The 2021 Cary Challenger was a professional

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tournament being played on

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. It was the 7th edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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, United States between 19 and 25 July 2021.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of July 12, 2021.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

William Blumberg William Blumberg (born January 26, 1998) is a former American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 74 achieved on 12 September 2022. He has a career-high singles ranking of No. 438 reached on 18 Febru ...

Govind Nanda Govind Nanda (born February 17, 2001) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of No. 339 achieved on October 3, 2022, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 497 achieved on August 8, 2022. Personal life Nanda is of ...

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The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * James Ward The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Alexis Galarneau Alexis Galarneau (; born 2 March 1999) is a Canadian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking by the ATP of world No. 155, achieved on May 6, 2024. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 311, achieved on June 11, 2023. Coll ...

* Aleksandar Kovacevic *

Shintaro Mochizuki Shintaro Mochizuki (Japanese: 望月慎太郎, ''Mochizuki Shintarō'', born 2 June 2003) is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has an ATP career-high singles ranking of world No. 129 achieved on 6 November 2023 and a doubles ranking of ...

Genaro Alberto Olivieri Genaro Alberto Olivieri (born 4 August 1998) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 131 achieved on 2 October 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 304 achieved on 29 Aug ...

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

Aidan McHugh Aidan McHugh (born 9 July 2000) is a British professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 298 achieved on 28 February 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 285 achieved on 3 Octob ...

Champions

Singles

Mitchell Krueger Mitchell Krueger (born January 12, 1994) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking by the ATP of world No. 135, achieved on July 18, 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 173, achieved on April 27, 2015. Professional caree ...

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Ramkumar Ramanathan Ramanathan Ramkumar (born 8 November 1994) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 111 in singles by the ATP, which he achieved in July 2018, and in doubles at No. 58, achieved in August 2022. Ramkuma ...

7–6^(7–4), 6–2.

Doubles

Christian Harrison Christian Harrison (born May 29, 1994) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 19 achieved on 19 May 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 198 achieved on 2 July 2018. H ...

Dennis Novikov Dennis Novikov (born November 6, 1993) is an American professional tennis player born in Russia. He won both the singles and doubles titles at the USTA Boys 18s National Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 2012. As a result, he was awarded ...

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Petros Chrysochos Petros Chrysochos (Greek: Πέτρος Χρυσοχός; born April 8, 1996) is a professional Cypriot tennis player and a member of Cyprus Davis Cup team. He won his first professional ITF futures tournament in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt without ...

Michail Pervolarakis Michail Pervolarakis (born 6 June 1996) is a Cypriot-born Greek tennis player. Pervolarakis has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 366 achieved on 10 January 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 157 achie ...

6–3, 6–3.

References

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