Tennis tournament event
Men's singles Champion Cameron Norrie Runner-up Nikoloz Basilashvili Final score 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 Draw 96 (12 Q / 5 WC ) Seeds 32
2021 tennis event results
Cameron Norrie defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 Indian Wells Masters. It was his first ATP Tour Masters 1000 title, and he became the first Briton to win the title. Basilashvili became the first Georgian to reach a Masters final since Alex Metreveli in 1968, and the first player to do so representing Georgia as an independent nation.[citation needed ]
Dominic Thiem was the reigning champion from when the tournament was last held in 2019 ,[1] but he ended his season early after sustaining a wrist injury at the Mallorca Championships .[2]
With no former champions in this year's draw, a new player was guaranteed to become the Indian Wells champion.[3] [4] For the first time on the ATP Tour , all four semifinalists at a Masters 1000 were ranked outside of the top 25 of the ATP rankings .[5]
Seeds [ ]
All seeds received a bye into the second round.
0 1 . Daniil Medvedev (fourth round)
0 2 . Stefanos Tsitsipas (quarterfinals)
0 3 . Alexander Zverev (quarterfinals)
0 4 . Andrey Rublev (third round)
0 5 . Matteo Berrettini (third round)
0 6 . Casper Ruud (fourth round)
0 7 . Félix Auger-Aliassime (second round)
0 8 . Hubert Hurkacz (quarterfinals)
0 9 . Denis Shapovalov (third round)
10 . Jannik Sinner (fourth round)
11 . Diego Schwartzman (quarterfinals)
12 . Pablo Carreño Busta (third round)
13 . Cristian Garín (third round)
14 . Gaël Monfils (fourth round)
15 . Roberto Bautista Agut (third round)
16 . Reilly Opelka (third round)
17 . Lorenzo Sonego (second round)
18 . Daniel Evans (third round)
19 . Aslan Karatsev (fourth round)
20 . John Isner (third round, withdrew)
21 . Cameron Norrie (champion)
22 . Alex de Minaur (fourth round)
23 . Grigor Dimitrov (semifinals)
24 . Karen Khachanov (fourth round)
25 . Fabio Fognini (third round)
26 . Lloyd Harris (third round)
27 . Filip Krajinović (third round)
28 . Dušan Lajović (second round)
29 . Nikoloz Basilashvili (final)
30 . Carlos Alcaraz (second round)
31 . Taylor Fritz (semifinals)
32 . Sebastian Korda (second round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
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 [ ]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
23
Grigor Dimitrov
3
6
77
8
Hubert Hurkacz
6
4
62
23
Grigor Dimitrov
2
4
21
Cameron Norrie
6
6
21
Cameron Norrie
6
6
11
Diego Schwartzman
0
2
21
Cameron Norrie
3
6
6
29
Nikoloz Basilashvili
6
4
1
31
Taylor Fritz
4
6
77
3
Alexander Zverev
6
3
63
31
Taylor Fritz
65
3
29
Nikoloz Basilashvili
77
6
29
Nikoloz Basilashvili
6
2
6
2
Stefanos Tsitsipas
4
6
4
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
1
D Medvedev
6
6
M McDonald
6
6
M McDonald
4
2
J Duckworth
3
3
1
D Medvedev
6
77
M Giron
67
6
6
27
F Krajinović
2
61
Q
B van de Zandschulp
79
2
4
M Giron
62
5
27
F Krajinović
77
7
1
D Medvedev
6
4
3
23
G Dimitrov
4
6
6
23
G Dimitrov
6
6
D Altmaier
6
6
D Altmaier
4
2
S Querrey
2
4
23
G Dimitrov
6
6
PR
P Kohlschreiber
2
4
16
R Opelka
3
4
T Daniel
6
6
T Daniel
5
3
16
R Opelka
7
6
Section 2 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
9
D Shapovalov
3
V Pospisil
6
4
6
V Pospisil
0r
WC
JJ Wolf
4
6
4
9
D Shapovalov
5
2
Q
S Caruso
6
6
19
A Karatsev
7
6
WC
Z Svajda
3
1
Q
S Caruso
0
2
19
A Karatsev
6
6
19
A Karatsev
1
3
8
H Hurkacz
6
6
32
S Korda
0
4
B Paire
4
4
F Tiafoe
6
6
F Tiafoe
6
6
F Tiafoe
3
2
A Popyrin
6
77
8
H Hurkacz
6
6
M Kecmanović
3
64
A Popyrin
1
5
8
H Hurkacz
6
7
Section 3 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
4
A Rublev
6
6
C Taberner
6
6
C Taberner
3
4
J Munar
3
3
4
A Rublev
4
6
5
T Paul
6
77
T Paul
6
3
7
F López
3
63
T Paul
6
6
28
D Lajović
2
3
T Paul
4
6
2
21
C Norrie
6
4
6
21
C Norrie
6
5
6
T Monteiro
4
3
T Sandgren
4
7
0
T Sandgren
6
6
21
C Norrie
6
5
6
S-w Kwon
6
3
4
15
R Bautista Agut
4
7
3
G Pella
1
6
6
G Pella
5
3
15
R Bautista Agut
7
6
Section 4 [ ]
Bottom half [ ]
Section 5 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
5
M Berrettini
6
7
D Kudla
1
60
Q
A Tabilo
4
5
Q
A Tabilo
6
77
5
M Berrettini
4
3
F Coria
3
2
31
T Fritz
6
6
B Nakashima
6
6
B Nakashima
3
4
31
T Fritz
6
6
31
T Fritz
6
6
10
J Sinner
4
3
20
J Isner
6
6
F Delbonis
3
6
62
Y Nishioka
3
4
Y Nishioka
6
3
77
20
J Isner
WC
J Sock
5
6
3
10
J Sinner
w/o
J Millman
7
4
6
J Millman
2
2
10
J Sinner
6
6
Section 6 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
14
G Monfils
6
6
M Fucsovics
6
3
2
G Mager
4
2
G Mager
1
6
6
14
G Monfils
7
6
K Anderson
7
6
K Anderson
5
2
J Thompson
5
2
K Anderson
79
77
17
L Sonego
67
63
14
G Monfils
1
3
3
A Zverev
6
6
30
C Alcaraz
7
3
2
WC
A Murray
6
6
WC
A Murray
5
6
6
A Mannarino
3
2
WC
A Murray
4
64
Q
C İlkel
65
4
3
A Zverev
6
77
J Brooksby
77
6
J Brooksby
4
6
1
3
A Zverev
6
3
6
Section 7 [ ]
Section 8 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
13
C Garín
7
6
WC
H Rune
4
1
Q
E Escobedo
5
2
Q
E Escobedo
6
6
13
C Garín
4
2
Q
A Vukic
7
6
22
A de Minaur
6
6
P Andújar
5
4
Q
A Vukic
4
5
22
A de Minaur
6
7
22
A de Minaur
77
63
2
2
S Tsitsipas
63
77
6
25
F Fognini
6
4
6
J-L Struff
77
6
J-L Struff
4
6
3
DE Galán
64
3
25
F Fognini
6
3
4
P Martínez
6
6
2
S Tsitsipas
2
6
6
Q
R Marcora
4
0
P Martínez
2
4
2
S Tsitsipas
6
6
Qualifying [ ]
Seeds [ ]
Qualifiers [ ]
Qualifying draw [ ]
First qualifier [ ]
Second qualifier [ ]
First round
Qualifying competition
2
Salvatore Caruso
6
6
Jason Kubler
0
3
2
Salvatore Caruso
6
6
Roberto Quiroz
4
4
Roberto Quiroz
6
3
6
19
Ramkumar Ramanathan
4
6
4
Third qualifier [ ]
First round
Qualifying competition
3
Alex Bolt
77
65
2
Roberto Marcora
65
77
6
Roberto Marcora
6
7
Matteo Viola
2
5
Matteo Viola
6
3
711
16
Thanasi Kokkinakis
3
6
69
Fourth qualifier [ ]
Fifth qualifier [ ]
First round
Qualifying competition
5
Mikhail Kukushkin
5
Steven Diez
2r
5
Mikhail Kukushkin
2
4
13
Ernesto Escobedo
6
6
PR
Denis Istomin
3
2
13
Ernesto Escobedo
6
6
Sixth qualifier [ ]
First round
Qualifying competition
6
Evgeny Donskoy
610
77
7
Adrián Menéndez Maceiras
712
62
5
6
Evgeny Donskoy
2
1
17
Alejandro Tabilo
6
6
Michael Mmoh
3
4
17
Alejandro Tabilo
6
6
Seventh qualifier [ ]
First round
Qualifying competition
7
Federico Gaio
3
6
3
Andrea Arnaboldi
6
3
6
Andrea Arnaboldi
1
78
3
22
Renzo Olivo
6
66
6
WC
Shintaro Mochizuki
3
2
22
Renzo Olivo
6
6
Eighth qualifier [ ]
First round
Qualifying competition
8
Mitchell Krueger
6
610
5
WC
Govind Nanda
0
712
7
WC
Govind Nanda
1
6
4
14
Cem İlkel
6
2
6
Maxime Janvier
2
77
64
14
Cem İlkel
6
64
77
Ninth qualifier [ ]
Tenth qualifier [ ]
Eleventh qualifier [ ]
Twelfth qualifier [ ]
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