# 2021 BWF World Championships – Mixed doubles

The mixed doubles tournament of the 2021 BWF World Championships took place from 12 to 19 December 2021 at the Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín at Huelva.

## Seeds

The seeding list is based on the World Rankings of 23 November 2021.
* Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong (second round)
* Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (champions)
* Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino (final)
* Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti (withdrew)
* Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet (semi-finals)
* Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith (second round)
* Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying (withdrew)
* Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue (third round)
* Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing (third round)
* Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai (quarter-finals)
* Mark Lamsfuß / Isabel Lohau (quarter-finals)
* Mathias Christiansen / Alexandra Bøje (third round)
* Yuki Kaneko / Misaki Matsutomo (quarter-finals)
* Robin Tabeling / Selena Piek (third round)
* Rinov Rivaldy / Pitha Haningtyas Mentari (withdrew)
* Rodion Alimov / Alina Davletova (quarter-finals)

## Draw
### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Kyohei Yamashita Naru Shinoya | 13 | 8 | | | | | |
| 3 | Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| 3 | Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino | 21 | 21 | | 3 | Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino | 13 | 14 |
| | | | | | 2 | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 21 | 21 |
| 5 | Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet | 21 | 7 | 10 | 2 | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 21 | 21 |
| 2 | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 15 | 21 | 21 | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | | | 1 | Zheng SW Huang YQ | 21 | 13 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A Zapico L Uslé | 8 | 9 | | | Chang T C Ng W Y | 16 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chang T C Ng W Y | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | Chang T C Ng W Y | 13 | 13 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 16 | R Alimov A Davletova | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
| | | | | 16 | R Alimov A Davletova | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| N Nøhr A Magelund | 21 | 14 | | | Ou XY Feng XY | 19 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ou XY Feng XY | 23 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | R Alimov A Davletova | 13 | 21 | 19 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | K Yamashita N Shinoya | 21 | 17 | 21 |
| | | | | 6 | M Ellis L Smith | 16 | 21 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| K Yamashita N Shinoya | w | / | o | | K Yamashita N Shinoya | 21 | 18 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| M Fogarty I Zhong | | | | | | | | | | K Yamashita N Shinoya | 17 | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 14 | R Tabeling S Piek | 21 | 17 | 17 | | | | | |
| | | | | 14 | R Tabeling S Piek | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C Grimley E O'Donnell | 15 | 17 | | | O Leydon-Davis A Pak | 5 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| O Leydon-Davis A Pak | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | | | 3 | Y Watanabe A Higashino | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | E Dremin E Dimova | 10 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| J van Nieuwkerke L Jaques | 16 | 12 | | | E Dremin E Dimova | 10 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| E Dremin E Dimova | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E Dremin E Dimova | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 3 | Y Watanabe A Higashino | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 9 | Tan K M Lai P J | 19 | 19 | | | | |
| | | | | 9 | Tan K M Lai P J | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | S Sharma A Parikh | 8 | 18 | | | | | | | | | |
| S Sharma A Parikh | w | / | o | | S Sharma A Parikh | 8 | 18 | | | | | | | | | |
| R N Kusharjanto L A Kusumawati | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| R N Kusharjanto L A Kusumawati | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Y Watanabe A Higashino | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | Y Kaneko M Matsutomo | 14 | 19 |
| | | | | 8 | T Gicquel D Delrue | 14 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | M Mikkelsen R S Hansen | 21 | 16 | 18 | | | | | | | | |
| M Mikkelsen R S Hansen | 21 | 21 | | | M Mikkelsen R S Hansen | 21 | 16 | 18 | | | | | | | | |
| P Birker K Hochmeir | 10 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| P Birker K Hochmeir | 10 | 12 | | | | | | | 8 | T Gicquel D Delrue | 15 | 16 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 13 | Y Kaneko M Matsutomo | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | 13 | Y Kaneko M Matsutomo | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | C Hemming J Pugh | 17 | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| C Hemming J Pugh | 23 | 22 | | | C Hemming J Pugh | 17 | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| S Leung G Somerville | 21 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| Guo XW Zhang SX | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| J Solís D Corleto Soto | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| J Solís D Corleto Soto | | | | | Guo XW Zhang SX | 16 | 21 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 12 | M Christiansen A Bøje | 21 | 17 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 12 | M Christiansen A Bøje | 15 | 21 | 16 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Tang C M Tse Y S | 21 | 16 | 21 | | | | | |
| Lee J-h Hsu Y-c | 19 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Tang C M Tse Y S | 21 | 16 | 21 | | | | |
| A Hall J MacPherson | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A Hall J MacPherson | 21 | 21 | | | A Hall J MacPherson | 10 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 5 | Tang C M Tse Y S | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Tang C M Tse Y S | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | M Lamsfuß I Lohau | 11 | 10 |
| P Reynolds R Darragh | 14 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | M Lamsfuß I Lohau | 11 | 10 |
| D Ferdinansyah S Kani | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D Ferdinansyah S Kani | 21 | 21 | | | D Ferdinansyah S Kani | 18 | 21 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 11 | M Lamsfuß I Lohau | 21 | 18 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 11 | M Lamsfuß I Lohau | 21 | 13 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Hoo P R Cheah Y S | 13 | 21 | 18 | | | | | |
| T van der Lecq D Jille | 24 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hoo P R Cheah Y S | 13 | 21 | 18 | | | | |
| Hoo P R Cheah Y S | 26 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hoo P R Cheah Y S | 26 | 21 | | | Hoo P R Cheah Y S | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | P Jordan M D Oktavianti | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| F Farias J Lima | 8 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S Jomkoh S Paewsampran | 21 | 21 | | | S Jomkoh S Paewsampran | 13 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 10 | Goh S H S J Lai | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 10 | Goh S H S J Lai | 21 | 19 | 21 | | | | |
| Arjun M.R. K. Maneesha | | | | | | | | | | Yeung M N Ng T Y | 8 | 21 | 19 | | | | |
| Yeung M N Ng T Y | w | / | o | | Yeung M N Ng T Y | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 7 | Chan P S Goh L Y | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Goh S H S J Lai | 15 | 13 |
| M Thyrri M Surrow | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | D Puavaranukroh S Taerattanachai | 21 | 21 |
| V G Prasad J Dewangan | 8 | 4 | | | M Thyrri M Surrow | w | / | o | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 15 | R Rivaldy P H Mentari | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | M Thyrri M Surrow | 9 | 16 | | | | | |
| U Arora K Wadkar | 20 | 16 | | | | | | | 2 | D Puavaranukroh S Taerattanachai | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| P Scheiel F Volkmann | 22 | 21 | | | P Scheiel F Volkmann | 7 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | D Puavaranukroh S Taerattanachai | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |