2021 National Bank Open

2021 National Bank Open
2021 National Bank Open
Date	August 6–15, 2021
Edition	131st (men) / 119th (women)
Category	ATP Tour Masters 1000 (men); WTA 1000 (women)
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada (men); Montreal, Canada (women)
Champions
Men's singles
	Daniil Medvedev
Women's singles
	Camila Giorgi
Men's doubles
	Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury
Women's doubles
	Gabriela Dabrowski / Luisa Stefani

The 2021 Canadian Open (branded as the 2021 National Bank Open presented by Rogers for sponsorship reasons) were outdoor hard court tennis tournaments played from August 6 to August 15, 2021, as part of the 2021 US Open Series. The men's event took place at the Aviva Centre in Toronto, and the women's tournament at the IGA Stadium in Montreal. It was the 131st edition of the men's tournament—a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2021 ATP Tour, and the 119th edition of the women's tournament—a WTA 1000 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour.^[1]^[2]

They were originally scheduled to be played from August 8 to August 16, 2020, as part of the 2020 tennis season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 edition of the Canadian Open was postponed to 2021 by Tennis Canada.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, postponement to 2021 edit

The men's and women's tournaments alternate between Toronto and Montreal annually. On April 11, 2020, pursuant to a request by the province of Quebec (the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec was the centre of the first wave of the pandemic in Canada) for all cultural and sporting events to be cancelled through August,^[3] Tennis Canada announced that the women's half of the Canadian Open, as part of the 2020 WTA Tour, would be postponed and held in Montreal in 2021.^[4]^[5]

The men's half of the event was still tentatively scheduled, but was still at risk of cancellation or postponement if the ATP and WTA extended their suspension of play into August, or if Toronto or the province of Ontario made a similar order that also applies to the period.^[4]^[5] Toronto had already cancelled all city-led major events, festivals, conferences, permits and cultural programs until June 30, 2020. Although subject to provincial restrictions on public gatherings, Mayor John Tory stated that these did not necessarily bar the hosting of sporting events.^[6]^[7]

On June 17, 2020, Tennis Canada officially announced that the men's tournament had also been postponed^[8] to 2021, citing logistical and safety issues that would be present for players and staff even if the event were to be held behind closed doors, including a federal health order requiring 14 days self-isolation upon arrival for anyone travelling to Canada.^[9] As they have been postponed, the men's and women's tournaments will still be held in Toronto and Montreal as per the traditional rotation.^[9]^[8]

On February 1, 2021, National Bank was promoted to title sponsor of the tournament, replacing Rogers Communications, which now serves as presenting sponsor.^[10]

Points and prize money edit

Point distribution edit

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q	Q2	Q1
Men's singles^[11]	1000	600	360	180	90	45	10	25	16	0
Men's doubles^[11]	1000	600	360	180	90	0	—	—	—	—
Women's singles^[12]	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	30	20	1
Women's doubles^[12]	900	585	350	190	105	5	—	—	—	—

Prize money edit

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	$370,290	$211,000	$121,250	$74,000	$45,000	$26,770	$15,845	$8,350	$4,445
Women's singles	$221,500	$164,000	$87,000	$41,500	$21,000	$13,300	$10,750	$5,080	$3,250
Men's doubles*	$68,440	$47,910	$32,840	$22,240	$15,050	$10,270	—	—	—
Women's doubles*	$67,000	$43,990	$27,500	$13,800	$8,700	$6,500	—	—	—

_{*per team}

Champions edit

Men's singles edit

Daniil Medvedev def. Reilly Opelka, 6–4, 6–3.

Women's singles edit

Camila Giorgi def. Karolína Plíšková, 6–3, 7–5.

This was Giorgi's third WTA Tour singles title, and first at WTA 1000 level.

Men's doubles edit

Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury def. Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić, 6–3, 4–6, [10–3]

Women's doubles edit

Gabriela Dabrowski / Luisa Stefani def. Darija Jurak / Andreja Klepač, 6–3, 6–4

ATP singles main-draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

The following are the seeded players. Rankings are as of August 2, 2021. Points before are as of August 9, 2021.

Because the tournament is being held one week later than the last edition in 2019 and as a result of special ranking adjustment rules due to COVID, the Points before column already reflects either a 50% reduction in the player's 2019 points or the substitution of the player's next best result.^[13] Accordingly, the Points defending column has been adjusted to show the greater of (a) 50% of the player's 2019 points and (b) the player's 19th best result.

Following the tournament, players will count either their 2021 points or 50% of their 2019 points, whichever is greater.^[14]

In addition, because the tournament is not mandatory in 2021, players may count their next best result instead if that result is better. Accordingly, points after will differ from points before only if the player's 2021 points won exceed points defending.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending^†	Points won	Points after	Status
1	2	Daniil Medvedev	9,920	300	1,000	10,620	Champion, defeated Reilly Opelka
2	3	~~Rafael Nadal~~	7,815	500	0	7,815^‡	Withdrew due to left foot injury
3	4	Stefanos Tsitsipas	8,115	(125)	360	8,350	Semifinals lost to Reilly Opelka
4	7	Andrey Rublev	6,005	(180)	90	6,005^‡	Third round lost to John Isner
5	10	Denis Shapovalov	3,625	(45)	10	3,625^‡	Second round lost to Frances Tiafoe [LL]
6	12	Casper Ruud	3,205	(35)	180	3,350	Quarterfinals lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas [3]
7	13	Hubert Hurkacz	3,118	(45)	180	3,253	Quarterfinals lost to Daniil Medvedev [1]
8	14	Diego Schwartzman	2,913	23	90	2,980	Third round lost to Roberto Bautista Agut [10]
9	15	Félix Auger-Aliassime	2,693	45	10	2,693^‡	Second round lost to Dušan Lajović
10	16	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,630	90	180	2,720	Quarterfinals lost to Reilly Opelka
11	17	Gaël Monfils	2,423	180	180	2,423	Quarterfinals lost to John Isner
12	18	Alex de Minaur	2,600	(45)	10	2,600^‡	Second round lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili
13	19	Cristian Garín	2,475	(10)	10	2,475	Second round lost to John Isner
14	21	Grigor Dimitrov	2,466	(10)	10	2,466	Second round lost to Reilly Opelka
15	23	Aslan Karatsev	2,287	(15)	10	2,287	Second round lost to Karen Khachanov
16	24	Jannik Sinner	2,745	(40)	10	2,745^‡	Second round lost to James Duckworth [Q]

† Due to a change in schedule for the 2021 tournament and COVID ranking adjustment rules, the Points defending column reflects the greater of (a) 50% of the player's 2019 points and (b) the player's 19th best result. Instances of the latter are enclosed in parentheses.

‡ Because the 2021 tournament was non-mandatory, the player substituted his 19th best result instead of the points won in this tournament.

Other entrants edit

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main singles draw:

Kei Nishikori

The following player received entry using a special exempt into the main singles draw:

Mackenzie McDonald

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals edit

Before the tournament

Matteo Berrettini^[15] → replaced by Jan-Lennard Struff
Pablo Carreño Busta^[15] → replaced by Benoît Paire
Borna Ćorić^[15] → replaced by John Millman
Novak Djokovic^[15] → replaced by Dušan Lajović
Roger Federer^[15] → replaced by Miomir Kecmanović
David Goffin^[15] → replaced by Albert Ramos Viñolas
Rafael Nadal → replaced by Feliciano López
Dominic Thiem^[15] → replaced by Taylor Fritz
Milos Raonic^[15] → replaced by Lloyd Harris
Stan Wawrinka^[15] → replaced by Marin Čilić
Alexander Zverev^[15] → replaced by Frances Tiafoe

During the tournament

Kei Nishikori