Alongside the ATP Cup, Melbourne will host two ATP 250 events in the first week of February, gathering players who have failed to qualify for the team event.
The 2021 Murray River Open, will be played from February 1st - 7th. Murray River Open gathers a solid field of players, led by two Top 20 stars, David Goffin and Karen Khachanov. Hubert Hurkacz, Jannik Sinner, Reilly Opelka, and Nikoloz Basilashvili complete the Top 40 line-up, with the young Italian and the giant server Opelka looking to spoil the party for the better-ranked opponents and enter the title chase.
Miomir Kecmanovic, Tennys Sandgren, Jordan Thompson, and Sam Querrey also seek a deep run in the last test ahead of the Australian Open that starts a week later. David Goffin already played at the 2021 Antalya Open where he lost to Alex De Minaur in the semifinals.
Karen Khachanov trains in Dubai and will open the season in Melbourne, together with Jannik Sinner and Reilly Opelka, who withdrew from Antalya Open and Delray Beach Open.
1 GOFFIN, David BEL 16
2 KHACHANOV, Karen RUS 20
3 HURKACZ, Hubert POL 35
4 SINNER, Jannik ITA 36
5 OPELKA, Reilly USA 39
6 BASILASHVILI, Nikoloz GEO 40
7 KECMANOVIC, Miomir SRB 42
8 BUBLIK, Alexander KAZ 49
9 SANDGREN, Tennys USA 50
10 THOMPSON, Jordan AUS 51
11 DJERE, Laslo SRB 55
12 QUERREY, Sam USA 56
13 BEDENE, Aljaz SLO 58
14 ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP 59
15 POSPISIL, Vasek CAN 61
16 LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP 63
17 KOEPFER, Dominik GER 66
18 CUEVAS, Pablo URU 68
19 LU, Yen-Hsun TPE @71
20 TRAVAGLIA, Stefano ITA 75
21 CARUSO, Salvatore ITA 76
22 DELBONIS, Federico ARG 77
23 ANDERSON, Kevin RSA 82
24 HERBERT, Pierre-Hugues FRA 83
25 MONTEIRO, Thiago BRA 84
26 MARTINEZ, Pedro ESP 86
27 GOMBOS, Norbert SVK 88
28 BALAZS, Attila HUN 93
29 KWON, Soonwoo KOR 95
30 CARBALLES BAENA, Roberto ESP 96
31 HANFMANN, Yannick GER 99
32 MARTIN, Andrej SVK 100
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