The 2021
Great Ocean Road Open was a tournament on the
2021 ATP Tour
The 2021 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2021 tennis season. The 2021 ATP Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the I ...
, one of six events in the 2021
Melbourne Summer Series. It was played on outdoor
hard court
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a type of surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as Asphalt concrete, asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resin ...
s in
Melbourne
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, Australia. It was organised as a lead-up tournament to the
2021 Australian Open
The 2021 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park, on 8–21 February 2021. It was the 109th edition of the Australian Open, the 53rd in the Open Era, and the first Major tournament of the year. It w ...
, and was held at the same venue, due to other tournaments in Australia being cancelled as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. This tournament took place simultaneously with the
2021 Murray River Open and the
2021 ATP Cup, and was considered a relocation of the men's
2021 Adelaide International.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Prize money
*per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of January 25, 2021
Other entrants
The following players received
wildcards into the main draw:
*
Max Purcell
Max Purcell (born 3 April 1998) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 40 on 16 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 8 on 9 September 2024.
In doubles, he won his first Gran ...
*
Tristan Schoolkate
Tristan Schoolkate (born 26 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 102 achieved on 23 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 120 achieved on 27 January 2025.
Personal ...
*
John-Patrick Smith
John-Patrick Tracey "JP" Smith (born 24 January 1989) is an Australian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 108 on 28 September 2015, and his highest doubles ranking of N ...
*
Dane Sweeny
Dane Sweeny (born 12 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 194 achieved on 12 February 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 160 achieved on 14 November 2022.
Juniors
In ...
The following players have been accepted directly into the main draw using a protected or a special ranking:
*
Lu Yen-hsun
Lu Yen-hsun (; born 14 August 1983) is a Taiwanese coach and former tennis player, who goes by the nickname Rendy Lu.
He won the most titles on the ATP Challenger Tour in tennis history. His favorite surface is hardcourt, though several of his ...
*
Kamil Majchrzak
Kamil Majchrzak (; born 13 January 1996) is a Polish professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 75 achieved on 28 February 2022 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 241 achieved on 8 August 20 ...
The following players received entry as an alternate:
*
Matthew Ebden
Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player who reached a career high of List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles.
Ebden is a three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ch ...
*
Thomas Fancutt
Thomas Fancutt (born 25 February 1995) is an Australian tennis player.
He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 107 achieved on 2 December 2024. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 382 achieved on 22 May 2023.
As of M ...
*
Nam Ji-sung
Nam Ji-sung (born 15 August 1993) is a South Korean tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 236 achieved on 12 August 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 102 achieved on 3 February 2020. In ...
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
*
Damir Džumhur
Damir Džumhur ( ; born 20 May 1992) is a Bosnian professional tennis player. His career-best singles ATP ranking of World No. 23, achieved on 2 July 2018, makes him the highest-ranked tennis player from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently Bos ...
→ replaced by
Matthew Ebden
Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player who reached a career high of List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles.
Ebden is a three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ch ...
*
Kyle Edmund
Kyle Steven Edmund (born 8 January 1995) is a British professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 14 and was the top-ranked male British tennis player from March 2018 to October 2019.
Edmund is an ...
→ replaced by
Gianluca Mager
Gianluca Mager (born 1 December 1994) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 62 achieved on 22 November 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 310 achieved on 10 June 2019.
Personal Info ...
*
Cristian Garín
Cristian Ignacio Garín Medone (; born 30 May 1996) is a Chilean professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 17 by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP in singles, achieved on 13 September 2021. He ...
→ replaced by
Yasutaka Uchiyama
is a Japanese tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 78 on 4 November 2019 and doubles ranking of No. 102 on 20 August 2018. He is currently the No. 5 player from Japan.
C ...
*
John Isner
John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ...
→ replaced by
Andreas Seppi
Andreas Seppi (born 21 February 1984) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 on 28 January 2013. He became the first Italian to win a title on all three surfaces.
Personal lif ...
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Ilya Ivashka
Ilya Uladzimiravich Ivashka (; ; born 24 February 1994) is a Belarusian professional tennis player.
Ivashka has a career-high singles ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) of No. 40, achieved on 20 June 2022. He also has a car ...
→ replaced by
Nam Ji-sung
Nam Ji-sung (born 15 August 1993) is a South Korean tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 236 achieved on 12 August 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 102 achieved on 3 February 2020. In ...
*
Steve Johnson → replaced by
Kamil Majchrzak
Kamil Majchrzak (; born 13 January 1996) is a Polish professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 75 achieved on 28 February 2022 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 241 achieved on 8 August 20 ...
*
Vasek Pospisil
Vasek Pospisil ( ; , ; known in born June 23, 1990) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Pospisil has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, and No. 4 in doubles. Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 Wimbledon Champi ...
→ replaced by
Thomas Fancutt
Thomas Fancutt (born 25 February 1995) is an Australian tennis player.
He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 107 achieved on 2 December 2024. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 382 achieved on 22 May 2023.
As of M ...
Retirements
*
Attila Balázs
Attila Balázs (; born September 27, 1988) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player.
He has a career-high singles ATP ranking of No. 76 achieved on 2 March 2020. He is a seven time Hungarian National Tennis Champion; after Béla von K ...
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
* Rankings are as of January 25, 2021.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
*
Robin Haase
Robin Haase (; born 6 April 1987) is a Dutch professional tennis player.
He reached his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in July 2012 and his highest doubles ranking of world No. 29 in May 2023 ...
/
Sam Querrey
Samuel Austin Querrey ( ; born October 7, 1987) is an American professional pickleball player and former tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 achieved on February 26, 2018, and won ten ATP singles titles. Known ...
*
Christopher O'Connell
Christopher O'Connell (born 3 June 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. O'Connell reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 53 on 11 September 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 460 on 25 April 2022.
Personal life
Hi ...
/
Aleksandar Vukic
Aleksandar Vukic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Александар Вукић, Aleksandar Vukić, separator=" / ", ; born 6 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 48 achieved on 14 Au ...
The following pairs received entry as alternates into the doubles main draw:
*
Roberto Carballés Baena
Roberto Carballés Baena (; born 23 March 1993) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 49 on 10 April 2023 and a career-high doubles ranking of wo ...
/
Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is a Uruguayan tennis coach and a former professional player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open – Men's doubles, 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna, and was especially noted t ...
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Tristan Schoolkate
Tristan Schoolkate (born 26 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 102 achieved on 23 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 120 achieved on 27 January 2025.
Personal ...
/
Dane Sweeny
Dane Sweeny (born 12 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 194 achieved on 12 February 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 160 achieved on 14 November 2022.
Juniors
In ...
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
*
Robin Haase
Robin Haase (; born 6 April 1987) is a Dutch professional tennis player.
He reached his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in July 2012 and his highest doubles ranking of world No. 29 in May 2023 ...
/
Oliver Marach
Oliver Marach (born 16 July 1980) is a former Austrian professional tennis player who primarily specialised in doubles.
He achieved his highest singles ranking of world No. 82 in August 2005, but achieved most of his success in doubles where he ...
→ replaced by
Scott Puodziunas
Scott Puodziunas (born 9 November 1989) is an Australian tennis player.
Puodziunas has a career high ATP singles ranking of 891 achieved on 23 October 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 171 achieved on 13 January 2020.
Pu ...
/
Calum Puttergill
Calum Puttergill (born 22 October 1993) is a South African-born Australian tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two team ...
*
Steve Johnson /
Sam Querrey
Samuel Austin Querrey ( ; born October 7, 1987) is an American professional pickleball player and former tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 achieved on February 26, 2018, and won ten ATP singles titles. Known ...
→ replaced by
Roberto Carballés Baena
Roberto Carballés Baena (; born 23 March 1993) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 49 on 10 April 2023 and a career-high doubles ranking of wo ...
/
Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is a Uruguayan tennis coach and a former professional player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open – Men's doubles, 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna, and was especially noted t ...
*
Reilly Opelka
Reilly Opelka (born 28 August 1997) is an American professional tennis player. At , he is tied (with Ivo Karlović) for the tallest-ever Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP-ranked player, and can produce serves that measure over . He has be ...
/
Vasek Pospisil
Vasek Pospisil ( ; , ; known in born June 23, 1990) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Pospisil has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, and No. 4 in doubles. Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 Wimbledon Champi ...
→ replaced by
Tristan Schoolkate
Tristan Schoolkate (born 26 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 102 achieved on 23 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 120 achieved on 27 January 2025.
Personal ...
/
Dane Sweeny
Dane Sweeny (born 12 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 194 achieved on 12 February 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 160 achieved on 14 November 2022.
Juniors
In ...
;During the tournament
*
Hubert Hurkacz
Hubert Hurkacz (; born 11 February 1997) is a Polish professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, making him the highest-ranked Polish man in singl ...
/
Jannik Sinner
Jannik Sinner (born 16 August 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player. He is currently ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the ATP, the first Italian to reach the top ranking. Sinner has won 19 singles titles on the ATP Tour ...
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Miomir Kecmanović
Miomir Kecmanović ( sr-Cyrl, Миомир Кецмановић, ; born 31 August 1999) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Kecmanović reached his best singles ranking of world No. 27 on 16 January 2023 and he peaked at world No. 127 on 24 ...
/
Karen Khachanov
Karen Abgarovich Khachanov (, ; born 21 May 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in July 2019. Khachanov has won seve ...
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Max Purcell
Max Purcell (born 3 April 1998) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 40 on 16 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 8 on 9 September 2024.
In doubles, he won his first Gran ...
/
Jordan Thompson
Retirements
*
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Nikoloz Basilashvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ბასილაშვილი, tr, ; born 23 February 1992) is a Georgian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 16 on 27 May 2019 making him the ...
/
Andre Begemann
Andre Begemann (born 12 July 1984) is a German inactive professional tennis player. He is a doubles specialist who reached his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 36, achieved in May 2015. He has a career-high singles ranking of No. 166, ...
*
Tristan Schoolkate
Tristan Schoolkate (born 26 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 102 achieved on 23 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 120 achieved on 27 January 2025.
Personal ...
/
Dane Sweeny
Dane Sweeny (born 12 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 194 achieved on 12 February 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 160 achieved on 14 November 2022.
Juniors
In ...
Champions
Singles
*
Jannik Sinner
Jannik Sinner (born 16 August 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player. He is currently ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the ATP, the first Italian to reach the top ranking. Sinner has won 19 singles titles on the ATP Tour ...
def.
Stefano Travaglia
Stefano Travaglia (born 18 December 1991 in Ascoli Piceno) is an Italian tennis player.
He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 60, which he reached on 8 February 2021. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 224 achieved on ...
, 7–6
(7–4), 6–4
Doubles
*
Jamie Murray
Jamie Robert Murray (born 13 February 1986) is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He is a seven-time Grand Slam (tennis), major doubles champion (five in mixed doubles and two in men's doubles), a Davis Cup winne ...
/
Bruno Soares
Bruno Fraga Soares (; born 27 February 1982) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.
A doubles specialist, Soares won six Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles, the 2016 Australian Open – Men's d ...
def.
Juan Sebastián Cabal
Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés (; born 25 April 1986) is a Colombian former professional tennis player. A world No. 1 in doubles, he also reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 184 in February 2011.
Cabal is a three-time Grand Slam cham ...
/
Robert Farah
Robert Charbel Farah Maksoud (; born 20 January 1987) is a Colombian former professional tennis player. A world No. 1 in doubles, he also reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 163 in June 2011.
Farah is a two-time Grand Slam Champion ...
, 6–3, 7–6
(9–7)
References
External links
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