7	6	6

												4	Daniil Medvedev	5	2	2
7	Andrey Rublev	5	3	2

4	Daniil Medvedev	7	6	6
							4	Daniil Medvedev	6	6	7

							5	Stefanos Tsitsipas	4	2	5
5	Stefanos Tsitsipas	3	2	7⁷	6	7

2	Rafael Nadal	6	6	6⁴	4	5

Top half

Section 1

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

1	N Djokovic	6	6	6
	J Chardy	3	1	2			1	N Djokovic	6	6³	7⁷	6
	F Tiafoe	7⁷	6	6				F Tiafoe	3	7⁷	6²	3
	S Travaglia	6⁵	2	2										1	N Djokovic	7⁷	6	3	4	6
	R Opelka	6	7⁷	6										27	T Fritz	6¹	4	6	6	2
PR	Y-h Lu	3	6²	3				R Opelka	6	6⁶	7⁷	6⁵	2
	A Ramos Viñolas	6⁶	6	2	6⁶		27	T Fritz	4	7⁸	6⁴	7⁷	6
27	T Fritz	7⁸	3	6	7⁸																1	N Djokovic	7⁷	4	6	6
17	S Wawrinka	6	6	6																	14	M Raonic	6⁴	6	1	4
	P Sousa	3	2	4			17	S Wawrinka	5	1	6	6	6⁹
	M Fucsovics	4	6	6	6³	6		M Fucsovics	7	6	4	2	7¹¹
WC	M Polmans	6	3	1	7⁷	3									M Fucsovics	6²	7	2	2
	C Moutet	6	6⁴	3	6	6								14	M Raonic	7⁷	5	6	6
	J Millman	4	7⁷	6	2	3		C Moutet	7⁷	1	1	4
	F Coria	3	3	2			14	M Raonic	6¹	6	6	6
14	M Raonic	6	6	6

Section 2

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

10	G Monfils	6	4	5	6	3
	E Ruusuvuori	3	6	7	3	6		E Ruusuvuori	6	3	2	6⁵
	Y Nishioka	7⁷	1	1	1			P Martínez	1	6	6	7⁷
	P Martínez	6³	6	6	6									P Martínez	7⁸	5	1	4
	A Bedene	4	5	7	4								23	D Lajović	6⁶	7	6	6
	A Bublik	6	7	5	6			A Bublik	4	6⁴	6	3
Q	S Stakhovsky	7	4	3	7	4	23	D Lajović	6	7⁷	4	6
23	D Lajović	5	6	6	5	6													23	D Lajović	4	6⁵	3
32	A Mannarino	6	6	7⁷															6	A Zverev	6	7⁷	6
	D Novak	2	4	6²			32	A Mannarino	6	6	6
	M Kecmanović	6	6	6				M Kecmanović	1	2	4
	K Majchrzak	2	4	3									32	A Mannarino	3	3	1
LL	T Daniel	6¹	6³	4									6	A Zverev	6	6	6
Q	M Cressy	7⁷	7⁷	6			Q	M Cressy	5	4	3
	M Giron	7¹⁰	6⁵	3	2		6	A Zverev	7	6	6
6	A Zverev	6⁸	7⁷	6	6

Section 3

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

3	D Thiem	7⁷	6	6
	M Kukushkin	6²	2	3			3	D Thiem	6	6	6
	D Koepfer	7	6	6				D Koepfer	4	0	2
LL	H Dellien	5	2	4										3	D Thiem	4	4	6	6	6
Q	F Ferreira Silva	4	4	4											N Kyrgios	6	6	3	4	4
	N Kyrgios	6	6	6				N Kyrgios	5	6	3	7⁷	6
	Y Uchiyama	3	4	7⁷	3		29	U Humbert	7	4	6	6²	4
29	U Humbert	6	6	6³	6																3	D Thiem	4	4	0
18	G Dimitrov	6	6	7⁷																	18	G Dimitrov	6	6	6
	M Čilić	4	2	6⁵			18	G Dimitrov	7⁷	6	6
WC	A Bolt	6	6	4	6		WC	A Bolt	6¹	1	2
	N Gombos	2	2	6	3									18	G Dimitrov	6	1
Q	K Coppejans	4	6	7⁷	3	3								15	P Carreño Busta	0	0^r
	J Veselý	6	3	6³	6	6		J Veselý	3	6³	6	4
	K Nishikori	5	6⁴	2			15	P Carreño Busta	6	7⁷	2	6
15	P Carreño Busta	7	7⁷	6

Section 4

First round							Second round					Third round					Fourth round

11	D Shapovalov	3	6	6	4	6
	J Sinner	6	3	2	6	4	11	D Shapovalov	6	6	6
	Y Sugita	6	1	1^r			Q	B Tomic	1	3	2
Q	B Tomic	3	6	4								11	D Shapovalov	5	5	3
LL	D Džumhur	3	2	4								20	F Auger-Aliassime	7	7	6
	J Duckworth	6	6	6				J Duckworth	4	1	2
LL	C-M Stebe	2	4	2			20	F Auger-Aliassime	6	6	6
20	F Auger-Aliassime	6	6	6													20	F Auger-Aliassime	6	6	3	3	4
25	B Paire	2	6	6⁵	5												Q	A Karatsev	3	1	6	6	6
	E Gerasimov	6	2	7⁷	7			E Gerasimov	0	1	0
	G Mager	3	3	4			Q	A Karatsev	6	6	6
Q	A Karatsev	6	6	6								Q	A Karatsev	6	6	6
LL	A Müller	4	6	6	6							8	D Schwartzman	3	3	3
	JI Londero	6	3	0	3		LL	A Müller	2	0	3
Q	E Ymer	6³	4	6	2		8	D Schwartzman	6	6	6
8	D Schwartzman	7⁷	6	2	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

7	A Rublev	6	6	6
	Y Hanfmann	3	3	4		7	A Rublev	6	6	7¹⁰
	T Monteiro	7⁸	6	6			T Monteiro	4	4	6⁸
	A Martin	6⁶	1	2									7	A Rublev	7	6	6
WC	L Tu	7⁷	4	6⁴	4									F López	5	2	3
	F López	6¹	6	7⁷	6		F López	5	3	6	7	6
	S Querrey	5	4	4		31	L Sonego	7	6	3	5	4
31	L Sonego	7	6	6															7	A Rublev	6	7⁷	0
24	C Ruud	6	6	2															24	C Ruud	2	6³	0^r
	J Thompson	3	3	1^r		24	C Ruud	3	6	6	7
	N Basilashvili	4	6⁰	4			T Paul	6	2	4	5
	T Paul	6	7⁷	6									24	C Ruud	6	5	6	6
WC	C O'Connell	7⁷	7⁷	6										R Albot	1	7	4	4
	J-L Struff	6²	6⁵	1		WC	C O'Connell	2	5	6⁸
	R Albot	6¹	6	6	7⁷		R Albot	6	7	7¹⁰
12	R Bautista Agut	7⁷	0	4	6⁵

Section 6

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

13	D Goffin	6	4	7⁷	6⁶	3
WC	A Popyrin	3	6	6⁴	7⁸	6	WC	A Popyrin	2	6	3	7⁷	3
	L Harris	4	6	6	6			L Harris	6	1	6	6⁵	6
LL	M Torpegaard	6	3	2	2										L Harris	6⁷	1	4
PR	M McDonald	3	6	6	6									PR	M McDonald	7⁹	6	6
	M Cecchinato	6	3	2	2		PR	M McDonald	6	6	4	6
	G Pella	3	6⁵	5			22	B Ćorić	4	2	6	4
22	B Ćorić	6	7⁷	7																	PR	M McDonald	4	2	3
28	F Krajinović	7⁷	6	4	6																4	D Medvedev	6	6	6
LL	R Haase	6⁴	3	6	2		28	F Krajinović	6	5	6	6
	P Andújar	6	7	7				P Andújar	2	7	1	4
Q	Q Halys	4	5	5										28	F Krajinović	3	3	6	6	0
	R Carballés Baena	7	3	6	6									4	D Medvedev	6	6	4	3	6
	A Balázs	5	6	2	3			R Carballés Baena	2	5	1
	V Pospisil	2	2	4			4	D Medvedev	6	7	6
4	D Medvedev	6	6	6

Section 7

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

5	S Tsitsipas	6	6	6
	G Simon	1	2	1			5	S Tsitsipas	6⁵	6	6	6⁵	6
WC	T Kokkinakis	6	6	6			WC	T Kokkinakis	7⁷	4	1	7⁷	4
	S-w Kwon	4	1	1										5	S Tsitsipas	6	6	6
Q	B van de Zandschulp	1	4	4											M Ymer	4	1	1
Q	C Alcaraz	6	6	6			Q	C Alcaraz	6	4	4	6⁵
	M Ymer	3	6	3	7	6		M Ymer	2	6	6	7⁷
26	H Hurkacz	6	3	6	5	3													5	S Tsitsipas	w/o
19	K Khachanov	6	6⁴	7⁷	6														9	M Berrettini
WC	A Vukic	3	7⁷	6²	4		19	K Khachanov	6	6	6
	R Berankis	6	7	6				R Berankis	2	4	4
WC	S Nagal	2	5	3										19	K Khachanov	6¹	6⁵	6⁵
Q	T Macháč	6⁵	7	6	3									9	M Berrettini	7⁷	7⁷	7⁷
Q	M Vilella Martínez	7⁷	5	0	0^r		Q	T Macháč	3	2	6	3
	K Anderson	6⁹	5	3			9	M Berrettini	6	6	4	6
9	M Berrettini	7¹¹	7	6

Section 8

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

16	F Fognini	6	6	6
	P-H Herbert	4	2	3			16	F Fognini	4	6	2	6	7¹⁴
Q	H Laaksonen	2	4	3				S Caruso	6	2	6	3	6¹²
	S Caruso	6	6	6										16	F Fognini	6	6	6
	P Cuevas	6	4	6	6									21	A de Minaur	4	3	4
	A Seppi	4	6	2	2			P Cuevas	3	3	5
	T Sandgren	5	1	1			21	A de Minaur	6	6	7
21	A de Minaur	7	6	6															16	F Fognini	3	4	2
30	D Evans	4	6	4	5														2	R Nadal	6	6	6
	C Norrie	6	4	6	7			C Norrie	3	7	6	7⁷
	I Ivashka	4	3	4			Q	R Safiullin	6	5	3	6³
Q	R Safiullin	6	6	6											C Norrie	5	2	5
Q	M Mmoh	7⁷	6³	3	7⁷	7								2	R Nadal	7	6	7
Q	V Troicki	6³	7⁷	6	6³	5	Q	M Mmoh	1	4	2
	L Đere	3	4	1			2	R Nadal	6	6	6
2	R Nadal	6	6	6

Ranking

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 1 February 2021. Rankings and points before are as of 8 February 2021.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Novak Djokovic	12,030	2,000	2,000	12,030	Champion, defeated Daniil Medvedev [4]
2	2	Rafael Nadal	9,850	360	360	9,850	Quarterfinals lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas [7]
3	3	Dominic Thiem	9,125	1,200	180	9,125	Fourth round lost to Grigor Dimitrov [18]
4	4	Daniil Medvedev	8,695	180	1,200	9,735	Final lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
5	6	Stefanos Tsitsipas	5,940	90	720	6,595	Semifinals lost to Daniil Medvedev [4]
6	7	Alexander Zverev	5,615	720	360	5,615	Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
7	8	Andrey Rublev	4,429	180	360	4,609	Quarterfinals lost to Daniil Medvedev [4]
8	9	Diego Schwartzman	3,480	180	90	3,480	Third round lost to Aslan Karatsev [Q]
9	10	Matteo Berrettini	3,345	45	180	3,480	Fourth round withdrew due to abdominal strain
10	12	Gaël Monfils	2,860	180	10	2,860	First round lost to Emil Ruusuvuori
11	11	Denis Shapovalov	2,830	10	90	2,910	Third round lost to Félix Auger-Aliassime [20]
12	13	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,710	90	10	2,710	First round lost to Radu Albot
13	15	David Goffin	2,600	90	10	2,600	First round lost to Alexei Popyrin [WC]
14	14	Milos Raonic	2,630	360	180	2,630	Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
15	16	Pablo Carreño Busta	2,585	90	90	2,585	Third round retired against Grigor Dimitrov [18]
16	17	Fabio Fognini	2,535	180	180	2,535	Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
17	18	Stan Wawrinka	2,365	360	45	2,365	Second round lost to Márton Fucsovics
18	21	Grigor Dimitrov	2,260	45	360	2,575	Quarterfinals lost to Aslan Karatsev [Q]
19	20	Karen Khachanov	2,290	90	90	2,290	Third round lost to Matteo Berrettini [9]
20	19	Félix Auger-Aliassime	2,346	10	180	2,516	Fourth round lost to Aslan Karatsev [Q]
21	23	Alex de Minaur	2,065	0	90	2,155	Third round lost to Fabio Fognini [16]
22	25	Borna Ćorić	1,855	10	45	1,890	Second round lost to Mackenzie McDonald [PR]
23	27	Dušan Lajović	1,785	90	180	1,875	Fourth round lost to Alexander Zverev [6]
24	28	Casper Ruud	1,739	10	180	1,909	Fourth round lost to Andrey Rublev [7]
25	29	Benoît Paire	1,738	45	10	1,738	First round lost to Egor Gerasimov
26	30	Hubert Hurkacz	1,735	45	10	1,735	First round lost to Mikael Ymer
27	31	Taylor Fritz	1,695	90	90	1,695	Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
28	33	Filip Krajinović	1,673	45	90	1,718	Third round lost to Daniil Medvedev [4]
29	34	Ugo Humbert	1,671	10	45	1,706	Second round lost to Nick Kyrgios
30	26	Dan Evans	1,794	45	10	1,794	First round lost to Cameron Norrie
31	35	Lorenzo Sonego	1,588	10	45	1,623	Second round lost to Feliciano López
32	36	Adrian Mannarino	1,561	10	90	1,641	Third round lost to Alexander Zverev [6]

Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Lu Yen-hsun (71)
Mackenzie McDonald (83)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Potential lucky losers

Borna Gojo (did not play)

Withdrawals

Fernando Verdasco (65) → replaced by James Duckworth (103)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (98) → replaced by Yasutaka Uchiyama (104)
Roger Federer (5)^[9] → replaced by Pedro Sousa (105)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (62) → replaced by Andreas Seppi (106)
Lucas Pouille (70) → replaced by Kamil Majchrzak (107)
Kyle Edmund (48)^[10] → replaced by Ilya Ivashka (108)^[i]
John Isner (25)^[11] → replaced by Hugo Dellien (LL)^[ii]
Cristian Garín (22) → replaced by Taro Daniel (LL)^[ii]
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (52) → replaced by Damir Džumhur (LL)^[ii]
João Sousa (90) → replaced by Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (LL)^[ii]
Steve Johnson (72) → replaced by Mikael Torpegaard (LL)^[ii]
Richard Gasquet (47) → replaced by Robin Haase (LL)^[ii]
Federico Delbonis (82) → replaced by Alexandre Müller (LL)^[ii]

Explanatory notes

^ Last direct acceptance
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Player who lost in qualifying match in Doha and decided to travel to Australia that was a subject into a mandatory 14-day quarantine period descending by order of the rankings of 4 January 2021

References

^ "Novak Djokovic outlasts Dominic Thiem to win eighth Australian Open crown". Guardian. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ "Novak Djokovic routs Daniil Medvedev to claim his ninth Australian Open title". The Guardian. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^ "Novak Djokovic wins ninth Australian Open by beating Daniil Medvedev". BBC Sport. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ "Novak Djokovic Records 300th Grand Slam Match Win, Now For Alexander Zverev At Australian Open | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
^ Matias Grez (14 February 2021). "Novak Djokovic becomes just second man in history to reach 300 grand slam wins". CNN. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
^ "Australian Open 2021: Novak Djokovic beats Aslan Karatsev to reach Melbourne final". BBC Sport. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ "World stunned as unknown tennis star secures mind-blowing payday". NewsComAu. 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
^ "What is the ATP rankings?". Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "Roger Federer's Australian Open withdrawal due to family not injury - Tennis Australia official". Eurosport. 7 January 2021.
^ "Andy Murray dodges training base Covid scare but injured Kyle Edmund pulls out of Australian Open 2021". inews.co.uk. 10 January 2021.
^ "Isner Will Not Play Australian Open: 'It Wasn't An Easy Decision'". ATP Tour. 12 January 2021.

Preceded by 2020 French Open – Men's singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 2021 French Open – Men's singles

External links

[11] Last direct acceptance

[Lucky_loser-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Player who lost in qualifying match in Doha and decided to travel to Australia that was a subject into a mandatory 14-day quarantine period descending by order of the rankings of 4 January 2021

[1] "Novak Djokovic outlasts Dominic Thiem to win eighth Australian Open crown". Guardian. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[2] "Novak Djokovic routs Daniil Medvedev to claim his ninth Australian Open title". The Guardian. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

[3] "Novak Djokovic wins ninth Australian Open by beating Daniil Medvedev". BBC Sport. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[4] "Novak Djokovic Records 300th Grand Slam Match Win, Now For Alexander Zverev At Australian Open | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2021-02-17.

[5] Matias Grez (14 February 2021). "Novak Djokovic becomes just second man in history to reach 300 grand slam wins". CNN. Retrieved 2021-02-17.

[6] "Australian Open 2021: Novak Djokovic beats Aslan Karatsev to reach Melbourne final". BBC Sport. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

[7] "World stunned as unknown tennis star secures mind-blowing payday". NewsComAu. 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2021-02-16.

[8] "What is the ATP rankings?". Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[9] "Roger Federer's Australian Open withdrawal due to family not injury - Tennis Australia official". Eurosport. 7 January 2021.

[10] "Andy Murray dodges training base Covid scare but injured Kyle Edmund pulls out of Australian Open 2021". inews.co.uk. 10 January 2021.

[12] "Isner Will Not Play Australian Open: 'It Wasn't An Easy Decision'". ATP Tour. 12 January 2021.

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