The 2021

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was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the

, and part of the

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series of the

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. It was primarily organized due to the cancellation of Asian tournaments during the 2021 season, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Positioned one week before the 1000 Indian Wells Masters and only a 2-hour 30 min drive from Indian Wells, the

attracted a very strong line up of players including Denis Shapovalov, Andrey Rublev, Grigor Dimitrov and

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. With 8 of the top 20 players attending and the ranking cut off being 42 to get into the main draw it was the second most competitive ATP 250 all season since Doha. It was held at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, United States, from September 27 until October 3, 2021.

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took on the position of managing director, Ryan Redondo was named the tournament director and

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accepted the role of honorary tournament chair. After beating Dimitrov in the Semi Final Casper Ruud went on to win the final of the 2021 San Diego Open beating Cameron Norrie 6-0 6-2 and was handed the trophy by

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. It was Ruud's fifth victory of the Season.

Champions

Singles

* Casper Ruud def. Cameron Norrie, 6–0, 6–2

Doubles

* Joe Salisbury / Neal Skupski def. John Peers / Filip Polášek, 7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 0–5

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

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Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: *

* Brandon Nakashima * ~~Kei Nishikori~~ The following player received entry as a special exempt: *
Kwon Soon-woo Kwon Soon-woo ( ko, 권순우; born 2 December 1997) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 52 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in November 2021 ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Alex Bolt * Salvatore Caruso * Christopher Eubanks * Federico Gaio The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Kevin Anderson * August Holmgren * Denis Kudla

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Félix Auger-Aliassime → replaced by August Holmgren * Cristian Garín → replaced by Dominik Koepfer * David Goffin → replaced by Sebastian Korda *

Kwon Soon-woo Kwon Soon-woo ( ko, 권순우; born 2 December 1997) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 52 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in November 2021 ...

→ replaced by Kevin Anderson *

Dušan Lajović Dušan Lajović ( sr-cyrl, Душан Лајовић; born 30 June 1990) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Lajović has won one singles and two doubles titles on the ATP Tour. On 29 April 2019, Lajović reached his career-high singles rank ...

→ replaced by Lloyd Harris * Kei Nishikori → replaced by Denis Kudla * Reilly Opelka → replaced by

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Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of 20 September 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Brandon Nakashima /

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* Antonio Šančić / Artem Sitak

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Nicholas Monroe / Frances Tiafoe → replaced by Dominik Koepfer / Nicholas Monroe *

Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. Ram is a five-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open, and the 2022 US Open in men's d ...

/ Jack Sock → replaced by Jordan Thompson / Jackson Withrow

References

External links

Official website
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