2021 BMW Open – Singles

Singles
Singles
2021 BMW Open
Final
Champion	Nikoloz Basilashvili
Runner-up	Jan-Lennard Struff
Score	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Details
Draw	28 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles	Doubles

Nikoloz Basilashvili defeated Jan-Lennard Struff in the final, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 Bavarian International Tennis Championships. After not dropping a set en route to his victory, Basilashvili earned his second title of the season and his fifth career ATP Tour singles title overall. Struff was in contention to win his first title in his first tour-level final.^[1]

Cristian Garín was the defending champion from when the tournament was last held in 2019,^[2] but he competed at the simultaneous Estoril Open instead.^[3]

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

Alexander Zverev (quarterfinals)
Casper Ruud (semifinals)
Aslan Karatsev (withdrew)
Filip Krajinović (quarterfinals)
Nikoloz Basilashvili (champion)
Dušan Lajović (first round)
Jan-Lennard Struff (final)
John Millman (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals				Final

Q	Ilya Ivashka	4	1

7	Jan-Lennard Struff	6	6
				7	Jan-Lennard Struff	4	6⁵

				5	Nikoloz Basilashvili	6	7⁷
5	Nikoloz Basilashvili	6	6

2	Casper Ruud	1	2

Top half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					1	A Zverev	6	6
LL	R Berankis	7¹²	6		LL	R Berankis	2	4
WC	M Marterer	6¹⁰	3							1	A Zverev	7⁷	5	3
	E Ruusuvuori	1	2							Q	I Ivashka	6⁵	7	6
Q	I Ivashka	6	6		Q	I Ivashka	6⁷	6	6
Q	M McDonald	6	6		Q	M McDonald	7⁹	1	2
6	D Lajović	4	4												Q	I Ivashka	4	1
															7	J-L Struff	6	6
					4	F Krajinović	w/o
SE	T Daniel	2	6	6⁵	WC	Y Hanfmann
WC	Y Hanfmann	6	3	7⁷						4	F Krajinović	4	6	6³
	D Koepfer	4	6	6						7	J-L Struff	6	4	7⁷
WC	P Kohlschreiber	6	4	3		D Koepfer	6³	7⁷	2
LL	A Martin	4	3		7	J-L Struff	7⁷	6⁰	6
7	J-L Struff	6	6

Bottom half

First round					Second round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals

5	N Basilashvili	6	6
	T Monteiro	2	3		5	N Basilashvili	6	6
Q	DE Galán	6	7⁹		Q	DE Galán	4	2
	S Korda	1	6⁷						5	N Basilashvili	6	6
Q	C-M Stebe	3	6	2					LL	N Gombos	4	4
	F Coria	6	3	6		F Coria	4	1
					LL	N Gombos	6	6
													5	N Basilashvili	6	6
8	J Millman	7⁷	3	7									2	C Ruud	1	2
	A Popyrin	6³	6	5	8	J Millman	4	2
	G Pella	6	2			G Pella	6	0^r
	E Gerasimov	0	0^r						8	J Millman	3	4
	P Cuevas	7⁷	0	6					2	C Ruud	6	6
	T Sandgren	6⁴	6	1		P Cuevas	3	2
					2	C Ruud	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Ričardas Berankis (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Norbert Gombos (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Andrej Martin (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Yūichi Sugita (first round)
Dennis Novak (qualifying competition)
Ilya Ivashka (qualified)
Daniel Elahi Galán (qualified)
Mackenzie McDonald (qualified)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

1	Ričardas Berankis	1	6	6

WC	Max Hans Rehberg	6	3	4
					1	Ričardas Berankis	2	6	0

					6	Ilya Ivashka	6	3	6
	Kamil Majchrzak	4	6⁵

6	Ilya Ivashka	6	7⁷

Second qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

2	Norbert Gombos	6	6²	6

	Sumit Nagal	4	7⁷	1
					2	Norbert Gombos	3	4

					7	Daniel Elahi Galán	6	6
WC	Mischa Zverev	3	3

7	Daniel Elahi Galán	6	6

Third qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

3	Andrej Martin	6	6

	Jurij Rodionov	1	1
				3	Andrej Martin	3	2

				8	Mackenzie McDonald	6	6
	Peter Gojowczyk	1	2

8	Mackenzie McDonald	6	6

Fourth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

4	Yūichi Sugita	4	3

	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	6	6
						Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	6	7

					5	Dennis Novak	4	5
	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	4	6	5

5	Dennis Novak	6	3	7