2021 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

Two-time defending champion Barbora Krejčíková and her partner, Rajeev Ram, defeated Samantha Stosur and Matthew Ebden in the final, 6–1, 6–4, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2021 Australian Open. This was the second major mixed doubles title Krejčíková and Ram won together as a team after they won their first at the 2019 Australian Open. The pair saved a match point in their second round match against Ena Shibahara and Ben McLachlan en route to the title.[1]

Mixed doubles
2021 Australian Open
Champions Barbora Krejčíková
Rajeev Ram
Runners-up Samantha Stosur
Matthew Ebden
Final score6–1, 6–4
Seeds8
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Krejčíková had won the preceding year's tournament with Nikola Mektić,[2] but they had chosen to participate with different partners in 2021. Mektić played alongside Barbora Strýcová, but lost in the first round to Hayley Carter and Sander Gillé.

After not being held at the 2020 US Open and 2020 French Open, this year's tournament marked the return of Mixed Doubles to a Grand Slam amid the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Seeds
  1. Barbora Strýcová / Nikola Mektić (first round)
  2. Nicole Melichar / Robert Farah (second round, withdrew)
  3. Gabriela Dabrowski / Mate Pavić (quarterfinals)
  4. Chan Hao-ching / Juan Sebastián Cabal (first round)
  5. Demi Schuurs / Wesley Koolhof (first round)
  6. Barbora Krejčíková / Rajeev Ram (champions)
  7. Latisha Chan / Ivan Dodig (first round)
  8. Luisa Stefani / Bruno Soares (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final
          
WC Samantha Stosur
Matthew Ebden 		7 5 [10]
  Desirae Krawczyk
Joe Salisbury 		5 7 [8]
WC Samantha Stosur
Matthew Ebden 		1 4
6 Barbora Krejčíková
Rajeev Ram 		6 6
6 Barbora Krejčíková
Rajeev Ram 		6 6
WC Storm Sanders
Marc Polmans 		3 3

Top half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 B Strýcová
N Mektić 		4 7 [4]
Alt H Carter
S Gillé 		6 5 [10] Alt H Carter
S Gillé 		6 6
I Świątek
Ł Kubot 		5 78 [10] I Świątek
Ł Kubot 		4 1
WC A Sharma
J-P Smith 		7 66 [6] Alt H Carter
S Gillé 		3 2
WC S Stosur
M Ebden 		6 6 WC S Stosur
M Ebden 		6 6
E Rybakina
A Bublik 		1 4 WC S Stosur
M Ebden 		6 6
J Ostapenko
M Middelkoop 		5 4 8 L Stefani
B Soares 		3 1
8 L Stefani
B Soares 		7 6 WC S Stosur
M Ebden 		7 5 [10]
4 H-c Chan
JS Cabal 		4 6 [7] D Krawczyk
J Salisbury 		5 7 [8]
D Krawczyk
J Salisbury 		6 3 [10] D Krawczyk
J Salisbury 		6 6
Y Xu
M González 		6 3 [7] V Zvonareva
M Melo 		4 4
V Zvonareva
M Melo 		4 6 [10] D Krawczyk
J Salisbury 		6 6
WC B Woolcock
J Peers 		2 7 [10] A Klepač
N Skupski 		3 4
A Klepač
N Skupski 		6 5 [12] A Klepač
N Skupski 		63 77 [10]
L Hradecká
F Polášek 		6 7 L Hradecká
F Polášek 		77 65 [8]
7 L Chan
I Dodig 		4 5

Bottom half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 B Krejčíková
R Ram 		78 7
Y Shvedova
H Kontinen 		66 5 6 B Krejčíková
R Ram 		6 3 [13]
L Siegemund
K Krawietz 		63 4 E Shibahara
B McLachlan 		4 6 [11]
E Shibahara
B McLachlan 		77 6 6 B Krejčíková
R Ram 		77 6
B Mattek-Sands
J Murray 		6 6 3 G Dabrowski
M Pavić 		63 3
Y Duan
R Bopanna 		4 4 B Mattek-Sands
J Murray 		67 7 [3]
WC I Popovic
A Vukic 		1 1 3 G Dabrowski
M Pavić 		79 5 [10]
3 G Dabrowski
M Pavić 		6 6 6 B Krejčíková
R Ram 		6 6
5 D Schuurs
W Koolhof 		3 6 [9] WC S Sanders
M Polmans 		3 3
WC S Sanders
M Polmans 		6 3 [11] WC S Sanders
M Polmans 		6 64 [10]
WC E Perez
A Harris 		7 78 WC E Perez
A Harris 		4 77 [8]
WC A Muhammad
L Saville 		5 66 WC S Sanders
M Polmans 		4 7 [10]
WC Ar Rodionova
M Purcell 		7 6 WC Ar Rodionova
M Purcell 		6 5 [8]
A Guarachi
M Venus 		5 4 WC Ar Rodionova
M Purcell 		w/o
C Dolehide
F Martin 		4 4 2 N Melichar
R Farah
2 N Melichar
R Farah 		6 6

Other entry information

Wild cards

Alternate pairs

Withdrawals

See also

References
  1. "Krejcikova, Ram reclaim Australian Open mixed doubles title". Women's Tennis Association. 20 February 2021. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. "Different partner, same champion: Krejcikova defends Melbourne mixed crown". Women's Tennis Association. 1 February 2020. Archived from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  3. Maine, D'Arcy (5 February 2021). "Australian Open 2021: Key tennis storylines and matches to watch in Melbourne amid COVID-19 pandemic". ESPN. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
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