title: 2021 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships
text: # 2021 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships
  
  The 2021 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 25th edition of the tournament and was part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lexington, United States, on 26 July–1 August 2021.
  
  ## Singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | USA | Jenson Brooksby | 126 | 1 |
  | AUS | Alex Bolt | 148 | 2 |
  | USA | Maxime Cressy | 149 | 3 |
  | IND | Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 156 | 4 |
  | ECU | Emilio Gómez | 168 | 5 |
  | CHI | Alejandro Tabilo | 172 | 6 |
  | USA | Ernesto Escobedo | 182 | 7 |
  | AUS | Thanasi Kokkinakis | 183 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of 19 July 2021.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:
  
  * Stefan Dostanic
  * Liam Draxl
  * Govind Nanda
  
  The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:
  
  * Sasikumar Mukund
  * Shuichi Sekiguchi
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Darian King
  * Stefan Kozlov
  * Aidan McHugh
  * Genaro Alberto Olivieri
  
  The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
  
  * Edan Leshem
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Jason Kubler def. Alejandro Tabilo 7–5, $6–7^{(2–7)},$ 7–5.
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Liam Draxl / Stefan Kozlov def. Alex Rybakov / Reese Stalder 6–2, $6–7^{(5–7)},$ [10–7].
  