2021 Australian Open – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
Men's doubles
2021 Australian Open
Final
Champions	Ivan Dodig; Filip Polášek
Runners-up	Rajeev Ram; Joe Salisbury
Score	6–3, 6–4
Events

Ivan Dodig and Filip Polášek defeated the defending champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2021 Australian Open. With the win, Dodig and Polášek claimed their first Grand Slam title as a team.^[1] The victory earned Polášek his first major title, and made him the second Slovak to win one after Daniela Hantuchová.^[2]

Mate Pavić was in contention to reclaim the ATP No. 1 doubles ranking, but he failed to do so after he and Nikola Mektić lost in the semifinals to Dodig and Polášek.

Seeds

01.

Juan Sebastián Cabal /

Robert Farah (second round)

02.

Nikola Mektić /

Mate Pavić (semifinals)

03.

Marcel Granollers /

Horacio Zeballos (first round)

04.

Wesley Koolhof /

Łukasz Kubot (third round)

05.

Rajeev Ram /

Joe Salisbury (final)

06.

Jamie Murray /

Bruno Soares (semifinals)

07.

Marcelo Melo /

Horia Tecău (third round)

08.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert /

Nicolas Mahut (quarterfinals)

09.

Ivan Dodig / Filip Polášek (champions)

10.

John Peers /

Michael Venus (third round)

11.

Henri Kontinen /

Édouard Roger-Vasselin (first round)

12.

Jérémy Chardy /

Fabrice Martin (first round)

13.

Robin Haase /

Oliver Marach (first round)

14.

Sander Gillé /

Joran Vliegen (first round)

15.

Max Purcell /

Luke Saville (second round)

16.

Ken Skupski /

Neal Skupski (second round)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

	Marcelo Arévalo Matwé Middelkoop	3	4

6	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6	6
					6	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	4	6²

					5	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	6	7⁷
	Marcus Daniell Philipp Oswald	6⁶	2

5	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	7⁸	6
										5	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	3	4

										9	Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek	6	6
9	Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek	6	2	6

WC	Matthew Ebden John-Patrick Smith	4	6	4
					9	Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek	4	6	6

					2	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	6	4	3
8	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	4	6	6³

2	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	6	4	7¹⁰

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

1	JS Cabal R Farah	6⁵	7⁸	6
	N Basilashvili A Begemann	7⁷	6⁶	4	1	JS Cabal R Farah	4	4
Alt	S Caruso E Ruusuvuori	6⁶	5			A Bublik A Golubev	6	6
	A Bublik A Golubev	7⁸	7							A Bublik A Golubev	7⁷	6³	3
	M Demoliner S González	7⁷	6⁶	3						M Arévalo M Middelkoop	6⁴	7⁷	6
	M Arévalo M Middelkoop	6¹	7⁸	6		M Arévalo M Middelkoop	6	6
	M Kecmanović C Ruud	6	1	6		M Kecmanović C Ruud	3	1
13	R Haase O Marach	3	6	0											M Arévalo M Middelkoop	3	4
12	J Chardy F Martin	3	4											6	J Murray B Soares	6	6
	S Bolelli M González	6	6			S Bolelli M González	6	7⁷
	L Sonego A Vavassori	6⁷	6	6		L Sonego A Vavassori	2	6⁵
	R Arneodo B Paire	7⁹	2	4						S Bolelli M González	7⁷	2	4
	L Đere S Travaglia	6	6						6	J Murray B Soares	6⁵	6	6
WC	A Harris A Popyrin	3	4			L Đere S Travaglia	1	2
	M Giron C Norrie	6⁶	3		6	J Murray B Soares	6	6
6	J Murray B Soares	7⁸	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

3	M Granollers H Zeballos	5	4
	N Monroe F Tiafoe	7	6			N Monroe F Tiafoe	2	7¹¹	6
	V Pospisil D Shapovalov	6	7⁷			V Pospisil D Shapovalov	6	6⁹	2
Alt	A Martin T-S Weissborn	3	6³								N Monroe F Tiafoe	3	5
	A Mannarino G Simon	4	2								M Daniell P Oswald	6	7
	M Daniell P Oswald	6	6			M Daniell P Oswald	7⁷	6³	6
	D Koepfer T Sandgren	6⁴	6	7¹⁰		D Koepfer T Sandgren	6⁴	7⁷	2
14	S Gillé J Vliegen	7⁷	2	6⁸											M Daniell P Oswald	6⁶	2
10	J Peers M Venus	6	6											5	R Ram J Salisbury	7⁸	6
	A de Minaur M Reid	3	2		10	J Peers M Venus	6	6
	R Bopanna B McLachlan	4	6⁰		WC	J-s Nam M-k Song	4	3
WC	J-s Nam M-k Song	6	7⁷							10	J Peers M Venus	6⁴	6⁴
	T Brkić A-u-H Qureshi	6	6⁴	6						5	R Ram J Salisbury	7⁷	7⁷
	P Andújar P Martínez	3	7⁷	1		T Brkić A-u-H Qureshi	3	6	2
	J O'Mara A Sitak	4	4		5	R Ram J Salisbury	6	4	6
5	R Ram J Salisbury	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

7	M Melo H Tecău	3
	F Krajinović D Lajović	0^r			7	M Melo H Tecău	6	7⁷
	R Albot D Evans	6	6			R Albot D Evans	1	6²
	A Molteni H Nys	2	3						7	M Melo H Tecău	4	3
	A Bedene J Veselý	7⁷	6⁵	6⁷					9	I Dodig F Polášek	6	6
	L Bambridge D Inglot	6²	7⁷	7¹⁰		L Bambridge D Inglot	4	5
PR	P Carreño Busta M López	1	3		9	I Dodig F Polášek	6	7
9	I Dodig F Polášek	6	6										9	I Dodig F Polášek	6	2	6
15	M Purcell L Saville	6	6										WC	M Ebden J-P Smith	4	6	4
	G Durán A Ramos Viñolas	3	3		15	M Purcell L Saville	6³	4
	P Cuevas G Pella	7⁷	4	4	WC	M Ebden J-P Smith	7⁷	6
WC	M Ebden J-P Smith	6¹	6	6					WC	M Ebden J-P Smith	7⁷	6
WC	T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios	6	6						4	W Koolhof Ł Kubot	6²	4
Alt	L Harris J Knowle	2	4		WC	T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios	3	4
	A Behar G Escobar	3	4		4	W Koolhof Ł Kubot	6	6
4	W Koolhof Ł Kubot	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

8	P-H Herbert N Mahut	6	6
Alt	G Mager Y Nishioka	2	3		8	P-H Herbert N Mahut	7	6
	Y Hanfmann K Krawietz	6	6			Y Hanfmann K Krawietz	5	3
	D Sharan I Zelenay	1	4							8	P-H Herbert N Mahut	6	6
WC	J Duckworth M Polmans	6	6							WC	J Duckworth M Polmans	4	3
	N Ćaćić F Nielsen	4	4		WC	J Duckworth M Polmans	7⁷	6
	R Berankis M Kukushkin	7	6			R Berankis M Kukushkin	6³	2
11	H Kontinen É Roger-Vasselin	5	4											8	P-H Herbert N Mahut	4	6	6³
16	K Skupski N Skupski	6	6											2	N Mektić M Pavić	6	4	7¹⁰
	F Auger-Aliassime H Hurkacz	3	2		16	K Skupski N Skupski	6	6⁵	4
	F Coria D Schwartzman	6⁵	1			J Millman T Monteiro	3	7⁷	6
	J Millman T Monteiro	7⁷	6								J Millman T Monteiro	6²	4
WC	P Tsitsipas S Tsitsipas	4	6	4						2	N Mektić M Pavić	7⁷	6
PR	M McDonald T Paul	6	3	6	PR	M McDonald T Paul	1	4
	Y-h Lu S Querrey	6⁴	3		2	N Mektić M Pavić	6	6
2	N Mektić M Pavić	7⁷	6

Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Alternate pairs

Withdrawals

References

^ Ubha, Ravi (21 February 2021). "Dodig/Polasek dominate to claim men's doubles title". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
^ Matthews, Brian (21 February 2021). "New dad Polasek wins 1st major doubles title in Australia". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.

External links

[victory-1] Ubha, Ravi (21 February 2021). "Dodig/Polasek dominate to claim men's doubles title". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.

[2] Matthews, Brian (21 February 2021). "New dad Polasek wins 1st major doubles title in Australia". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.

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