2021 ATP Cup

The 2021 ATP Cup was the second edition of the ATP Cup, an international outdoor hard court men's tennis tournament held by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). It was held with 12 teams at Melbourne Park in Australia, from 2 to 7 February 2021.[1][2]

2021 ATP Cup
Date2–7 February
Edition2nd
CategoryATP Cup
Draw12 teams
Prize money$4,500,000
SurfaceHard
LocationMelbourne, Australia
VenueMelbourne Park
Champions
 Russia

It was originally supposed to take place with 12 teams in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney from 1 to 10 January 2021, but was changed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

After a COVID-19 case at a tournament quarantine hotel, all matches scheduled for 4 February were suspended.[4]

Team Serbia was the defending champion, but got eliminated in the group stage. Team Russia won the tournament, defeating Italy 2–0 in the final.[5][6]

ATP ranking points

TypePlayer
ranked
RoundPoints per win vs. opponent ranked
No. 1–10No. 11–20No. 21–30No. 31–50No. 51–100No. 101–250No. 251+
SinglesNo. 1–250 Final220180140100754530
Semifinals15013010070453020
Group stage75655035252015
No. 251+ Final554530
Semifinals453020
Group stage251510
DoublesAny Final100
Semifinals75
Group stage50
  • Maximum 500 points for undefeated singles player, 250 points for doubles.[7]

Entries

11 countries qualified based on the ATP Ranking of its highest-ranked singles player on 4 January 2021 and their commitment to play the event. Host country Australia received a wild card.[8][9] Switzerland was withdrawn as a qualifying country after 5th rated Roger Federer withdrew from the event due to a knee injury.[10]

# Nation No. 1 player Rank No. 2 player Rank No. 3 player No. 4 player Captain
1  SerbiaNovak Djokovic1Dušan Lajović26Filip KrajinovićNikola ĆaćićViktor Troicki
2  SpainRafael Nadal2Roberto Bautista Agut13Pablo Carreño BustaMarcel GranollersPepe Vendrell
3  AustriaDominic Thiem3Dennis Novak100Philipp OswaldTristan-Samuel WeissbornWolfgang Thiem
4  RussiaDaniil Medvedev4Andrey Rublev8Aslan KaratsevEvgeny DonskoyEvgeny Donskoy
5  GreeceStefanos Tsitsipas6Michail Pervolarakis462Markos KalovelonisPetros TsitsipasApostolos Tsitsipas
6  GermanyAlexander Zverev7Jan-Lennard Struff37Kevin KrawietzAndreas MiesMischa Zverev
7  ArgentinaDiego Schwartzman9Guido Pella44Horacio ZeballosMáximo GonzálezDiego Schwartzman
8  ItalyMatteo Berrettini10Fabio Fognini17Simone BolelliAndrea VavassoriVincenzo Santopadre
9  JapanKei Nishikori10 (PR)Yoshihito Nishioka57Ben McLachlanToshihide MatsuiMax Mirnyi
10  FranceGaël Monfils11Benoît Paire28Nicolas MahutÉdouard Roger-VasselinRichard Ruckelshausen
11  CanadaDenis Shapovalov12Milos Raonic14Steven DiezPeter PolanskyPeter Polansky
12 (WC)  AustraliaAlex de Minaur23John Millman38John PeersLuke SavilleLleyton Hewitt
  • Rankings are as of 1 February 2021.

Group stage

The 12 teams were divided into four groups of three teams each in a round-robin format. The winners of each group will qualify for the semifinals.[3]

Qualified for the knockout stage
Eliminated

Overview

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Group First place Second place Third place
NationTMS NationTMS NationTMS
A  Germany2–04–210–7  Serbia1–13–38–7  Canada0–22–45–9
B  Spain1–14–28–3  Greece1–13–35–6  Australia1–12–45–9
C  Italy2–04–28–4  France1–13–36–4  Austria0–22–42–8
D  Russia2–04–29–4  Argentina1–14–28–5  Japan0–21–53–11

Group A

Pos. Country Ties Matches Sets S % Games G %
1  Germany 2–0 4–2 10–7 58.8 88–87 50.3
2  Serbia 1–1 3–3 8–7 53.3 80–75 51.6
3  Canada 0–2 2–4 5–9 35.7 75–81 48.1

Serbia vs. Canada


Serbia
2

2 February 2021

Canada
1
1 2 3
1
Dušan Lajović
Milos Raonic
3
6
4
6
   
2
Novak Djokovic
Denis Shapovalov
7
5
7
5
   
3
Novak Djokovic / Filip Krajinović
Milos Raonic / Denis Shapovalov
7
5
77
64
   

Germany vs. Canada


Germany
2

3 February 2021

Canada
1
1 2 3
1
Jan-Lennard Struff
Milos Raonic
77
64
77
62
   
2
Alexander Zverev
Denis Shapovalov
65
77
6
3
77
64
 
3
Kevin Krawietz / Jan-Lennard Struff
Steven Diez / Peter Polansky
64
77
78
66
[3]
[10]
 

Serbia vs. Germany


Serbia
1

5 February 2021

Germany
2
1 2 3
1
Dušan Lajović
Jan-Lennard Struff
6
3
3
6
4
6
 
2
Novak Djokovic
Alexander Zverev
63
77
6
2
7
5
 
3
Nikola Ćaćić / Novak Djokovic
Jan-Lennard Struff / Alexander Zverev
64
77
7
5
[7]
[10]
 

Group B

Pos. Country Ties Matches Sets S % Games G %
1  Spain 1–1 4–2 8–3 72.7 63–50 55.8
2  Greece 1–1 3–3 5–6 45.5 48–53 47.5
3  Australia 1–1 2–4 5–9 35.7 60–68 46.9

Spain vs. Australia


Spain
3

2 February 2021

Australia
0
1 2 3
1
Pablo Carreño Busta
John Millman
6
2
6
4
   
2
Roberto Bautista Agut
Alex de Minaur
4
6
6
4
6
4
 
3
Pablo Carreño Busta / Marcel Granollers
John Peers / Luke Saville
6
4
7
5
   

Greece vs. Australia


Greece
1

3 February 2021

Australia
2
1 2 3
1
Michail Pervolarakis
John Millman
2
6
3
6
   
2
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Alex de Minaur
6
3
7
5
   
3
Michail Pervolarakis / Stefanos Tsitsipas
John Peers / Luke Saville
3
6
6
4
[5]
[10]
 

Spain vs. Greece


Spain
1

5 February 2021

Greece
2
1 2 3
1
Pablo Carreño Busta
Michail Pervolarakis
6
3
6
4
   
2
Roberto Bautista Agut
Stefanos Tsitsipas
5
7
5
7
   
3
Pablo Carreño Busta / Marcel Granollers
Markos Kalovelonis / Stefanos Tsitsipas
0
1
    retired
 

Note: By ATP Cup rules retired match is not counting into percentage of sets and games.

Group C

Pos. Country Ties Matches Sets S % Games G %
1  Italy 2–0 4–2 8–4 66.7 61–48 56.0
2  France 1–1 3–3 6–4 60.0 50–46 52.1
3  Austria 0–2 2–4 2–8 20.0 37–54 40.7

Austria vs. Italy


Austria
1

2 February 2021

Italy
2
1 2 3
1
Dennis Novak
Fabio Fognini
6
3
6
2
   
2
Dominic Thiem
Matteo Berrettini
2
6
4
6
   
3
Dennis Novak / Dominic Thiem
Matteo Berrettini / Fabio Fognini
1
6
4
6
   

Italy vs. France


Italy
2

3 February 2021

France
1
1 2 3
1
Fabio Fognini
Benoît Paire
6
1
77
62
   
2
Matteo Berrettini
Gaël Monfils
6
4
6
2
   
3
Simone Bolelli / Andrea Vavassori
Nicolas Mahut / Édouard Roger-Vasselin
3
6
4
6
   

Austria vs. France


Austria
1

5 February 2021

France
2
1 2 3
1
Dennis Novak
Nicolas Mahut
62
77
2
6
   
2
Dominic Thiem
Benoît Paire
6
1
0
0
   
retired
3
Philipp Oswald / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
Nicolas Mahut / Édouard Roger-Vasselin
3
6
3
6
   

Note: By ATP Cup rules retired match is not counting into percentage of sets and games.

Group D

Pos. Country Ties Matches Sets S % Games G %
1  Russia 2–0 4–2 9–4 69.2 68–45 60.2
2  Argentina 1–1 4–2 8–5 61.5 67–56 54.5
3  Japan 0–2 1–5 3–11 21.4 42–76 35.6

Russia vs. Argentina


Russia
2

2 February 2021

Argentina
1
1 2 3
1
Andrey Rublev
Guido Pella
6
1
6
2
   
2
Daniil Medvedev
Diego Schwartzman
7
5
6
3
   
3
Aslan Karatsev / Andrey Rublev
Máximo González / Horacio Zeballos
4
6
64
77
   

Russia vs. Japan


Russia
2

3 February 2021

Japan
1
1 2 3
1
Andrey Rublev
Yoshihito Nishioka
6
1
6
3
   
2
Daniil Medvedev
Kei Nishikori
6
2
6
4
   
3
Evgeny Donskoy / Aslan Karatsev
Ben McLachlan / Yoshihito Nishioka
6
4
3
6
[10]
[12]
 

Argentina vs. Japan


Argentina
3

6 February 2021

Japan
0
1 2 3
1
Guido Pella
Yoshihito Nishioka
6
3
77
64
   
2
Diego Schwartzman
Kei Nishikori
6
1
64
77
6
0
 
3
Máximo González / Horacio Zeballos
Toshihide Matsui / Ben McLachlan
6
2
6
2
   

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
      
6  Germany 1
4  Russia 2
4  Russia 2
8  Italy 0
8  Italy 3
2  Spain 0

Germany vs. Russia


Germany
1

6 February 2021

Russia
2
1 2 3
1
Jan-Lennard Struff
Andrey Rublev
6
3
1
6
2
6
 
2
Alexander Zverev
Daniil Medvedev
6
3
3
6
5
7
 
3
Kevin Krawietz / Jan-Lennard Struff
Evgeny Donskoy / Aslan Karatsev
6
3
77
62
   

Italy vs. Spain


Italy
3

6 February 2021

Spain
0
1 2 3
1
Fabio Fognini
Pablo Carreño Busta
6
2
1
6
6
4
 
2
Matteo Berrettini
Roberto Bautista Agut
6
3
7
5
   
3
Simone Bolelli / Andrea Vavassori
Pablo Carreño Busta / Marcel Granollers
      w/o
 

Russia vs. Italy


Russia
2

7 February 2021[5]

Italy
0
1 2 3
1
Andrey Rublev
Fabio Fognini
6
1
6
2
   
2
Daniil Medvedev
Matteo Berrettini
6
4
6
2
   
3
Evgeny Donskoy / Aslan Karatsev
Simone Bolelli / Andrea Vavassori
      not
played

References

  1. "ATP Announces Updated Start To 2021 Calendar". ATP Tour. 16 December 2020.
  2. "Shortened ATP Cup coming after men's tour confirms Australian Open dates". The Age. 17 December 2020.
  3. "ATP Cup 2021 Confirmed For February". ATP Cup. 19 December 2020.
  4. "Play Suspended At Melbourne Park Thursday". ATP Tour. 3 February 2021.
  5. "Marvellous Medvedev fires Russia to ATP Cup win". Reuters. 7 February 2021.
  6. "Daniil Medvedev lifts Russia past Italy for ATP Cup title". ESPN. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  7. "ATP Cup 2021 FAQ". ATP Tour. 4 January 2021.
  8. "Djokovic, Nadal Lead Field For 2021 ATP Cup". ATP Tour. 4 January 2021.
  9. "ATP Cup Standings". ATP Tour. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  10. "Roger Federer will not be back before late February". Le 10 Sport. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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