2021 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
2021 Dubai Tennis Championships
2020 Champion	Novak Djokovic
Draw	48 (6 Q / 4 WC )
Seeds	16

Main article: 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.

Seeds

All seeds receive a bye into the second round.

1. Dominic Thiem
2. Andrey Rublev
3. Denis Shapovalov
4. Roberto Bautista Agut
5. David Goffin (Second round)
6. Pablo Carreño Busta (Second round)
7. Stan Wawrinka (Withdrew)
8. Karen Khachanov
9. Alex de Minaur (Second round)
10. Borna Ćorić (Withdrew)
11. Dušan Lajović
12. Dan Evans (Second round)
13. Hubert Hurkacz
14. Filip Krajinović
15. Taylor Fritz
16. Jannik Sinner
17. Lorenzo Sonego

The players who also received a bye into the second round were as follows, each semifinalist from Doha or Marseille:

• Nikoloz Basilashvili
• Matthew Ebden

The other six byes were removed, and six players were added to the main draw.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								1	D Thiem
	Q	C O'Connell	77	4	1			Q	L Harris
	Q	L Harris	65	6	6
		A Davidovich Fokina	6	6
	LL	R Albot	4	4					A Davidovich Fokina	5
								14	F Krajinović	7
								LL	L Giustino	4	3
	Q	Y Bhambri	6	1	4				A Bedene	6	6
		A Bedene	3	6	6											A Bedene
		K Nishikori	3	6	6											K Nishikori
		R Opelka	6	3	4				K Nishikori	6	77
								5	D Goffin	3	63

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								3	D Shapovalov	6	6
		J-L Struff	6	6					J-L Struff	1	3
	Q	M Kukushkin	3	2											3	D Shapovalov
		R Gasquet	6	6											13	H Hurkacz
		M Cecchinato	4	2					R Gasquet	3	4
								13	H Hurkacz	6	6
								9	A de Minaur	6	3	4
		J Chardy	6	3	6				J Chardy	2	6	6
		A Ramos Viñolas	3	6	4											J Chardy
	WC	A Popyrin	77	7											8	K Khachanov
	WC	D Novak	63	5				WC	A Popyrin	4	6	64
								8	K Khachanov	6	3	77

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								17	L Sonego	6	6
	Q	B Zapata Miralles	6	6				Q	B Zapata Miralles	2	2
		J Millman	4	4											17	L Sonego
	WC	A Karatsev	6	6											WC	A Karatsev
		E Gerasimov	4	4				WC	A Karatsev	6	4	6
								12	D Evans	4	6	4
								16	J Sinner	2	77	6
		Y Nishioka	4	64					A Bublik	6	62	4
		A Bublik	6	77											16	J Sinner
															4	R Bautista Agut
								SE	M Ebden	1r
								4	R Bautista Agut	4

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								6	P Carreño Busta	77	3	2
		V Pospisil	6	5	4				M Fucsovics	65	6	6
		M Fucsovics	2	7	6											M Fucsovics
	WC	M Jaziri	3												11	D Lajović
		J-W Tsonga	3r					WC	M Jaziri	5	2
								11	D Lajović	7	6
								15	T Fritz	4	6	77
									N Basilashvili	6	3	64
															15	T Fritz
	Q	E Ruusuvuori	6	77											2	A Rublev
		J Thompson	3	65				Q	E Ruusuvuori	4	4
								2	A Rublev	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Radu Albot (Qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
2. Lloyd Harris (Qualified)
3. Emil Ruusuvuori (Qualified)
4. Mikhail Kukushkin (Qualified)
5. Christopher O'Connell (Qualified)
6. Evgeny Donskoy (First round)
7. Prajnesh Gunneswaran (First round)
8. Marc Polmans (First round)
9. Bernabé Zapata Miralles (Qualified)
10. Lorenzo Giustino (Qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
11. Blaž Rola (Qualifying competition)
12. Thomas Fabbiano (Qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Bernabé Zapata Miralles
2. Lloyd Harris
3. Emil Ruusuvuori
4. Mikhail Kukushkin
5. Christopher O'Connell
6. Yuki Bhambri

Lucky losers

1. Radu Albot
2. Lorenzo Giustino

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Radu Albot	3	6	6
		Lukáš Lacko	6	4	4
								1	Radu Albot	6	5	4
								9	Bernabé Zapata Miralles	2	7	6
	WC	Omar Alawadhi	0	0
	9	Bernabé Zapata Miralles	6	6

Second qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	2	Lloyd Harris	6	6
		Teymuraz Gabashvili	1	2
								2	Lloyd Harris	6	6
								11	Blaž Rola	2	4
		Dmitry Popko	3	6	612
	11	Blaž Rola	6	4	714

Third qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Emil Ruusuvuori	77	4	6
	WC	Dimitar Kuzmanov	64	6	1
								3	Emil Ruusuvuori	6	6
									Viktor Troicki	2	2
		Viktor Troicki	7	6
	8	Marc Polmans	5	0

Fourth qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Mikhail Kukushkin	7	3	6
		Maxime Janvier	5	6	1
								4	Mikhail Kukushkin	6	6
								10	Lorenzo Giustino	2	2
	Alt	Andrea Vavassori	3	3
	10	Lorenzo Giustino	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	5	Christopher O'Connell	6	6
		Cem İlkel	3	4
								5	Christopher O'Connell	6	6
								12	Thomas Fabbiano	2	4
	WC	Abdulrahman Al Janahi	1	2
	12	Thomas Fabbiano	6	6

Sixth qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	6	Evgeny Donskoy	4	4
		Ramkumar Ramanathan	6	6
									Ramkumar Ramanathan	5	7	2
								PR	Yuki Bhambri	7	5	6
	PR	Yuki Bhambri	6	6
	7	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	1	4

References

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw