The 2021 Monte-Carlo Masters (also known as the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament for male professional players played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 114th edition of the annual Monte Carlo Masters tournament. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (though billed as Monte Carlo, Monaco) as a part of the Masters 1000 event on the 2021 ATP Tour.[1]
2021 Monte-Carlo Masters | |
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Date | 11–18 April |
Edition | 114th |
Category | Masters 1000 |
Draw | 56S / 28D |
Prize money | €2,460,585 |
Surface | Clay / outdoor |
Location | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (billed as Monte Carlo, Monaco) |
Venue | Monte Carlo Country Club |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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The tournament's 2020 edition, which was scheduled for 13–19 April 2020, was cancelled due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[2] Due to COVID-19 restrictions, there were no spectators in all stadiums during the 2021 tournament.[3]
Champions
editSingles
edit- Stefanos Tsitsipas def. Andrey Rublev, 6–3, 6–3
Doubles
edit- Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić def. Dan Evans / Neal Skupski, 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Points and prize money
editPoints
editBecause the Monte Carlo Masters is the non-mandatory Masters 1000 event, special rules regarding points distribution are in place. The Monte Carlo Masters counts as one of a player's 500 level tournaments, while distributing Masters 1000 points.[4]
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Men's singles[5] | 1,000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 0 |
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Men's doubles[5] | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
editEvent | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | €251,085 | €150,000 | €85,000 | €46,500 | €29,000 | €18,100 | €12,000 | €6,100 | €3,250 |
Doubles* | €50,000 | €35,000 | €24,000 | €16,250 | €11,000 | €7,500 | — | — | — |
*per team
Singles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
ESP | Rafael Nadal | 3 | 3 |
GRE | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 5 | 4 |
GER | Alexander Zverev | 6 | 5 |
RUS | Andrey Rublev | 8 | 6 |
ARG | Diego Schwartzman | 9 | 7 |
ITA | Matteo Berrettini | 10 | 8 |
ESP | Roberto Bautista Agut | 11 | 9 |
BEL | David Goffin | 14 | 11 |
ESP | Pablo Carreño Busta | 15 | 12 |
POL | Hubert Hurkacz | 16 | 13 |
BUL | Grigor Dimitrov | 17 | 14 |
ITA | Fabio Fognini | 18 | 15 |
CHI | Cristian Garín | 20 | 16 |
- Rankings are as of 5 April 2021
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry via the qualifying draw:
- Salvatore Caruso
- Marco Cecchinato
- Federico Delbonis
- Thomas Fabbiano
- Dominik Koepfer
- Alexei Popyrin
- Stefano Travaglia
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
edit- Before the tournament
- Borna Ćorić → replaced by Tommy Paul
- John Isner → replaced by Pablo Andújar
- Daniil Medvedev → replaced by Juan Ignacio Londero
- Gaël Monfils → replaced by Pedro Martínez
- Kei Nishikori → replaced by Laslo Đere
- Reilly Opelka → replaced by Jérémy Chardy
- Dominic Thiem → replaced by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Stan Wawrinka → replaced by Jordan Thompson
Retirements
editDoubles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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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 | 20 | 4 |
USA | Rajeev Ram | GBR | Joe Salisbury | 23 | 5 |
NED | Wesley Koolhof | POL | Łukasz Kubot | 26 | 6 |
FRA | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | FRA | Nicolas Mahut | 29 | 7 |
GER | Kevin Krawietz | ROU | Horia Tecău | 42 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of 5 April 2021.
Other entrants
editThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw as alternates:
Withdrawals
edit- Before the tournament
- Jan-Lennard Struff / Dominic Thiem → replaced by Alexander Bublik / Dušan Lajović
- Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares → replaced by Jamie Murray / Jan-Lennard Struff
- Tim Pütz / Alexander Zverev → replaced by Ariel Behar / Gonzalo Escobar
Retirements
editReferences
edit- ^ "Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters Overview". atptour.com.
- ^ "COMMUNIQUÉ OFFICIEL – COVID-19". montecarlotennismasters.com. 2020-03-11.
- ^ Boisaubert, Romain (15 February 2021). "No spectators allowed at the 2021 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters". Monaco Tribune. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Ranking points
- ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.