Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, 6–7(6–8), 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 French Open.[1] It was his second French Open title and 19th major title overall. With this victory, he became the first man to achieve the double career Grand Slam in the Open Era,[2] and the first player in the Open Era to win a major after coming back from two sets to love down in two matches during the same major.[3] Tsitsipas became the first Greek player to reach a major final.[4] It also marked the second consecutive year a man trailed by two sets in a major final yet rallied to win, following Dominic Thiem's victory at the 2020 US Open.
Rafael Nadal was the four-time defending champion, but lost to Djokovic in a 4 hour and 11 minute epic semifinal.[5][6] Nadal's defeat marked only his third loss out of 108 French Open matches, including his first loss in 14 semifinal appearances at the tournament.[7] It also marked the first time that Nadal lost a match at the French Open after taking the opening set,[8] and the first French Open where a player defeated Nadal and went on to win the tournament. In winning this match, Djokovic became the first (and only) man ever to defeat Nadal two times at the French Open.
Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev were in contention for the world No. 1 ranking; Djokovic retained the ranking after Medvedev lost in the quarterfinals.[9]
Nadal and Roger Federer were attempting to win a record 21st major title and become the outright leader in the men's singles major tally.[10] Federer, like Djokovic, was attempting to become the first man in the Open Era to achieve the double career Grand Slam in what would prove to be his final French Open appearance. This was the first time in major history that Djokovic, Federer, and Nadal, the three most successful men's singles major champions of all time, were in the same half of the main draw.[11][12] After both reached the semifinals, Djokovic and Nadal met for a record-extending 58th time in the Open Era, with Djokovic emerging victorious in four sets.[13]
For the first time in the Open Era, no French players reached the third round.[14] Thiem's first-round defeat guaranteed a new French Open finalist from the bottom half of the draw; Tsitsipas ultimately emerged as that finalist. Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest player since Djokovic in 2005 to win a match at the French Open, and was also the youngest player to reach the third round at the tournament since Andrei Medvedev in 1992.[15] This was the first time since 2004 that a French Open men's singles final went to five sets; on that occasion, Gastón Gaudio also came from two sets down to win the title.[16]
2021, french, open, singles, novak, djokovic, defeated, stefanos, tsitsipas, final, singles, tennis, title, 2021, french, open, second, french, open, title, 19th, major, title, overall, with, this, victory, became, first, achieve, double, career, grand, slam, . Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6 7 6 8 2 6 6 3 6 2 6 4 to win the men s singles tennis title at the 2021 French Open 1 It was his second French Open title and 19th major title overall With this victory he became the first man to achieve the double career Grand Slam in the Open Era 2 and the first player in the Open Era to win a major after coming back from two sets to love down in two matches during the same major 3 Tsitsipas became the first Greek player to reach a major final 4 It also marked the second consecutive year a man trailed by two sets in a major final yet rallied to win following Dominic Thiem s victory at the 2020 US Open Men s singles2021 French OpenFinalChampionNovak DjokovicRunner upStefanos TsitsipasScore6 7 6 8 2 6 6 3 6 2 6 4DetailsDraw128Seeds32EventsSingles men women boys girlsDoubles men women mixed boys girlsWC Singles men women quadWC Doubles men women quadLegends 45 45 women 2020 French Open 2022 Main article 2021 French Open Rafael Nadal was the four time defending champion but lost to Djokovic in a 4 hour and 11 minute epic semifinal 5 6 Nadal s defeat marked only his third loss out of 108 French Open matches including his first loss in 14 semifinal appearances at the tournament 7 It also marked the first time that Nadal lost a match at the French Open after taking the opening set 8 and the first French Open where a player defeated Nadal and went on to win the tournament In winning this match Djokovic became the first and only man ever to defeat Nadal two times at the French Open Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev were in contention for the world No 1 ranking Djokovic retained the ranking after Medvedev lost in the quarterfinals 9 Nadal and Roger Federer were attempting to win a record 21st major title and become the outright leader in the men s singles major tally 10 Federer like Djokovic was attempting to become the first man in the Open Era to achieve the double career Grand Slam in what would prove to be his final French Open appearance This was the first time in major history that Djokovic Federer and Nadal the three most successful men s singles major champions of all time were in the same half of the main draw 11 12 After both reached the semifinals Djokovic and Nadal met for a record extending 58th time in the Open Era with Djokovic emerging victorious in four sets 13 For the first time in the Open Era no French players reached the third round 14 Thiem s first round defeat guaranteed a new French Open finalist from the bottom half of the draw Tsitsipas ultimately emerged as that finalist Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest player since Djokovic in 2005 to win a match at the French Open and was also the youngest player to reach the third round at the tournament since Andrei Medvedev in 1992 15 This was the first time since 2004 that a French Open men s singles final went to five sets on that occasion Gaston Gaudio also came from two sets down to win the title 16 Contents 1 Seeds 2 Draw 2 1 Key 2 2 Finals 2 3 Top half 2 3 1 Section 1 2 3 2 Section 2 2 3 3 Section 3 2 3 4 Section 4 2 4 Bottom half 2 4 1 Section 5 2 4 2 Section 6 2 4 3 Section 7 2 4 4 Section 8 3 Seeded players 3 1 Withdrawn players 4 Other entry information 4 1 Wild cards 4 2 Protected ranking 4 3 Qualifiers 4 4 Lucky losers 4 5 Withdrawals 4 6 Retirements 5 Explanatory notes 6 References 7 External linksSeeds edit0 1 nbsp Novak Djokovic champion 0 2 nbsp Daniil Medvedev quarterfinals 0 3 nbsp Rafael Nadal semifinals 0 4 nbsp Dominic Thiem first round 0 5 nbsp Stefanos Tsitsipas final 0 6 nbsp Alexander Zverev semifinals 0 7 nbsp Andrey Rublev first round 0 8 nbsp Roger Federer fourth round withdrew 0 9 nbsp Matteo Berrettini quarterfinals 10 nbsp Diego Schwartzman quarterfinals 11 nbsp Roberto Bautista Agut second round 12 nbsp Pablo Carreno Busta fourth round 13 nbsp David Goffin first round 14 nbsp Gael Monfils second round 15 nbsp Casper Ruud third round 16 nbsp Grigor Dimitrov first round retired 17 nbsp Milos Raonic withdrew 18 nbsp Jannik Sinner fourth round 19 nbsp Hubert Hurkacz first round 20 nbsp Felix Auger Aliassime first round 21 nbsp Alex de Minaur second round 22 nbsp Cristian Garin fourth round 23 nbsp Karen Khachanov second round 24 nbsp Aslan Karatsev second round 25 nbsp Dan Evans first round 26 nbsp Lorenzo Sonego first round 27 nbsp Fabio Fognini third round 28 nbsp Nikoloz Basilashvili second round 29 nbsp Ugo Humbert first round 30 nbsp Taylor Fritz second round 31 nbsp John Isner third round 32 nbsp Reilly Opelka third round Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section Draw editKey edit Q Qualifier WC Wild card LL Lucky loser Alt Alternate SE Special exempt PR Protected ranking ITF ITF entry JE Junior exempt w o Walkover r Retired d Defaulted SR Special ranking Finals edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal 1 nbsp Novak Djokovic666579 nbsp Matteo Berrettini327751 nbsp Novak Djokovic367763 nbsp Rafael Nadal636423 nbsp Rafael Nadal646610 nbsp Diego Schwartzman36401 nbsp Novak Djokovic6626665 nbsp Stefanos Tsitsipas7863246 nbsp Alexander Zverev666 nbsp Alejandro Davidovich Fokina4116 nbsp Alexander Zverev336635 nbsp Stefanos Tsitsipas664465 nbsp Stefanos Tsitsipas67772 nbsp Daniil Medvedev3635Top half edit Section 1 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round1 nbsp N Djokovic666 nbsp T Sandgren2421 nbsp N Djokovic666 nbsp L Pouille313 nbsp P Cuevas324 nbsp P Cuevas6661 nbsp N Djokovic666 nbsp S Caruso46642 nbsp R Berankis141 nbsp J Duckworth63776 nbsp J Duckworth56640 nbsp R Berankis6626 nbsp R Berankis7277629 nbsp U Humbert44641 nbsp N Djokovic676266421 nbsp A de Minaur6677 nbsp L Musetti7977100r nbsp S Travaglia246421 nbsp A de Minaur4161 nbsp Y Uchiyama6124 nbsp M Cecchinato6636 nbsp M Cecchinato3666 nbsp M Cecchinato64363 nbsp J W Tsonga42665 nbsp L Musetti36636 nbsp Y Nishioka66377 nbsp Y Nishioka532 nbsp L Musetti6777 nbsp L Musetti76613 nbsp D Goffin0563Section 2 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round9 nbsp M Berrettini6646Q nbsp T Daniel04649 nbsp M Berrettini666 nbsp F Coria6776 nbsp F Coria332 nbsp F Lopez36429 nbsp M Berrettini7866 nbsp K Anderson54664 nbsp S w Kwon6634 nbsp S w Kwon76277 nbsp S w Kwon677 nbsp A Seppi671046 nbsp A Seppi45520 nbsp F Auger Aliassime368649 nbsp M Berrettiniw o30 nbsp T Fritz6668 nbsp R Federer nbsp J Sousa42430 nbsp T Fritz3264WC nbsp M Bourgue334 nbsp D Koepfer6636 nbsp D Koepfer666 nbsp D Koepfer6577645 nbsp M Cilic78668 nbsp R Federer7763777WC nbsp A Rinderknech6612 nbsp M Cilic26642Q nbsp D Istomin2438 nbsp R Federer627768 nbsp R Federer666Section 3 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round3 nbsp R Nadal6677 nbsp A Popyrin32633 nbsp R Nadal676WC nbsp H Gaston142 nbsp R Gasquet052 nbsp R Gasquet6663 nbsp R Nadal666 nbsp C Norrie7776 nbsp C Norrie333Q nbsp B Fratangelo5652 nbsp C Norrie4666 nbsp L Harris766 nbsp L Harris633226 nbsp L Sonego5443 nbsp R Nadal76618 nbsp J Sinner64647618 nbsp J Sinner530 nbsp P H Herbert16775418 nbsp J Sinner6736 nbsp G Mager6367 nbsp G Mager1563LL nbsp P Gojowczyk264518 nbsp J Sinner676 nbsp M Ymer60466 nbsp M Ymer153 nbsp R Carballes Baena46622 nbsp M Ymer6266 nbsp A Ramos Vinolas6664414 nbsp G Monfils064314 nbsp G Monfils17866Section 4 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round10 nbsp D Schwartzman666PR nbsp Y h Lu22310 nbsp D Schwartzman666 nbsp A Mannarino5652 nbsp A Bedene424 nbsp A Bedene737610 nbsp D Schwartzman666PR nbsp P Kohlschreiber77626PR nbsp P Kohlschreiber421 nbsp F Verdasco63264PR nbsp P Kohlschreiber67746Q nbsp J Brooksby34424 nbsp A Karatsev3646124 nbsp A Karatsev66610 nbsp D Schwartzman7116728 nbsp N Basilashvili6606 nbsp J L Struff6945 nbsp D Lajovic436228 nbsp N Basilashvili424Q nbsp C Alcaraz62677Q nbsp C Alcaraz666Q nbsp B Zapata Miralles36164Q nbsp C Alcaraz4632 nbsp F Bagnis766 nbsp J L Struff6776WC nbsp B Bonzi534 nbsp F Bagnis5614 nbsp J L Struff678436 nbsp J L Struff77767 nbsp A Rublev366664Bottom half edit Section 5 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round6 nbsp A Zverev33666Q nbsp O Otte662206 nbsp A Zverev77677Q nbsp R Safiullin77166Q nbsp R Safiullin64361Q nbsp C Taberner646026 nbsp A Zverev676 nbsp C Moutet3712625 nbsp L Đere252 nbsp L Đere6610777 nbsp L Đere44666 nbsp M Kecmanovic1666 nbsp M Kecmanovic6632325 nbsp D Evans63346 nbsp A Zverev66623 nbsp K Khachanov666 nbsp K Nishikori411 nbsp J Vesely12323 nbsp K Khachanov62644 nbsp K Nishikori664646 nbsp K Nishikori46266Q nbsp A Giannessi477364 nbsp K Nishikori70 nbsp Y Hanfmann1362Q nbsp H Laaksonen50rQ nbsp H Laaksonen6646Q nbsp H Laaksonen6266Q nbsp M Vilella Martinez44211 nbsp R Bautista Agut363211 nbsp R Bautista Agut666Section 6 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round15 nbsp C Ruud56677 nbsp B Paire7216415 nbsp C Ruud666PR nbsp K Majchrzak6266PR nbsp K Majchrzak324WC nbsp A Cazaux464415 nbsp C Ruud6366665 nbsp A Davidovich Fokina666 nbsp A Davidovich Fokina7727807 nbsp M Kukushkin443 nbsp A Davidovich Fokina66526Q nbsp B van de Zandschulp6564666Q nbsp B van de Zandschulp4476419 nbsp H Hurkacz7777224 nbsp A Davidovich Fokina664627 nbsp F Fognini666 nbsp F Delbonis4464WC nbsp G Barrere41427 nbsp F Fognini7866 nbsp M Fucsovics6677 nbsp M Fucsovics6612 nbsp G Simon416527 nbsp F Fognini413 nbsp R Albot1601 nbsp F Delbonis666 nbsp F Delbonis6266 nbsp F Delbonis46366 nbsp P Andujar45666 nbsp P Andujar616324 nbsp D Thiem67344Section 7 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round5 nbsp S Tsitsipas7866 nbsp J Chardy66315 nbsp S Tsitsipas666 nbsp S Korda422 nbsp P Martinez343 nbsp P Martinez6665 nbsp S Tsitsipas56776Q nbsp M Marterer416331 nbsp J Isner73631 nbsp F Krajinovic6677 nbsp F Krajinovic66165 nbsp S Querrey623431 nbsp J Isner7867731 nbsp J Isner77665 nbsp S Tsitsipas667LL nbsp F Cerundolo34312 nbsp P Carreno Busta325 nbsp T Monteiro666 nbsp T Monteiro3776263 a, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
