Marin Čilić
Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 28 January 2018. Čilić has won 21 ATP Tour-level si ...
defeated
Félix Auger-Aliassime
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in the final, 7–6
(7–2), 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2021 Stuttgart Open. It was Čilić's 19th career
ATP Tour
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singles title, his first in three years, and he did not drop a
set
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en route to the victory. The No. 47-
ranked
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, 32-year-old Čilić also became the lowest-ranked winner since
Juan Carlos Ferrero
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in
2011
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and the third-oldest champion in tournament history. Defending finalist Auger-Aliassime was contesting for his first career singles title in his eighth final.
Matteo Berrettini
Matteo Berrettini (; born 12 April 1996) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in January 2022, and world N ...
was the reigning champion from when the event was last held in
2019
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,
but he could not participate as he was still competing at the
French Open
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upon the beginning of the tournament.
Seeds
The top four
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received a
bye into the second round.
Draw
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Qualifying
Seeds
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Lucky loser
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