2021 Italian Open – Men's doubles

Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić defeated Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in the final, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4), to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2021 Italian Open. The second seeds did not drop a set en route to their third ATP Tour Masters 1000 victory together and their sixth title overall of the season. The all-Croatian pair also became the second doubles team to have reached the finals of the first four Masters 1000 tournaments in a season after the Bryan brothers, who last accomplished the feat in 2018. Ram and Salisbury were competing for their first title of the season and their fourth title together.^[1][2]

Men's doubles
2021 Italian Open
Final
Champions	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić
Runners-up	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury
Score	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Events
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Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions,^[3] but they lost in the quarterfinals to Ram and Salisbury.^[4]

Seeds

1.   Juan Sebastián Cabal /   Robert Farah (first round)
2.   Nikola Mektić /   Mate Pavić (champions)
3.   Ivan Dodig /   Filip Polášek (second round)
4.   Marcel Granollers /   Horacio Zeballos (quarterfinals)
5.   Rajeev Ram /   Joe Salisbury (final)
6.   Jamie Murray /   Bruno Soares (first round)
7.   Wesley Koolhof /   Jean-Julien Rojer (quarterfinals)
8.   Kevin Krawietz /   Horia Tecău (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• 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

	Semifinals							Final
	Alt	Marcelo Arévalo   Matwé Middelkoop	4	4
	5	Rajeev Ram   Joe Salisbury	6	6
								5	Rajeev Ram   Joe Salisbury	4	6^4
								2	Nikola Mektić   Mate Pavić	6	7^7
		John Peers   Michael Venus	6^5	6^4
	2	Nikola Mektić   Mate Pavić	7^7	7^7

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	JS Cabal   R Farah	6^7	4
	WC	F Fognini   L Musetti	7^9	6				WC	F Fognini   L Musetti	6^4	7^7	[9]
	Alt	M Arévalo   M Middelkoop	6	6				Alt	M Arévalo   M Middelkoop	7^7	6^5	[11]
		D Evans   N Skupski	3	2											Alt	M Arévalo   M Middelkoop	2	7^7	[10]
	Alt	A Behar   G Escobar	3	7	[16]										7	W Koolhof   J-J Rojer	6	6^3	[5]
		H Kontinen   É Roger-Vasselin	6	5	[14]			Alt	A Behar   G Escobar	6	3	[8]
	WC	M Cecchinato   S Travaglia	6	1	[7]			7	W Koolhof   J-J Rojer	4	6	[10]
	7	W Koolhof   J-J Rojer	4	6	[10]																	Alt	M Arévalo   M Middelkoop	4	4
	4	M Granollers   H Zeballos	6	7																		5	R Ram   J Salisbury	6	6
		A Molteni   D Schwartzman	3	5				4	M Granollers   H Zeballos	7	4	[12]
	Alt	P Tsitsipas   S Tsitsipas	6^7	3					Ł Kubot   F Škugor	5	6	[10]
		Ł Kubot   F Škugor	7^9	6											4	M Granollers   H Zeballos	6^3	6	[2]
		M González   F Martin	7^9	4	[6]										5	R Ram   J Salisbury	7^7	3	[10]
		R Klaasen   B McLachlan	6^7	6	[10]				R Klaasen   B McLachlan	3	2
		S Gillé   J Vliegen	3	6	[10]			5	R Ram   J Salisbury	6	6
	5	R Ram   J Salisbury	6	2	[12]

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	K Krawietz   H Tecău	6	6
		M Čilić   M Melo	4	2				8	K Krawietz   H Tecău	6	6
		M Purcell   L Saville	7	6^5	[6]			Alt	L Broady   A Murray	3	4
	Alt	L Broady   A Murray	5	7^7	[10]										8	K Krawietz   H Tecău	6^5	5
		J Peers   M Venus	7^9	7^7												J Peers   M Venus	7^7	7
		A Krajicek   O Marach	6^7	6^4					J Peers   M Venus	6	7^7
		A de Minaur   J-L Struff	6^5	7	[7]			3	I Dodig   F Polášek	1	6^2
	3	I Dodig   F Polášek	7^7	5	[10]																		J Peers   M Venus	6^5	6^4
	6	J Murray   B Soares	6	6^5	[4]																	2	N Mektić   M Pavić	7^7	7^7
		M Demoliner   D Medvedev	3	7^7	[10]				M Demoliner   D Medvedev	3	6^2
	WC	L Sonego   A Vavassori	5	6	[8]				A Mannarino   B Paire	6	7^7
		A Mannarino   B Paire	7	4	[10]											A Mannarino   B Paire	4	2
		R Bopanna   D Shapovalov	4	4											2	N Mektić   M Pavić	6	6
		M Daniell   P Oswald	6	6					M Daniell   P Oswald	6^4	6^2
		A Bublik   C Garín	4	5				2	N Mektić   M Pavić	7^7	7^7
	2	N Mektić   M Pavić	6	7

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
COL	Juan Sebastián Cabal	COL	Robert Farah	5	1
CRO	Nikola Mektić	CRO	Mate Pavić	5	2
CRO	Ivan Dodig	SVK	Filip Polášek	17	3
ESP	Marcel Granollers	ARG	Horacio Zeballos	18	4
USA	Rajeev Ram	GBR	Joe Salisbury	25	5
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	30	6
NED	Wesley Koolhof	NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	36	7
GER	Kevin Krawietz	ROU	Horia Tecău	38	8

• Rankings are as of May 3, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

•   Marco Cecchinato /   Stefano Travaglia
•   Fabio Fognini /   Lorenzo Musetti
•   Lorenzo Sonego /   Andrea Vavassori

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw as alternates:

•   Marcelo Arévalo /   Matwé Middelkoop
•   Ariel Behar /   Gonzalo Escobar
•   Liam Broady /   Andy Murray
•   Petros Tsitsipas /   Stefanos Tsitsipas

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

•   Félix Auger-Aliassime /   Hubert Hurkacz → replaced by   Liam Broady /   Andy Murray
•   Márton Fucsovics /   Casper Ruud → replaced by   Marcelo Arévalo /   Matwé Middelkoop
•   Karen Khachanov /   Andrey Rublev → replaced by   Petros Tsitsipas /   Stefanos Tsitsipas
•   Tim Pütz /   Alexander Zverev → replaced by   Ariel Behar /   Gonzalo Escobar

References

1. "Mektic/Pavic Win Sixth Trophy Of Season In Rome". Association of Tennis Professionals. 16 May 2021. from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
2. "Croatia's Mektić and Pavić now world No.1 doubles team after winning Rome Masters". Croatia Week. 16 May 2021. from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
3. "Granollers/Zeballos Earn Third Title Of 2020 In Rome". Association of Tennis Professionals. 20 September 2020. from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
4. "Ram/Salisbury Double Duty Sets Mektic/Pavic Final". Association of Tennis Professionals. 16 May 2021. from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

External links

• Main draw