# 2021 Open 13 Provence – Singles

Daniil Medvedev defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the final, 6–4, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–4 to capture the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 Open 13 Provence.
Stefanos Tsitsipas was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Herbert.
Medvedev overtook Rafael Nadal as the number 2 ranking following the tournament. This marked the first time in over 15 years that someone outside of the Big Four has been ranked number 2, the last person being Lleyton Hewitt on July 18, 2005.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Daniil Medvedev (champion)
* Stefanos Tsitsipas (quarterfinals)
* Karen Khachanov (quarterfinals)
* Ugo Humbert (semifinals)
* Jannik Sinner (quarterfinals)
* Kei Nishikori (first round)
* Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (second round)
* Yoshihito Nishioka (first round, retired)

## 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
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Daniil Medvedev | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | Matthew Ebden | 4 | 0$^r$ | | | | | |
| Q | Matthew Ebden | 4 | 0$^r$ | 1 | Daniil Medvedev | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 |
| | | | | | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | 4 | 7$^7$ | 4 |
| 4 | Ugo Humbert | 3 | 2 | | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | 4 | 7$^7$ | 4 |
| | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | D Medvedev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Hanfmann | 2 | 0 | | | E Gerasimov | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Gerasimov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | D Medvedev | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Novak | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | 5 | J Sinner | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | H Gaston | 3 | 6 | 6 | WC | H Gaston | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Barrère | 6$^3$ | 7$^7$ | 5 | 5 | J Sinner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Sinner | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | D Medvedev | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | M Ebden | 4 | 0$^r$ |
| | | | | | 3 | K Khachanov | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Travaglia | 6$^2$ | 6$^1$ | | PR | M McDonald | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | M McDonald | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 3 | K Khachanov | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | M Ebden | 3 | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | Q | M Ebden | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | B Bonzi | 6 | 6$^6$ | 3 | Q | M Ebden | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Ruusuvuori | 6 | 4 | | | E Ruusuvuori | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Y Nishioka | 2 | 2$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | A Davidovich Fokina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | P Tsitsipas | 0 | 2 | | 7 | A Davidovich Fokina | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kukushkin | 6 | 3 | 2 | Q | A Rinderknech | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Rinderknech | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | A Rinderknech | 6 | 5 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| | J-W Tsonga | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 4 | U Humbert | 4 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | F López | 6 | 4 | 5 | | J-W Tsonga | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | U Humbert | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | U Humbert | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | K Nishikori | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | P-H Herbert | 6 | 6 |
| | P-H Herbert | 6 | 6 | | | P-H Herbert | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Norrie | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | C Norrie | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Lestienne | 4 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | P-H Herbert | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Pouille | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | S Tsitsipas | 7$^8$ | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | A Molčan | 5 | 3 | | | L Pouille | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | S Tsitsipas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Antoine Hoang (first round)
* Marc Polmans (first round)
* Arthur Rinderknech (qualified)
* Bernabé Zapata Miralles (first round)
* Maxime Cressy (qualifying competition)
* Filip Horanský (first round)
* Steven Diez (qualifying competition, retired)
* Frederico Ferreira Silva (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Alex Molčan
* Constant Lestienne
* Arthur Rinderknech
* Matthew Ebden

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Antoine Hoang | 3 | 6 | 6$^6$ | | | |
| | Alex Molčan | 6 | 3 | 7$^8$ | | | |
| | Alex Molčan | 6 | 3 | 7$^8$ | Alex Molčan | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Ernests Gulbis | 2 | 4 |
| | Ernests Gulbis | 6 | 6 | | Ernests Gulbis | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Filip Horanský | 2 | 4 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Marc Polmans | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | Constant Lestienne | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Constant Lestienne | 6 | 6 | | | Constant Lestienne | 2 |
| | | | | | 7 | Steven Diez | 0$^r$ |
| | Viktor Troicki | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Steven Diez | 0$^r$ |
| 7 | Steven Diez | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Arthur Rinderknech | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Maxime Janvier | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Maxime Janvier | 3 | 3 | | 3 | Arthur Rinderknech | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | 5 | Maxime Cressy | 6$^4$ | 0 |
| WC | Alexandre Müller | 3 | 7$^7$ | 3 | 5 | Maxime Cressy | 6$^4$ | 0 |
| 5 | Maxime Cressy | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Bernabé Zapata Miralles | 5 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| WC | Mathias Bourgue | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| WC | Mathias Bourgue | 7 | 7$^7$ | | WC | Mathias Bourgue | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | Alt | Matthew Ebden | 6 | 6 |
| Alt | Matthew Ebden | 6$^5$ | 6 | 7$^7$ | Alt | Matthew Ebden | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Frederico Ferreira Silva | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | |