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. It was his second French Open title and 19th major title overall. Djokovic became the first man to achieve the double career Grand Slam in the Open Era, 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. Tsitsipas was the first Greek to reach a major final. 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. It was the first time since 2004 that the final went to five sets; on that occasion, Gastón Gaudio also came from two sets down to win the title. The final was a rematch of the previous year's semifinal match, also won by Djokovic.

Rafael Nadal was the four-time defending champion, but lost to Djokovic in the semifinals in a rematch of the previous year's final. 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. Djokovic became the only man to defeat Nadal twice at the French Open, and the only man to win the title after defeating him. It was the pair's record-extending 58th meeting.

Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev were in contention for the world No. 1 ranking; Djokovic retained the top position after Medvedev lost in the quarterfinals.

Nadal and Roger Federer were attempting to win a record-breaking 21st major title and become the outright leader in the men's singles major tally. Federer, like Djokovic, was attempting to become the first man in the Open Era to achieve the double career Grand Slam; this would be the 2009 champion's last French Open appearance. This was the only time that the Big Three, the three most successful men's singles major champions of all time, were in the same half of the draw at a major.

For the first time in the Open Era, no French players reached the third round. Thiem's first-round defeat guaranteed a new French Open finalist from the bottom half of the draw; Tsitsipas ultimately emerged as that finalist.

This marked the French Open debut of future two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz, who lost in the third round to Jan-Lennard Struff. He was the youngest player to win a match at the French Open since Djokovic in 2005, and the youngest to reach the third round since Andrei Medvedev in 1992.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 24 May 2021. Rankings and points before are as of 31 May 2021. Because the tournament was moved a week, points of the week of 10 June 2019 include results from Stuttgart and 's-Hertogenbosch.

As announced by the ATP in March 2021, tournaments from 4 March to 4 August 2019 points due to COVID ranking adjustments will count 50%, including their 2020 points whichever is greater. 2019 points which are higher will still be dropped as normal. Accordingly, the higher of each player's 2019 or 2020 points will be replaced by his 2021 points at the end of the tournament. Note that this is a different ranking adjustment system than the one being used by the WTA for the women's event.

SeedRankPlayerPoints before2019 points2020 pointsPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Novak Djokovic 11,313 720 1,200 2,000 12,113 Champion, defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 2 2 Daniil Medvedev 9,793 10+10 10 360 10,143Quarterfinal lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas 3 3 Rafael Nadal 9,630 2,000 2,000 720 8,630 Semifinal lost to Novak Djokovic 4 4 Dominic Thiem 8,445 1,200 360 10 7,425 First round lost to Pablo Andújar 5 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas 7,500 180+10 720 1,200 7,980 Runner-up, lost to Novak Djokovic 6 6 Alexander Zverev 6,990 360 180 720 7,350 Semifinals lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas 7 7 Andrey Rublev 6,090 0 360 10 5,910 First round lost to Jan-Lennard Struff 8 8 Roger Federer 5,605 720 0 180 5,065 Fourth round withdrew due to physical condition concerns 9 9 Matteo Berrettini 3,958 45+250 90 360 4,103 Quarterfinal lost to Novak Djokovic 10 10 Diego Schwartzman 3,465 45 720 360 3,105 Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal 11 11 Roberto Bautista Agut 3,215 90 90 45 3,170 Second round lost to Henri Laaksonen [Q] 12 12 Pablo Carreño Busta 3,085 90 360 180 2,905 Fourth round lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas 13 13 David Goffin 2,875 90+45 10 10 2,830 First round lost to Lorenzo Musetti 14 15 Gaël Monfils 2,713 180+20 10 45 2,568 Second round lost to Mikael Ymer 15 16 Casper Ruud 2,690 90 90 90 2,690 Third round lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 16 17 Grigor Dimitrov 2,521 90 180 10 2,431 First round retired against Marcos Giron 17 18 Milos Raonic 2,518 0+90 0 0 2,473 Withdrew for personal reasons 18 19 Jannik Sinner 2,500 (48)† 360 180 2,320 Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal 19 20 Hubert Hurkacz 2,498 10 10 10 2,533 First round lost to Botic van de Zandschulp [Q] 20 21 Félix Auger-Aliassime 2,423 0+150 10 10 2,423 First round lost to Andreas Seppi 21 22 Alex de Minaur 2,350 45+45 10 45 2,350 Second round lost to Marco Cecchinato 22 23 Cristian Garín 2,350 45+45 90 180 2,440 Fourth round lost to Daniil Medvedev 23 25 Karen Khachanov 2,280 360+10 180 45 2,010 Second round lost to Kei Nishikori 24 26 Aslan Karatsev 2,245 (18)† 16 45 2,274 Second round lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber [PR] 25 27 Dan Evans 2,195 10+125 10 10 2,106 First round lost to Miomir Kecmanović 26 28 Lorenzo Sonego 2,132 10 180 10 2,042 First round lost to Lloyd Harris 27 29 Fabio Fognini 1,933 180 10 90 1,843 Third round lost to Federico Delbonis 28 31 Nikoloz Basilashvili 1,785 10+10 10 45 1,820 Second round lost to Carlos Alcaraz [Q] 29 32 Ugo Humbert 1,780 10 10 10 1,815 First round lost to Ričardas Berankis 30 33 Taylor Fritz 1,760 45 90 45 1,715 Second round lost to Dominik Koepfer 31 34 John Isner 1,730 0 45 90 1,775 Third round lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas 32 35 Reilly Opelka 1,726 10 10 90 1,806 Third round lost to Daniil Medvedev † The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019. Therefore, this represents his points from the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour.

Withdrawn players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Rank PlayerPoints before2019 points2020 pointsPoints lostPoints after Withdrawal reason 14 Denis Shapovalov 2,780 10 45 – 2,780 Shoulder injury 24 Stan Wawrinka 2,281 360 90 315 1,966 Foot injury 30 Borna Ćorić 1,870 90+90 10 112 1,758 Shoulder surgery

Other entry information

Wild cards The following players were awarded wild cards into the main draw.

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Withdrawals

‡ – withdrew from entry list § – withdrew from main draw

Championship match statistics CategoryDjokovicTsitsipas1st serve %91 of 134 = 68% 109 of 177 = 62%Aces 514Double faults3 4Winners 56 61Unforced errors41 44Winners − Unforced errors +15 +17Winning % on 1st serve71 of 91 = 78% 73 of 109 = 67%Winning % on 2nd serve23 of 43 = 53% 34 of 68 = 50%Receiving points won70 of 177 = 40% 40 of 134 = 30%Break point conversions 5 of 16 = 31% 3 of 8 = 38%Net points won19 of 30 = 63% 19 of 31 = 61%Total points won164 147Fastest serve Average 1st serve speed Average 2nd serve speed Source

Explanatory notes

References

External links Main draw 2021 French Open – Men's draws at the Roland Garros 2021 French Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation