2021 Australian Open

On 17 December 2020, Tennis Australia announced this edition of Australian Open would be pushed by three weeks from the original 18 January 2021 start to 8 February, impacting players from Europe and the Americas with being picked up to a selected number of charter flights each to Melbourne. The Victoria State Government would allow a mandatory 14-day quarantine on players with COVID-19 safety precautions in place before the warm-up events start on 31 January and alternate tournaments being held in place the week before the tournament.[3]

For the first time in Grand Slam history, Qualifying matches were held outside the country due to Australia's quarantine restrictions. The men's and women's matches were held in Doha, Qatar and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, respectively, from 10–13 January.[4][5] The 8 February start will give qualifiers and eight potential lucky losers have their time to travel to Australia and allow to quarantine upon arrival.[6]

On 30 January 2021, Victorian sports minister Martin Pakula announced that the number of spectators will be limited to 30,000 per day during most of the tournament, which is around 50 percent of normal spectator capacity. The last five days of the tournament will have up to 25,000 spectators per day.[7]

On 4 February 2021, all of the scheduled day's events leading up to the tournament, including the ATP Cup and warm-ups, had to be suspended after a 26-year-old man working at the hotel players were quarantining at tested positive for the virus. Victorian premier Daniel Andrews stated that the 8 February start would not be affected due to the schedule change. The day's events would have been as scheduled moved to 5 February, and as well with the draw ceremony of men's and women's singles draws.[8]

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles: Gaël Monfils [10], Benoît Paire [25]
  • Women's Singles: Angelique Kerber [23], Alison Riske [24], Wang Qiang [30]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 1st Round	Naomi Osaka [3]	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–1, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st Round	Serena Williams [10]	Laura Siegemund	6–1, 6–1
Men's Singles 1st Round	Dominic Thiem [3]	Mikhail Kukushkin	7–6(7–2), 6–2, 6–3
Women's Singles 1st Round	Simona Halep [2]	Lizette Cabrera [WC]	6–2, 6–1
Men's Singles 1st Round	Novak Djokovic [1]	Jérémy Chardy	6–3, 6–1, 6–2
Matches on Margaret Court Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 1st Round	Venus Williams	Kirsten Flipkens	7–5, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st Round	Bernarda Pera	Angelique Kerber [23]	6–0, 6–4
Men's Singles 1st Round	Alexander Zverev [6]	Marcos Giron	6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–5), 6–3, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st Round	Petra Kvitová [9]	Greet Minnen [Q]	6–3, 6–4
Men's Singles 1st Round	Denis Shapovalov [11]	Jannik Sinner	3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Matches on John Cain Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 1st Round	Stan Wawrinka [17]	Pedro Sousa	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Women's Singles 1st Round	Ajla Tomljanović	Misaki Doi	6–1, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st Round	Bianca Andreescu [8]	Mihaela Buzărnescu [LL]	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st Round	Nick Kyrgios	Frederico Ferreira Silva [Q]	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Matches on 1573 Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 1st Round	Milos Raonic [14]	Federico Coria	6–3, 6–3, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st Round	Iga Świątek [15]	Arantxa Rus	6–1, 6–3
Women's Singles 1st Round	Ons Jabeur [27]	Andrea Petkovic	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Men's Singles 1st Round	Pablo Carreño Busta [15]	Kei Nishikori	7–5, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Coloured background indicates a night match
Day matches began at 11 am (12 pm on John Cain Arena), whilst Night matches began at 7 pm AEDT

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles: Roberto Bautista Agut [12], David Goffin [13], Hubert Hurkacz [26], Dan Evans [30]
  • Women's Singles: Victoria Azarenka [12], Johanna Konta [13], Petra Martić [16], Maria Sakkari [20], Zhang Shuai [31]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 1st Round	Sofia Kenin [4]	Maddison Inglis [WC]	7–5, 6–4
Women's Singles 1st Round	Elina Svitolina [5]	Marie Bouzková	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Men's Singles 1st Round	Rafael Nadal [2]	Laslo Đere	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
Women's Singles 1st Round	Ashleigh Barty [1]	Danka Kovinić	6–0, 6–0
Men's Singles 1st Round	Stefanos Tsitsipas [5]	Gilles Simon	6–1, 6–2, 6–1
Matches on Margaret Court Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 1st Round	Garbiñe Muguruza [14]	Margarita Gasparyan [LL]	6–4, 6–0
Women's Singles 1st Round	Jessica Pegula	Victoria Azarenka [12]	7–5, 6–4
Men's Singles 1st Round	Daniil Medvedev [4]	Vasek Pospisil	6–2, 6–2, 6–4
Men's Singles 1st Round	Matteo Berrettini [9]	Kevin Anderson	7–6(11–9), 7–5, 6–3
Women's Singles 1st Round	Daria Gavrilova [WC]	Sara Sorribes Tormo	6–1, 7–5
Matches on John Cain Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 1st Round	Andrey Rublev [7]	Yannick Hanfmann	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Women's Singles 1st Round	Coco Gauff	Jil Teichmann	6–3, 6–2
Men's Singles 1st Round	Alex de Minaur [21]	Tennys Sandgren	7–5, 6–1, 6–1
Women's Singles 1st Round	Samantha Stosur [WC]	Destanee Aiava [WC]	6–4, 6–4
Matches on 1573 Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 1st Round	Belinda Bencic [11]	Lauren Davis	6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Men's Singles 1st Round	Radu Albot	Roberto Bautista Agut [12]	6–7(1–7), 6–0, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Women's Singles 1st Round	Karolína Plíšková [6]	Jasmine Paolini	6–0, 6–2
Men's Singles 1st Round	Casper Ruud [24]	Jordan Thompson	6–3, 6–3, 2–1, ret.
Coloured background indicates a night match
Day matches began at 11 am (12 pm on John Cain Arena), whilst Night matches began at 7 pm AEDT

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles: Stan Wawrinka [17], Ugo Humbert [29]
  • Women's Singles: Bianca Andreescu [8], Petra Kvitová [9], Elena Rybakina [17]
  • Men's Doubles: Henri Kontinen / Édouard Roger-Vasselin [11]
  • Women's Doubles: Duan Yingying / Zheng Saisai [8], Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai [10]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Hsieh Su-wei	Bianca Andreescu [8]	6–3, 6–2
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Serena Williams [10]	Nina Stojanović	6–3, 6–0
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Novak Djokovic [1]	Frances Tiafoe	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Naomi Osaka [3]	Caroline Garcia	6–2, 6–3
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Alexander Zverev [6]	Maxime Cressy [Q]	7–5, 6–4, 6–3
Matches on Margaret Court Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Aryna Sabalenka [7]	Daria Kasatkina	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Sorana Cîrstea	Petra Kvitová [9]	6–4, 1–6, 6–1
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Dominic Thiem [3]	Dominik Koepfer	6–4, 6–0, 6–2
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Simona Halep [2]	Ajla Tomljanović	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Grigor Dimitrov [18] vs. Alex Bolt [WC]
Matches on John Cain Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Márton Fucsovics	Stan Wawrinka [17]	7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 2–6, 7–6(11–9)
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Sara Errani [Q]	Venus Williams	6–1, 6–0
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Iga Świątek [15]	Camila Giorgi	6–2, 6–4
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Nick Kyrgios	Ugo Humbert [29]	5–7, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Matches on 1573 Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Markéta Vondroušová [19]	Rebecca Marino [Q]	6–1, 7–5
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Diego Schwartzman [8]	Alexandre Müller [LL]	6–2, 6–0, 6–3
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Garbiñe Muguruza [14]	Liudmila Samsonova [Q]	6–3, 6–1
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Taylor Fritz [27]	Reilly Opelka	4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Coloured background indicates a night match
Day matches began at 11 am (12 pm on John Cain Arena), whilst Night matches began at 7 pm AEDT

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles:
  • Women's Singles:
  • Men's Doubles:
  • Women's Doubles:
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Danielle Collins vs. Karolína Plíšková [6]
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Ashleigh Barty [1] vs. Daria Gavrilova [WC]
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Stefanos Tsitsipas [5] vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis [WC]
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Coco Gauff vs. Elina Svitolina [5]
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Michael Mmoh [Q] vs. Rafael Nadal [2]
Matches on Margaret Court Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Belinda Bencic [11] vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Sofia Kenin [4] vs. Kaia Kanepi
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Tomáš Macháč [Q] vs. Matteo Berrettini [9]
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Pablo Cuevas vs. Alex de Minaur [21]
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Jessica Pegula vs. Samantha Stosur [WC]
Matches on John Cain Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Andrey Rublev [7] vs. Thiago Monteiro
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Anett Kontaveit [21] vs. Heather Watson
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Fabio Fognini [16] vs. Salvatore Caruso
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Roberto Carballés Baena vs. Daniil Medvedev [4]
Matches on 1573 Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Zhu Lin vs. Elise Mertens [18]
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Karen Khachanov [19] vs. Ričardas Berankis
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Jennifer Brady [22] vs. Madison Brengle
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Mayar Sherif [Q] vs. Kaja Juvan [Q]
Coloured background indicates a night match
Day matches began at 11 am (12 pm on John Cain Arena), whilst Night matches began at 7 pm AEDT

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points won in 2020	Points won in 2021	Points after	Status
1	1	Novak Djokovic	12,030	2,000	90	12,030	Third round vs. Taylor Fritz [27]
2	2	Rafael Nadal	9,850	360	45	9,850	Second round vs. Michael Mmoh
3	3	Dominic Thiem	9,125	1,200	90	9,125	Third round vs. Nick Kyrgios
4	4	Daniil Medvedev	8,695	180	45	8,695	Second round vs. Roberto Carballés Baena
5	6	Stefanos Tsitsipas	5,940	90	45	5,940	Second round vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis [WC]
6	7	Alexander Zverev	5,615	720	90	5,615	Third round vs. Adrian Mannarino [32]
7	8	Andrey Rublev	4,429	180	45	4,429	Second round vs. Thiago Monteiro
8	9	Diego Schwartzman	3,455	180	90	3,455	Third round vs. Aslan Karatsev [Q]
9	10	Matteo Berrettini	3,345	45	45	3,345	Second round vs. Tomáš Macháč [Q]
10	11	Gaël Monfils	2,860	180	10	2,860	First round lost to Emil Ruusuvuori
11	12	Denis Shapovalov	2,830	10	90	2,910	Third round vs. Félix Auger-Aliassime [20]
12	13	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,710	90	10	2,710	First round lost to Radu Albot
13	15	David Goffin	2,600	90	10	2,600	First round lost to Alexei Popyrin [WC]
14	14	Milos Raonic	2,630	360	90	2,630	Third round vs. Márton Fucsovics
15	16	Pablo Carreño Busta	2,585	90	90	2,585	Third round vs.
16	17	Fabio Fognini	2,535	180	45	2,535	Second round vs. Salvatore Caruso
17	18	Stan Wawrinka	2,365	360	45	2,365	Second round lost to Márton Fucsovics
18	21	Grigor Dimitrov	2,260	45	45	2,260	Second round vs. Alex Bolt [WC]
19	20	Karen Khachanov	2,290	90	45	2,290	Second round vs. Ričardas Berankis
20	19	Félix Auger-Aliassime	2,346	10	90	2,426	Third round vs. Denis Shapovalov [11]
21	23	Alex de Minaur	2,065	–	45	2,110	Second round vs. Pablo Cuevas
22	25	Borna Ćorić	1,855	10	45	1,890	Second round vs. Mackenzie McDonald [PR]
23	27	Dušan Lajović	1,785	90	90	1,785	Third round vs. Pedro Martinez
24	28	Casper Ruud	1,739	10	45	1,774	Second round vs. Tommy Paul
25	29	Benoît Paire	1,738	45	10	1,738	First round lost to Egor Gerasimov
26	30	Hubert Hurkacz	1,735	45	10	1,735	First round lost to Mikael Ymer
27	31	Taylor Fritz	1,695	90	90	1,695	Third round vs. Novak Djokovic [1]
28	33	Filip Krajinović	1,673	45	45	1,673	Second round vs. Pablo Andújar
29	34	Ugo Humbert	1,671	10	45	1,706	Second round vs. Nick Kyrgios
30	26	Dan Evans	1,794	45	10	1,794	First round lost to Cameron Norrie
31	35	Lorenzo Sonego	1,588	10	45	1,623	Second round vs. Feliciano López
32	36	Adrian Mannarino	1,561	10	90	1,641	Third round vs. Alexander Zverev [6]

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points 2020	Points after	Withdrawal reason
5	Roger Federer	6,630	720	6,630	Personal reasons[10]
22	Cristian Garín	2,180	45	2,180	Wrist injury
24	John Isner	1,850	45	1,850	Personal reasons[11]

• Rankings are as of 18 January 2021.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points won in 2020	Points won in 2021	Points after	Status
1	1	Ashleigh Barty	9,186	780	70	9,186	Second round vs. Daria Gavrilova [WC]
2	2	Simona Halep	7,255	780	130	7,255	Third round vs. Veronika Kudermetova [32]
3	3	Naomi Osaka	5,965	130	130	5,965	Third round vs. Ons Jabeur [27]
4	4	Sofia Kenin	5,760	2,000	70	5,760	Second round vs. Kaia Kanepi
5	5	Elina Svitolina	5,260	130	70	5,260	Second round vs. Coco Gauff
6	6	Karolína Plíšková	5,205	130	70	5,205	Second round vs. Danielle Collins
7	7	Aryna Sabalenka	4,580	10	130	4,700	Third round vs. Ann Li
8	9	Bianca Andreescu	4,555	–	70	4,625	Second round lost to Hsieh Su-wei
9	8	Petra Kvitová	4,571	430	70	4,571	Second round lost to Sorana Cîrstea
10	11	Serena Williams	4,265	130	130	4,265	Third round vs. Anastasia Potapova
11	12	Belinda Bencic	4,010	130	70	4,010	Second round vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova
12	13	Victoria Azarenka	3,525	–	10	3,535	First round lost to Jessica Pegula
13	15	Johanna Konta	3,206	10	10	3,206	First round retired to Kaja Juvan [Q]
14	14	Garbiñe Muguruza	3,320	1,300	130	3,320	Third round vs. Zarina Diyas
15	17	Iga Świątek	3,015	240	130	3,015	Third round vs. Fiona Ferro
16	19	Petra Martić	2,850	70	10	2,850	First round lost to Olga Danilović [Q]
17	21	Elena Rybakina	2,718	130	70	2,718	Second round lost to Fiona Ferro
18	16	Elise Mertens	3,060	240	70	3,060	Second round vs. Zhu Lin
19	20	Markéta Vondroušová	2,722	10	130	2,842	Third round vs. Sorana Cîrstea
20	23	Maria Sakkari	2,570	240	10	2,570	First round lost to Kristina Mladenovic
21	22	Anett Kontaveit	2,575	430	70	2,575	Second round vs. Heather Watson
22	24	Jennifer Brady	2,475	10	70	2,535	Second round vs. Madison Brengle
23	25	Angelique Kerber	2,370	240	10	2,370	First round lost to Bernarda Pera
24	26	Alison Riske	2,256	240	10	2,256	First round lost to Anastasia Potapova
25	27	Karolína Muchová	2,135	70	70	2,135	Second round vs. Mona Barthel [PR]
26	28	Yulia Putintseva	2,015	130	70	2,015	Second round vs. Alison Van Uytvanck
27	30	Ons Jabeur	1,915	430	130	1,915	Third round vs. Naomi Osaka [3]
28	33	Donna Vekić	1,880	130	70	1,880	Second round vs. Nadia Podoroska
29	32	Ekaterina Alexandrova	1,900	130	70	1,900	Second round vs. Barbora Krejčíková
30	34	Wang Qiang	1,735	240	10	1,735	First round lost to Sara Errani [Q]
31	35	Zhang Shuai	1,693	130	10	1,693	First round lost to Ann Li
32	36	Veronika Kudermetova	1,680	10	130	1,800	Third round vs. Simona Halep [2]

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points 2020	Points after	Withdrawal reason
10	Kiki Bertens	4,505	240	4,505	Foot injury
18	Madison Keys	2,962	130	2,962	Tested positive for coronavirus[12]
29	Dayana Yastremska	1,925	70	1,925	Suspension by the ITF[13]
31	Amanda Anisimova	1,905	10	1,905	Tested positive for coronavirus[14]

• Rankings are as of 18 January 2021.

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Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event.

The Australian Open total prize money for 2021 will be increased by 12.7% to a tournament record A$80,000,000.

¹Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money.
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