2021 Sardegna Open

2021 Sardegna Open
Date	5–11 April 2021
Edition	2nd
Category	ATP Tour 250
Draw	28S / 16D
Surface	Clay
Location	Cagliari, Italy
Venue	Cagliari Tennis Club
Champions
Singles
Lorenzo Sonego
Doubles
Lorenzo Sonego / Andrea Vavassori
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The 2021 Sardegna Open ^[1] was a tennis tournament on the 2021 ATP Tour. It was played on outdoor clay courts in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It was organised with a single-year licence in 2021, and was held at Tennis Club Cagliari from April 5 to 11, 2021. ^[2]

The ATP 250 tournament debuted October 2020 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic to increase earning opportunities for players. It returned to Sardegna in 2021 and opened the red-clay season in Europe. ^[3]

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2021 Sardegna Open – Singles

• Lorenzo Sonego def. Laslo Đere, 2–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4

Doubles

Main article: 2021 Sardegna Open – Doubles

• Lorenzo Sonego / Andrea Vavassori def. Simone Bolelli / Andrés Molteni, 6–3, 6–4

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	250	150	90	45	20	0	12	6	0
Doubles					0	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Singles	€40,100	€28,750	€20,465	€13,650	€8,770	€5,275	€2,580	€1,340
Doubles*	€14,970	€10,730	€7,060	€4,590	€2,690	—	—	—

_{*per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GBR	Dan Evans	29	1
USA	Taylor Fritz	32	2
ITA	Lorenzo Sonego	34	3
GEO	Nikoloz Basilashvili	38	4
GER	Jan-Lennard Struff	42	5
AUS	John Millman	43	6
ARG	Guido Pella	48	7
USA	Tommy Paul	53	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of March 22, 2021

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Federico Gaio
• Thomas Fabbiano
• Giulio Zeppieri

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Liam Broady
• Marc-Andrea Hüsler
• Jozef Kovalík
• Sumit Nagal

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Jérémy Chardy → replaced by João Sousa
• Cristian Garín → replaced by Federico Coria
• Aslan Karatsev → replaced by Lorenzo Musetti
• Thiago Monteiro → replaced by Andrej Martin
• Fernando Verdasco → replaced by Yannick Hanfmann

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
BRA	Marcelo Melo	NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	43	1
ITA	Simone Bolelli	ARG	Andrés Molteni	133	2
AUS	Matthew Ebden	IND	Divij Sharan	138	3
GBR	Lloyd Glasspool	GBR	Jonny O'Mara	165	4

• Rankings are as of March 22, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Jacopo Berrettini / Matteo Berrettini
• Andrea Pellegrino / Giulio Zeppieri

The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:

• Roman Jebavý / Igor Zelenay

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury → replaced by Harri Heliövaara / Denys Molchanov
• Jonny O'Mara / Ken Skupski → replaced by Lloyd Glasspool / Jonny O'Mara

During the tournament

• Dan Evans / Federico Coria

References

1. 2021 Sardegna Open – ATP Tour
2. "Cagliari | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
3. "ATP Announces a New Clay Court Tennis Tournament Before French Open 2021". EssentiallySports. 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2021-04-03.