HAMBURG, June 17, 2021
World No. 12 Pablo Carreno Busta leads the entry list of the 2021 Hamburg European Open. The ATP 500 clay-court event will be held from July 12 to 18. After 2014, 2018 and 2019, the 29-year-old Spaniard will make his fourth appearance at the Rothenbaum Tennis Stadium.
Carreno Busta advanced to the semi-finals two years ago but fell to Andrey Rublev from Russia. The five-time champion on the ATP Tour will be joined by Canadian young gun Felix Auger-Aliassime, who reached the final of last week’s MercedesCup in Stuttgart and knocked out Roger Federer in the second round of the Noventi Open in Halle to continue his fine run of form on grass.
Aslan Karatsev of Russia, Italian Lorenzo Sonego and two-time Hamburg European Open winner Nikoloz Basilashvili round out the Top 30.
Das Feld der @hamburgopen steht: @felixtennis, der gestern in Halle gegen Roger Federer gewann, kommt zurück nach #Hamburg!!!! Außerdem u.a. am Start: Karatsev, Careno-Busta, Koepfer, Feli Lopez, Paire.
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“Despite the difficult circumstances with the date between Wimbledon and the Olympics, we have many top players this year around the young and charismatic Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, who will ensure world-class tennis,” tournament director Sandra Reichel said.
“I’m particularly looking forward to ‘Struffi’, who caused upsets with victories over Andrey Rublev and Daniil Medvedev this year, as well as to Aslan Karatsev, who celebrated his breakthrough tournament at the Australian Open and whose aggressive game impressed me very much.”
Hamburg European Open Entry List
Pablo Carreno Busta 12
Felix Auger-Aliassime 21
Aslan Karatsev 24
Lorenzo Sonego 26
Nikoloz Basilashvili 30
Albert Ramos-Vinolas 38
Dusan Lajovic 40
Filip Krajinovic 44
Jan-Lennard Struff 45
Benoit Paire 46
Federico Delbonis 48
Marton Fucsovics 49
Dominik Koepfer 53
Laslo Djere 55
Aljaz Bedene 60
Feliciano Lopez 64
Jaume Munar 69
