2021 Murray River Open

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2021 Murray River Open
Date1–7 February
Edition1st
Category ATP Tour 250
Draw56S / 24D
Prize money$320,775
Surface Hard
Location Melbourne, Australia
Venue Melbourne Park
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Evans
Doubles
Flag of Croatia.svg Nikola Mektić / Flag of Croatia.svg Mate Pavić
Australian Open Series ·  2022  

The 2021 Murray River Open was a tournament on the 2021 ATP Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Melbourne, Australia. It was organised as a lead-up tournament to the 2021 Australian Open, and was held at the same venue, due to other tournaments in Australia being cancelled as a result from the COVID-19 pandemic. This tournament took place simultaneously with the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open and the 2021 ATP Cup.

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64
Singles250150904520100
Doubles0N/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64
Singles$19,500$13,255$10,000$7,400$5,500$4,000$2,500
Doubles*$7,200$5,760$4,560$3,360$2,160$1,200N/A

*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Stan Wawrinka 181
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Grigor Dimitrov 192
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Félix Auger-Aliassime 213
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Borna Ćorić 254
Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Casper Ruud 275
Flag of the United States.svg USA Taylor Fritz 306
Flag of France.svg  FRA Ugo Humbert 327
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Daniel Evans 338
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Lorenzo Sonego 349
Flag of France.svg  FRA Adrian Mannarino 3510
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Marin Čilić 4311
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Albert Ramos Viñolas 4612
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nick Kyrgios 4713
Flag of France.svg  FRA Richard Gasquet 4814
Flag of the United States.svg USA Tommy Paul 5315
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Márton Fucsovics 5516

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players have been accepted directly into the main draw using a protected or a special ranking:

The following player received entry as an alternate:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Nikola Mektić Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Mate Pavić 101
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Wesley Koolhof Flag of Poland.svg  POL Łukasz Kubot 142
Flag of the United States.svg USA Rajeev Ram Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Joe Salisbury 273
Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Marcelo Melo Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Horia Tecău 314
Flag of France.svg  FRA Jérémy Chardy Flag of France.svg  FRA Fabrice Martin 605
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Sander Gillé Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Joran Vliegen 756
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Ken Skupski Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Neal Skupski 847
Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Marcelo Demoliner Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Santiago González 928

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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