2021 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Singles

Singles
Singles
2021 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell
Final
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Stefanos Tsitsipas
Score	6–4, 6–7(6–8), 7–5
Details
Draw	48 (6 Q / 4 WC )
Seeds	16
Events
Singles	Doubles

Rafael Nadal defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, 6–4, 6–7^(6–8), 7–5 to win the singles title at the 2021 Barcelona Open. Nadal saved a championship point en route to his record-extending 12th Barcelona Open title and 61st ATP Tour singles title on clay. It became the second tournament at which Nadal had earned 12 or more victories, after the French Open. At three hours and 38 minutes, the final match was at the time the longest best-of-three-sets tour-level final since the ATP began tracking statistics in 1991, until the 2023 Cincinnati Masters final. Tsitsipas, who had also lost to Nadal in his first career ATP singles final at this tournament in 2018, was in contention to win his first ATP 500 tournament title on his seventh attempt.^[1]

Dominic Thiem was the reigning champion from when the tournament was last held in 2019,^[2] but he did not return to compete.^[3]

Seeds

All seeds receive a bye into the second round.

01.

Rafael Nadal (champion)

02.

Stefanos Tsitsipas (final)

03.

Andrey Rublev (quarterfinals)

04.

Diego Schwartzman (quarterfinals)

05.

Roberto Bautista Agut (third round)

06.

Pablo Carreño Busta (semifinals)

07.

Denis Shapovalov (third round)

08.

David Goffin (third round, retired)

09.

Fabio Fognini (second round, defaulted)

10.

Félix Auger-Aliassime (quarterfinals)

11.

Jannik Sinner (semifinals)

12.

Karen Khachanov (second round)

13.

Cristian Garín (second round)

14.

Alex de Minaur (third round)

15.

Casper Ruud (withdrew)

16.

Dan Evans (second round)

17.

Adrian Mannarino (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Rafael Nadal	6	6

	Cameron Norrie	1	4
					1	Rafael Nadal	6	6

					6	Pablo Carreño Busta	3	2
4	Diego Schwartzman	4	6	5

6	Pablo Carreño Busta	6	3	7
									1	Rafael Nadal	6	6⁶	7

									2	Stefanos Tsitsipas	4	7⁸	5
11	Jannik Sinner	6	7⁸

3/WC	Andrey Rublev	2	6⁶
					11	Jannik Sinner	3	3

					2	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6	6
10	Félix Auger-Aliassime	3	3

2	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					1	R Nadal	3	6	6
Q	I Ivashka	6	6		Q	I Ivashka	6	2	4
Q	T Griekspoor	3	1							1	R Nadal	6	2	6
	K Nishikori	4	7⁷	6							K Nishikori	0	6	2
	G Pella	6	6⁴	2		K Nishikori	7⁷	4	6
					13	C Garín	6⁵	6	1
															1	R Nadal	6	6
																C Norrie	1	4
					12	K Khachanov	4	6	3
	C Norrie	6	6			C Norrie	6	3	6
	S Caruso	1	2								C Norrie	6	3
Q	S Nagal	5	0							8	D Goffin	0	5^r
	P-H Herbert	7	6			P-H Herbert	2	4
					8	D Goffin	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					4	D Schwartzman	3	7	6
WC	C Alcaraz	4	6²			F Tiafoe	6	5	1
	F Tiafoe	6	7⁷							4	D Schwartzman	6	6
	D Koepfer	5	2								C Moutet	4	2
	C Moutet	7	6			C Moutet	6	5	6
					16	D Evans	4	7	3
														4	D Schwartzman	4	6	5
														6	P Carreño Busta	6	3	7
					9	F Fognini	0	4^d
Q	B Zapata Miralles	6⁴	7	6	Q	B Zapata Miralles	6	4
Q	A Kuznetsov	7⁷	5	1						Q	B Zapata Miralles	3	4
	J Thompson	7⁷	4	7⁷						6	P Carreño Busta	6	6
	R Gasquet	6⁵	6	6³		J Thompson	4	0
					6	P Carreño Busta	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

					5	R Bautista Agut	6	6
	G Simon	1	6	3		P Andújar	4	0
	P Andújar	6	3	6					5	R Bautista Agut	6⁹	2
	J-W Tsonga	5	1						11	J Sinner	7¹¹	6
	E Gerasimov	7	6			E Gerasimov	3	2
					11	J Sinner	6	6
														11	J Sinner	6	7⁸
														3/WC	A Rublev	2	6⁶
					17	A Mannarino	4	4
	A Ramos Viñolas	6²	6	7⁷		A Ramos Viñolas	6	6
Q	H Rune	7⁷	1	6²						A Ramos Viñolas	4	7⁷	4
	B Paire	5	3						3/WC	A Rublev	6	6⁴	6
LL	F Gaio	7	6		LL	F Gaio	4	3
					3/WC	A Rublev	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					7	D Shapovalov	6	7
	J Chardy	6	3	6		J Chardy	3	5
	N Basilashvili	4	6	3						7	D Shapovalov	2	3
	F López	4	3							10	F Auger-Aliassime	6	6
WC	L Musetti	6	6		WC	L Musetti	6	3	0
					10	F Auger-Aliassime	4	6	6
														10	F Auger-Aliassime	3	3
														2	S Tsitsipas	6	6
					14	A de Minaur	7⁷	6
	A Davidovich Fokina	6	5	2		A Bublik	6³	2
	A Bublik	2	7	6						14	A de Minaur	5	3
	T Monteiro	3	5							2	S Tsitsipas	7	6
WC	J Munar	6	7		WC	J Munar	0	2
					2	S Tsitsipas	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Tennys Sandgren (first round)
Mikael Ymer (first round)
Pedro Martínez (withdrew due to illness)
Mikhail Kukushkin (first round)
Dennis Novak (first round)
Ilya Ivashka (qualified)
Peter Gojowczyk (qualifying competition)
Antoine Hoang (first round)
Sumit Nagal (qualified)
Federico Gaio (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Jurij Rodionov (first round)
Henri Laaksonen (first round)

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Federico Gaio

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

1	Tennys Sandgren	6	2	3

	Bernabé Zapata Miralles	2	6	6
						Bernabé Zapata Miralles	7	6

					WC	Pedro Cachin	5	3
WC	Pedro Cachin	6	5	6

12	Henri Laaksonen	3	7	4

Second qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

2	Mikael Ymer	0	2

WC	Holger Rune	6	6
				WC	Holger Rune	3	6	7

				7	Peter Gojowczyk	6	3	5
	Mohamed Safwat	4	0

7	Peter Gojowczyk	6	6

Third qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

Alt	Thomas Fabbiano	6	6

	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	3	1
					Alt	Thomas Fabbiano	6¹	3

					9	Sumit Nagal	7⁷	6
	Illya Marchenko	6	2	5

9	Sumit Nagal	3	6	7

Fourth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

4	Mikhail Kukushkin	1	2

WC	Carlos Gimeno Valero	6	6
				WC	Carlos Gimeno Valero	7⁷	6⁴	3

					Tallon Griekspoor	6⁴	7⁷	6
	Tallon Griekspoor	6	7

11	Jurij Rodionov	4	5

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Dennis Novak	1	6²

	Botic van de Zandschulp	6	7⁷
						Botic van de Zandschulp	3	2

					PR	Andrey Kuznetsov	6	6
PR	Andrey Kuznetsov	6	5	7⁸

8	Antoine Hoang	0	7	6⁶

Sixth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

6	Ilya Ivashka	6	6

	Maxime Cressy	1	3
				6	Ilya Ivashka	6	6

				10	Federico Gaio	3	2
WC	Tommy Robredo	6³	4

10	Federico Gaio	7⁷	6

References

^ "Rafael Nadal wins his 12th Barcelona Open title while Ashleigh Barty triumphs in Stuttgart". Sky Sports. 25 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ "Thiem Sprints Past Medvedev To Clinch Barcelona Title". Association of Tennis Professionals. 28 April 2019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^ Joshi, Purav (23 March 2021). "Defending Champion Dominic Thiem Skips ATP Barcelona, Joins Novak Djokovic at Serbian Open 2021". Essentially Sports. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

External links

[1] "Rafael Nadal wins his 12th Barcelona Open title while Ashleigh Barty triumphs in Stuttgart". Sky Sports. 25 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

[2] "Thiem Sprints Past Medvedev To Clinch Barcelona Title". Association of Tennis Professionals. 28 April 2019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

[3] Joshi, Purav (23 March 2021). "Defending Champion Dominic Thiem Skips ATP Barcelona, Joins Novak Djokovic at Serbian Open 2021". Essentially Sports. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

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