In all, Djokovic dropped five sets, his most en route to any of his 28 major finals.ĭjokovic broke his tie with Federer for the most men’s major titles won on hard courts, now 12. Nadal lost in the quarterfinals to Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who then was ousted by the fourth seed Medvedev, the highest-ranked man without a major title.įederer, 39, missed his third consecutive Grand Slam after two knee surgeries.ĭjokovic overcame an oblique muscle tear in the third round against the highest-ranked American, Taylor Fritz, that had him considering withdrawing from the tournament. Rankings and points before are as of 8 February 2021.Novak Djokovic won his male record-extending ninth Australian Open title, defeating Russian Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 in the final.ĭjokovic, 18-0 in his career in semifinals and finals in Melbourne, earned his 18th Grand Slam singles title, moving two shy of the male record shared by Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 1 February 2021. Adrian Mannarino (third round)Ĭlick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section. Pablo Carreño Busta (third round, retired) 16. Matteo Berrettini (fourth round, withdrew) 10. This was the first major in the Open Era to feature three Russian men in the quarterfinals, those being Karatsev, Medvedev and Andrey Rublev.Ġ 1. He was also the lowest-ranked player to reach a major semifinal since Goran Ivanišević (ranked 125) at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, the lowest ranked to do so at the Australian Open since Patrick McEnroe (also ranked 114) in 1991, and the first man to reach a major semifinal in the Open Era on his main draw debut. At 17 years old, Alcaraz became the youngest man to win a main-draw match at the Australian Open since Bernard Tomic in the 2009 Australian Open, defeating fellow qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp in the previous round.Īslan Karatsev became the first male qualifier to reach a major semifinal since Vladimir Voltchkov in the 2000 Wimbledon Championships, and the first since Bob Giltinan in December 1977 to do so at the Australian Open. 1 Carlos Alcaraz he lost to Mikael Ymer in the second round. This marked the first major main-draw appearance for future world No. With his fourth round win against Milos Raonic, Djokovic joined Roger Federer as only the second man with 300 or more match wins in major singles competitions. It was his record-extending ninth Australian Open title and his 18th major title overall. Two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic 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.
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