2021_Miami_Open
2021 Miami Open
Tennis tournament
The 2021 Miami Open was a professional hardcourt tennis tournament played from March 23 to April 4, 2021, on the grounds of Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The 36th edition of the Miami Open, it was a Masters 1000 event on the 2021 ATP Tour, and a WTA 1000 event on the 2021 WTA Tour. The 2020 edition was postponed due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida.[1]
Quick Facts Date, Edition ...
| 2021 Miami Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | March 23 – April 4 | |||
| Edition | 36th | |||
| Category | Masters 1000 (ATP) WTA 1000 (WTA) | |||
| Draw | 96S/48Q/32D | |||
| Prize money | $4,299,205 (ATP) $3,260,190 (WTA) | |||
| Surface | Hard (Outdoor) | |||
| Location | Miami Gardens, Florida, United States | |||
| Venue | Hard Rock Stadium | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Men's singles | ||||
 Hubert Hurkacz | ||||
| Women's singles | ||||
 Ashleigh Barty | ||||
| Men's doubles | ||||
 Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić | ||||
| Women's doubles | ||||
 Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara | ||||
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Due to COVID-19 restrictions, capacity for each session was limited to 800–1,000 spectators, and spectators were only admitted in the three largest courts on the site; Hard Rock Stadium itself was not used.[2] Roger Federer and Ashleigh Barty were the defending champions from 2019 in the men's and women's singles respectively. Barty successfully defended her title, defeating Bianca Andreescu in the final, 6–3, 4–0, retired. Federer did not attend the tournament.[3]
Men's singles
Main article: 2021 Miami Open – Men's singles
Hubert Hurkacz def. 
Jannik Sinner 7–6(7–4), 6–4.
Women's singles
Main article: 2021 Miami Open – Women's singles
Ashleigh Barty def. 
Bianca Andreescu 6–3, 4–0 ret.
Men's doubles
Main article: 2021 Miami Open – Men's doubles
Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić def. 
Dan Evans / Neal Skupski 6–4, 6–4.
Women's doubles
Main article: 2021 Miami Open – Women's doubles
Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara def. 
Hayley Carter / 
Luisa Stefani, 6–2, 7–5.
Point distribution
More information Men's singles, Men's doubles ...
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 25* | 10 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Women's singles | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 35* | 10 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Women's Doubles | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
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* Players with byes receive first round points.
Prize money
More information Men's singles, Women's singles ...
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $300,110 | $165,000 | $93,000 | $61,000 | $40,000 | $26,000 | $16,000 | $10,000 | $5,890 | $3,100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's singles | ||||||||||
| Men's doubles | $81,000 | $51,000 | $38,000 | $27,000 | $18,000 | $12,000 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's doubles | — | — | — | — |
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The following are the seeded players. Seedings and ranking points based on ATP rankings as of March 22, 2021.
More information Seed, Rank ...
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending[lower-alpha 1] | Points won | Points after | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  Daniil Medvedev |
9,940 | 90 | 180 | 10,030 | Quarterfinals lost to  Roberto Bautista Agut [7] |
| 2 | 5 |  Stefanos Tsitsipas |
6,950 | 90 | 180 | 7,040 | Quarterfinals lost to Hubert Hurkacz [26] |
| 3 | 7 |  Alexander Zverev |
6,070 | 10 | 10 | 6,070 | Second round lost to  Emil Ruusuvuori |
| 4 | 8 | Andrey Rublev |
5,101 | 61 | 360 | 5,400 | Semifinals lost to Hubert Hurkacz [26] |
| 5 | 9 |  Diego Schwartzman |
3,640 | 10 | 90 | 3,720 | Fourth round lost to  Sebastian Korda |
| 6 | 11 |  Denis Shapovalov |
3,000 | 360 | 45 | 2,820 | Third round lost to Hubert Hurkacz [26] |
| 7 | 12 | Roberto Bautista Agut |
2,910 | 180 | 360 | 3,090 | Semifinals lost to  Jannik Sinner [21] |
| 8 | 13 |  David Goffin |
2,795 | 90 | 10 | 2,750 | Second round lost to James Duckworth |
| 9 | 16 |  Grigor Dimitrov |
2,620 | 45 | 10 | 2,598 | Second round lost to  Cameron Norrie |
| 10 | 17 | Fabio Fognini |
2,570 | 45 | 10 | 2,548 | Second round lost to Sebastian Korda |
| 11 | 18 | Félix Auger-Aliassime |
2,561 | 376 | 45 | 2,373 | Third round lost to John Isner [18] |
| 12 | 19 | Milos Raonic |
2,450 | 45 | 90 | 2,495 | Fourth round lost to Hubert Hurkacz [26] |
| 13 | 20 |  Cristian Garín |
2,385 | 0 | 10 | 2,385 | Second round lost to Marin Čilić |
| 14 | 22 | Karen Khachanov |
2,200 | 10 | 45 | 2,280 | Third round lost to Jannik Sinner [21] |
| 15 | 23 | Alex de Minaur |
2,190 | 0 | 10 | 2,200 | Second round lost to  Daniel Elahi Galán |
| 16 | 26 |  Dušan Lajović |
1,895 | 45 | 45 | 1,895 | Third round lost to Frances Tiafoe |
| 17 | 27 | Aslan Karatsev |
1,888 | (15)† | 45 | 1,918 | Third round lost to Sebastian Korda |
| 18 | 28 | John Isner |
1,850 | 600 | 90 | 1,340 | Fourth round lost to Roberto Bautista Agut [7] |
| 19 | 29 | Daniel Evans |
1,813 | 25 | 10 | 1,797 | Second round lost to Frances Tiafoe |
| 20 | 30 |  Ugo Humbert |
1,790 | 10 | 45 | 1,825 | Third round lost to Milos Raonic [12] |
| 21 | 31 | Jannik Sinner |
1,789 | (20)‡ | 600 | 2,369 | Runner-up, lost to Hubert Hurkacz [26] |
| 22 | 32 | Taylor Fritz |
1,775 | 10 | 90 | 1,855 | Fourth round lost to  Alexander Bublik [32] |
| 23 | 33 | Benoît Paire |
1,773 | (48)н | 10 | 1,749 | Second round lost to Lorenzo Musetti |
| 24 | 34 | Lorenzo Sonego |
1,668 | 25 | 90 | 1,733 | Fourth round lost to. Stefanos Tsitsipas [2] |
| 25 | 36 | Adrian Mannarino |
1,661 | 25 | 45 | 1,681 | Third round lost to Diego Schwartzman [5] |
| 26 | 37 | Hubert Hurkacz |
1,645 | 45 | 1,000 | 2,600 | Champion, defeated Jannik Sinner [21] |
| 27 | 38 |  Nikoloz Basilashvili |
1,645 | 90 | 10 | 1,600 | Second round lost to  Mikael Ymer |
| 28 | 39 | Kei Nishikori |
1,513 | 10 | 45 | 1,548 | Third round lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas [2] |
| 29 | 40 |  Márton Fucsovics |
1,462 | 10 | 45 | 1,497 | Third round lost to Andrey Rublev [4] |
| 30 | 41 | Reilly Opelka |
1,457 | 61 | 10 | 1,427 | Second round lost to Alexei Popyrin |
| 31 | 42 | Jan-Lennard Struff |
1,450 | 10 | 45 | 1,485 | Third round lost to Roberto Bautista Agut [7] |
| 32 | 44 | Alexander Bublik |
1,385 | 41 | 180 | 1,462 | Quarterfinals lost to Jannik Sinner [21] |
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- Tournaments dated March 4 to August 5, 2019 during the 2019 season are dropped their defending points in each tournament divided by 50 percent.[4]
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019. Accordingly, this was his points from the ATP Challenger Tour.
‡ The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019. Accordingly, this was his 18th best result deducted instead.
н The player used an exemption after the completion of the tournament in 2019. Accordingly, this was his points from the ATP Challenger Tour.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:[5]
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Liam Broady
- Ernesto Escobedo
- Thomas Fabbiano
- Bjorn Fratangelo
- Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Paolo Lorenzi
- Mackenzie McDonald
- Shintaro Mochizuki
- Emilio Nava
- Thiago Seyboth Wild
Alejandro Tabilo
Mischa Zverev
The following players received entry as a lucky losers:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Pablo Andújar → replaced by 
Federico Coria- Pablo Carreño Busta → replaced by
João Sousa - Matteo Berrettini → replaced by Denis Kudla
- Borna Ćorić → replaced by Yannick Hanfmann
Pablo Cuevas → replaced by Pedro Martínez- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina → replaced by
Mikael Ymer 
Novak Djokovic → replaced by Alexei Popyrin- Kyle Edmund → replaced by James Duckworth
Roger Federer → replaced by Marcos Giron
Richard Gasquet → replaced by Yasutaka Uchiyama- Filip Krajinović → replaced by
Ilya Ivashka - Nick Kyrgios → replaced by
Emil Ruusuvuori - John Millman → replaced by Lorenzo Musetti
- Gaël Monfils → replaced by Pierre-Hugues Herbert
- Thiago Monteiro → replaced by
Damir Džumhur - Corentin Moutet → replaced by
Mikhail Kukushkin - Andy Murray → replaced by Federico Gaio
- Rafael Nadal → replaced by Pedro Sousa
- Guido Pella → replaced by
Lloyd Harris - Albert Ramos Viñolas → replaced by
Daniel Elahi Galán 
Casper Ruud → replaced by Christopher O'Connell- Gilles Simon → replaced by
Kwon Soon-woo 
Dominic Thiem → replaced by Federico Delbonis- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Sebastian Korda
- Stan Wawrinka → replaced by Steve Johnson
- During the tournament
Retirements
Seeds
More information Country, Player ...
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL |
Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL |
Robert Farah | 3 | 1 |
| CRO |
Nikola Mektić | CRO |
Mate Pavić | 8 | 2 |
| CRO |
Ivan Dodig |  SVK |
Filip Polášek | 19 | 3 |
| ESP |
Marcel Granollers | ARG |
Horacio Zeballos | 21 | 4 |
 NED |
Wesley Koolhof | POL |
Łukasz Kubot | 21 | 5 |
| GBR |
Jamie Murray |  BRA |
Bruno Soares | 23 | 6 |
| USA |
Rajeev Ram | GBR |
Joe Salisbury | 26 | 7 |
| FRA |
Pierre-Hugues Herbert | FRA |
Nicolas Mahut | 29 | 8 |
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- 1 Rankings as of March 15, 2021.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as an alternate:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Alex de Minaur / John Millman → replaced by Miomir Kecmanović /
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 
Grigor Dimitrov / Kei Nishikori → replaced by Marcelo Demoliner / 
Santiago González
- During the tournament
Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of March 15, 2021. Rankings and points before are as of March 22, 2021.
More information Seed, Rank ...
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending^ | Points won¡ | Points after | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ashleigh Barty |
9,186 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 9,186 | Champion, defeated Bianca Andreescu [8] |
| 2 | 2 | Naomi Osaka |
7,835 | 65 | 215 | 7,985 | Quarterfinals lost to Maria Sakkari [23] |
| 3 | 3 |  Simona Halep |
7,255 | 390 | (65) 100 | 6,965 | Third round withdrew due to shoulder injury |
| 4 | 4 | Sofia Kenin |
5,760 | 10 + 35 | (65) 100 + 100 | 5,915 | Third round lost to  Ons Jabeur [27] |
| 5 | 5 |  Elina Svitolina |
5,370 | 10 | 390 | 5,750 | Semifinals lost to Ashleigh Barty [1] |
| 6 | 6 |  Karolína Plíšková |
5,205 | 650 | (65) 105 | 4,660 | Third round lost to Jessica Pegula [29] |
| 7 | 8 |  Aryna Sabalenka |
4,815 | 10 + 120 | 215 + 185 | 5,085 | Quarterfinals lost to Ashleigh Barty [1] |
| 8 | 9 | Bianca Andreescu |
4,735 | 120 | 650 | 5,265 | Runner-up, lost to Ashleigh Barty [1] |
| 9 | 10 | Petra Kvitová |
4,571 | 215 | 120 | 4,476 | Fourth round lost to Elina Svitolina [5] |
| 10 | 11 | Kiki Bertens |
4,505 | 120 | (10) 105 | 4,490 | Second round lost to Liudmila Samsonova [Q] |
| 11 | 12 |  Belinda Bencic |
4,260 | 10 | 65 | 4,315 | Third round lost to Markéta Vondroušová [19] |
| 12 | 13 | Garbiñe Muguruza |
4,235 | 10 + 280 | 120 + 55 | 4,120 | Fourth round lost to Bianca Andreescu [8] |
| 13 | 14 | Jennifer Brady |
3,765 | (2) | (10) | 3,765 | Second round lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo |
| 14 | 15 | Victoria Azarenka |
3,665 | 35 + 180 | 120 + 55 | 3,625 | Fourth round lost to Ashleigh Barty [1] |
| 15 | 16 | Iga Świątek |
3,570 | 20 | 65 | 3,615 | Third round lost to Ana Konjuh [WC] |
| 16 | 17 | Elise Mertens |
3,310 | 65 + 65 | 120 + 100 | 3,400 | Fourth round lost to Naomi Osaka [2] |
| 17 | 18 | Johanna Konta |
3,206 | 35 | 65 | 3,236 | Third round lost to Petra Kvitová [9] |
| 18 | 19 | Madison Keys |
3,075 | 10 + 470 | 10 + 1 | 2,606 | Second round lost to Ana Konjuh [WC] |
| 19 | 20 | Markéta Vondroušová |
2,957 | 215 | 120 | 2,862 | Fourth round lost to Aryna Sabalenka [7] |
| 20 | 21 | Petra Martić |
2,850 | 35 + 185 + 10 | (10) 60 + 55 + 55 | 2,790 | Second round lost to Anna Kalinskaya [WC] |
| 21 | 23 | Elena Rybakina |
2,718 | (100)† | (65) 100 | 2,718 | Third round lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo |
| 22 | 24 |  Anett Kontaveit |
2,620 | 390 | 65 | 2,295 | Third round lost to Elise Mertens [16] |
| 23 | 25 | Maria Sakkari |
2,570 | 35 + 10 | 390 + 105 | 3,020 | Semifinals lost to Bianca Andreescu [8] |
| 24 | 26 | Angelique Kerber |
2,370 | 65 + 110 | 65 + 55 | 2,315 | Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka [14] |
| 25 | 27 | Alison Riske |
2,256 | 35 | (0) 1 | 2,222 | Withdrew due to left foot injury |
| 26 | 28 | Yulia Putintseva |
2,015 | 120 + 35 | (10) 55 + 55 | 1,970 | Second round lost to Nina Stojanović [Q] |
| 27 | 30 | Ons Jabeur |
1,965 | 35 + 10 | 120 + 48 | 2,088 | Fourth round lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo |
| 28 | 32 | Amanda Anisimova |
1,905 | 35 + 35 | 65 + 60 | 1,960 | Third round lost to Bianca Andreescu [8] |
| 29 | 33 | Jessica Pegula |
1,904 | 30 + 55 | 120 + 29 | 1,968 | Fourth round lost to Maria Sakkari [23] |
| 30 | 34 | Ekaterina Alexandrova |
1,900 | 10 | 65 | 1,955 | Third round lost to Elina Svitolina [5] |
| 31 | 36 | Coco Gauff |
1,821 | 35 | 10 | 1,796 | Second round lost to  Anastasija Sevastova |
| 32 | 37 | Veronika Kudermetova |
1,820 | (2) 160 | (65) 80 | 1,740 | Third round lost to Aryna Sabalenka [7] |
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^ Points form 2019 Miami, 2019 Guadalajara, 2019 Charleston and 2019 Monterrey will be dropped on Monday, April 5; 2019 Indian Wells will not be mandatory anymore
¡ Miami will not be considered a mandatory result that must be counted as part of a player's best 16 results[6]
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019. Accordingly, this was her 16th best result deducted instead.
Other entrants
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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Anna Kalinskaya- Ana Konjuh
- Robin Montgomery
- Storm Sanders
- Katrina Scott
Mayar Sherif
Wang Xinyu- Wang Xiyu
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Hailey Baptiste
- Aliona Bolsova
Mihaela Buzărnescu- Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Olga Danilović
- Océane Dodin
Kristína Kučová
Tereza Martincová- Tsvetana Pironkova
- Liudmila Samsonova
- Nina Stojanović
- Renata Zarazúa
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Polona Hercog → replaced by Andrea Petkovic
Hsieh Su-wei → replaced by Anastasia Potapova- Daria Kasatkina → replaced by Zarina Diyas
- Ann Li → replaced by Katie Boulter
- Karolína Muchová → replaced by Camila Giorgi
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Lauren Davis
- Alison Riske → replaced by
Kirsten Flipkens - Barbora Strýcová → replaced by
Marta Kostyuk - Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Madison Brengle
- Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by Nao Hibino
- Donna Vekić → replaced by
Arantxa Rus - Serena Williams → replaced by Christina McHale
- Dayana Yastremska (provisional suspension) → replaced by Venus Williams
- During the tournament
Retirements
Seeds
More information Country, Player ...
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL |
Elise Mertens | BLR |
Aryna Sabalenka | 3 | 1 |
| CZE |
Barbora Krejčíková | CZE |
Kateřina Siniaková | 15 | 2 |
| USA |
Nicole Melichar | NED |
Demi Schuurs | 23 | 3 |
| HUN |
Tímea Babos | RUS |
Veronika Kudermetova | 30 | 4 |
| JPN |
Shuko Aoyama | JPN |
Ena Shibahara | 30 | 5 |
 CHN |
Xu Yifan | CHN |
Zhang Shuai | 39 | 6 |
| CHI |
Alexa Guarachi | USA |
Desirae Krawczyk | 39 | 7 |
| USA |
Hayley Carter | BRA |
Luisa Stefani | 63 | 8 |
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- 1 Rankings as of March 15, 2021.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pairs received entry using a protected ranking into the doubles main draw:
- Kaitlyn Christian / Alla Kudryavtseva
- Kirsten Flipkens / CoCo Vandeweghe
- Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova
The following pairs received entry as an alternate:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Ashleigh Barty / Jennifer Brady → replaced by Caroline Garcia / Nadia Podoroska
- Belinda Bencic / Jil Teichmann → replaced by Petra Martić / Shelby Rogers
- Anna Kalinskaya / Viktória Kužmová → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova / Zhaoxuan Yang
- Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva → replaced by Asia Muhammad / Jessica Pegula
- During the tournament
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