2021 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Doubles

It was the third-seeded duo's third ATP Tour Masters 1000 doubles title together. Mektić and Pavić were contending to be the first doubles team in five years to win a season's first three Masters 1000 events.

Men's doubles
2021 Mutua Madrid Open
Final
Champions	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos
Runners-up	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić
Score	1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău were the defending champions from when the tournament was last held in 2019, though they returned to defend their title with different partners. Rojer partnered with Marcelo Melo but lost in the second round to Tim Pütz and Alexander Zverev. Tecău partnered with Kevin Krawietz and lost to Ivan Dodig and Filip Polášek, also in the second round.

Pavić and Robert Farah were in contention for the ATP No. 1 doubles ranking at the start of the tournament. Pavić retained the top ranking after Farah lost in the second round.

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

Key

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Tim Pütz   Alexander Zverev
	3	Marcel Granollers   Horacio Zeballos	w/o
								3	Marcel Granollers   Horacio Zeballos	1	6	[10]
								2	Nikola Mektić   Mate Pavić	6	3	[8]
		Sander Gillé   Joran Vliegen	4	2
	2	Nikola Mektić   Mate Pavić	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	JS Cabal   R Farah	3	4
	WC	M López   J Munar	64	4					R Bopanna   D Shapovalov	6	6
		R Bopanna   D Shapovalov	77	6												R Bopanna   D Shapovalov	4	6	[5]
		T Pütz   A Zverev	6	6												T Pütz   A Zverev	6	3	[10]
		F Auger-Aliassime   H Hurkacz	2	4					T Pütz   A Zverev	6	6
		M Melo   J-J Rojer	6	6					M Melo   J-J Rojer	4	4
	8	J Murray   B Soares	3	4																			T Pütz   A Zverev
																						3	M Granollers   H Zeballos	w/o
								3	M Granollers   H Zeballos	6	6
		K Khachanov   A Rublev	77	6					K Khachanov   A Rublev	3	2
		F Fognini   D Schwartzman	65	2											3	M Granollers   H Zeballos	77	6
	Alt	R Klaasen   B McLachlan	6	6											6	P-H Herbert   N Mahut	63	2
		T Fritz   O Marach	2	3				Alt	R Klaasen   B McLachlan	65	65
		J Chardy   F Martin	3	3				6	P-H Herbert   N Mahut	77	77
	6	P-H Herbert   N Mahut	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	R Ram   J Salisbury	65	5
		A Bublik   C Garín	77	7					A Bublik   C Garín
		S Gillé   J Vliegen	6	6					S Gillé   J Vliegen	w/o
		M Fucsovics   C Ruud	3	4												S Gillé   J Vliegen	6	3	[10]
		K Krawietz   H Tecău	6	6											4	I Dodig   F Polášek	3	6	[5]
		H Kontinen   É Roger-Vasselin	3	4					K Krawietz   H Tecău	4	77	[7]
								4	I Dodig   F Polášek	6	62	[10]
																							S Gillé   J Vliegen	4	2
	7	W Koolhof   Ł Kubot	6	5	[10]																	2	N Mektić   M Pavić	6	6
	WC	P Tsitsipas   S Tsitsipas	4	7	[6]			7	W Koolhof   Ł Kubot	7	64	[10]
		D Evans   N Skupski	3	64					M Demoliner   D Medvedev	5	77	[3]
		M Demoliner   D Medvedev	6	77											7	W Koolhof   Ł Kubot	3	77	[7]
		J Peers   M Venus	69	3											2	N Mektić   M Pavić	6	64	[10]
		M Purcell   L Saville	711	6					M Purcell   L Saville	6	3	[4]
								2	N Mektić   M Pavić	4	6	[10]

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
COL	Juan Sebastián Cabal	COL	Robert Farah	5	1
CRO	Nikola Mektić	CRO	Mate Pavić	5	2
ESP	Marcel Granollers	ARG	Horacio Zeballos	17	3
CRO	Ivan Dodig	SVK	Filip Polášek	17	4
USA	Rajeev Ram	GBR	Joe Salisbury	23	5
FRA	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	FRA	Nicolas Mahut	26	6
NED	Wesley Koolhof	POL	Łukasz Kubot	29	7
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	30	8

• Rankings are as of April 26, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

•   Alejandro Davidovich Fokina /   Fernando Verdasco
•   Marc López /   Jaume Munar
•   Petros Tsitsipas /   Stefanos Tsitsipas

The following pair received entry into the doubles draw as alternate:

•   Raven Klaasen /   Ben McLachlan

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

•   Borna Ćorić /   Franko Škugor → replaced by   Márton Fucsovics /   Casper Ruud
•   Alejandro Davidovich Fokina /   Fernando Verdasco → replaced by   Raven Klaasen /   Ben McLachlan