2021 Murray River Open
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (December 2020) |
| 2021 Murray River Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1–7 February |
| Edition | 1st |
| Category | ATP Tour 250 |
| Draw | 56S / 24D |
| Prize money | $320,775 |
| Surface | Hard |
| Location | Melbourne, Australia |
| Venue | Melbourne Park |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Dan Evans | |
| Doubles | |
 Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić | |
The 2021 Murray River Open was a tournament on the 2021 ATP Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Melbourne, Australia. It was organised as a lead-up tournament to the 2021 Australian Open, and was held at the same venue, due to other tournaments in Australia being cancelled as a result from the COVID-19 pandemic. This tournament took place simultaneously with the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open and the 2021 ATP Cup.
Points and prize money
[edit]Point distribution
[edit]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 |
| Singles | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 20 | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 0 | — |
Prize money
[edit]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 |
| Singles | $19,500 | $13,255 | $10,000 | $7,400 | $5,500 | $4,000 | $2,500 |
| Doubles* | $7,200 | $5,760 | $4,560 | $3,360 | $2,160 | $1,200 | — |
*per team
Singles main-draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 SUI | Stan Wawrinka | 18 | 1 |
 BUL | Grigor Dimitrov | 19 | 2 |
 CAN | Félix Auger-Aliassime | 21 | 3 |
| CRO | Borna Ćorić | 25 | 4 |
 NOR | Casper Ruud | 27 | 5 |
 USA | Taylor Fritz | 30 | 6 |
 FRA | Ugo Humbert | 32 | 7 |
| GBR | Daniel Evans | 33 | 8 |
 ITA | Lorenzo Sonego | 34 | 9 |
| FRA | Adrian Mannarino | 35 | 10 |
| CRO | Marin Čilić | 43 | 11 |
 ESP | Albert Ramos Viñolas | 46 | 12 |
 AUS | Nick Kyrgios | 47 | 13 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 48 | 14 |
| USA | Tommy Paul | 53 | 15 |
 HUN | Márton Fucsovics | 55 | 16 |
- 1 Rankings are as of January 25, 2021
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players have been accepted directly into the main draw using a protected or a special ranking:
The following player received entry as an alternate:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina → replaced by 
Yūichi Sugita
João Sousa → replaced by 
James Duckworth- Bernard Tomic → replaced by Harry Bourchier
- During the tournament
Retirements
[edit]
Doubles main-draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRO | Nikola Mektić | CRO | Mate Pavić | 10 | 1 |
 NED | Wesley Koolhof |  POL | Łukasz Kubot | 14 | 2 |
| USA | Rajeev Ram | GBR | Joe Salisbury | 27 | 3 |
 BRA | Marcelo Melo |  ROU | Horia Tecău | 31 | 4 |
| FRA | Jérémy Chardy | FRA | Fabrice Martin | 60 | 5 |
 BEL | Sander Gillé | BEL | Joran Vliegen | 75 | 6 |
| GBR | Ken Skupski | GBR | Neal Skupski | 84 | 7 |
| BRA | Marcelo Demoliner |  MEX | Santiago González | 92 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of January 25, 2021.
Other entrants
[edit]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:
Champions
[edit]Singles
[edit]
Dan Evans def. 
Félix Auger-Aliassime, 6–2, 6–3
Doubles
[edit]
Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić def. 
Jérémy Chardy / Fabrice Martin, 7–6(7–2), 6–3