2021 Eastbourne International

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2021 Eastbourne International
Date21–26 June
Edition10th (men)
46th (women)
Category ATP 250 (men)
WTA 500 (women)
Draw28S / 16D (men)
56S / 16D (women)
Prize money€697,405 (men)
$757,900 (women)
Surface Grass
Location Eastbourne, United Kingdom
Venue Devonshire Park LTC
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex de Minaur
Women's singles
Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko
Men's doubles
Flag of Croatia.svg Nikola Mektić / Flag of Croatia.svg Mate Pavić
Women's doubles
Flag of Japan.svg Shuko Aoyama / Flag of Japan.svg Ena Shibahara
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The 2021 Eastbourne International (also known as the Viking International Eastbourne for sponsorship reasons) was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 46th edition of the event for the women and the 10th edition for the men. The tournament was classified as a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour and as an ATP Tour 250 series on the 2021 ATP Tour. The tournament took place at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, United Kingdom between 21 and 26 June 2021. [1] [2]

Contents

Champions

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles25015090452001260
Doubles0N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1
Singles€53,680€38,485€27,400€18,265€11,740€7,065€3,450€1,795
Doubles*€20,050€14,350€9,460€6,145€3,600N/AN/AN/A

*per team

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gaël Monfils 161
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alex de Minaur 222
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Lorenzo Sonego 263
Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Nikoloz Basilashvili 304
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Reilly Opelka 325
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 356
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Albert Ramos Viñolas 387
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Alexander Bublik 398
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Cameron Norrie 419

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Retirements

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Nikola Mektić Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Mate Pavić 31
Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Juan Sebastián Cabal Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Robert Farah 92
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rajeev Ram Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Joe Salisbury 213
Flag of France.svg  FRA Fabrice Martin Flag of France.svg  FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin 514

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 41
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 62
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Bianca Andreescu 73
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Iga Świątek 94
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 105
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Belinda Bencic 126
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 177
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 198

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nicole Melichar Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Schuurs 191
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ena Shibahara 282
Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Alexa Guarachi Flag of the United States.svg  USA Desirae Krawczyk 333
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Latisha Chan 364

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry using protected rankings:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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