2021 Australian Open – Men's singles

Two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic^[1] defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final, 7–5, 6–2, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 Australian Open.^[2] It was his record-extending ninth Australian Open title and 18th major title overall.^[3] With his fourth-round win, Djokovic joined Roger Federer as only the second man to achieve 300 match wins in majors.^[4][5]

Men's singles
2021 Australian Open
Champion	Novak Djokovic
Runner-up	Daniil Medvedev
Score	7–5, 6–2, 6–2
Draw	128 ( 16 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32

Main article: 2021 Australian Open

Aslan Karatsev was the first male qualifier to reach a major semifinal since Vladimir Voltchkov in the 2000 Wimbledon Championships, and the first at the Australian Open since Bob Giltinan in December 1977.^[6] Ranked world No. 114, he was the lowest-ranked player to reach a major semifinal since Goran Ivanišević (ranked No. 125) at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, the lowest ranked to do so at the Australian Open since Patrick McEnroe (also ranked No. 114) in 1991, and the first man in the Open Era to reach the semifinals on his major main-draw debut.^[7]

This was the first major in the Open Era to feature three Russian men in the quarterfinals, those being Medvedev, Karatsev, and Andrey Rublev.

This marked the first major main-draw appearance of future world No. 1 and five-time major champion Carlos Alcaraz; he lost to Mikael Ymer in the second round. At 17 years old, Alcaraz was the youngest man to win a main-draw match at the Australian Open since Bernard Tomic in 2009.

Seeds

All seedings per ATP rankings.^[8]

01.   Novak Djokovic (champion)

02.   Rafael Nadal (quarterfinals)

03.   Dominic Thiem (fourth round)

04.   Daniil Medvedev (final)

05.   Stefanos Tsitsipas (semifinals)

06.   Alexander Zverev (quarterfinals)

07.   Andrey Rublev (quarterfinals)

08.   Diego Schwartzman (third round)

09.   Matteo Berrettini (fourth round, withdrew)

10.   Gaël Monfils (first round)

11.   Denis Shapovalov (third round)

12.   Roberto Bautista Agut (first round)

13.   David Goffin (first round)

14.   Milos Raonic (fourth round)

15.   Pablo Carreño Busta (third round, retired)

16.   Fabio Fognini (fourth round)

17.   Stan Wawrinka (second round)

18.   Grigor Dimitrov (quarterfinals)

19.   Karen Khachanov (third round)

20.   Félix Auger-Aliassime (fourth round)

21.   Alex de Minaur (third round)

22.   Borna Ćorić (second round)

23.   Dušan Lajović (fourth round)

24.   Casper Ruud (fourth round, retired)

25.   Benoît Paire (first round)

26.   Hubert Hurkacz (first round)

27.   Taylor Fritz (third round)

28.   Filip Krajinović (third round)

29.   Ugo Humbert (second round)

30.   Dan Evans (first round)

31.   Lorenzo Sonego (second round)

32.   Adrian Mannarino (third 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
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Novak Djokovic	66	6	6	78
	6	Alexander Zverev	78	2	4	66
										1	Novak Djokovic	6	6	6
										Q	Aslan Karatsev	3	4	2
	18	Grigor Dimitrov	6	4	1	2
	Q	Aslan Karatsev	2	6	6	6
																			1	Novak Djokovic	7	6	6
																			4	Daniil Medvedev	5	2	2
	7	Andrey Rublev	5	3	2
	4	Daniil Medvedev	7	6	6
										4	Daniil Medvedev	6	6	7
										5	Stefanos Tsitsipas	4	2	5
	5	Stefanos Tsitsipas	3	2	77	6	7
	2	Rafael Nadal	6	6	64	4	5

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	1	N Djokovic	6	6	6
		J Chardy	3	1	2					1	N Djokovic	6	63	77	6
		F Tiafoe	77	6	6						F Tiafoe	3	77	62	3
		S Travaglia	65	2	2														1	N Djokovic	77	6	3	4	6
		R Opelka	6	77	6														27	T Fritz	61	4	6	6	2
	PR	Y-h Lu	3	62	3						R Opelka	6	66	77	65	2
		A Ramos Viñolas	66	6	2	66				27	T Fritz	4	78	64	77	6
	27	T Fritz	78	3	6	78																						1	N Djokovic	77	4	6	6
	17	S Wawrinka	6	6	6																							14	M Raonic	64	6	1	4
		P Sousa	3	2	4					17	S Wawrinka	5	1	6	6	69
		M Fucsovics	4	6	6	63	6				M Fucsovics	7	6	4	2	711
	WC	M Polmans	6	3	1	77	3													M Fucsovics	62	7	2	2
		C Moutet	6	64	3	6	6												14	M Raonic	77	5	6	6
		J Millman	4	77	6	2	3				C Moutet	77	1	1	4
		F Coria	3	3	2					14	M Raonic	61	6	6	6
	14	M Raonic	6	6	6

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	10	G Monfils	6	4	5	6	3
		E Ruusuvuori	3	6	7	3	6				E Ruusuvuori	6	3	2	65
		Y Nishioka	77	1	1	1					P Martínez	1	6	6	77
		P Martínez	63	6	6	6														P Martínez	78	5	1	4
		A Bedene	4	5	7	4													23	D Lajović	66	7	6	6
		A Bublik	6	7	5	6					A Bublik	4	64	6	3
	Q	S Stakhovsky	7	4	3	7	4			23	D Lajović	6	77	4	6
	23	D Lajović	5	6	6	5	6																					23	D Lajović	4	65	3
	32	A Mannarino	6	6	77																							6	A Zverev	6	77	6
		D Novak	2	4	62					32	A Mannarino	6	6	6
		M Kecmanović	6	6	6						M Kecmanović	1	2	4
		K Majchrzak	2	4	3														32	A Mannarino	3	3	1
	LL	T Daniel	61	63	4														6	A Zverev	6	6	6
	Q	M Cressy	77	77	6					Q	M Cressy	5	4	3
		M Giron	710	65	3	2				6	A Zverev	7	6	6
	6	A Zverev	68	77	6	6

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	3	D Thiem	77	6	6
		M Kukushkin	62	2	3					3	D Thiem	6	6	6
		D Koepfer	7	6	6						D Koepfer	4	0	2
	LL	H Dellien	5	2	4														3	D Thiem	4	4	6	6	6
	Q	F Ferreira Silva	4	4	4															N Kyrgios	6	6	3	4	4
		N Kyrgios	6	6	6						N Kyrgios	5	6	3	77	6
		Y Uchiyama	3	4	77	3				29	U Humbert	7	4	6	62	4
	29	U Humbert	6	6	63	6																						3	D Thiem	4	4	0
	18	G Dimitrov	6	6	77																							18	G Dimitrov	6	6	6
		M Čilić	4	2	65					18	G Dimitrov	77	6	6
	WC	A Bolt	6	6	4	6				WC	A Bolt	61	1	2
		N Gombos	2	2	6	3													18	G Dimitrov	6	1
	Q	K Coppejans	4	6	77	3	3												15	P Carreño Busta	0	0r
		J Veselý	6	3	63	6	6				J Veselý	3	63	6	4
		K Nishikori	5	64	2					15	P Carreño Busta	6	77	2	6
	15	P Carreño Busta	7	77	6

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	11	D Shapovalov	3	6	6	4	6
		J Sinner	6	3	2	6	4			11	D Shapovalov	6	6	6
		Y Sugita	6	1	1r					Q	B Tomic	1	3	2
	Q	B Tomic	3	6	4														11	D Shapovalov	5	5	3
	LL	D Džumhur	3	2	4														20	F Auger-Aliassime	7	7	6
		J Duckworth	6	6	6						J Duckworth	4	1	2
	LL	C-M Stebe	2	4	2					20	F Auger-Aliassime	6	6	6
	20	F Auger-Aliassime	6	6	6																							20	F Auger-Aliassime	6	6	3	3	4
	25	B Paire	2	6	65	5																						Q	A Karatsev	3	1	6	6	6
		E Gerasimov	6	2	77	7					E Gerasimov	0	1	0
		G Mager	3	3	4					Q	A Karatsev	6	6	6
	Q	A Karatsev	6	6	6														Q	A Karatsev	6	6	6
	LL	A Müller	4	6	6	6													8	D Schwartzman	3	3	3
		JI Londero	6	3	0	3				LL	A Müller	2	0	3
	Q	E Ymer	63	4	6	2				8	D Schwartzman	6	6	6
	8	D Schwartzman	77	6	2	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	7	A Rublev	6	6	6
		Y Hanfmann	3	3	4					7	A Rublev	6	6	710
		T Monteiro	78	6	6						T Monteiro	4	4	68
		A Martin	66	1	2														7	A Rublev	7	6	6
	WC	L Tu	77	4	64	4														F López	5	2	3
		F López	61	6	77	6					F López	5	3	6	7	6
		S Querrey	5	4	4					31	L Sonego	7	6	3	5	4
	31	L Sonego	7	6	6																							7	A Rublev	6	77	0
	24	C Ruud	6	6	2																							24	C Ruud	2	63	0r
		J Thompson	3	3	1r					24	C Ruud	3	6	6	7
		N Basilashvili	4	60	4						T Paul	6	2	4	5
		T Paul	6	77	6														24	C Ruud	6	5	6	6
	WC	C O'Connell	77	77	6															R Albot	1	7	4	4
		J-L Struff	62	65	1					WC	C O'Connell	2	5	68
		R Albot	61	6	6	77					R Albot	6	7	710
	12	R Bautista Agut	77	0	4	65

Section 6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	13	D Goffin	6	4	77	66	3
	WC	A Popyrin	3	6	64	78	6			WC	A Popyrin	2	6	3	77	3
		L Harris	4	6	6	6					L Harris	6	1	6	65	6
	LL	M Torpegaard	6	3	2	2														L Harris	67	1	4
	PR	M McDonald	3	6	6	6													PR	M McDonald	79	6	6
		M Cecchinato	6	3	2	2				PR	M McDonald	6	6	4	6
		G Pella	3	65	5					22	B Ćorić	4	2	6	4
	22	B Ćorić	6	77	7																							PR	M McDonald	4	2	3
	28	F Krajinović	77	6	4	6																						4	D Medvedev	6	6	6
	LL	R Haase	64	3	6	2				28	F Krajinović	6	5	6	6
		P Andújar	6	7	7						P Andújar	2	7	1	4
	Q	Q Halys	4	5	5														28	F Krajinović	3	3	6	6	0
		R Carballés Baena	7	3	6	6													4	D Medvedev	6	6	4	3	6
		A Balázs	5	6	2	3					R Carballés Baena	2	5	1
		V Pospisil	2	2	4					4	D Medvedev	6	7	6
	4	D Medvedev	6	6	6

Section 7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	5	S Tsitsipas	6	6	6
		G Simon	1	2	1					5	S Tsitsipas	65	6	6	65	6
	WC	T Kokkinakis	6	6	6					WC	T Kokkinakis	77	4	1	77	4
		S-w Kwon	4	1	1														5	S Tsitsipas	6	6	6
	Q	B van de Zandschulp	1	4	4															M Ymer	4	1	1
	Q	C Alcaraz	6	6	6					Q	C Alcaraz	6	4	4	65
		M Ymer	3	6	3	7	6				M Ymer	2	6	6	77
	26	H Hurkacz	6	3	6	5	3																					5	S Tsitsipas	w/o
	19	K Khachanov	6	64	77	6																						9	M Berrettini
	WC	A Vukic	3	77	62	4				19	K Khachanov	6	6	6
		R Berankis	6	7	6						R Berankis	2	4	4
	WC	S Nagal	2	5	3														19	K Khachanov	61	65	65
	Q	T Macháč	65	7	6	3													9	M Berrettini	77	77	77
	Q	M Vilella Martínez	77	5	0	0r				Q	T Macháč	3	2	6	3
		K Anderson	69	5	3					9	M Berrettini	6	6	4	6
	9	M Berrettini	711	7	6

Section 8

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	16	F Fognini	6	6	6
		P-H Herbert	4	2	3					16	F Fognini	4	6	2	6	714
	Q	H Laaksonen	2	4	3						S Caruso	6	2	6	3	612
		S Caruso	6	6	6														16	F Fognini	6	6	6
		P Cuevas	6	4	6	6													21	A de Minaur	4	3	4
		A Seppi	4	6	2	2					P Cuevas	3	3	5
		T Sandgren	5	1	1					21	A de Minaur	6	6	7
	21	A de Minaur	7	6	6																							16	F Fognini	3	4	2
	30	D Evans	4	6	4	5																						2	R Nadal	6	6	6
		C Norrie	6	4	6	7					C Norrie	3	7	6	77
		I Ivashka	4	3	4					Q	R Safiullin	6	5	3	63
	Q	R Safiullin	6	6	6															C Norrie	5	2	5
	Q	M Mmoh	77	63	3	77	7												2	R Nadal	7	6	7
	Q	V Troicki	63	77	6	63	5			Q	M Mmoh	1	4	2
		L Đere	3	4	1					2	R Nadal	6	6	6
	2	R Nadal	6	6	6

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 1 February 2021. Rankings and points before are as of 8 February 2021.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Novak Djokovic	12,030	2,000	2,000	12,030	Champion, defeated Daniil Medvedev [4]
2	2	Rafael Nadal	9,850	360	360	9,850	Quarterfinals lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas [7]
3	3	Dominic Thiem	9,125	1,200	180	9,125	Fourth round lost to Grigor Dimitrov [18]
4	4	Daniil Medvedev	8,695	180	1,200	9,735	Final lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
5	6	Stefanos Tsitsipas	5,940	90	720	6,595	Semifinals lost to Daniil Medvedev [4]
6	7	Alexander Zverev	5,615	720	360	5,615	Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
7	8	Andrey Rublev	4,429	180	360	4,609	Quarterfinals lost to Daniil Medvedev [4]
8	9	Diego Schwartzman	3,480	180	90	3,480	Third round lost to Aslan Karatsev [Q]
9	10	Matteo Berrettini	3,345	45	180	3,480	Fourth round withdrew due to abdominal strain
10	12	Gaël Monfils	2,860	180	10	2,860	First round lost to Emil Ruusuvuori
11	11	Denis Shapovalov	2,830	10	90	2,910	Third round lost to Félix Auger-Aliassime [20]
12	13	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,710	90	10	2,710	First round lost to Radu Albot
13	15	David Goffin	2,600	90	10	2,600	First round lost to Alexei Popyrin [WC]
14	14	Milos Raonic	2,630	360	180	2,630	Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
15	16	Pablo Carreño Busta	2,585	90	90	2,585	Third round retired against Grigor Dimitrov [18]
16	17	Fabio Fognini	2,535	180	180	2,535	Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
17	18	Stan Wawrinka	2,365	360	45	2,365	Second round lost to Márton Fucsovics
18	21	Grigor Dimitrov	2,260	45	360	2,575	Quarterfinals lost to Aslan Karatsev [Q]
19	20	Karen Khachanov	2,290	90	90	2,290	Third round lost to Matteo Berrettini [9]
20	19	Félix Auger-Aliassime	2,346	10	180	2,516	Fourth round lost to Aslan Karatsev [Q]
21	23	Alex de Minaur	2,065	0	90	2,155	Third round lost to Fabio Fognini [16]
22	25	Borna Ćorić	1,855	10	45	1,890	Second round lost to Mackenzie McDonald [PR]
23	27	Dušan Lajović	1,785	90	180	1,875	Fourth round lost to Alexander Zverev [6]
24	28	Casper Ruud	1,739	10	180	1,909	Fourth round lost to Andrey Rublev [7]
25	29	Benoît Paire	1,738	45	10	1,738	First round lost to Egor Gerasimov
26	30	Hubert Hurkacz	1,735	45	10	1,735	First round lost to Mikael Ymer
27	31	Taylor Fritz	1,695	90	90	1,695	Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
28	33	Filip Krajinović	1,673	45	90	1,718	Third round lost to Daniil Medvedev [4]
29	34	Ugo Humbert	1,671	10	45	1,706	Second round lost to Nick Kyrgios
30	26	Dan Evans	1,794	45	10	1,794	First round lost to Cameron Norrie
31	35	Lorenzo Sonego	1,588	10	45	1,623	Second round lost to Feliciano López
32	36	Adrian Mannarino	1,561	10	90	1,641	Third round lost to Alexander Zverev [6]

Other entry information

Wild cards

• Alex Bolt
• Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Sumit Nagal
• Christopher O'Connell
• Marc Polmans
• Alexei Popyrin
• Li Tu
• Aleksandar Vukic

Protected ranking

• Lu Yen-hsun (71)
• Mackenzie McDonald (83)

Qualifiers

See also: 2021 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying

• Carlos Alcaraz
• Kimmer Coppejans
• Maxime Cressy
• Frederico Ferreira Silva
• Quentin Halys
• Aslan Karatsev
• Henri Laaksonen
• Tomáš Macháč
• Michael Mmoh
• Roman Safiullin
• Sergiy Stakhovsky
• Bernard Tomic
• Viktor Troicki
• Botic van de Zandschulp
• Mario Vilella Martínez
• Elias Ymer

Lucky losers

• Taro Daniel
• Hugo Dellien
• Damir Džumhur
• Robin Haase
• Alexandre Müller
• Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
• Mikael Torpegaard

Potential lucky losers

1. Borna Gojo (did not play)

Withdrawals

• Fernando Verdasco (65) → replaced by James Duckworth (103)
• Philipp Kohlschreiber (98) → replaced by Yasutaka Uchiyama (104)
• Roger Federer (5)^[9] → replaced by Pedro Sousa (105)
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (62) → replaced by Andreas Seppi (106)
• Lucas Pouille (70) → replaced by Kamil Majchrzak (107)
• Kyle Edmund (48)^[10] → replaced by Ilya Ivashka (108)^[i]
• John Isner (25)^[11] → replaced by Hugo Dellien (LL)^[ii]
• Cristian Garín (22) → replaced by Taro Daniel (LL)^[ii]
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (52) → replaced by Damir Džumhur (LL)^[ii]
• João Sousa (90) → replaced by Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (LL)^[ii]
• Steve Johnson (72) → replaced by Mikael Torpegaard (LL)^[ii]
• Richard Gasquet (47) → replaced by Robin Haase (LL)^[ii]
• Federico Delbonis (82) → replaced by Alexandre Müller (LL)^[ii]

See also

• 2021 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries

Explanatory notes

1. Last direct acceptance
2. Player who lost in qualifying match in Doha and decided to travel to Australia that was a subject into a mandatory 14-day quarantine period descending by order of the rankings of 4 January 2021