Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić defeated Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–4), to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2021 Italian Open. The second seeds did not drop a set en route to their third ATP Tour Masters 1000 victory together and their sixth title overall of the season. The all-Croatian pair also became the second doubles team to have reached the finals of the first four Masters 1000 tournaments in a season after the Bryan brothers, who last accomplished the feat in 2018. Ram and Salisbury were competing for their first title of the season and their fourth title together.[1][2]
| Men's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2021 Italian Open | |
| Champions |  Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić |
| Runners-up |  Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury |
| Score | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions,[3] but they lost in the quarterfinals to Ram and Salisbury.[4]
Seeds edit
Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (first round)
Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić (champions)- Ivan Dodig /
Filip Polášek (second round) 
Marcel Granollers / 
Horacio Zeballos (quarterfinals)
Rajeev Ram / 
Joe Salisbury (final)- Jamie Murray /
Bruno Soares (first round) 
Wesley Koolhof / Jean-Julien Rojer (quarterfinals)
Kevin Krawietz / 
Horia Tecău (quarterfinals)
Draw edit
Key edit
- 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 edit
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Alt |  Marcelo Arévalo Matwé Middelkoop
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury
| 4 | 64 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||
 John Peers Michael Venus
| 65 | 64 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić
| 77 | 77 | ||||||||||
Top half edit
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  JS Cabal R Farah
| 67 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  F Fognini L Musetti
| 79 | 6 | WC | F Fognini L Musetti
| 64 | 77 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | M Arévalo M Middelkoop
| 6 | 6 | Alt | M Arévalo M Middelkoop
| 77 | 65 | [11] | |||||||||||||||||||
| D Evans N Skupski
| 3 | 2 | Alt | M Arévalo M Middelkoop
| 2 | 77 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt |  A Behar G Escobar
| 3 | 7 | [16] | 7 | W Koolhof J-J Rojer
| 6 | 63 | [5] | ||||||||||||||||||
 H Kontinen É Roger-Vasselin
| 6 | 5 | [14] | Alt | A Behar G Escobar
| 6 | 3 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | M Cecchinato S Travaglia
| 6 | 1 | [7] | 7 | W Koolhof J-J Rojer
| 4 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | W Koolhof J-J Rojer
| 4 | 6 | [10] | Alt | M Arévalo M Middelkoop
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  M Granollers H Zeballos
| 6 | 7 | 5 | R Ram J Salisbury
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Molteni D Schwartzman
| 3 | 5 | 4 | M Granollers H Zeballos
| 7 | 4 | [12] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt |  P Tsitsipas S Tsitsipas
| 67 | 3 |  Ł Kubot F Škugor
| 5 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ł Kubot F Škugor
| 79 | 6 | 4 | M Granollers H Zeballos
| 63 | 6 | [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M González F Martin
| 79 | 4 | [6] | 5 | R Ram J Salisbury
| 77 | 3 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
 R Klaasen B McLachlan
| 67 | 6 | [10] | R Klaasen B McLachlan
| 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 S Gillé J Vliegen
| 3 | 6 | [10] | 5 | R Ram J Salisbury
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | R Ram J Salisbury
| 6 | 2 | [12] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half edit
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  K Krawietz H Tecău
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
M Čilić M Melo
| 4 | 2 | 8 | K Krawietz H Tecău
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Purcell L Saville
| 7 | 65 | [6] | Alt | L Broady A Murray
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | L Broady A Murray
| 5 | 77 | [10] | 8 | K Krawietz H Tecău
| 65 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Peers M Venus
| 79 | 77 | J Peers M Venus
| 77 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A Krajicek O Marach
| 67 | 64 | J Peers M Venus
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A de Minaur J-L Struff
| 65 | 7 | [7] | 3 | I Dodig F Polášek
| 1 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | I Dodig F Polášek
| 77 | 5 | [10] | J Peers M Venus
| 65 | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | J Murray B Soares
| 6 | 65 | [4] | 2 | N Mektić M Pavić
| 77 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||
M Demoliner D Medvedev
| 3 | 77 | [10] | M Demoliner D Medvedev
| 3 | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | L Sonego A Vavassori
| 5 | 6 | [8] | A Mannarino B Paire
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Mannarino B Paire
| 7 | 4 | [10] | A Mannarino B Paire
| 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 R Bopanna D Shapovalov
| 4 | 4 | 2 | N Mektić M Pavić
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Daniell P Oswald
| 6 | 6 | M Daniell P Oswald
| 64 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Bublik C Garín
| 4 | 5 | 2 | N Mektić M Pavić
| 77 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | N Mektić M Pavić
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ATP doubles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL
|
Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL
|
Robert Farah | 5 | 1 |
| CRO
|
Nikola Mektić | CRO
|
Mate Pavić | 5 | 2 |
| CRO
|
Ivan Dodig | SVK
|
Filip Polášek | 17 | 3 |
| ESP
|
Marcel Granollers | ARG
|
Horacio Zeballos | 18 | 4 |
| USA
|
Rajeev Ram | GBR
|
Joe Salisbury | 25 | 5 |
| GBR
|
Jamie Murray | BRA
|
Bruno Soares | 30 | 6 |
| NED
|
Wesley Koolhof | NED
|
Jean-Julien Rojer | 36 | 7 |
| GER
|
Kevin Krawietz | ROU
|
Horia Tecău | 38 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of May 3, 2021.
Other entrants edit
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Marco Cecchinato / Stefano Travaglia- Fabio Fognini / Lorenzo Musetti
- Lorenzo Sonego / Andrea Vavassori
The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw as alternates:
Marcelo Arévalo / Matwé Middelkoop
Ariel Behar / 
Gonzalo Escobar- Liam Broady / Andy Murray
Petros Tsitsipas / Stefanos Tsitsipas
Withdrawals edit
- Before the tournament
Félix Auger-Aliassime / 
Hubert Hurkacz → replaced by Liam Broady / Andy Murray
Márton Fucsovics / 
Casper Ruud → replaced by Marcelo Arévalo / Matwé Middelkoop
Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev → replaced by Petros Tsitsipas / Stefanos Tsitsipas- Tim Pütz / Alexander Zverev → replaced by Ariel Behar / Gonzalo Escobar
References edit
- ^ "Mektic/Pavic Win Sixth Trophy Of Season In Rome". Association of Tennis Professionals. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Croatia's Mektić and Pavić now world No.1 doubles team after winning Rome Masters". Croatia Week. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Granollers/Zeballos Earn Third Title Of 2020 In Rome". Association of Tennis Professionals. 20 September 2020. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Ram/Salisbury Double Duty Sets Mektic/Pavic Final". Association of Tennis Professionals. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2022.