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. It was his record-extending ninth

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title and his 18th

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title overall. With his fourth round win against Milos Raonic, Djokovic joined Roger Federer as only the second man with 300 or more match wins in majors. This marked the first major main-draw appearance for future world No. 1 and four-time major champion Carlos Alcaraz; he lost to Mikael Ymer in the second round. At 17 years old, Alcaraz became the youngest man to win a main-draw match at the Australian Open since Bernard Tomic in the

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, defeating fellow qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp in the previous round.

Aslan Karatsev Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev (russian: Аслан Казбекович Карацев, os, Хъарацаты Хъазыбеджы фырт Аслан; born 4 September 1993) is a Russian-Israeli professional tennis player. He reached a career-hi ...

became the first male qualifier to reach a major semifinal since

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in the

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, and the first since

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in December 1977 to do so at the Australian Open. He was also the lowest-ranked player to reach a major semifinal since Goran Ivanišević (ranked 125) at the

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, the lowest ranked to do so at the Australian Open since Patrick McEnroe (also ranked 114) in

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, and the first man to reach a major semifinal in the Open Era on his main draw debut. This was the first major in the Open Era to feature three Russian men in the quarterfinals, those being Karatsev, Medvedev and Andrey Rublev.

Seeds

All seedings per ATP rankings.

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Ranking

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.

Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Potential lucky losers

# Borna Gojo (''did not play'')

Withdrawals

Explanatory notes

References

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 2021 Australian Open Men's Singles draw

2021 Australian Open – Men's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:2021 Australian Open - Men's Singles Men's Singles Australian Open (tennis) by year – Men's singles