2021 Monte-Carlo Masters

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2021 Monte-Carlo Masters
Date11–18 April
Edition114th
Category Masters 1000
Draw56S / 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
Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas
Doubles
Flag of Croatia.svg Nikola Mektić / Flag of Croatia.svg Mate Pavić
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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]

Contents

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

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Points

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]

EventW F SF QF Round of 16Round of 32Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Men's singles [5] 1,00060036018090451025160
Men's doubles [5] 0

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
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

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Novak Djokovic 11
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Daniil Medvedev 22
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Rafael Nadal 33
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas 54
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Alexander Zverev 65
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Andrey Rublev 86
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Diego Schwartzman 97
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Matteo Berrettini 108
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Roberto Bautista Agut 119
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gaël Monfils 1310
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL David Goffin 1411
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Pablo Carreño Busta 1512
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Hubert Hurkacz 1613
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Grigor Dimitrov 1714
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fabio Fognini 1815
Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Cristian Garín 2016

Other entrants

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

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Juan Sebastián Cabal Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Robert Farah 51
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Nikola Mektić Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Mate Pavić 52
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivan Dodig Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Filip Polášek 173
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marcel Granollers Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Horacio Zeballos 204
Flag of the United States.svg USA Rajeev Ram Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Joe Salisbury 235
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Wesley Koolhof Flag of Poland.svg  POL Łukasz Kubot 266
Flag of France.svg  FRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert Flag of France.svg  FRA Nicolas Mahut 297
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Kevin Krawietz Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Horia Tecău 428

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

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