# 2021 Eastbourne International

The 2021 Eastbourne International (also known as the Viking International Eastbourne for sponsorship reasons) was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 46th edition of the event for the women and the 10th edition for the men. The tournament was classified as a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour and as an ATP Tour 250 series on the 2021 ATP Tour. The tournament took place at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, United Kingdom between 21 and 26 June 2021.

## Champions
### Men's singles

* Alex de Minaur def. Lorenzo Sonego, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$

### Women's singles

* Jeļena Ostapenko def. Anett Kontaveit, 6–3, 6–3

### Men's doubles

* Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić def. Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury, 6–4, 6–3

### Women's doubles

* Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara def. Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs, 6–1, 6–4

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

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

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | €53,680 | €38,485 | €27,400 | €18,265 | €11,740 | €7,065 | €3,450 | €1,795 |
| Doubles* | €20,050 | €14,350 | €9,460 | €6,145 | €3,600 | — | — | — |
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## ATP singles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 16 | 1 |
| AUS | Alex de Minaur | 22 | 2 |
| ITA | Lorenzo Sonego | 26 | 3 |
| GEO | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 30 | 4 |
| USA | Reilly Opelka | 32 | 5 |
| ESP | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | 35 | 6 |
| ESP | Albert Ramos Viñolas | 38 | 7 |
| KAZ | Alexander Bublik | 39 | 8 |
| GBR | Cameron Norrie | 41 | 9 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 14 June 2021.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
* Liam Broady
* Jay Clarke
* James Ward
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* James Duckworth
* Ilya Ivashka
* Mikhail Kukushkin
* Mikael Ymer
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Norbert Gombos
* Alastair Gray
* Kwon Soon-woo
* Max Purcell
* Andreas Seppi

### Withdrawals

* Nikoloz Basilashvili → replaced by Andreas Seppi
* Marin Čilić → replaced by Vasek Pospisil
* Laslo Đere → replaced by Alastair Gray
* Taylor Fritz → replaced by Yoshihito Nishioka
* Richard Gasquet → replaced by Max Purcell
* Aslan Karatsev → replaced by Emil Ruusuvuori
* Filip Krajinović → replaced by Egor Gerasimov
* Cameron Norrie → replaced by Norbert Gombos
* Reilly Opelka → replaced by Kwon Soon-woo
* Benoît Paire → replaced by Alexei Popyrin
* Stan Wawrinka → replaced by Aljaž Bedene

### Retirements

* Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

## ATP doubles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| CRO | Nikola Mektić | CRO | Mate Pavić | 3 | 1 |
| COL | Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL | Robert Farah | 9 | 2 |
| USA | Rajeev Ram | GBR | Joe Salisbury | 21 | 3 |
| FRA | Fabrice Martin | FRA | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 51 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 14 June 2021.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Lloyd Glasspool / Harri Heliövaara
* Alastair Gray / Luke Johnson

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares → replaced by Luke Bambridge / Jamie Murray
* Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo → replaced by Alexander Bublik / Nicholas Monroe
* Marin Čilić / Ivan Dodig → replaced by Hugo Nys / Jonny O'Mara

#### During the tournament

* Luke Bambridge / Jamie Murray

## WTA singles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 4 | 1 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 6 | 2 |
| CAN | Bianca Andreescu | 7 | 3 |
| POL | Iga Świątek | 9 | 4 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 10 | 5 |
| SUI | Belinda Bencic | 12 | 6 |
| BEL | Elise Mertens | 17 | 7 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 19 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 14 June 2021.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
* Harriet Dart
* Jeļena Ostapenko
* Samantha Stosur
* Heather Watson
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Camila Giorgi
* Viktorija Golubic
* Marta Kostyuk
* Christina McHale
* Bernarda Pera
* Vera Zvonareva
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Shelby Rogers
* Anastasija Sevastova

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Sofia Kenin → replaced by Donna Vekić
* Johanna Konta → replaced by Daria Kasatkina
* Donna Vekić → replaced by Shelby Rogers
* Madison Keys → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova

### Retirements

* Camila Giorgi (left thigh injury)
* Vera Zvonareva (left hip injury)

## WTA doubles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Nicole Melichar | NED | Demi Schuurs | 19 | 1 |
| JPN | Shuko Aoyama | JPN | Ena Shibahara | 28 | 2 |
| CHI | Alexa Guarachi | USA | Desirae Krawczyk | 33 | 3 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Latisha Chan | 36 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 14 June 2021.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Harriet Dart / Heather Watson
The following pairs received entry using protected rankings:
* Veronika Kudermetova / Elena Vesnina
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza
* Samantha Stosur / CoCo Vandeweghe

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani → replaced by Hayley Carter / Nao Hibino
* Gabriela Dabrowski / Vera Zvonareva → replaced by Christina McHale / Sabrina Santamaria