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Men's singles
Men's singles
2021 Italian Open
Final
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Novak Djokovic
Score	7–5, 1–6, 6–3
Details
Draw	56 (8 Q / 5 WC )
Seeds	16
Events

Rafael Nadal defeated the defending champion Novak Djokovic in the final, 7–5, 1–6, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 Italian Open.^[1] It was his record-extending tenth Italian Open title and record-equaling 36th and final Masters 1000 title overall (matching Djokovic's tally). Nadal saved two match points en route to the title, in his third round match against Denis Shapovalov.^[2] This marked the fourth tournament that Nadal had won on 10 or more occasions (in addition to the French Open, the Monte-Carlo Masters, and the Barcelona Open), making him the only tennis player to do so.^[3]

It was Djokovic's sixth runners-up finish at the Italian Open, a record for the most runners-up finishes at one event on the ATP Tour. (Djokovic equaled this record later that year at the US Open, while attempting to complete the Grand Slam).^[4]

Lorenzo Sonego became the first Italian man to reach the semifinals in Rome since Filippo Volandri in 2007.^[5]

Seeds

The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.

01.

Novak Djokovic (final)

02.

Rafael Nadal (champion)

03.

Daniil Medvedev (second round)

04.

Dominic Thiem (third round)

05.

Stefanos Tsitsipas (quarterfinals)

06.

Alexander Zverev (quarterfinals)

07.

Andrey Rublev (quarterfinals)

08.

Diego Schwartzman (second round)

09.

Matteo Berrettini (third round)

10.

Roberto Bautista Agut (third round)

11.

Pablo Carreño Busta (second round, withdrew)

12.

David Goffin (second round)

13.

Denis Shapovalov (third round)

14.

Gaël Monfils (first round)

15.

Hubert Hurkacz (first round, retired)

16.

Grigor Dimitrov (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Novak Djokovic	4	7	7

5	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6	5	5
					1	Novak Djokovic	6	6⁵	6

						Lorenzo Sonego	3	7⁷	2
	Lorenzo Sonego	3	6	6

7	Andrey Rublev	6	4	3
										1	Novak Djokovic	5	6	3

										2	Rafael Nadal	7	1	6
Q	Federico Delbonis	5	6²

	Reilly Opelka	7	7⁷
						Reilly Opelka	4	4

					2	Rafael Nadal	6	6
6	Alexander Zverev	3	4

2	Rafael Nadal	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

					1	N Djokovic	6	7⁷
	D Evans	3	2			T Fritz	3	6⁵
	T Fritz	6	6						1	N Djokovic	6	6
Q	R Carballés Baena	4	4						Q	A Davidovich Fokina	2	1
Q	C Norrie	6	6		Q	C Norrie	2	3
Q	A Davidovich Fokina	6	7⁷		Q	A Davidovich Fokina	6	6
16	G Dimitrov	4	6²										1	N Djokovic	4	7	7
9	M Berrettini	4	6	6									5	S Tsitsipas	6	5	5
	N Basilashvili	6	2	4	9	M Berrettini	6	6
	J Millman	6	6			J Millman	4	2
	D Lajović	3	4						9	M Berrettini	6³	2
	M Čilić	4	6	6					5	S Tsitsipas	7⁷	6
	A Bublik	6	2	3		M Čilić	5	2
					5	S Tsitsipas	7	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					4	D Thiem	3	7⁷	6
LL	Y Nishioka	0	2			M Fucsovics	6	6⁵	0
	M Fucsovics	6	6							4	D Thiem	4	7⁷	6⁵
WC	G Mager	6	6								L Sonego	6	6⁵	7⁷
	A de Minaur	4	3		WC	G Mager	4	4
	L Sonego	6	5	6		L Sonego	6	6
14	G Monfils	4	7	4												L Sonego	3	6	6
10	R Bautista Agut	6	6												7	A Rublev	6	4	3
Q	T Paul	3	4		10	R Bautista Agut	7⁷	6
	L Harris	5	2			C Garín	6⁵	3
	C Garín	7	6							10	R Bautista Agut	4	4
LL	A Bedene	3	1							7	A Rublev	6	6
	J-L Struff	6	6			J-L Struff	7⁹	1	4
					7	A Rublev	6⁷	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

					8	D Schwartzman	1	3
	F Krajinović	3	7⁷	4		F Auger-Aliassime	6	6
	F Auger-Aliassime	6	6⁵	6						F Auger-Aliassime	6³	1
	K Khachanov	6	4	0					Q	F Delbonis	7⁷	6
Q	F Delbonis	3	6	6	Q	F Delbonis	6	6
WC	S Caruso	4	1		12	D Goffin	2	1
12	D Goffin	6	6										Q	F Delbonis	5	6²
15	H Hurkacz	4	0^r											R Opelka	7	7⁷
WC	L Musetti	6	2		WC	L Musetti	4	4
	R Gasquet	1	5			R Opelka	6	6
	R Opelka	6	7							R Opelka	7⁸	6
	M Kecmanović	6²	4							A Karatsev	6⁶	4
	A Karatsev	7⁷	6			A Karatsev	6	6
					3	D Medvedev	2	4

Section 4

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

					6	A Zverev	6	6
Q	H Dellien	2	7	6	Q	H Dellien	2	2
	A Mannarino	6	5	2					6	A Zverev	4	6	6
	K Nishikori	6	6							K Nishikori	6	3	4
	F Fognini	3	4			K Nishikori	w/o
	L Đere	6	3	1	11	P Carreño Busta
11	P Carreño Busta	4	6	6										6	A Zverev	3	4
13	D Shapovalov	6	6											2	R Nadal	6	6
Q	K Majchrzak	1	3		13	D Shapovalov	7⁷	6
WC	S Travaglia	6	6		WC	S Travaglia	6²	3
	B Paire	4	3						13	D Shapovalov	6	4	6³
	U Humbert	2	4						2	R Nadal	3	6	7⁷
	J Sinner	6	6			J Sinner	5	4
					2	R Nadal	7	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Cameron Norrie (qualified)
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (qualified)
Aljaž Bedene (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Tommy Paul (qualified)
Yoshihito Nishioka (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Tennys Sandgren (first round)
Frances Tiafoe (qualifying competition, retired)
Corentin Moutet (qualifying competition)
Egor Gerasimov (first round)
Alexei Popyrin (first round)
Federico Delbonis (qualified)
Thiago Monteiro (qualifying competition)
Radu Albot (withdrew)
Jaume Munar (first round)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Aljaž Bedene
Yoshihito Nishioka

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

1	Cameron Norrie	6	6

	Pablo Cuevas	1	3
					1	Cameron Norrie	6	2	6

						Marco Cecchinato	4	6	4
	Marco Cecchinato	6⁴	6	6

9	Egor Gerasimov	7⁷	2	3

Second qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

2	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	6	2

WC	Flavio Cobolli	2	0^r
				2	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	6	7⁷

				8	Corentin Moutet	4	6⁵
WC	Andrea Pellegrino	6⁵	2

8	Corentin Moutet	7⁷	6

Third qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

3	Aljaž Bedene	6	3	6

WC	Gian Marco Moroni	2	6	4
					3	Aljaž Bedene	2	1

						Hugo Dellien	6	6
	Hugo Dellien	6	6

14	Jaume Munar	4	1

Fourth qualifier

First round

Qualifying competition

4

Tommy Paul

7⁷

6

Juan Ignacio Londero

6⁵

3

4

Tommy Paul

7

4

7⁷

12

Thiago Monteiro

5

6

6⁴

Mikhail Kukushkin

6³

6¹

12

Thiago Monteiro

7⁷

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Yoshihito Nishioka	6	7⁷

	Grégoire Barrère	4	6¹
					5	Yoshihito Nishioka	3	1

						Kamil Majchrzak	6	6
	Kamil Majchrzak	7⁸	6⁴	6

10	Alexei Popyrin	6⁶	7⁷	3

Sixth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

6	Tennys Sandgren	5	3

	Roberto Carballés Baena	7	6
						Roberto Carballés Baena	7	6

					WC	Raúl Brancaccio	5	4
WC	Raúl Brancaccio	3	6	6

Alt	Federico Gaio	6	4	4

Seventh qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

7	Frances Tiafoe	6	7

	Jozef Kovalík	2	5
				7	Frances Tiafoe	7	4	2^r

				11	Federico Delbonis	5	6	4
	Marcos Giron	3	3

11	Federico Delbonis	6	6

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 3 May 2021. Rankings and points before are as of 10 May 2021.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending^[a]	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Novak Djokovic	11,463	1,000	600	11,063	Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
2	3	Rafael Nadal	9,630	1,000	1,000	9,630	Champion, defeated Novak Djokovic [1]
3	2	Daniil Medvedev	9,780	10	45	9,815	Second round lost to Aslan Karatsev
4	4	Dominic Thiem	8,365	10	90	8,445	Third round lost to Lorenzo Sonego
5	5	Stefanos Tsitsipas	7,610	360	180	7,430	Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
6	6	Alexander Zverev	6,945	10	180	7,115	Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
7	7	Andrey Rublev	6,000	90	180	6,090	Quarterfinals lost to Lorenzo Sonego
8	10	Diego Schwartzman	3,765	345	45	3,465	Second round lost to Félix Auger-Aliassime
9	9	Matteo Berrettini	4,048	180	90	3,958	Third round lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas [5]
10	11	Roberto Bautista Agut	3,170	0	45	3,215	Third round lost to Andrey Rublev [7]
11	12	Pablo Carreño Busta	3,050	10	45	3,085	Second round, withdrew due to a low back injury
12	13	David Goffin	2,875	45	45	2,875	Second round lost to Federico Delbonis [Q]
13	14	Denis Shapovalov	2,855	360	180	2,675	Third round lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
14	15	Gaël Monfils	2,703	10	10	2,703	First round lost to Lorenzo Sonego
15	19	Hubert Hurkacz	2,543	55	10	2,498	First round retired against Lorenzo Musetti [WC]
16	17	Grigor Dimitrov	2,586	90	0	2,496	First round lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina [Q]

^ Points earned from 2019 and 2020 tournaments will be dropped depending on the best result during those periods. Only 2020 points will be dropped by 50%, including their 2020 points whichever is greater. 2019 points which are higher will still be dropped as normal.