# 2021 Miami Open

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Tennis tournament

2021 Miami Open Date March 23 – April 4 Edition 36th Category Masters 1000 (ATP) WTA 1000 (WTA) Draw 96S / 48Q / 32D Prize money $4,299,205 (ATP) $3,260,190 (WTA) Surface Hard - outdoor Location Miami Gardens, Florida, United States Venue Hard Rock Stadium Champions Men's singles Hubert Hurkacz Women's singles Ashleigh Barty Men's doubles Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić Women's doubles Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara ← 2019 · Miami Open · 2022 →

The **2021 Miami Open** was a professional [hardcourt](/source/Hardcourt) [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played from March 23 to April 4, 2021, on the grounds of [Hard Rock Stadium](/source/Hard_Rock_Stadium) in [Miami Gardens, Florida](/source/Miami_Gardens%2C_Florida) in the United States. The 36th edition of the [Miami Open](/source/Miami_Open_(tennis)), it was a [Masters 1000](/source/ATP_Tour_Masters_1000) event on the [2021 ATP Tour](/source/2021_ATP_Tour), and a [WTA 1000](/source/WTA_1000_tournaments) event on the [2021 WTA Tour](/source/2021_WTA_Tour). The 2020 edition was postponed due to the onset of the [COVID-19 pandemic in Florida](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Florida).[1]

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, capacity for each session was limited to 800–1,000 spectators, and spectators were only admitted in the three largest courts on the site; Hard Rock Stadium itself was not used.[2] [Roger Federer](/source/Roger_Federer) and [Ashleigh Barty](/source/Ashleigh_Barty) were the defending champions from 2019 in the men's and women's singles respectively. Barty successfully defended her title, defeating [Bianca Andreescu](/source/Bianca_Andreescu) in the final, 6–3, 4–0, retired. Federer did not attend the tournament.[3]

## Finals

### Men's singles

Main article: [2021 Miami Open – Men's singles](/source/2021_Miami_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles)

- **[Hubert Hurkacz](/source/Hubert_Hurkacz)** defeated [Jannik Sinner](/source/Jannik_Sinner) 7–6(7–4), 6–4.

### Women's singles

Main article: [2021 Miami Open – Women's singles](/source/2021_Miami_Open_%E2%80%93_Women's_singles)

- **[Ashleigh Barty](/source/Ashleigh_Barty)** defeated [Bianca Andreescu](/source/Bianca_Andreescu) 6–3, 4–0 ret.

### Men's doubles

Main article: [2021 Miami Open – Men's doubles](/source/2021_Miami_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_doubles)

- **[Nikola Mektić](/source/Nikola_Mekti%C4%87)** / **[Mate Pavić](/source/Mate_Pavi%C4%87)** defeated [Dan Evans](/source/Dan_Evans_(tennis)) / [Neal Skupski](/source/Neal_Skupski) 6–4, 6–4.

### Women's doubles

Main article: [2021 Miami Open – Women's doubles](/source/2021_Miami_Open_%E2%80%93_Women's_doubles)

- **[Shuko Aoyama](/source/Shuko_Aoyama)** / **[Ena Shibahara](/source/Ena_Shibahara)** defeated [Hayley Carter](/source/Hayley_Carter) / [Luisa Stefani](/source/Luisa_Stefani), 6–2, 7–5.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q Q2 Q1 Men's singles 1000 600 360 180 90 45 25* 10 16 8 0 Men's doubles 0 —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a Women's singles 650 390 215 120 65 35* 10 30 20 2 Women's Doubles 10 —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a

* Players with byes receive first round points.

### Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q2 Q1 Men's singles $300,110 $165,000 $93,000 $61,000 $40,000 $26,000 $16,000 $10,000 $5,890 $3,100 Women's singles Men's doubles $81,000 $51,000 $38,000 $27,000 $18,000 $12,000 —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a Women's doubles —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a

## ATP singles main-draw entrants

The following are the seeded players. Seedings and ranking points based on ATP rankings as of March 22, 2021.

Seed Rank Player Points before Points defending[a] Points won Points after Status 1 2 Daniil Medvedev 9,940 90 180 10,030 Quarterfinals lost to Roberto Bautista Agut [7] 2 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas 6,950 90 180 7,040 Quarterfinals lost to Hubert Hurkacz [26] 3 7 Alexander Zverev 6,070 10 10 6,070 Second round lost to Emil Ruusuvuori 4 8 Andrey Rublev 5,101 61 360 5,400 Semifinals lost to Hubert Hurkacz [26] 5 9 Diego Schwartzman 3,640 10 90 3,720 Fourth round lost to Sebastian Korda 6 11 Denis Shapovalov 3,000 360 45 2,820 Third round lost to Hubert Hurkacz [26] 7 12 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,910 180 360 3,090 Semifinals lost to Jannik Sinner [21] 8 13 David Goffin 2,795 90 10 2,750 Second round lost to James Duckworth 9 16 Grigor Dimitrov 2,620 45 10 2,598 Second round lost to Cameron Norrie 10 17 Fabio Fognini 2,570 45 10 2,548 Second round lost to Sebastian Korda 11 18 Félix Auger-Aliassime 2,561 376 45 2,373 Third round lost to John Isner [18] 12 19 Milos Raonic 2,450 45 90 2,495 Fourth round lost to Hubert Hurkacz [26] 13 20 Cristian Garín 2,385 0 10 2,385 Second round lost to Marin Čilić 14 22 Karen Khachanov 2,200 10 45 2,280 Third round lost to Jannik Sinner [21] 15 23 Alex de Minaur 2,190 0 10 2,200 Second round lost to Daniel Elahi Galán 16 26 Dušan Lajović 1,895 45 45 1,895 Third round lost to Frances Tiafoe 17 27 Aslan Karatsev 1,888 (15)† 45 1,918 Third round lost to Sebastian Korda 18 28 John Isner 1,850 600 90 1,340 Fourth round lost to Roberto Bautista Agut [7] 19 29 Daniel Evans 1,813 25 10 1,797 Second round lost to Frances Tiafoe 20 30 Ugo Humbert 1,790 10 45 1,825 Third round lost to Milos Raonic [12] 21 31 Jannik Sinner 1,789 (20)‡ 600 2,369 Runner-up, lost to Hubert Hurkacz [26] 22 32 Taylor Fritz 1,775 10 90 1,855 Fourth round lost to Alexander Bublik [32] 23 33 Benoît Paire 1,773 (48)н 10 1,749 Second round lost to Lorenzo Musetti 24 34 Lorenzo Sonego 1,668 25 90 1,733 Fourth round lost to. Stefanos Tsitsipas [2] 25 36 Adrian Mannarino 1,661 25 45 1,681 Third round lost to Diego Schwartzman [5] 26 37 Hubert Hurkacz 1,645 45 1,000 2,600 Champion, defeated Jannik Sinner [21] 27 38 Nikoloz Basilashvili 1,645 90 10 1,600 Second round lost to Mikael Ymer 28 39 Kei Nishikori 1,513 10 45 1,548 Third round lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas [2] 29 40 Márton Fucsovics 1,462 10 45 1,497 Third round lost to Andrey Rublev [4] 30 41 Reilly Opelka 1,457 61 10 1,427 Second round lost to Alexei Popyrin 31 42 Jan-Lennard Struff 1,450 10 45 1,485 Third round lost to Roberto Bautista Agut [7] 32 44 Alexander Bublik 1,385 41 180 1,462 Quarterfinals lost to Jannik Sinner [21]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Tournaments dated March 4 to August 5, 2019 during the [2019 season](/source/2019_ATP_Tour) are dropped their defending points in each tournament divided by 50 percent.[4]

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019. Accordingly, this was his points from the [ATP Challenger Tour](/source/2019_ATP_Challenger_Tour). ‡ The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019. Accordingly, this was his 18th best result deducted instead. н The player used an exemption after the completion of the tournament in 2019. Accordingly, this was his points from the ATP Challenger Tour.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:[5]

- [Carlos Alcaraz](/source/Carlos_Alcaraz)

- [Jack Draper](/source/Jack_Draper_(tennis))

- [Hugo Gaston](/source/Hugo_Gaston)

- [Michael Mmoh](/source/Michael_Mmoh)

- [Andy Murray](/source/Andy_Murray)

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

- [Kevin Anderson](/source/Kevin_Anderson_(tennis))

- [Lu Yen-hsun](/source/Lu_Yen-hsun)

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

- [Liam Broady](/source/Liam_Broady)

- [Ernesto Escobedo](/source/Ernesto_Escobedo)

- [Thomas Fabbiano](/source/Thomas_Fabbiano)

- [Bjorn Fratangelo](/source/Bjorn_Fratangelo)

- [Thanasi Kokkinakis](/source/Thanasi_Kokkinakis)

- [Paolo Lorenzi](/source/Paolo_Lorenzi)

- [Mackenzie McDonald](/source/Mackenzie_McDonald)

- [Shintaro Mochizuki](/source/Shintaro_Mochizuki)

- [Emilio Nava](/source/Emilio_Nava)

- [Thiago Seyboth Wild](/source/Thiago_Seyboth_Wild)

- [Alejandro Tabilo](/source/Alejandro_Tabilo)

- [Mischa Zverev](/source/Mischa_Zverev)

The following players received entry as a lucky losers:

- [Damir Džumhur](/source/Damir_D%C5%BEumhur)

- [Federico Gaio](/source/Federico_Gaio)

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

- [Pablo Andújar](/source/Pablo_And%C3%BAjar) → replaced by [Federico Coria](/source/Federico_Coria)

- [Pablo Carreño Busta](/source/Pablo_Carre%C3%B1o_Busta) → replaced by [João Sousa](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Sousa)

- [Matteo Berrettini](/source/Matteo_Berrettini) → replaced by [Denis Kudla](/source/Denis_Kudla)

- [Borna Ćorić](/source/Borna_%C4%86ori%C4%87) → replaced by [Yannick Hanfmann](/source/Yannick_Hanfmann)

- [Pablo Cuevas](/source/Pablo_Cuevas) → replaced by [Pedro Martínez](/source/Pedro_Mart%C3%ADnez_(tennis))

- [Alejandro Davidovich Fokina](/source/Alejandro_Davidovich_Fokina) → replaced by [Mikael Ymer](/source/Mikael_Ymer)

- [Novak Djokovic](/source/Novak_Djokovic) → replaced by [Alexei Popyrin](/source/Alexei_Popyrin)

- [Kyle Edmund](/source/Kyle_Edmund) → replaced by [James Duckworth](/source/James_Duckworth_(tennis))

- [Roger Federer](/source/Roger_Federer) → replaced by [Marcos Giron](/source/Marcos_Giron)

- [Richard Gasquet](/source/Richard_Gasquet) → replaced by [Yasutaka Uchiyama](/source/Yasutaka_Uchiyama)

- [Filip Krajinović](/source/Filip_Krajinovi%C4%87) → replaced by [Ilya Ivashka](/source/Ilya_Ivashka)

- [Nick Kyrgios](/source/Nick_Kyrgios) → replaced by [Emil Ruusuvuori](/source/Emil_Ruusuvuori)

- [John Millman](/source/John_Millman) → replaced by [Lorenzo Musetti](/source/Lorenzo_Musetti)

- [Gaël Monfils](/source/Ga%C3%ABl_Monfils) → replaced by [Pierre-Hugues Herbert](/source/Pierre-Hugues_Herbert)

- [Thiago Monteiro](/source/Thiago_Monteiro_(tennis)) → replaced by [Damir Džumhur](/source/Damir_D%C5%BEumhur)

- [Corentin Moutet](/source/Corentin_Moutet) → replaced by [Mikhail Kukushkin](/source/Mikhail_Kukushkin)

- [Andy Murray](/source/Andy_Murray) → replaced by [Federico Gaio](/source/Federico_Gaio)

- [Rafael Nadal](/source/Rafael_Nadal) → replaced by [Pedro Sousa](/source/Pedro_Sousa)

- [Guido Pella](/source/Guido_Pella) → replaced by [Lloyd Harris](/source/Lloyd_Harris_(tennis))

- [Albert Ramos Viñolas](/source/Albert_Ramos_Vi%C3%B1olas) → replaced by [Daniel Elahi Galán](/source/Daniel_Elahi_Gal%C3%A1n)

- [Casper Ruud](/source/Casper_Ruud) → replaced by [Christopher O'Connell](/source/Christopher_O'Connell)

- [Gilles Simon](/source/Gilles_Simon) → replaced by [Kwon Soon-woo](/source/Kwon_Soon-woo)

- [Dominic Thiem](/source/Dominic_Thiem) → replaced by [Federico Delbonis](/source/Federico_Delbonis)

- [Jo-Wilfried Tsonga](/source/Jo-Wilfried_Tsonga) → replaced by [Sebastian Korda](/source/Sebastian_Korda)

- [Stan Wawrinka](/source/Stan_Wawrinka) → replaced by [Steve Johnson](/source/Steve_Johnson_(tennis))

**During the tournament**

- [Lloyd Harris](/source/Lloyd_Harris_(tennis))

### Retirements

- [Jack Draper](/source/Jack_Draper_(tennis))

- [Pedro Martínez](/source/Pedro_Mart%C3%ADnez_(tennis))

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed COL Juan Sebastián Cabal COL Robert Farah 3 1 CRO Nikola Mektić CRO Mate Pavić 8 2 CRO Ivan Dodig SVK Filip Polášek 19 3 ESP Marcel Granollers ARG Horacio Zeballos 21 4 NED Wesley Koolhof POL Łukasz Kubot 21 5 GBR Jamie Murray BRA Bruno Soares 23 6 USA Rajeev Ram GBR Joe Salisbury 26 7 FRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert FRA Nicolas Mahut 29 8

- 1 Rankings as of March 15, 2021.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

- [Steve Johnson](/source/Steve_Johnson_(tennis)) / [Sam Querrey](/source/Sam_Querrey)

- [Sebastian Korda](/source/Sebastian_Korda) / [Michael Mmoh](/source/Michael_Mmoh)

- [Nicholas Monroe](/source/Nicholas_Monroe) / [Frances Tiafoe](/source/Frances_Tiafoe)

The following pair received entry as an alternate:

- [Marcelo Demoliner](/source/Marcelo_Demoliner) / [Santiago González](/source/Santiago_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(tennis))

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

- [Alex de Minaur](/source/Alex_de_Minaur) / [John Millman](/source/John_Millman) → replaced by [Miomir Kecmanović](/source/Miomir_Kecmanovi%C4%87) / [Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi](/source/Aisam-ul-Haq_Qureshi)

- [Grigor Dimitrov](/source/Grigor_Dimitrov) / [Kei Nishikori](/source/Kei_Nishikori) → replaced by [Marcelo Demoliner](/source/Marcelo_Demoliner) / [Santiago González](/source/Santiago_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(tennis))

**During the tournament**

- [Karen Khachanov](/source/Karen_Khachanov) / [Andrey Rublev](/source/Andrey_Rublev)

## WTA singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of March 15, 2021. Rankings and points before are as of March 22, 2021.

Seed Rank Player Points before Points defending^ Points won¡ Points after Status 1 1 Ashleigh Barty 9,186 1,000 1,000 9,186 Champion, defeated Bianca Andreescu [8] 2 2 Naomi Osaka 7,835 65 215 7,985 Quarterfinals lost to Maria Sakkari [23] 3 3 Simona Halep 7,255 390 (65) 100 6,965 Third round withdrew due to shoulder injury 4 4 Sofia Kenin 5,760 10 + 35 (65) 100 + 100 5,915 Third round lost to Ons Jabeur [27] 5 5 Elina Svitolina 5,370 10 390 5,750 Semifinals lost to Ashleigh Barty [1] 6 6 Karolína Plíšková 5,205 650 (65) 105 4,660 Third round lost to Jessica Pegula [29] 7 8 Aryna Sabalenka 4,815 10 + 120 215 + 185 5,085 Quarterfinals lost to Ashleigh Barty [1] 8 9 Bianca Andreescu 4,735 120 650 5,265 Runner-up, lost to Ashleigh Barty [1] 9 10 Petra Kvitová 4,571 215 120 4,476 Fourth round lost to Elina Svitolina [5] 10 11 Kiki Bertens 4,505 120 (10) 105 4,490 Second round lost to Liudmila Samsonova [Q] 11 12 Belinda Bencic 4,260 10 65 4,315 Third round lost to Markéta Vondroušová [19] 12 13 Garbiñe Muguruza 4,235 10 + 280 120 + 55 4,120 Fourth round lost to Bianca Andreescu [8] 13 14 Jennifer Brady 3,765 (2) (10) 3,765 Second round lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo 14 15 Victoria Azarenka 3,665 35 + 180 120 + 55 3,625 Fourth round lost to Ashleigh Barty [1] 15 16 Iga Świątek 3,570 20 65 3,615 Third round lost to Ana Konjuh [WC] 16 17 Elise Mertens 3,310 65 + 65 120 + 100 3,400 Fourth round lost to Naomi Osaka [2] 17 18 Johanna Konta 3,206 35 65 3,236 Third round lost to Petra Kvitová [9] 18 19 Madison Keys 3,075 10 + 470 10 + 1 2,606 Second round lost to Ana Konjuh [WC] 19 20 Markéta Vondroušová 2,957 215 120 2,862 Fourth round lost to Aryna Sabalenka [7] 20 21 Petra Martić 2,850 35 + 185 + 10 (10) 60 + 55 + 55 2,790 Second round lost to Anna Kalinskaya [WC] 21 23 Elena Rybakina 2,718 (100)† (65) 100 2,718 Third round lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo 22 24 Anett Kontaveit 2,620 390 65 2,295 Third round lost to Elise Mertens [16] 23 25 Maria Sakkari 2,570 35 + 10 390 + 105 3,020 Semifinals lost to Bianca Andreescu [8] 24 26 Angelique Kerber 2,370 65 + 110 65 + 55 2,315 Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka [14] 25 27 Alison Riske 2,256 35 (0) 1 2,222 Withdrew due to left foot injury 26 28 Yulia Putintseva 2,015 120 + 35 (10) 55 + 55 1,970 Second round lost to Nina Stojanović [Q] 27 30 Ons Jabeur 1,965 35 + 10 120 + 48 2,088 Fourth round lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo 28 32 Amanda Anisimova 1,905 35 + 35 65 + 60 1,960 Third round lost to Bianca Andreescu [8] 29 33 Jessica Pegula 1,904 30 + 55 120 + 29 1,968 Fourth round lost to Maria Sakkari [23] 30 34 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1,900 10 65 1,955 Third round lost to Elina Svitolina [5] 31 36 Coco Gauff 1,821 35 10 1,796 Second round lost to Anastasija Sevastova 32 37 Veronika Kudermetova 1,820 (2) 160 (65) 80 1,740 Third round lost to Aryna Sabalenka [7]

^ Points form 2019 Miami, 2019 Guadalajara, 2019 Charleston and 2019 Monterrey will be dropped on Monday, April 5; 2019 Indian Wells will not be mandatory anymore

¡ Miami will not be considered a mandatory result that must be counted as part of a player's best 16 results[6]

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019. Accordingly, this was her 16th best result deducted instead.

### Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

- [Anna Kalinskaya](/source/Anna_Kalinskaya)

- [Ana Konjuh](/source/Ana_Konjuh)

- [Robin Montgomery](/source/Robin_Montgomery)

- [Storm Sanders](/source/Storm_Sanders)

- [Katrina Scott](/source/Katrina_Scott)

- [Mayar Sherif](/source/Mayar_Sherif)

- [Wang Xinyu](/source/Wang_Xinyu)

- [Wang Xiyu](/source/Wang_Xiyu)

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

- [Katie Boulter](/source/Katie_Boulter)

- [Andrea Petkovic](/source/Andrea_Petkovic)

- [Anastasia Potapova](/source/Anastasia_Potapova)

- [Yaroslava Shvedova](/source/Yaroslava_Shvedova)

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

- [Hailey Baptiste](/source/Hailey_Baptiste)

- [Aliona Bolsova](/source/Aliona_Bolsova)

- [Mihaela Buzărnescu](/source/Mihaela_Buz%C4%83rnescu)

- [Elisabetta Cocciaretto](/source/Elisabetta_Cocciaretto)

- [Olga Danilović](/source/Olga_Danilovi%C4%87)

- [Océane Dodin](/source/Oc%C3%A9ane_Dodin)

- [Kristína Kučová](/source/Krist%C3%ADna_Ku%C4%8Dov%C3%A1)

- [Tereza Martincová](/source/Tereza_Martincov%C3%A1)

- [Tsvetana Pironkova](/source/Tsvetana_Pironkova)

- [Liudmila Samsonova](/source/Liudmila_Samsonova)

- [Nina Stojanović](/source/Nina_Stojanovi%C4%87)

- [Renata Zarazúa](/source/Renata_Zaraz%C3%BAa)

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

- [Kirsten Flipkens](/source/Kirsten_Flipkens)

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

- [Polona Hercog](/source/Polona_Hercog) → replaced by [Andrea Petkovic](/source/Andrea_Petkovic)

- [Hsieh Su-wei](/source/Hsieh_Su-wei) → replaced by [Anastasia Potapova](/source/Anastasia_Potapova)

- [Daria Kasatkina](/source/Daria_Kasatkina) → replaced by [Zarina Diyas](/source/Zarina_Diyas)

- [Ann Li](/source/Ann_Li_(tennis)) → replaced by [Katie Boulter](/source/Katie_Boulter)

- [Karolína Muchová](/source/Karol%C3%ADna_Muchov%C3%A1) → replaced by [Camila Giorgi](/source/Camila_Giorgi)

- [Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova](/source/Anastasia_Pavlyuchenkova) → replaced by [Lauren Davis](/source/Lauren_Davis)

- [Alison Riske](/source/Alison_Riske) → replaced by [Kirsten Flipkens](/source/Kirsten_Flipkens)

- [Barbora Strýcová](/source/Barbora_Str%C3%BDcov%C3%A1) → replaced by [Marta Kostyuk](/source/Marta_Kostyuk)

- [Patricia Maria Țig](/source/Patricia_Maria_%C8%9Aig) → replaced by [Madison Brengle](/source/Madison_Brengle)

- [Alison Van Uytvanck](/source/Alison_Van_Uytvanck) → replaced by [Nao Hibino](/source/Nao_Hibino)

- [Donna Vekić](/source/Donna_Veki%C4%87) → replaced by [Arantxa Rus](/source/Arantxa_Rus)

- [Serena Williams](/source/Serena_Williams) → replaced by [Christina McHale](/source/Christina_McHale)

- [Dayana Yastremska](/source/Dayana_Yastremska) (provisional suspension) → replaced by [Venus Williams](/source/Venus_Williams)

**During the tournament**

- [Simona Halep](/source/Simona_Halep)

- [Laura Siegemund](/source/Laura_Siegemund)

- [Nina Stojanović](/source/Nina_Stojanovi%C4%87)

### Retirements

- [Bianca Andreescu](/source/Bianca_Andreescu)

- [Jil Teichmann](/source/Jil_Teichmann)

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed BEL Elise Mertens BLR Aryna Sabalenka 3 1 CZE Barbora Krejčíková CZE Kateřina Siniaková 15 2 USA Nicole Melichar NED Demi Schuurs 23 3 HUN Tímea Babos RUS Veronika Kudermetova 30 4 JPN Shuko Aoyama JPN Ena Shibahara 30 5 CHN Xu Yifan CHN Zhang Shuai 39 6 CHI Alexa Guarachi USA Desirae Krawczyk 39 7 USA Hayley Carter BRA Luisa Stefani 63 8

- 1 Rankings as of March 15, 2021.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

- [Hailey Baptiste](/source/Hailey_Baptiste) / [Robin Montgomery](/source/Robin_Montgomery)

- [Kiki Bertens](/source/Kiki_Bertens) / [Arantxa Rus](/source/Arantxa_Rus)

- [Ajla Tomljanović](/source/Ajla_Tomljanovi%C4%87) / [Heather Watson](/source/Heather_Watson)

The following pairs received entry using a protected ranking into the doubles main draw:

- [Kaitlyn Christian](/source/Kaitlyn_Christian) / [Alla Kudryavtseva](/source/Alla_Kudryavtseva)

- [Kirsten Flipkens](/source/Kirsten_Flipkens) / [CoCo Vandeweghe](/source/CoCo_Vandeweghe)

- [Vania King](/source/Vania_King) / [Yaroslava Shvedova](/source/Yaroslava_Shvedova)

The following pairs received entry as an alternate:

- [Ekaterina Alexandrova](/source/Ekaterina_Alexandrova) / [Zhaoxuan Yang](/source/Zhaoxuan_Yang)

- [Caroline Garcia](/source/Caroline_Garcia) / [Nadia Podoroska](/source/Nadia_Podoroska)

- [Petra Martić](/source/Petra_Marti%C4%87) / [Shelby Rogers](/source/Shelby_Rogers)

- [Asia Muhammad](/source/Asia_Muhammad) / [Jessica Pegula](/source/Jessica_Pegula)

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

- [Ashleigh Barty](/source/Ashleigh_Barty) / [Jennifer Brady](/source/Jennifer_Brady) → replaced by [Caroline Garcia](/source/Caroline_Garcia) / [Nadia Podoroska](/source/Nadia_Podoroska)

- [Belinda Bencic](/source/Belinda_Bencic) / [Jil Teichmann](/source/Jil_Teichmann) → replaced by [Petra Martić](/source/Petra_Marti%C4%87) / [Shelby Rogers](/source/Shelby_Rogers)

- [Anna Kalinskaya](/source/Anna_Kalinskaya) / [Viktória Kužmová](/source/Vikt%C3%B3ria_Ku%C5%BEmov%C3%A1) → replaced by [Ekaterina Alexandrova](/source/Ekaterina_Alexandrova) / [Zhaoxuan Yang](/source/Zhaoxuan_Yang)

- [Laura Siegemund](/source/Laura_Siegemund) / [Vera Zvonareva](/source/Vera_Zvonareva) → replaced by [Asia Muhammad](/source/Asia_Muhammad) / [Jessica Pegula](/source/Jessica_Pegula)

**During the tournament**

- [Simona Halep](/source/Simona_Halep) / [Angelique Kerber](/source/Angelique_Kerber)

- [Darija Jurak](/source/Darija_Jurak) / [Nina Stojanović](/source/Nina_Stojanovi%C4%87)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Miami Open canceled because of coronavirus outbreak"](https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/28891183/miami-open-canceled-coronavirus-outbreak). [ESPN](/source/ESPN). March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Kaufman, Michelle (March 21, 2021). ["Everything you need to know as modified Miami Open tennis tournament starts Monday"](https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/tennis/article250027959.html). *Miami Herald*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210404091344/https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/tennis/article250027959.html) from the original on April 4, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The World's Greatest Players Return to the Miami Open Presented by Itaú"](https://www.miamiopen.com/2021-player-announcement/). *Miami Open*. February 25, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["ATP Announces Player & Tournament COVID-19 Support Package"](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/atp-announces-player-tournament-covid-19-support-package-march-2021). *Association of Tennis Professionals*. March 3, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Wildcards_6-0)** ["Wildcards in the 2021 Miami Open"](https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/tennis/article249949404.html). *miamiherald.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["How Osaka can retake the No.1 spot from Barty"](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2078288/how-osaka-can-retake-the-no-1-spot-from-barty).

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.miamiopen.com)

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