2021 French Open – Men's Singles

Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, 6–7^(6–8), 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 French Open. It was his second French Open title and 19th major title overall. Djokovic became the first man to achieve the double career Grand Slam in the Open Era, and the first player in the Open Era to win a major after coming back from two-sets-to-love down in two matches during the same major. Tsitsipas was the first Greek to reach a major final. It also marked the second consecutive year a man trailed by two sets in a major final yet rallied to win, following Dominic Thiem's victory at the 2020 US Open. It was the first time since 2004 that the final went to five sets; on that occasion, Gastón Gaudio also came from two sets down to win the title.

Rafael Nadal was the four-time defending champion, but lost to Djokovic in the semifinals. Nadal's defeat marked only his third loss out of 108 French Open matches, including his first loss in 14 semifinal appearances at the tournament. Djokovic became the only man to defeat Nadal twice at the French Open. It was the pair's record-extending 58th meeting.

Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev were in contention for the world No. 1 ranking; Djokovic retained the top position after Medvedev lost in the quarterfinals.

Nadal and Roger Federer were attempting to win a record-breaking 21st major title and become the outright leader in the men's singles major tally. Federer, like Djokovic, was attempting to become the first man in the Open Era to achieve the double career Grand Slam; this would be the 2009 champion's last French Open appearance. This was the only time that the Big Three, the three most successful men's singles major champions of all time, were in the same half of the draw at a major.

For the first time in the Open Era, no French players reached the third round. Thiem's first-round defeat guaranteed a new French Open finalist from the bottom half of the draw; Tsitsipas ultimately emerged as that finalist.

This marked the French Open debut of future two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz. He was the youngest player to win a match at the French Open since Djokovic in 2005 , and the youngest to reach the third round since Andrei Medvedev in 1992.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 24 May 2021. Rankings and points before are as of 31 May 2021. Because the tournament was moved a week, points of the week of 10 June 2019 include results from Stuttgart and 's-Hertogenbosch.

As announced by the ATP in March 2021, tournaments from 4 March to 4 August 2019 points due to COVID ranking adjustments will count 50%, including their 2020 points whichever is greater. 2019 points which are higher will still be dropped as normal. Accordingly, the higher of each player's 2019 or 2020 points will be replaced by his 2021 points at the end of the tournament. Note that this is a different ranking adjustment system than the one being used by the WTA for the women's event.

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019. Therefore, this represents his points from the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour.

Withdrawn players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Other entry information

Wild cards

The following players were awarded wild cards into the main draw.

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament

;During the tournament

Retirements

Explanatory notes

References

External links

Main draw

2021 French Open – Men's draws
at the Roland Garros

2021 French Open – Men's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation

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