2021 French Open – Mixed doubles

Desirae Krawczyk and Joe Salisbury defeated Elena Vesnina and Aslan Karatsev in the final, 2–6, 6–4, [10–5] to win the mixed doubles title at the 2021 French Open.[1] It was Krawczyk's first major title, and was Salisbury's first major title in mixed doubles. Additionally, this was Vesnina's first major final since returning from pregnancy, and Karatsev's first major final in any discipline. Vesnina and Karatsev were the first Russian team to reach the French Open mixed doubles final.

Mixed doubles
2021 French Open
Final
ChampionsUnited States Desirae Krawczyk
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
Runners-upRussia Elena Vesnina
Russia Aslan Karatsev
Score2–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Details
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends −45 45+ women
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Latisha Chan and Ivan Dodig were the two-time defending champions, but lost in the first round to Demi Schuurs and Wesley Koolhof.[2]

This was the first edition of this event since 2019, as the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament featured only 16 teams, instead of the usual 32 teams.[3]

Seeds

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  1.   Barbora Krejčíková /   Filip Polášek (quarterfinals)
  2.   Nicole Melichar /   Rajeev Ram (quarterfinals)
  3.   Demi Schuurs /   Wesley Koolhof (semifinals)
  4.   Xu Yifan /   Bruno Soares (first round)

Draw

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   B Krejčíková
  F Polášek
6 6
WC   A Cornet
  É Roger-Vasselin
2 2 1   B Krejčíková
  F Polášek
2 7 [10]
  B Mattek-Sands
  J Murray
64 77 [6]   G Olmos
  JS Cabal
6 5 [12]
  G Olmos
  JS Cabal
77 63 [10]   G Olmos
  JS Cabal
4   Y Xu
  B Soares
4 3   D Krawczyk
  J Salisbury
w/o
  D Krawczyk
  J Salisbury
6 6   D Krawczyk
  J Salisbury
6 77
  D Jurak
  R Farah
1 6 [10]   D Jurak
  R Farah
2 63
Alt   L Siegemund
  S Gillé
6 4 [8]   D Krawczyk
  J Salisbury
2 6 [10]
  A Guarachi
  N Skupski
6 1 [10] PR   E Vesnina
  A Karatsev
6 4 [5]
  H-c Chan
  J Peers
4 6 [5]   A Guarachi
  N Skupski
6 3 [5]
  L Chan
  I Dodig
3 1 3   D Schuurs
  W Koolhof
4 6 [10]
3   D Schuurs
  W Koolhof
6 6 3   D Schuurs
  W Koolhof
4 1
PR   E Vesnina
  A Karatsev
6 6 PR   E Vesnina
  A Karatsev
6 6
  G Dabrowski
  L Saville
4 2 PR   E Vesnina
  A Karatsev
63 6 [10]
WC   C Garcia
  N Mahut
64 4 2   N Melichar
  R Ram
77 2 [8]
2   N Melichar
  R Ram
77 6

Other entry information

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Wild cards

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Protected ranking

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Alternate pair

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Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Joe Salisbury ends Britain's French Open wait with mixed doubles success". Guernsey Press. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Mixed Doubles Déjà Vu: Dodig/Chan Defeat Pavic/Dabrowski To Win Roland Garros". ATP Tour. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. ^ "French Open: Mixed doubles to return for 2021 tournament". www.bbc.com.
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