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2021 San Diego Open

The 2021 San Diego Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the San Diego Open, and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2021 ATP Tour.

2021 San Diego Open
DateSeptember 27–October 3
Edition35th (1st as ATP 250 event)
CategoryATP Tour 250
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$600,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationSan Diego, United States
VenueBarnes Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Norway Casper Ruud
Doubles
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury / United Kingdom Neal Skupski
← 2015 · Southern California Open · 2022 →

It was primarily organized due to the cancellation of Asian tournaments during the 2021 season, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Positioned one week before the 1000 Indian Wells Masters and only a 2-hour 30 min drive from Indian Wells, the San Diego Open attracted a very strong line up of players including Denis Shapovalov, Andrey Rublev, Grigor Dimitrov and Andy Murray.[1] With 8 of the top 20 players attending and the ranking cut off being 42 to get into the main draw it was the second most competitive ATP 250 all season since Doha.

It was held at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, United States, from September 27 until October 3, 2021.

Daniel Vallverdu took on the position of managing director,[2] Ryan Redondo[3] was named the tournament director and Billie Jean King[4] accepted the role of honorary tournament chair.

After beating Dimitrov in the semifinal Casper Ruud went on to win the final of the 2021 San Diego Open beating Cameron Norrie 6-0 6-2 and was handed the trophy by Rod Laver. It was Ruud's fifth victory of the season.

Finals

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Singles

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Main article: 2021 San Diego Open – Singles

  Casper Ruud defeated   Cameron Norrie, 6–0, 6–2

  • It was Ruud's 5th and last singles title of the year and the 6th of his career.

Doubles

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Main article: 2021 San Diego Open – Doubles

  Joe Salisbury /   Neal Skupski defeated   John Peers /   Filip Polášek, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–5]

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
  RUS Andrey Rublev 5 1
  NOR Casper Ruud 10 2
  CAN Félix Auger-Aliassime 11 3
  CAN Denis Shapovalov 12 4
  POL Hubert Hurkacz 13 5
  ARG Diego Schwartzman 15 6
  CHI Cristian Garín 17 7
  GBR Dan Evans 23 8
  ITA Lorenzo Sonego 24 9
  • 1 Rankings are as of 20 September 2021.[5]

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  GBR Joe Salisbury   GBR Neal Skupski 25 1
  GBR Jamie Murray   BRA Bruno Soares 29 2
  AUS John Peers   SVK Filip Polášek 33 3
  ITA Simone Bolelli   ARG Máximo González 57 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of 20 September 2021.

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

References

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  1. ^ "San Diego Open 2021: Men's Singles Draw Preview and Prediction » FirstSportz". 26 September 2021.
  2. ^ Ganguly, Sudipto (2021-09-17). "San Diego auditions for permanent spot on calendar with strong field". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  3. ^ "Given a unique chance to host the pros, San Diego charged up to host "one of the toughest 250s"".
  4. ^ "Billie Jean King Named Honorary Tournament Chairperson for San Diego Open ATP 250 Tournament". 20 September 2021.
  5. ^ Kyrgios, Bridgeworthy: Top Tennis Pros Slated for San Diego Open
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