2021 Italian Open – Men's singles
# 2021 Italian Open – Men's singles

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. It was his record-extending 10th Italian Open title and record-equaling 36th 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. This was also the fourth time that Nadal had won a tournament on 10 or more occasions, making him the only tennis player with the feat.

It was Djokovic's sixth runners-up finish at the Italian Open, a record for the most runner-up finishes at one event on the ATP Tour. (Djokovic equaled this record later in the year at the US Open, finishing runner-up to Daniil Medvedev while attempting to complete the Grand Slam).

Lorenzo Sonego became the first Italian man to reach a semifinal in Rome since Filippo Volandri in 2007.

## 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

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Novak Djokovic | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | Novak Djokovic | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Lorenzo Sonego | 3 | $7^7$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | Lorenzo Sonego | 3 | 6 | 6 | | Lorenzo Sonego | 3 | $7^7$ | 2 | | | | | |
| 7 | Andrey Rublev | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Andrey Rublev | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | Novak Djokovic | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Rafael Nadal | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| Q | Federico Delbonis | 5 | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Rafael Nadal | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| | Reilly Opelka | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Reilly Opelka | 7 | $7^7$ | | | Reilly Opelka | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Rafael Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Alexander Zverev | 3 | 4 | | 2 | Rafael Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 2 | Rafael Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | N Djokovic | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Evans | 3 | 2 | | | T Fritz | 3 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | 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 | $7^7$ | | Q | A Davidovich Fokina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | G Dimitrov | 4 | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | | | 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 | $6^3$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | M Čilić | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 5 | S Tsitsipas | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Bublik | 6 | 2 | 3 | | M Čilić | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | S Tsitsipas | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 4 | D Thiem | 3 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | Y Nishioka | 0 | 2 | | | M Fucsovics | 6 | $6^5$ | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Fucsovics | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | D Thiem | 4 | $7^7$ | $6^5$ | | | | | |
| WC | G Mager | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | L Sonego | 6 | $6^5$ | $7^7$ | | | | | |
| | 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 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Harris | 5 | 2 | | | C Garín | $6^5$ | 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 | $7^9$ | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | A Rublev | $6^7$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

**Section 3**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 8 | D Schwartzman | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Krajinović | 3 | $7^7$ | 4 | | F Auger-Aliassime | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Auger-Aliassime | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | | | F Auger-Aliassime | $6^3$ | 1 | | | | |
| | K Khachanov | 6 | 4 | 0 | | | | | Q | F Delbonis | $7^7$ | 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 | $6^2$ |
| 15 | H Hurkacz | 4 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | R Opelka | 7 | $7^7$ |
| WC | L Musetti | 6 | 2 | | WC | L Musetti | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Gasquet | 1 | 5 | | | R Opelka | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Opelka | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | R Opelka | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | |
| | M Kecmanović | $6^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | A Karatsev | $6^6$ | 4 | | | | |
| | A Karatsev | $7^7$ | 6 | | | A Karatsev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | D Medvedev | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | 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 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Travaglia | 6 | 6 | | WC | S Travaglia | $6^2$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Paire | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 13 | D Shapovalov | 6 | 4 | $6^3$ | | | | |
| | U Humbert | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | R Nadal | 3 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| | 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

* Cameron Norrie
* Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
* Hugo Dellien
* Tommy Paul
* Kamil Majchrzak
* Roberto Carballés Baena
* Federico Delbonis

### Lucky losers

* Aljaž Bedene
* Yoshihito Nishioka

### Qualifying draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cameron Norrie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Pablo Cuevas | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | Pablo Cuevas | 1 | 3 | | 1 | Cameron Norrie | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Marco Cecchinato | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| | Marco Cecchinato | $6^4$ | 6 | 6 | | Marco Cecchinato | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Egor Gerasimov | $7^7$ | 2 | 3 | | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Flavio Cobolli | 2 | $0^r$ | | | | |
| WC | Flavio Cobolli | 2 | $0^r$ | 2 | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | 6 | $7^7$ |
| | | | | 8 | Corentin Moutet | 4 | $6^5$ |
| WC | Andrea Pellegrino | $6^5$ | 2 | 8 | Corentin Moutet | 4 | $6^5$ |
| 8 | Corentin Moutet | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Aljaž Bedene | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Gian Marco Moroni | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | Gian Marco Moroni | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | Aljaž Bedene | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | | | Hugo Dellien | 6 | 6 |
| | Hugo Dellien | 6 | 6 | | | Hugo Dellien | 6 | 6 |
| 14 | Jaume Munar | 4 | 1 | | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Tommy Paul | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | Juan Ignacio Londero | $6^5$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | Juan Ignacio Londero | $6^5$ | 3 | 4 | Tommy Paul | 7 | 4 | $7^7$ |
| | | | | 12 | Thiago Monteiro | 5 | 6 | $6^4$ |
| | Mikhail Kukushkin | $6^3$ | $6^1$ | 12 | Thiago Monteiro | 5 | 6 | $6^4$ |
| 12 | Thiago Monteiro | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | | |

**Fifth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Yoshihito Nishioka | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
| | Grégoire Barrère | 4 | $6^1$ | | | | | |
| | Grégoire Barrère | 4 | $6^1$ | | 5 | Yoshihito Nishioka | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | | | Kamil Majchrzak | 6 | 6 |
| | Kamil Majchrzak | $7^8$ | $6^4$ | 6 | | Kamil Majchrzak | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | Alexei Popyrin | $6^6$ | $7^7$ | 3 | | | | |

**Sixth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Tennys Sandgren | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Roberto Carballés Baena | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Roberto Carballés Baena | 7 | 6 | | | Roberto Carballés Baena | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | WC | Raúl Brancaccio | 5 | 4 |
| WC | Raúl Brancaccio | 3 | 6 | 6 | WC | Raúl Brancaccio | 5 | 4 |
| Alt | Federico Gaio | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |

**Seventh qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Frances Tiafoe | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Jozef Kovalík | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Jozef Kovalík | 2 | 5 | 7 | Frances Tiafoe | 7 | 4 | $2^r$ |
| | | | | 11 | Federico Delbonis | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| | Marcos Giron | 3 | 3 | 11 | Federico Delbonis | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 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 | 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.

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

* Salvatore Caruso
* Gianluca Mager
* Lorenzo Musetti
* Stefano Travaglia

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

* Roberto Carballés Baena
* Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
* Federico Delbonis
* Hugo Dellien
* Kamil Majchrzak
* Cameron Norrie
* Tommy Paul

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Aljaž Bedene
* Yoshihito Nishioka

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Borna Ćorić → replaced by Miomir Kecmanović
* Roger Federer → replaced by Reilly Opelka
* John Isner → replaced by Laslo Đere
* Guido Pella → replaced by Yoshihito Nishioka
* Casper Ruud → replaced by Aljaž Bedene
* Stan Wawrinka → replaced by Lloyd Harris

**During the tournament**

* Pablo Carreño Busta

### Retirements

* Hubert Hurkacz
