2021 Murray River Open
The 2021 Murray River Open was a tournament on the 2021 ATP Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Melbourne, Australia. It was organised as a lead-up tournament to the 2021 Australian Open, and was held at the same venue, due to other tournaments in Australia being cancelled as a result from the COVID-19 pandemic. This tournament took place simultaneously with the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open and the 2021 ATP Cup.
2021 Murray River Open | |
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Date | 1–7 February |
Edition | 1st |
Category | ATP Tour 250 |
Draw | 56S / 24D |
Prize money | $320,775 |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Melbourne, Australia |
Venue | Melbourne Park |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Dan Evans | |
Doubles | |
Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić |
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 |
Singles | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 20 | 10 | 0 |
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Doubles | 0 | — |
Prize money
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 |
Singles | $19,500 | $13,255 | $10,000 | $7,400 | $5,500 | $4,000 | $2,500 |
Doubles* | $7,200 | $5,760 | $4,560 | $3,360 | $2,160 | $1,200 | — |
*per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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SUI | Stan Wawrinka | 18 | 1 |
BUL | Grigor Dimitrov | 19 | 2 |
CAN | Félix Auger-Aliassime | 21 | 3 |
CRO | Borna Ćorić | 25 | 4 |
NOR | Casper Ruud | 27 | 5 |
USA | Taylor Fritz | 30 | 6 |
FRA | Ugo Humbert | 32 | 7 |
GBR | Daniel Evans | 33 | 8 |
ITA | Lorenzo Sonego | 34 | 9 |
FRA | Adrian Mannarino | 35 | 10 |
CRO | Marin Čilić | 43 | 11 |
ESP | Albert Ramos Viñolas | 46 | 12 |
AUS | Nick Kyrgios | 47 | 13 |
FRA | Richard Gasquet | 48 | 14 |
USA | Tommy Paul | 53 | 15 |
HUN | Márton Fucsovics | 55 | 16 |
- 1 Rankings are as of January 25, 2021
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players have been accepted directly into the main draw using a protected or a special ranking:
The following player received entry as an alternate:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina → replaced by Yūichi Sugita
- João Sousa → replaced by James Duckworth
- Bernard Tomic → replaced by Harry Bourchier
- During the tournament
Retirements
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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CRO | Nikola Mektić | CRO | Mate Pavić | 10 | 1 |
NED | Wesley Koolhof | POL | Łukasz Kubot | 14 | 2 |
USA | Rajeev Ram | GBR | Joe Salisbury | 27 | 3 |
BRA | Marcelo Melo | ROU | Horia Tecău | 31 | 4 |
FRA | Jérémy Chardy | FRA | Fabrice Martin | 60 | 5 |
BEL | Sander Gillé | BEL | Joran Vliegen | 75 | 6 |
GBR | Ken Skupski | GBR | Neal Skupski | 84 | 7 |
BRA | Marcelo Demoliner | MEX | Santiago González | 92 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of January 25, 2021.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:
Champions
Singles
- Dan Evans def. Félix Auger-Aliassime, 6–2, 6–3
Doubles
- Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić def. Jérémy Chardy / Fabrice Martin, 7–6(7–2), 6–3