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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 ...
defeated
Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Новак Ђоковић, Novak Đoković, separator=" / ", ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at N ...
in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 US Open. It was his first
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title. Medvedev was the third Russian man, after
Yevgeny Kafelnikov Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov ( rus, Евгений Александрович Кафельников, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf, a=Ru-Yevgeny-Kafelnikov.ogg; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former professional tennis p ...
and
Marat Safin Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; ; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian former professional tennis player and former politician. He was ranked as the List of ...
, to win a major singles title, and the first to do so since Safin at the
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. Djokovic was aiming to become the second man in the
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, after
Rod Laver Rodney George Laver (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Laver was ranked as the World number 1 ranked male tennis players, world number 1 professional player indisputably for five years from 1965 to 1969, ...
in 1969, to complete the Grand Slam. He was also attempting to win an outright record 21st major singles title and surpass his Big Three counterparts,
Roger Federer Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 3 ...
and
Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
. By reaching the final, Djokovic tied Federer's record of 31 men's singles major finals contested, and repeated his
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achievement of reaching all four major finals in a season. This marked Djokovic's record sixth runner-up finish at the event.
Dominic Thiem Dominic Thiem (; born 3 September 1993) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in March 2020. Thiem won 17 ATP Tour-level s ...
was the reigning champion, but did not participate due to an ongoing wrist injury. This wrist injury would eventually lead to his retirement from the sport in 2024. By defeating world No. 3
Stefanos Tsitsipas Stefanos Tsitsipas (, ; born 12 August 1998) is a Greek professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), first achieved in August 2021 – mak ...
in the third round,
Carlos Alcaraz Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (; born 5 May 2003) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), inc ...
became the youngest man to beat a top 3 ranked-player in singles at the US Open since the inception of the
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in 1973. He was the youngest male quarterfinalist at a singles major since
Michael Chang Michael Te-pei Chang (born February 22, 1972) is an American former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked world No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 1996. Chang is the youngest man in history to win a singl ...
at the
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, and the youngest at the US Open in the Open Era; he would win the title the following year.
Botic van de Zandschulp Botic van de Zandschulp (; born 4 October 1995) is a Dutch professional tennis player. Van de Zandschulp has a career high ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 22 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, achieved on 29 August 20 ...
was the first Dutchman to reach a singles major quarterfinal since
Sjeng Schalken Sjeng Schalken (; born 8 September 1976) is a coach and a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Playing style A right-handed baseliner with a single-handed backhand, Schalken's game is characterised by his consistency of both ...
at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships and the first qualifier to do so at the US Open since
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in
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Section 8


Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of August 23, 2021. Rank and points before are as of August 30, 2021. As a result of pandemic-related adjustments to the ranking system, players are defending the greater of their points from the 2019 and 2020 tournaments. † Because the 2020 tournament was non-mandatory, the player was defending 150 points from his 19th best result instead of 90 points from the 2020 US Open.
‡ The player was also defending points from one or more
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tournaments. Those points were frozen in 2020 as a result of pandemic-related adjustments to the ranking system.
§ The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019 or 2020 and is defending points from a 2020 ATP Challenger Tour tournament (
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) instead.
^ Because the 2021 tournament was non-mandatory, the player substituted his 19th best result in place of the points won in this tournament.


Withdrawn players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. ^ Because the 2021 tournament was non-mandatory, the player substituted his 19th best result in place of zero points for this tournament.


Other entry information


Wild card entries


Qualifiers


Lucky losers


Protected ranking

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Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber (; born 16 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. The right-hander won eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour and made the quarterfinals at the 2012 Wimbledon Cha ...
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Withdrawals


See also

* 2021 US Open – Day-by-day summaries


Explanatory notes


References


External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:2021 US Open - Men's Singles Men's Singles US Open – Men's Singles US Open (tennis) by year – Men's singles