2021 Monte-Carlo Masters

{{TennisEventInfo|2021|Monte-Carlo Masters| | date=11–18 April | edition=114th | draw=56S / 28D | category=[[ATP Tour Masters 1000|Masters 1000]] | surface=[[Clay court|Clay]] / outdoor | prize_money=€2,460,585 | location=[[Roquebrune-Cap-Martin]], France (billed as [[Monte Carlo]], [[Monaco]]) | venue=[[Monte Carlo Country Club]] | champs={{flagicon|GRE}} [[Stefanos Tsitsipas]] | champd={{flagicon|CRO}} [[Nikola Mektić]] / {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mate Pavić]] | before_year=2019 }}

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 [[Clay court|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 [[ATP Tour Masters 1000|Masters 1000]] event on the [[2021 ATP Tour]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters Overview|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/monte-carlo/410/overview|website=atptour.com}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://montecarlotennismasters.com/communique-officiel-covid-19/|title=COMMUNIQUÉ OFFICIEL – COVID-19|author= |date=2020-03-11|website=montecarlotennismasters.com}}</ref> Due to COVID-19 restrictions, there were [[Behind closed doors (sport)|no spectators]] in all stadiums during the 2021 tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.monaco-tribune.com/en/2021/02/no-spectators-allowed-at-the-2021-monte-carlo-rolex-masters/|title=No spectators allowed at the 2021 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters|work=Monaco Tribune|last=Boisaubert|first=Romain|date=15 February 2021|accessdate=23 March 2021}}</ref>

==Champions==

===Singles=== {{main|2021 Monte-Carlo Masters – Singles}} * {{flagicon|GRE}} '''[[Stefanos Tsitsipas]]''' def. {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrey Rublev]], 6–3, 6–3

===Doubles=== {{main article|2021 Monte-Carlo Masters – Doubles}} * {{flagicon|CRO}} '''[[Nikola Mektić]]''' / {{flagicon|CRO}} '''[[Mate Pavić]]''' def. {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Dan Evans (tennis)|Dan Evans]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Neal Skupski]], 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]

==Points and prize money==

===Points=== Because the Monte Carlo Masters is the non-mandatory [[ATP Tour Masters 1000|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.<ref>[http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Rankings-FAQ.aspx#requirements Ranking points]</ref>

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=== Prize money ===

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- | style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Event''' | style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 64 |width=85 |Q2 |width=85 |Q1 |- | style="background:#ededed;"|'''Singles''' |€251,085 |€150,000 |€85,000 |€46,500 |€29,000 |€18,100 |€12,000 |€6,100 |€3,250 |- | style="background:#ededed;"|'''Doubles*''' |€50,000 |€35,000 |€24,000 |€16,250 |€11,000 |€7,500 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |} *per team

==Singles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Novak Djokovic]] |1 |1 |- |<s>{{flag|RUS}}</s> |<s>[[Daniil Medvedev]]</s> |<s>2</s> |<s>2</s> |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Rafael Nadal]] |3 |3 |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|GRE}} |[[Stefanos Tsitsipas]] |5 |4 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Alexander Zverev]] |6 |5 |-style="background:#fcc;" |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Andrey Rublev]] |8 |6 |- |{{flag|ARG}} |[[Diego Schwartzman]] |9 |7 |- |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Matteo Berrettini]] |10 |8 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Roberto Bautista Agut]] |11 |9 |- |<s>{{flag|FRA}}</s> |<s>[[Gaël Monfils]]</s> |<s>13</s> |<s>10</s> |- |{{flag|BEL}} |[[David Goffin]] |14 |11 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Pablo Carreño Busta]] |15 |12 |- |{{flag|POL}} |[[Hubert Hurkacz]] |16 |13 |- |{{flag|BUL}} |[[Grigor Dimitrov]] |17 |14 |- |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Fabio Fognini]] |18 |15 |- |{{flag|CHI}} |[[Cristian Garín]] |20 |16 |} *Rankings are as of 5 April 2021

===Other entrants=== The following players received [[Wild card (sports)|wildcards]] into the main draw: * {{flagicon|MON}} [[Lucas Catarina]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Lorenzo Musetti]] * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Lucas Pouille]] * {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Holger Rune]]

The following players received entry via the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Salvatore Caruso]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Cecchinato]] * {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Federico Delbonis]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Thomas Fabbiano]] * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Dominik Koepfer]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Alexei Popyrin]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Stefano Travaglia]]

The following players received entry as lucky losers: * {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Juan Ignacio Londero]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pedro Martínez (tennis)|Pedro Martínez]]

=== Withdrawals === ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Borna Ćorić]] → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Paul (tennis)|Tommy Paul]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]] → replaced by {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pablo Andújar]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Daniil Medvedev]] → replaced by {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Juan Ignacio Londero]] * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gaël Monfils]] → replaced by {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pedro Martínez (tennis)|Pedro Martínez]] * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kei Nishikori]] → replaced by {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Laslo Đere]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Reilly Opelka]] → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jérémy Chardy]] * {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Dominic Thiem]] → replaced by {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alejandro Davidovich Fokina]] * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Stan Wawrinka]] → replaced by {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jordan Thompson (tennis)|Jordan Thompson]]

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nikoloz Basilashvili]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alejandro Davidovich Fokina]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pedro Martínez (tennis)|Pedro Martínez]]

==Doubles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|COL}} |[[Juan Sebastián Cabal]] |{{flag|COL}} |[[Robert Farah (tennis)|Robert Farah]] |5 |1 |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Nikola Mektić]] |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Mate Pavić]] |5 |2 |- |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Ivan Dodig]] |{{flag|SVK}} |[[Filip Polášek]] |17 |3 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Marcel Granollers]] |{{flag|ARG}} |[[Horacio Zeballos]] |20 |4 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Rajeev Ram]] |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Joe Salisbury]] |23 |5 |- |{{flag|NED}} |[[Wesley Koolhof]] |{{flag|POL}} |[[Łukasz Kubot]] |26 |6 |- |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Pierre-Hugues Herbert]] |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Nicolas Mahut]] |29 |7 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Kevin Krawietz]] |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Horia Tecău]] |42 |8 |} * Rankings are as of 5 April 2021.

===Other entrants=== The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|MON}} [[Romain Arneodo]] / {{flagicon|MON}} [[Hugo Nys]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Simone Bolelli]] / {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Jannik Sinner]] * {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Petros Tsitsipas]] / {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Stefanos Tsitsipas]]

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw as alternates: * {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Alexander Bublik]] / {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Dušan Lajović]] * {{flagicon|URU}} [[Ariel Behar]] / {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Gonzalo Escobar]]

=== Withdrawals === ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Jan-Lennard Struff]] / {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Dominic Thiem]] → replaced by {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Alexander Bublik]] / {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Dušan Lajović]] * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jamie Murray]] / {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Soares]] → replaced by {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jamie Murray]] / {{flagicon|GER}} [[Jan-Lennard Struff]] * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Tim Pütz]] / {{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Zverev]] → replaced by {{flagicon|URU}} [[Ariel Behar]] / {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Gonzalo Escobar]]

=== Retirements === * {{flagicon|MON}} [[Romain Arneodo]] / {{flagicon|MON}} [[Hugo Nys]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{official website|http://montecarlotennismasters.com}} * [http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/monte-carlo/410/overview Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile]

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