2021 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
Men's doubles
2021 Mutua Madrid Open
Final
Champions	Marcel Granollers; Horacio Zeballos
Runners-up	Nikola Mektić; Mate Pavić
Score	1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Events

Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos defeated Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić in the final, 1–6, 6–3, [10–8], to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2021 Madrid Open. It was the third-seeded duo's third ATP Tour Masters 1000 doubles title together. Mektić and Pavić were contending to be the first doubles team in five years to win a season's first three Masters 1000 events.^[1]

Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău were the defending champions from when the tournament was last held in 2019,^[2] though they returned to defend their title with different partners. Rojer partnered with Marcelo Melo but lost in the second round to Tim Pütz and Alexander Zverev. Tecău partnered with Kevin Krawietz and lost to Ivan Dodig and Filip Polášek, also in the second round.^[3]

Pavić and Robert Farah were in contention for the ATP No. 1 doubles ranking at the start of the tournament. Pavić retained the top ranking after Farah lost in the second round.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (second round)
Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić (final)
Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos (champions)
Ivan Dodig / Filip Polášek (quarterfinals)
Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury (first round)
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut (quarterfinals)
Wesley Koolhof / Łukasz Kubot (quarterfinals)
Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals				Final

	Tim Pütz Alexander Zverev

3	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	w/o
				3	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	1	6	[10]

				2	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	6	3	[8]
	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	4	2

2	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	6	6

Top half

First round				Second round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

				1	JS Cabal R Farah	3	4
WC	M López J Munar	6⁴	4		R Bopanna D Shapovalov	6	6
	R Bopanna D Shapovalov	7⁷	6						R Bopanna D Shapovalov	4	6	[5]
	T Pütz A Zverev	6	6						T Pütz A Zverev	6	3	[10]
	F Auger-Aliassime H Hurkacz	2	4		T Pütz A Zverev	6	6
	M Melo J-J Rojer	6	6		M Melo J-J Rojer	4	4
8	J Murray B Soares	3	4											T Pütz A Zverev
													3	M Granollers H Zeballos	w/o
				3	M Granollers H Zeballos	6	6
	K Khachanov A Rublev	7⁷	6		K Khachanov A Rublev	3	2
	F Fognini D Schwartzman	6⁵	2					3	M Granollers H Zeballos	7⁷	6
Alt	R Klaasen B McLachlan	6	6					6	P-H Herbert N Mahut	6³	2
	T Fritz O Marach	2	3	Alt	R Klaasen B McLachlan	6⁵	6⁵
	J Chardy F Martin	3	3	6	P-H Herbert N Mahut	7⁷	7⁷
6	P-H Herbert N Mahut	6	6

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

5	R Ram J Salisbury	6⁵	5
	A Bublik C Garín	7⁷	7			A Bublik C Garín
	S Gillé J Vliegen	6	6			S Gillé J Vliegen	w/o
	M Fucsovics C Ruud	3	4								S Gillé J Vliegen	6	3	[10]
	K Krawietz H Tecău	6	6							4	I Dodig F Polášek	3	6	[5]
	H Kontinen É Roger-Vasselin	3	4			K Krawietz H Tecău	4	7⁷	[7]
					4	I Dodig F Polášek	6	6²	[10]
																S Gillé J Vliegen	4	2
7	W Koolhof Ł Kubot	6	5	[10]											2	N Mektić M Pavić	6	6
WC	P Tsitsipas S Tsitsipas	4	7	[6]	7	W Koolhof Ł Kubot	7	6⁴	[10]
	D Evans N Skupski	3	6⁴			M Demoliner D Medvedev	5	7⁷	[3]
	M Demoliner D Medvedev	6	7⁷							7	W Koolhof Ł Kubot	3	7⁷	[7]
	J Peers M Venus	6⁹	3							2	N Mektić M Pavić	6	6⁴	[10]
	M Purcell L Saville	7¹¹	6			M Purcell L Saville	6	3	[4]
					2	N Mektić M Pavić	4	6	[10]

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
COL	Juan Sebastián Cabal	COL	Robert Farah	5	1
CRO	Nikola Mektić	CRO	Mate Pavić	5	2
ESP	Marcel Granollers	ARG	Horacio Zeballos	17	3
CRO	Ivan Dodig	SVK	Filip Polášek	17	4
USA	Rajeev Ram	GBR	Joe Salisbury	23	5
FRA	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	FRA	Nicolas Mahut	26	6
NED	Wesley Koolhof	POL	Łukasz Kubot	29	7
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	30	8