# 2021 Australian Open – Men's doubles

Ivan Dodig and Filip Polášek defeated the defending champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2021 Australian Open. With the win, Dodig and Polášek claimed their first Grand Slam title as a team. The victory earned Polášek his first major title, and made him the second Slovak to win one after Daniela Hantuchová.
Mate Pavić was in contention to reclaim the ATP No. 1 doubles ranking, but he failed to do so after he and Nikola Mektić lost in the semifinals to Dodig and Polášek.

## Seeds

    01. Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (second round)
    02. Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić (semifinals)
    03. Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos (first round)
    04. Wesley Koolhof / Łukasz Kubot (third round)
    05. Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury (final)
    06. Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares (semifinals)
    07. Marcelo Melo / Horia Tecău (third round)
    08. Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut (quarterfinals)
    09. Ivan Dodig / Filip Polášek (champions)
    10. John Peers / Michael Venus (third round)
    11. Henri Kontinen / Édouard Roger-Vasselin (first round)
    12. Jérémy Chardy / Fabrice Martin (first round)
    13. Robin Haase / Oliver Marach (first round)
    14. Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen (first round)
    15. Max Purcell / Luke Saville (second round)
    16. Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski (second round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

## 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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Marcelo Arévalo Matwé Middelkoop | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 6 | 6 | | 6 | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 4 | 6$^2$ | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | Marcus Daniell Philipp Oswald | 6$^6$ | 2 | | 5 | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| 5 | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Matthew Ebden John-Patrick Smith | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Matthew Ebden John-Patrick Smith | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| 8 | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 4 | 6 | 6$^3$ | 2 | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| 2 | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić | 6 | 4 | 7$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | JS Cabal R Farah | 6$^5$ | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Basilashvili A Begemann | 7$^7$ | 6$^6$ | 4 | 1 | JS Cabal R Farah | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | S Caruso E Ruusuvuori | 6$^6$ | 5 | | | A Bublik A Golubev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bublik A Golubev | 7$^8$ | 7 | | | | | | | A Bublik A Golubev | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | |
| | M Demoliner S González | 7$^7$ | 6$^6$ | 3 | | | | | | M Arévalo M Middelkoop | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | M Arévalo M Middelkoop | 6$^1$ | 7$^8$ | 6 | | M Arévalo M Middelkoop | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kecmanović C Ruud | 6 | 1 | 6 | | M Kecmanović C Ruud | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | R Haase O Marach | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | M Arévalo M Middelkoop | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | J Chardy F Martin | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | J Murray B Soares | 6 | 6 |
| | S Bolelli M González | 6 | 6 | | | S Bolelli M González | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Sonego A Vavassori | 6$^7$ | 6 | 6 | | L Sonego A Vavassori | 2 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Arneodo B Paire | 7$^9$ | 2 | 4 | | | | | | S Bolelli M González | 7$^7$ | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | L Đere S Travaglia | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | J Murray B Soares | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | A Harris A Popyrin | 3 | 4 | | | L Đere S Travaglia | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Giron C Norrie | 6$^6$ | 3 | | 6 | J Murray B Soares | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Murray B Soares | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | M Granollers H Zeballos | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Monroe F Tiafoe | 7 | 6 | | | N Monroe F Tiafoe | 2 | 7$^{11}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | V Pospisil D Shapovalov | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | V Pospisil D Shapovalov | 6 | 6$^9$ | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | A Martin T-S Weissborn | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | N Monroe F Tiafoe | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | A Mannarino G Simon | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | M Daniell P Oswald | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | M Daniell P Oswald | 6 | 6 | | | M Daniell P Oswald | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Koepfer T Sandgren | 6$^4$ | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | D Koepfer T Sandgren | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | S Gillé J Vliegen | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | M Daniell P Oswald | 6$^6$ | 2 |
| 10 | J Peers M Venus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | R Ram J Salisbury | 7$^8$ | 6 |
| | A de Minaur M Reid | 3 | 2 | | 10 | J Peers M Venus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Bopanna B McLachlan | 4 | 6$^0$ | | WC | J-s Nam M-k Song | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J-s Nam M-k Song | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 10 | J Peers M Venus | 6$^4$ | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| | T Brkić A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | 5 | R Ram J Salisbury | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | P Andújar P Martínez | 3 | 7$^7$ | 1 | | T Brkić A-u-H Qureshi | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | J O'Mara A Sitak | 4 | 4 | | 5 | R Ram J Salisbury | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Ram J Salisbury | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | M Melo H Tecău | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Krajinović D Lajović | 0$^r$ | | | 7 | M Melo H Tecău | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Albot D Evans | 6 | 6 | | | R Albot D Evans | 1 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Molteni H Nys | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 7 | M Melo H Tecău | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | A Bedene J Veselý | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 6$^7$ | | | | | 9 | I Dodig F Polášek | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Bambridge D Inglot | 6$^2$ | 7$^7$ | 7$^{10}$ | | L Bambridge D Inglot | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | P Carreño Busta M López | 1 | 3 | | 9 | I Dodig F Polášek | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | I Dodig F Polášek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 9 | I Dodig F Polášek | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | M Purcell L Saville | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | WC | M Ebden J-P Smith | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| | G Durán A Ramos Viñolas | 3 | 3 | | 15 | M Purcell L Saville | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Cuevas G Pella | 7$^7$ | 4 | 4 | WC | M Ebden J-P Smith | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Ebden J-P Smith | 6$^1$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | WC | M Ebden J-P Smith | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | W Koolhof Ł Kubot | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | |
| Alt | L Harris J Knowle | 2 | 4 | | WC | T Kokkinakis N Kyrgios | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Behar G Escobar | 3 | 4 | | 4 | W Koolhof Ł Kubot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | W Koolhof Ł Kubot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 8 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | G Mager Y Nishioka | 2 | 3 | | 8 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Hanfmann K Krawietz | 6 | 6 | | | Y Hanfmann K Krawietz | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Sharan I Zelenay | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | 8 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | J Duckworth M Polmans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | J Duckworth M Polmans | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | N Ćaćić F Nielsen | 4 | 4 | | WC | J Duckworth M Polmans | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Berankis M Kukushkin | 7 | 6 | | | R Berankis M Kukushkin | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | H Kontinen É Roger-Vasselin | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 4 | 6 | 6$^3$ |
| 16 | K Skupski N Skupski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | N Mektić M Pavić | 6 | 4 | 7$^{10}$ |
| | F Auger-Aliassime H Hurkacz | 3 | 2 | | 16 | K Skupski N Skupski | 6 | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Coria D Schwartzman | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | J Millman T Monteiro | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Millman T Monteiro | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | J Millman T Monteiro | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | P Tsitsipas S Tsitsipas | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | N Mektić M Pavić | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| PR | M McDonald T Paul | 6 | 3 | 6 | PR | M McDonald T Paul | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y-h Lu S Querrey | 6$^4$ | 3 | | 2 | N Mektić M Pavić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | N Mektić M Pavić | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Other entry information
### Wild cards

* Alex Bolt / Jordan Thompson
* James Duckworth / Marc Polmans
* Matthew Ebden / John-Patrick Smith
* Andrew Harris / Alexei Popyrin
* Thanasi Kokkinakis / Nick Kyrgios
* Nam Ji-sung / Song Min-kyu
* Stefanos Tsitsipas / Petros Tsitsipas

### Protected ranking

* Pablo Carreño Busta / Marc López
* Mackenzie McDonald / Tommy Paul

### Alternate pairs

* Salvatore Caruso / Emil Ruusuvuori
* Lloyd Harris / Julian Knowle
* Gianluca Mager / Yoshihito Nishioka
* Andrej Martin / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn

### Withdrawals

* Attila Balázs / Márton Fucsovics
* Rohan Bopanna / João Sousa
* Alex Bolt / Jordan Thompson
* Salvatore Caruso / Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
* Steve Johnson / Sam Querrey
* Raven Klaasen / Ben McLachlan
* Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies