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Men's singles
2021 Italian Open
Final
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Novak Djokovic
Score	7–5, 1–6, 6–3
Details
Draw	56 (8 Q / 5 WC )
Seeds	16
Events
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Rafael Nadal defeated the defending champion Novak Djokovic in the final, 7–5, 1–6, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 Italian Open. It was his record-extending tenth Italian Open title and record-equaling 36th and final Masters 1000 title overall (matching Djokovic's tally). Nadal saved two match points en route to the title, in his third round match against Denis Shapovalov. This marked the fourth tournament that Nadal had won on 10 or more occasions (in addition to the French Open, the Monte-Carlo Masters, and the Barcelona Open), making him the only tennis player to do so.

It was Djokovic's sixth runners-up finish at the Italian Open, a record for the most runners-up finishes at one event on the ATP Tour. (Djokovic equaled this record later that year at the US Open, while attempting to complete the Grand Slam).

Lorenzo Sonego became the first Italian man to reach the semifinals in Rome since Filippo Volandri in 2007.

Seeds

The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.

01.   Novak Djokovic (final)

02.   Rafael Nadal (champion)

03.   Daniil Medvedev (second round)

04.   Dominic Thiem (third round)

05.   Stefanos Tsitsipas (quarterfinals)

06.   Alexander Zverev (quarterfinals)

07.   Andrey Rublev (quarterfinals)

08.   Diego Schwartzman (second round)

09.   Matteo Berrettini (third round)

10.   Roberto Bautista Agut (third round)

11.   Pablo Carreño Busta (second round, withdrew)

12.   David Goffin (second round)

13.   Denis Shapovalov (third round)

14.   Gaël Monfils (first round)

15.   Hubert Hurkacz (first round, retired)

16.   Grigor Dimitrov (first round)

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

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Novak Djokovic	4	7	7
	5	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6	5	5
								1	Novak Djokovic	6	6	6
									Lorenzo Sonego	3	7	2
		Lorenzo Sonego	3	6	6
	7	Andrey Rublev	6	4	3
															1	Novak Djokovic	5	6	3
															2	Rafael Nadal	7	1	6
	Q	Federico Delbonis	5	6
		Reilly Opelka	7	7
									Reilly Opelka	4	4
								2	Rafael Nadal	6	6
	6	Alexander Zverev	3	4
	2	Rafael Nadal	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	N Djokovic	6	7
		D Evans	3	2					T Fritz	3	6
		T Fritz	6	6											1	N Djokovic	6	6
	Q	R Carballés Baena	4	4											Q	A Davidovich Fokina	2	1
	Q	C Norrie	6	6				Q	C Norrie	2	3
	Q	A Davidovich Fokina	6	7				Q	A Davidovich Fokina	6	6
	16	G Dimitrov	4	6																		1	N Djokovic	4	7	7
	9	M Berrettini	4	6	6																	5	S Tsitsipas	6	5	5
		N Basilashvili	6	2	4			9	M Berrettini	6	6
		J Millman	6	6					J Millman	4	2
		D Lajović	3	4											9	M Berrettini	6	2
		M Čilić	4	6	6										5	S Tsitsipas	7	6
		A Bublik	6	2	3				M Čilić	5	2
								5	S Tsitsipas	7	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								4	D Thiem	3	7	6
	LL	Y Nishioka	0	2					M Fucsovics	6	6	0
		M Fucsovics	6	6											4	D Thiem	4	7	6
	WC	G Mager	6	6												L Sonego	6	6	7
		A de Minaur	4	3				WC	G Mager	4	4
		L Sonego	6	5	6				L Sonego	6	6
	14	G Monfils	4	7	4																		L Sonego	3	6	6
	10	R Bautista Agut	6	6																		7	A Rublev	6	4	3
	Q	T Paul	3	4				10	R Bautista Agut	7	6
		L Harris	5	2					C Garín	6	3
		C Garín	7	6											10	R Bautista Agut	4	4
	LL	A Bedene	3	1											7	A Rublev	6	6
		J-L Struff	6	6					J-L Struff	7	1	4
								7	A Rublev	6	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								8	D Schwartzman	1	3
		F Krajinović	3	7	4				F Auger-Aliassime	6	6
		F Auger-Aliassime	6	6	6											F Auger-Aliassime	6	1
		K Khachanov	6	4	0										Q	F Delbonis	7	6
	Q	F Delbonis	3	6	6			Q	F Delbonis	6	6
	WC	S Caruso	4	1				12	D Goffin	2	1
	12	D Goffin	6	6																		Q	F Delbonis	5	6
	15	H Hurkacz	4	0																			R Opelka	7	7
	WC	L Musetti	6	2				WC	L Musetti	4	4
		R Gasquet	1	5					R Opelka	6	6
		R Opelka	6	7												R Opelka	7	6
		M Kecmanović	6	4												A Karatsev	6	4
		A Karatsev	7	6					A Karatsev	6	6
								3	D Medvedev	2	4

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								6	A Zverev	6	6
	Q	H Dellien	2	7	6			Q	H Dellien	2	2
		A Mannarino	6	5	2										6	A Zverev	4	6	6
		K Nishikori	6	6												K Nishikori	6	3	4
		F Fognini	3	4					K Nishikori	w/o
		L Đere	6	3	1			11	P Carreño Busta
	11	P Carreño Busta	4	6	6																	6	A Zverev	3	4
	13	D Shapovalov	6	6																		2	R Nadal	6	6
	Q	K Majchrzak	1	3				13	D Shapovalov	7	6
	WC	S Travaglia	6	6				WC	S Travaglia	6	3
		B Paire	4	3											13	D Shapovalov	6	4	6
		U Humbert	2	4											2	R Nadal	3	6	7
		J Sinner	6	6					J Sinner	5	4
								2	R Nadal	7	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Cameron Norrie (qualified)
2. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (qualified)
3. Aljaž Bedene (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
4. Tommy Paul (qualified)
5. Yoshihito Nishioka (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
6. Tennys Sandgren (first round)
7. Frances Tiafoe (qualifying competition, retired)
8. Corentin Moutet (qualifying competition)
9. Egor Gerasimov (first round)
10. Alexei Popyrin (first round)
11. Federico Delbonis (qualified)
12. Thiago Monteiro (qualifying competition)
13. Radu Albot (withdrew)
14. Jaume Munar (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Cameron Norrie
2. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
3. Hugo Dellien
4. Tommy Paul
5. Kamil Majchrzak
6. Roberto Carballés Baena
7. Federico Delbonis

Lucky losers

1. Aljaž Bedene
2. Yoshihito Nishioka

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Cameron Norrie	6	6
		Pablo Cuevas	1	3
								1	Cameron Norrie	6	2	6
									Marco Cecchinato	4	6	4
		Marco Cecchinato	6	6	6
	9	Egor Gerasimov	7	2	3

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	6	2
	WC	Flavio Cobolli	2	0
								2	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	6	7
								8	Corentin Moutet	4	6
	WC	Andrea Pellegrino	6	2
	8	Corentin Moutet	7	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Aljaž Bedene	6	3	6
	WC	Gian Marco Moroni	2	6	4
								3	Aljaž Bedene	2	1
									Hugo Dellien	6	6
		Hugo Dellien	6	6
	14	Jaume Munar	4	1

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Tommy Paul	7	6
		Juan Ignacio Londero	6	3
								4	Tommy Paul	7	4	7
								12	Thiago Monteiro	5	6	6
		Mikhail Kukushkin	6	6
	12	Thiago Monteiro	7	7

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	5	Yoshihito Nishioka	6	7
		Grégoire Barrère	4	6
								5	Yoshihito Nishioka	3	1
									Kamil Majchrzak	6	6
		Kamil Majchrzak	7	6	6
	10	Alexei Popyrin	6	7	3

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	6	Tennys Sandgren	5	3
		Roberto Carballés Baena	7	6
									Roberto Carballés Baena	7	6
								WC	Raúl Brancaccio	5	4
	WC	Raúl Brancaccio	3	6	6
	Alt	Federico Gaio	6	4	4

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	7	Frances Tiafoe	6	7
		Jozef Kovalík	2	5
								7	Frances Tiafoe	7	4	2
								11	Federico Delbonis	5	6	4
		Marcos Giron	3	3
	11	Federico Delbonis	6	6

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 3 May 2021. Rankings and points before are as of 10 May 2021.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Novak Djokovic	11,463	1,000	600	11,063	Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal
2	3	Rafael Nadal	9,630	1,000	1,000	9,630	Champion, defeated Novak Djokovic
3	2	Daniil Medvedev	9,780	10	45	9,815	Second round lost to Aslan Karatsev
4	4	Dominic Thiem	8,365	10	90	8,445	Third round lost to Lorenzo Sonego
5	5	Stefanos Tsitsipas	7,610	360	180	7,430	Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic
6	6	Alexander Zverev	6,945	10	180	7,115	Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal
7	7	Andrey Rublev	6,000	90	180	6,090	Quarterfinals lost to Lorenzo Sonego
8	10	Diego Schwartzman	3,765	345	45	3,465	Second round lost to Félix Auger-Aliassime
9	9	Matteo Berrettini	4,048	180	90	3,958	Third round lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas
10	11	Roberto Bautista Agut	3,170	0	45	3,215	Third round lost to Andrey Rublev
11	12	Pablo Carreño Busta	3,050	10	45	3,085	Second round, withdrew due to a low back injury
12	13	David Goffin	2,875	45	45	2,875	Second round lost to Federico Delbonis
13	14	Denis Shapovalov	2,855	360	180	2,675	Third round lost to Rafael Nadal
14	15	Gaël Monfils	2,703	10	10	2,703	First round lost to Lorenzo Sonego
15	19	Hubert Hurkacz	2,543	55	10	2,498	First round retired against Lorenzo Musetti
16	17	Grigor Dimitrov	2,586	90	0	2,496	First round lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

1. Points earned from 2019 and 2020 tournaments will be dropped depending on the best result during those periods. Only 2020 points will be dropped by 50%, including their 2020 points whichever is greater. 2019 points which are higher will still be dropped as normal.

Other entrants

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

• Salvatore Caruso
• Gianluca Mager
• Lorenzo Musetti
• Stefano Travaglia

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Roberto Carballés Baena
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Federico Delbonis
• Hugo Dellien
• Kamil Majchrzak
• Cameron Norrie
• Tommy Paul

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Aljaž Bedene
• Yoshihito Nishioka

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Borna Ćorić → replaced by Miomir Kecmanović
• Roger Federer → replaced by Reilly Opelka
• John Isner → replaced by Laslo Đere
• Guido Pella → replaced by Yoshihito Nishioka
• Casper Ruud → replaced by Aljaž Bedene
• Stan Wawrinka → replaced by Lloyd Harris

During the tournament

• Pablo Carreño Busta

Retirements

• Hubert Hurkacz

References

1. "Djokovic Faces Possible Evans Re-match In Rome". ATP Tour. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
2. "Nadal saves 2 match points, outlasts Shapovalov". ESPN.com. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
3. "Rafael Nadal Fights Past Novak Djokovic For Record-Extending 10th Rome Crown | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
4. "US Open: Novak Djokovic loses to Daniil Medvedev in New York". BBC Sport. 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
5. Gasparin, Giulio. "DJOKOVIC-SONEGO: COMEBACK WINS TO REACH THE SEMIS". Internazionali BNL d'Italia. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw

• 2021 Italian Open (tennis)