2021 Swiss Open Gstaad Explained

The 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 53rd edition of the Swiss Open, and part of the ATP Tour 250 Series of the 2021 ATP Tour. It took place at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad, Switzerland, from 19 July through 25 July 2021.^[1]

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad – Singles.

• Casper Ruud def. Hugo Gaston, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

See main article: 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad – Doubles.

• Marc-Andrea Hüsler / Dominic Stricker def. Szymon Walków / Jan Zieliński, 6–1, 7–6^(9–7)

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	250	150	90	45	20	0	12	6	0
Doubles					0

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	€41,145	€29,500	€21,000	€14,000	€9,000	€5,415	€2,645	€1,375
Doubles*	€15,360	€11,000	€7,250	€4,710	€2,760

• per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Canada	Denis Shapovalov	10	1
Spain	Roberto Bautista Agut	14	2
Norway	Casper Ruud	16	3
	Cristian Garín	18	4
Argentina	Federico Delbonis	48	5
France	Benoît Paire	51	6
Serbia	Laslo Đere	57	7
Spain	Feliciano López	90	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 12, 2021 ^[2]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Johan Nikles
• Leandro Riedi
• Dominic Stricker

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Zizou Bergs
• Sandro Ehrat
• Vít Kopřiva
• Oscar Otte

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Enzo Couacaud
• Kacper Żuk

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Facundo Bagnis → replaced by Juan Ignacio Londero
• Roberto Carballés Baena → replaced by Tallon Griekspoor
• Federico Coria → replaced by Hugo Gaston
• Norbert Gombos → replaced by Dennis Novak
• Yannick Hanfmann → replaced by Kacper Żuk
• Philipp Kohlschreiber → replaced by Enzo Couacaud
• Kamil Majchrzak → replaced by Marc-Andrea Hüsler
• Dominic Thiem → replaced by Arthur Rinderknech
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Marc Polmans
• Fernando Verdasco → replaced by Thiago Seyboth Wild

Retirements

• Tallon Griekspoor
• Marc-Andrea Hüsler

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Robin Haase		Matwé Middelkoop	79	1
	Ariel Behar	Ecuador	Gonzalo Escobar	96	2
	Hugo Nys	Italy	Andrea Vavassori	130	3
Sweden	André Göransson		Frederik Nielsen	160	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of 12 July 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Marc-Andrea Hüsler / Dominic Stricker
• Jakub Paul / Leandro Riedi

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Kamil Majchrzak / Szymon Walków → replaced by Szymon Walków / Jan Zieliński
• Elias Ymer / Mikael Ymer → replaced by Dustin Brown / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
• Yannick Hanfmann / Marc Polmans → replaced by Zizou Bergs / Tallon Griekspoor

During the tournament

• Zizou Bergs / Tallon Griekspoor

Retirements

• Sander Arends / David Pel

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swiss Open Gstaad Overview. atpworldtour.com.
2. Web site: Du beau monde au Swiss Open de Gstaad. bluewin.ch.