Two-time defending champion
Novak Djokovic
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defeated
Daniil Medvedev
Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev ( rus, Даниил Сергеевич Медведев, p=dənʲɪˈil sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 11 February 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ...
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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. It was his record-extending ninth
Australian Open
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title and 18th
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title overall. With his fourth-round win, Djokovic joined
Roger Federer
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as only the second man to achieve 300
match wins in majors.
Aslan Karatsev
Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev (, ; born 4 September 1993) is a Russian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 on 7 February 2022, and peaked at No. 76 in the doubles rankings on 16 May 2022.
Karatsev h ...
was the first male qualifier to reach a major semifinal since
Vladimir Voltchkov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Voltchkov (, ''Uładzimir Mikałajevič Vałčkoŭ''; ; born April 7, 1978) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player. Voltchkov reached the semifinals at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships, where, as a qualifier, he ...
in the
2000 Wimbledon Championships, and the first at the Australian Open since
Bob Giltinan
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in
December 1977. Ranked world No. 114, he was the lowest-ranked player to reach a major semifinal since
Goran Ivanišević
Goran Ivanišević (; born 13 September 1971) is a Croatian former professional tennis player and current coach. He was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 1994. Ivanišević won 22 ATP To ...
(ranked No. 125) at the
2001 Wimbledon Championships, the lowest ranked to do so at the Australian Open since
Patrick McEnroe
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(also ranked No. 114) in
1991
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, and the first man in the
Open Era
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to reach the semifinals on his major main-draw debut.
This was the first major in the Open Era to feature three Russian men in the quarterfinals, those being Medvedev, Karatsev, and
Andrey Rublev
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.
This marked the first major main-draw appearance of future world No. 1 and four-time major champion
Carlos Alcaraz
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; he lost to
Mikael Ymer
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in the second round. At 17 years old, Alcaraz was the youngest man to win a main-draw match at the Australian Open since
Bernard Tomic
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in
2009
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.
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
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Borna Gojo
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(''did not play'')
Withdrawals
See also
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2021 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries
Explanatory notes
References
External links
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 2021 Australian Open Men's Singles draw2021 Australian Open – Men's draws and resultsat the
International Tennis Federation
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Men's Singles
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