The 2021 Eastbourne International (also known as the Viking International Eastbourne for sponsorship reasons) was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 46th edition of the event for the women and the 10th edition for the men. The tournament was classified as a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour and as an ATP Tour 250 series on the 2021 ATP Tour. The tournament took place at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, United Kingdom between 21 and 26 June 2021.[1][2]
| 2021 Eastbourne International | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21–26 June |
| Edition | 10th (men) 46th (women) |
| Category | ATP 250 (men) WTA 500 (women) |
| Draw | 28S / 16D (men) 56S / 16D (women) |
| Prize money | €697,405 (men) $757,900 (women) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Location | Eastbourne, United Kingdom |
| Venue | Devonshire Park LTC |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Alex de Minaur | |
| Women's singles | |
 Jeļena Ostapenko | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara | |
Champions
editMen's singles
edit
Alex de Minaur def. 
Lorenzo Sonego, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Women's singles
edit
Jeļena Ostapenko def. 
Anett Kontaveit, 6–3, 6–3
Men's doubles
edit
Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić def. 
Rajeev Ram / 
Joe Salisbury, 6–4, 6–3
Women's doubles
edit
Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara def. Nicole Melichar / 
Demi Schuurs, 6–1, 6–4
Points and prize money
editPoint distribution
edit| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
edit| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | €53,680 | €38,485 | €27,400 | €18,265 | €11,740 | €7,065 | €3,450 | €1,795 |
| Doubles* | €20,050 | €14,350 | €9,460 | €6,145 | €3,600 | — | — | — |
*per team
ATP singles main draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 FRA
|
Gaël Monfils | 16 | 1 |
| AUS
|
Alex de Minaur | 22 | 2 |
 ITA
|
Lorenzo Sonego | 26 | 3 |
 GEO |
|||
 USA |
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 ESP
|
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | 35 | 6 |
| ESP
|
Albert Ramos Viñolas | 38 | 7 |
 KAZ
|
Alexander Bublik | 39 | 8 |
 GBR |
- 1 Rankings are as of 14 June 2021. [3]
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
edit
Nikoloz Basilashvili → replaced by Andreas Seppi- Marin Čilić → replaced by
Vasek Pospisil 
Laslo Đere → replaced by Alastair Gray- Taylor Fritz → replaced by Yoshihito Nishioka
Richard Gasquet → replaced by Max Purcell
Aslan Karatsev → replaced by 
Emil Ruusuvuori- Filip Krajinović → replaced by
Egor Gerasimov - Cameron Norrie → replaced by
Norbert Gombos - Reilly Opelka → replaced by
Kwon Soon-woo - Benoît Paire → replaced by Alexei Popyrin
Stan Wawrinka → replaced by 
Aljaž Bedene
Retirements
editATP doubles main draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRO
|
Nikola Mektić | CRO
|
Mate Pavić | 3 | 1 |
 COL
|
Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL
|
Robert Farah | 9 | 2 |
| USA
|
Rajeev Ram | GBR
|
Joe Salisbury | 21 | 3 |
| FRA
|
Fabrice Martin | FRA
|
Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 51 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 14 June 2021.
Other entrants
editThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
edit- Before the tournament
- Jamie Murray /
Bruno Soares → replaced by Luke Bambridge / Jamie Murray 
Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo → replaced by 
Alexander Bublik / Nicholas Monroe- Marin Čilić / Ivan Dodig → replaced by
Hugo Nys / Jonny O'Mara
- During the tournament
WTA singles main draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 BLR
|
Aryna Sabalenka | 4 | 1 |
 UKR
|
Elina Svitolina | 6 | 2 |
 CAN
|
Bianca Andreescu | 7 | 3 |
 POL
|
Iga Świątek | 9 | 4 |
 CZE
|
Karolína Plíšková | 10 | 5 |
 SUI
|
Belinda Bencic | 12 | 6 |
 BEL
|
Elise Mertens | 17 | 7 |
 RUS
|
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 19 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 14 June 2021. [4]
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
edit- Before the tournament
- Sofia Kenin → replaced by Donna Vekić
- Johanna Konta → replaced by Daria Kasatkina
- Donna Vekić → replaced by Shelby Rogers
- Madison Keys → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
Retirements
edit- Camila Giorgi (left thigh injury)
- Vera Zvonareva (left hip injury)
WTA doubles main draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA
|
Nicole Melichar |  NED
|
Demi Schuurs | 19 | 1 |
| JPN
|
Shuko Aoyama | JPN
|
Ena Shibahara | 28 | 2 |
 CHI
|
Alexa Guarachi | USA
|
Desirae Krawczyk | 33 | 3 |
 TPE
|
Chan Hao-ching | TPE
|
Latisha Chan | 36 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 14 June 2021.
Other entrants
editThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pairs received entry using protected rankings:
- Veronika Kudermetova / Elena Vesnina
- Bethanie Mattek-Sands /
Sania Mirza - Samantha Stosur / CoCo Vandeweghe
Withdrawals
edit- Before the tournament
- Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani → replaced by Hayley Carter / Nao Hibino
- Gabriela Dabrowski / Vera Zvonareva → replaced by Christina McHale / Sabrina Santamaria
References
edit- ^ "Viking International Eastbourne Overview". ATP.
- ^ "WTA Viking International Eastbourne: Overview". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Grand Slam champions Wawrinka, Cilic and Brit star Norrie headline men's field at Viking International Eastbourne". LTA.
- ^ "Eastbourne's Johanna Konta to play on home turf at Devonshire Park". The Argus.