2021 Monte-Carlo Masters

2021 Monte-Carlo Masters
2021 Monte-Carlo Masters
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
	Stefanos Tsitsipas
Doubles
	Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić

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]

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 edit

Singles 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 edit

Points edit

Because 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
Men's doubles^[5]	1,000	600	360	180	90	0	—	—	—	—

Prize money edit

Event	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 edit

Seeds edit

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
SRB	Novak Djokovic	1	1
~~RUS~~	~~Daniil Medvedev~~	2	2
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
~~FRA~~	~~Gaël Monfils~~	13	10
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 edit

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry via the qualifying draw:

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 edit

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	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