2021 Italian Open – Men's Doubles
Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions,[1] but lost in the quarterfinals to Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury.
| Men's Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2021 Italian Open | |
| Champions |  Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić |
| Runners-up |  Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury |
| Final score | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić won the title, defeating Ram and Salisbury in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–4). This is the former's sixth ATP Tour title this year. By reaching the final, the Croat tandem became the first team to reach 4 consecutive Masters 1000 finals, since the Bryans did so on numerous occasions in (2007, 2008, 2010, 2014 and 2018).
Seeds
Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (First round)- Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić (Champions)
- Ivan Dodig /
Filip Polášek (Second round) 
Marcel Granollers / 
Horacio Zeballos (Quarterfinals)- Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury (Final)
- Jamie Murray /
Bruno Soares (First round) 
Wesley Koolhof / Jean-Julien Rojer (Quarterfinals)
Kevin Krawietz / 
Horia Tecău (Quarterfinals)
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
Finals
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Alt |  Marcelo Arévalo Matwé Middelkoop
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury
| 4 | 64 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||
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| 65 | 64 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić
| 77 | 77 | ||||||||||
Top half
| First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | JS Cabal R Farah
| 67 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  F Fognini L Musetti
| 79 | 6 | WC | F Fognini L Musetti
| 64 | 77 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | M Arévalo M Middelkoop
| 6 | 6 | Alt | M Arévalo M Middelkoop
| 77 | 65 | [11] | |||||||||||||||||||
| D Evans N Skupski
| 3 | 2 | Alt | M Arévalo M Middelkoop
| 2 | 77 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt |  A Behar G Escobar
| 3 | 7 | [16] | 7 | W Koolhof J-J Rojer
| 6 | 63 | [5] | ||||||||||||||||||
 H Kontinen É Roger-Vasselin
| 6 | 5 | [14] | Alt | A Behar G Escobar
| 6 | 3 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | M Cecchinato S Travaglia
| 6 | 1 | [7] | 7 | W Koolhof J-J Rojer
| 4 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | W Koolhof J-J Rojer
| 4 | 6 | [10] | Alt | M Arévalo M Middelkoop
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | M Granollers H Zeballos
| 6 | 7 | 5 | R Ram J Salisbury
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Molteni D Schwartzman
| 3 | 5 | 4 | M Granollers H Zeballos
| 7 | 4 | [12] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt |  P Tsitsipas S Tsitsipas
| 67 | 3 |  Ł Kubot F Škugor
| 5 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ł Kubot F Škugor
| 79 | 6 | 4 | M Granollers H Zeballos
| 63 | 6 | [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M González F Martin
| 79 | 4 | [6] | 5 | R Ram J Salisbury
| 77 | 3 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
 R Klaasen B McLachlan
| 67 | 6 | [10] | R Klaasen B McLachlan
| 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3 | 6 | [10] | 5 | R Ram J Salisbury
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | R Ram J Salisbury
| 6 | 2 | [12] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
| First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | K Krawietz H Tecău
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M Čilić M Melo
| 4 | 2 | 8 | K Krawietz H Tecău
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Purcell L Saville
| 7 | 65 | [6] | Alt | L Broady A Murray
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | L Broady A Murray
| 5 | 77 | [10] | 8 | K Krawietz H Tecău
| 65 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Peers M Venus
| 79 | 77 | J Peers M Venus
| 77 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A Krajicek O Marach
| 67 | 64 | J Peers M Venus
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A de Minaur J-L Struff
| 65 | 7 | [7] | 3 | I Dodig F Polášek
| 1 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | I Dodig F Polášek
| 77 | 5 | [10] | J Peers M Venus
| 65 | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | J Murray B Soares
| 6 | 65 | [4] | 2 | N Mektić M Pavić
| 77 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||
M Demoliner D Medvedev
| 3 | 77 | [10] | M Demoliner D Medvedev
| 3 | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | L Sonego A Vavassori
| 5 | 6 | [8] | A Mannarino B Paire
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Mannarino B Paire
| 7 | 4 | [10] | A Mannarino B Paire
| 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 R Bopanna.svg.png.webp){kind=small} D Shapovalov
| 4 | 4 | 2 | N Mektić M Pavić
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Daniell P Oswald
| 6 | 6 | M Daniell P Oswald
| 64 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Bublik C Garín
| 4 | 5 | 2 | N Mektić M Pavić
| 77 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | N Mektić M Pavić
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ATP doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL |
Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL |
Robert Farah | 5 | 1 |
| CRO |
Nikola Mektić | CRO |
Mate Pavić | 5 | 2 |
| CRO |
Ivan Dodig | SVK |
Filip Polášek | 17 | 3 |
| ESP |
Marcel Granollers | ARG |
Horacio Zeballos | 18 | 4 |
| USA |
Rajeev Ram | GBR |
Joe Salisbury | 25 | 5 |
| GBR |
Jamie Murray | BRA |
Bruno Soares | 30 | 6 |
| NED |
Wesley Koolhof | NED |
Jean-Julien Rojer | 36 | 7 |
| GER |
Kevin Krawietz | ROU |
Horia Tecău | 38 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of May 3, 2021.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Marco Cecchinato / Stefano Travaglia
- Fabio Fognini / Lorenzo Musetti
- Lorenzo Sonego / Andrea Vavassori
The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw as alternates:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Félix Auger-Aliassime / Hubert Hurkacz → replaced by Liam Broady / Andy Murray
Márton Fucsovics / 
Casper Ruud → replaced by Marcelo Arévalo / Matwé Middelkoop- Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev → replaced by Petros Tsitsipas / Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Tim Pütz / Alexander Zverev → replaced by Ariel Behar / Gonzalo Escobar
References
- "Granollers/Zeballos Earn Third Title Of 2020 In Rome". www.atptour.com.
| Grand Slam events | |
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| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |
| ATP Tour 500 | |
| ATP Tour 250 |
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| Team events | |
 – Tournaments are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic* – Tournaments are introduced due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic | |
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