2021 Miami Open
# 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.

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. 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.

## Champions

### Men's singles

* Hubert Hurkacz def. Jannik Sinner $7–6^{(7–4)},$ 6–4.

### Women's singles

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

### Men's doubles

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

### 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 | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 35* | 10 | 30 | 20 | 2 |
| Women's Doubles | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 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 | $300,110 | $165,000 | $93,000 | $61,000 | $40,000 | $26,000 | $16,000 | $10,000 | $5,890 | $3,100 |
| Men's doubles | $81,000 | $51,000 | $38,000 | $27,000 | $18,000 | $12,000 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's doubles | $81,000 | $51,000 | $38,000 | $27,000 | $18,000 | $12,000 | — | — | — | — |

## 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 | 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] |

* ↑ Tournaments dated March 4 to August 5, 2019 during the 2019 season are dropped their defending points in each tournament divided by 50 percent.

† 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:

* 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 | $Rank^1$ | 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

† 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 | $Rank^1$ | 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
