2021 Miami Open

The 2021 Miami Open was a professional hardcourt tennis tournament played from March 23 to April 4, 2021, on the grounds of Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The 36th edition of the Miami Open, it was a Masters 1000 event on the 2021 ATP Tour, and a WTA 1000 event on the 2021 WTA Tour. The 2020 edition was postponed due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida.^[1]

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

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 and 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 in the final, 6–3, 4–0, retired. Federer did not attend the tournament.^[3]

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2021 Miami Open – Men's singles

• Hubert Hurkacz def. Jannik Sinner 7–6^(7–4), 6–4.

Women's singles

Main article: 2021 Miami Open – Women's singles

• Ashleigh Barty def. Bianca Andreescu 6–3, 4–0 ret.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2021 Miami Open – Men's doubles

• Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić def. Dan Evans / Neal Skupski 6–4, 6–4.

Women's doubles

Main article: 2021 Miami Open – Women's doubles

• Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara def. Hayley Carter / 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	—	—	—	—	—
Women's singles		650	390	215	120	65	35*	10	30	20	2
Women's Doubles						10	—	—	—	—	—

* 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	—	—	—	—
Women's doubles							—	—	—	—

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. Tournaments dated March 4 to August 5, 2019 during the 2019 season 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.
‡ 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
• Jack Draper
• Hugo Gaston
• Michael Mmoh
• Andy Murray

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

• Kevin Anderson
• Lu Yen-hsun

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Liam Broady
• Ernesto Escobedo
• Thomas Fabbiano
• Bjorn Fratangelo
• Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Paolo Lorenzi
• Mackenzie McDonald
• Shintaro Mochizuki
• Emilio Nava
• Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Alejandro Tabilo
• Mischa Zverev

The following players received entry as a lucky losers:

• Damir Džumhur
• Federico Gaio

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Pablo Andújar → replaced by Federico Coria
• Pablo Carreño Busta → replaced by João Sousa
• Matteo Berrettini → replaced by Denis Kudla
• Borna Ćorić → replaced by Yannick Hanfmann
• Pablo Cuevas → replaced by Pedro Martínez
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina → replaced by Mikael Ymer
• Novak Djokovic → replaced by Alexei Popyrin
• Kyle Edmund → replaced by James Duckworth
• Roger Federer → replaced by Marcos Giron
• Richard Gasquet → replaced by Yasutaka Uchiyama
• Filip Krajinović → replaced by Ilya Ivashka
• Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Emil Ruusuvuori
• John Millman → replaced by Lorenzo Musetti
• Gaël Monfils → replaced by Pierre-Hugues Herbert
• Thiago Monteiro → replaced by Damir Džumhur
• Corentin Moutet → replaced by Mikhail Kukushkin
• Andy Murray → replaced by Federico Gaio
• Rafael Nadal → replaced by Pedro Sousa
• Guido Pella → replaced by Lloyd Harris
• Albert Ramos Viñolas → replaced by Daniel Elahi Galán
• Casper Ruud → replaced by Christopher O'Connell
• Gilles Simon → replaced by Kwon Soon-woo
• Dominic Thiem → replaced by Federico Delbonis
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Sebastian Korda
• Stan Wawrinka → replaced by Steve Johnson

During the tournament

• Lloyd Harris

Retirements

• Jack Draper
• Pedro Martínez

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 / Sam Querrey
• Sebastian Korda / Michael Mmoh
• Nicholas Monroe / Frances Tiafoe

The following pair received entry as an alternate:

• Marcelo Demoliner / Santiago González

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Alex de Minaur / John Millman → replaced by Miomir Kecmanović / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
• Grigor Dimitrov / Kei Nishikori → replaced by Marcelo Demoliner / Santiago González

During the tournament

• Karen Khachanov / 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

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Anna Kalinskaya
• Ana Konjuh
• Robin Montgomery
• Storm Sanders
• Katrina Scott
• Mayar Sherif
• Wang Xinyu
• Wang Xiyu

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

• Katie Boulter
• Andrea Petkovic
• Anastasia Potapova
• Yaroslava Shvedova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Hailey Baptiste
• Aliona Bolsova
• Mihaela Buzărnescu
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Olga Danilović
• Océane Dodin
• Kristína Kučová
• Tereza Martincová
• Tsvetana Pironkova
• Liudmila Samsonova
• Nina Stojanović
• Renata Zarazúa

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Kirsten Flipkens

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Polona Hercog → replaced by Andrea Petkovic
• Hsieh Su-wei → replaced by Anastasia Potapova
• Daria Kasatkina → replaced by Zarina Diyas
• Ann Li → replaced by Katie Boulter
• Karolína Muchová → replaced by Camila Giorgi
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Lauren Davis
• Alison Riske → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
• Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Marta Kostyuk
• Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Madison Brengle
• Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by Nao Hibino
• Donna Vekić → replaced by Arantxa Rus
• Serena Williams → replaced by Christina McHale
• Dayana Yastremska (provisional suspension) → replaced by Venus Williams

During the tournament

• Simona Halep
• Laura Siegemund
• Nina Stojanović

Retirements

• Bianca Andreescu
• 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 / Robin Montgomery
• Kiki Bertens / Arantxa Rus
• Ajla Tomljanović / Heather Watson

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

• Kaitlyn Christian / Alla Kudryavtseva
• Kirsten Flipkens / CoCo Vandeweghe
• Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova

The following pairs received entry as an alternate:

• Ekaterina Alexandrova / Zhaoxuan Yang
• Caroline Garcia / Nadia Podoroska
• Petra Martić / Shelby Rogers
• Asia Muhammad / Jessica Pegula

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Ashleigh Barty / Jennifer Brady → replaced by Caroline Garcia / Nadia Podoroska
• Belinda Bencic / Jil Teichmann → replaced by Petra Martić / Shelby Rogers
• Anna Kalinskaya / Viktória Kužmová → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova / Zhaoxuan Yang
• Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva → replaced by Asia Muhammad / Jessica Pegula

During the tournament

• Simona Halep / Angelique Kerber
• Darija Jurak / Nina Stojanović

References

1. "Miami Open canceled because of coronavirus outbreak". ESPN. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
2. Kaufman, Michelle (2021-03-21). "Everything you need to know as modified Miami Open tennis tournament starts Monday". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2021-04-04. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
3. "The World's Greatest Players Return to the Miami Open Presented by Itaú". Miami Open. February 25, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
4. "ATP Announces Player & Tournament COVID-19 Support Package". Association of Tennis Professionals. March 3, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
5. "Wildcards in the 2021 Miami Open". miamiherald.com.
6. "How Osaka can retake the No.1 spot from Barty".

External links

• Official website