2021 San Diego Open

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2021 San Diego Open
DateSeptember 27–October 3
Edition35th (1st as ATP 250 event)
Category ATP Tour 250
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$600,000
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location San Diego, United States
VenueBarnes Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud
Doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Salisbury / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neal Skupski
  2015  · San Diego Open ·  2022  

The 2021 San Diego Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the San Diego Open, and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2021 ATP Tour. It was held at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, United States, from September 27 until October 3, 2021. It was primarily organized due to the cancellation of Asian tournaments during the 2021 season, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents

Positioned one week before the 1000 Indian Wells Masters and only a 2-hour 30 min drive from Indian Wells, the San Diego Open attracted a very strong line up of players including Denis Shapovalov, Andrey Rublev, Grigor Dimitrov and Andy Murray. [1] With 8 of the top 20 players attending and the ranking cut off being 42 to get into the main draw it was the second most competitive ATP 250 all season since Doha.

Daniel Vallverdu took on the position of managing director, [2] Ryan Redondo [3] was named the tournament director and Billie Jean King [4] accepted the role of honorary tournament chair.

Finals

Singles

Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud defeated Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cameron Norrie, 6–0, 6–2

Doubles

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Salisbury / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neal Skupski defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Peers / Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–5]

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Andrey Rublev 51
Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Casper Ruud 102
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Félix Auger-Aliassime 113
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Denis Shapovalov 124
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Hubert Hurkacz 135
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Diego Schwartzman 156
Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Cristian Garín 177
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Dan Evans 238
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Lorenzo Sonego 249

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Joe Salisbury Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Neal Skupski 251
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Jamie Murray Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Bruno Soares 292
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS John Peers Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Filip Polášek 333
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Simone Bolelli Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Máximo González 574

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

References

  1. "San Diego Open 2021: Men's Singles Draw Preview and Prediction » FirstSportz". September 26, 2021.
  2. Ganguly, Sudipto (September 17, 2021). "San Diego auditions for permanent spot on calendar with strong field". Reuters. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  3. "Given a unique chance to host the pros, San Diego charged up to host "one of the toughest 250s"".
  4. "Billie Jean King Named Honorary Tournament Chairperson for San Diego Open ATP 250 Tournament". September 20, 2021.
  5. Kyrgios, Bridgeworthy: Top Tennis Pros Slated for San Diego Open