2021 National Bank Open

2021 National Bank Open
2021 National Bank Open
Date	August 6–15, 2021
Edition	140th (men) / 129th (women)
Category	ATP Tour Masters 1000 (men); WTA 1000 (women)
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada (men); Montreal, Quebec, Canada (women)
2019 Champions
Men's singles
	Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
	Bianca Andreescu
Men's doubles
	Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos
Women's doubles
	Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková

The 2021 Canadian Open (branded as the 2021 National Bank Open presented by Rogers for sponsorship reasons) are outdoor hard court tennis tournaments that are currently being played from August 6 to August 15, 2021, as part of the 2021 US Open Series. The men's event takes place at the Aviva Centre in Toronto, and the women's tournament at the IGA Stadium in Montreal. It is the 140th edition of the men's tournament—a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2021 ATP Tour, and the 129th edition of the women's tournament—a WTA 1000 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour.

They were originally scheduled to be played from August 8 to August 16, 2020 as part of the 2020 tennis season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 edition of the Canadian Open was postponed to 2021 by Tennis Canada.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, postponement to 2021

The men's and women's tournaments alternate between Toronto and Montreal annually. On April 11, 2020, pursuant to a request by the province of Quebec (the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec was the centre of the first wave of the pandemic in Canada) for all cultural and sporting events to be cancelled through August,^[1] Tennis Canada announced that the women's half of the Canadian Open, as part of the 2020 WTA Tour, would be postponed and held in Montreal in 2021.^[2]^[3]

The men's half of the event was still tentatively scheduled, but was still at risk of cancellation or postponement if the ATP and WTA extended their suspension of play into August, or if Toronto or the province of Ontario made a similar order that also applies to the period.^[2]^[3] Toronto had already cancelled all city-led major events, festivals, conferences, permits and cultural programs until June 30, 2020. Although subject to provincial restrictions on public gatherings, Mayor John Tory stated that these did not necessarily bar the hosting of sporting events.^[4]^[5]

On June 17, 2020, Tennis Canada officially announced that the men's tournament had also been postponed^[6] to 2021, citing logistical and safety issues that would be present for players and staff even if the event were to be held behind closed doors, including a federal health order requiring 14 days self-isolation upon arrival for anyone travelling to Canada.^[7] As they have been postponed, the men's and women's tournaments will still be held in Toronto and Montreal as per the traditional rotation.^[7]^[6]

On February 1, 2021, National Bank was promoted to title sponsor of the tournament, replacing Rogers Communications, which now serves as presenting sponsor.^[8]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q	Q2	Q1
Men's Singles^[9]	1000	600	360	180	90	45	10	25	16	0
Men's Doubles^[9]	1000	600	360	180	90	0	—	—	—	—
Women's Singles^[10]	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	30	20	1
Women's Doubles^[10]	900	585	350	190	105	5	—	—	—	—

Champions

Men's singles

TBD vs. TBD

Women's singles

TBD vs. TBD

Men's doubles

TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

Women's doubles

TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Rankings are as of August 2, 2021. Points before are as of August 9, 2021.

Because the tournament is being held one week later than the last edition in 2019 and as a result of special ranking adjustment rules due to COVID, the Points before column already reflects either a 50% reduction in the player's 2019 points or the substitution of the player's next best result.^[11] Accordingly, the Points defending column has been adjusted to show the greater of (a) 50% of the player's 2019 points and (b) the player's 19th best result.

Following the tournament, players will count either their 2021 points or 50% of their 2019 points, whichever is greater.^[12]

In addition, because there are no mandatory tournaments in 2021, players may count their next best result instead if that result is better. Accordingly, points after will differ from points before only if the player's 2021 points won exceed points defending.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending^†	Points won	Points after	Status
1	2	Daniil Medvedev	9,920	300	90		Third round vs
2	3	~~Rafael Nadal~~	7,815	500	0	7,815	Withdrew due to left foot injury
3	4	Stefanos Tsitsipas	8,115	(125)	90		Third round vs
4	7	Andrey Rublev	6,005	(180)	10		Second round vs Fabio Fognini
5	10	Denis Shapovalov	3,625	(45)	10		Second round vs Frances Tiafoe [LL]
6	12	Casper Ruud	3,205	(75)	90		Third round vs
7	13	Hubert Hurkacz	3,118	45	10		Second round vs Kei Nishikori [PR]
8	14	Diego Schwartzman	2,913	23	10		Second round vs Benoît Paire
9	15	Félix Auger-Aliassime	2,693	45	10		Second round vs Dušan Lajović
10	16	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,630	90	10		Second round vs Tommy Paul [Q]
11	17	Gaël Monfils	2,423	180	10		Second round vs John Millman
12	18	Alex de Minaur	2,600	(45)	10		Second round vs Nikoloz Basilashvili
13	19	Cristian Garín	2,475	45	10		Second round vs John Isner
14	21	Grigor Dimitrov	2,466	(10)	10		Second round lost to Reilly Opelka
15	23	Aslan Karatsev	2,287	(15)	10		Second round vs Karen Khachanov
16	24	Jannik Sinner	2,745	(40)	10		Second round vs James Duckworth [Q]

† Due to a change in schedule for the 2021 tournament and COVID ranking adjustment rules, the Points defending column reflects the greater of (a) 50% of the player's 2019 points and (b) the player's 19th best result. Instances of the latter are enclosed in parentheses.

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main singles draw:

Kei Nishikori

The following player received entry using a special exempt into the main singles draw:

Mackenzie McDonald

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Matteo Berrettini^[13] → replaced by Jan-Lennard Struff
Pablo Carreño Busta^[13] → replaced by Benoît Paire
Borna Ćorić^[13] → replaced by John Millman
Novak Djokovic^[13] → replaced by Dušan Lajović
Roger Federer^[13] → replaced by Miomir Kecmanović
David Goffin^[13] → replaced by Albert Ramos Viñolas
Rafael Nadal → replaced by Feliciano López
Dominic Thiem^[13] → replaced by Taylor Fritz
Milos Raonic^[13] → replaced by Lloyd Harris
Stan Wawrinka^[13] → replaced by Marin Čilić
Alexander Zverev^[13] → replaced by Frances Tiafoe