2021 Eastbourne International

2021 Eastbourne International
Date	21–26 June
Edition	10th (men) 46th (women)
Category	ATP 250 (men) WTA 500 (women)
Draw	28S / 16D (men) 56S / 16D (women)
Prize money	€697,405 (men) $757,900 (women)
Surface	Grass
Location	Eastbourne, United Kingdom
Venue	Devonshire Park LTC
Champions
Men's singles
Alex de Minaur
Women's singles
Jeļena Ostapenko
Men's doubles
Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić
Women's doubles
Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara

The 2021 Eastbourne International (also known as the Viking International Eastbourne for sponsorship reasons) was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 46th edition of the event for the women and the 10th edition for the men. The tournament was classified as a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour and as an ATP Tour 250 series on the 2021 ATP Tour. The tournament took place at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, United Kingdom between 21 and 26 June 2021.^[1][2]

• Alex de Minaur def. Lorenzo Sonego, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)

• Jeļena Ostapenko def. Anett Kontaveit, 6–3, 6–3

• Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić def. Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury, 6–4, 6–3

• Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara def. Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs, 6–1, 6–4

_{*per team}

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
FRA	Gaël Monfils	16	1
AUS	Alex de Minaur	22	2
ITA	Lorenzo Sonego	26	3
GEO	Nikoloz Basilashvili	30	4
USA	Reilly Opelka	32	5
ESP	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	35	6
ESP	Albert Ramos Viñolas	38	7
KAZ	Alexander Bublik	39	8
GBR	Cameron Norrie	41	9

• ¹ Rankings are as of 14 June 2021. ^[3]

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Liam Broady
• Jay Clarke
• James Ward

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• James Duckworth
• Ilya Ivashka
• Mikhail Kukushkin
• Mikael Ymer

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Norbert Gombos
• Alastair Gray
• Kwon Soon-woo
• Max Purcell
• Andreas Seppi

• Nikoloz Basilashvili → replaced by Andreas Seppi
• Marin Čilić → replaced by Vasek Pospisil
• Laslo Đere → replaced by Alastair Gray
• Taylor Fritz → replaced by Yoshihito Nishioka
• Richard Gasquet → replaced by Max Purcell
• Aslan Karatsev → replaced by Emil Ruusuvuori
• Filip Krajinović → replaced by Egor Gerasimov
• Cameron Norrie → replaced by Norbert Gombos
• Reilly Opelka → replaced by Kwon Soon-woo
• Benoît Paire → replaced by Alexei Popyrin
• Stan Wawrinka → replaced by Aljaž Bedene

• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CRO	Nikola Mektić	CRO	Mate Pavić	3	1
COL	Juan Sebastián Cabal	COL	Robert Farah	9	2
USA	Rajeev Ram	GBR	Joe Salisbury	21	3
FRA	Fabrice Martin	FRA	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	51	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of 14 June 2021.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Lloyd Glasspool / Harri Heliövaara
• Alastair Gray / Luke Johnson

Before the tournament

• Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares → replaced by Luke Bambridge / Jamie Murray
• Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo → replaced by Alexander Bublik / Nicholas Monroe
• Marin Čilić / Ivan Dodig → replaced by Hugo Nys / Jonny O'Mara

During the tournament

• Luke Bambridge / Jamie Murray

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	4	1
UKR	Elina Svitolina	6	2
CAN	Bianca Andreescu	7	3
POL	Iga Świątek	9	4
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	10	5
SUI	Belinda Bencic	12	6
BEL	Elise Mertens	17	7
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	19	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 14 June 2021. ^[4]

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Harriet Dart
• Jeļena Ostapenko
• Samantha Stosur
• Heather Watson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Camila Giorgi
• Viktorija Golubic
• Marta Kostyuk
• Christina McHale
• Bernarda Pera
• Vera Zvonareva

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Shelby Rogers
• Anastasija Sevastova

Before the tournament

• Sofia Kenin → replaced by Donna Vekić
• Johanna Konta → replaced by Daria Kasatkina
• Donna Vekić → replaced by Shelby Rogers
• Madison Keys → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova

• Camila Giorgi (left thigh injury)
• Vera Zvonareva (left hip injury)

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Nicole Melichar	NED	Demi Schuurs	19	1
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	JPN	Ena Shibahara	28	2
CHI	Alexa Guarachi	USA	Desirae Krawczyk	33	3
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Latisha Chan	36	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of 14 June 2021.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Harriet Dart / Heather Watson

The following pairs received entry using protected rankings:

• Veronika Kudermetova / Elena Vesnina
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza
• Samantha Stosur / CoCo Vandeweghe

Before the tournament

• Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani → replaced by Hayley Carter / Nao Hibino
• Gabriela Dabrowski / Vera Zvonareva → replaced by Christina McHale / Sabrina Santamaria

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