John Peers secures fourth career year-end top-20 finish

John Peers has ended the season as the top-ranked Australian in men's doubles for the eighth time in his career - and impressively, for the seventh season in a row.

The resurgent Peers finishes 2021 at world No.13, having captured two titles from four finals appearances. The 33-year-old also contested a further four semifinals, including at the US Open in his best Grand Slam result in more than two years.

Peers has been rewarded with the fourth top-20 finish of his career and his highest year-end ranking since concluding the 2017 season at world No.4.

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Six Australian players finished the 2021 season inside the world's top 100 in men's doubles, including Luke Saville and Matthew Ebden at career-high rankings of world No.23 and world No.57 respectively.

World No.33 Max Purcell and world No.67 John-Patrick Smith have both recorded their highest-ever year-end rankings, while world No.85 Matt Reid posted his best year-end ranking in five years.

> VIEW: Full year-end ATP Tour men's doubles rankings

Men's doublesAustralian top 20
	Player	Age	Year-end ranking	Ranking points
1	John Peers	33	No.13	5080
2	Luke Saville	27	No.23	2966
3	Max Purcell	23	No.33	2660
4	Matthew Ebden	33	No.57	1906
5	John-Patrick Smith	32	No.67	1578
6	Matt Reid	31	No.85	1242
7	Marc Polmans	24	No.101	1035
8	Alex de Minaur	22	No.133	775
9	Jordan Thompson	27	No.188	488
10	John Millman	32	No.197	450
11	James Duckworth	29	No.219	380
12	Nick Kyrgios	26	No.231	338
13	Chris Guccione	36	No.308	210
14	Alexei Popyrin	22	No.336	189
15	Scott Puodziunas	32	No.378	159
16	Thomas Fancutt	26	No.388	153
17	Blake Ellis	22	No.412	139
18	Harry Bourchier	25	No.413	138
19	Jeremy Beale	27	No.423	132
20	Thanasi Kokkinakis	25	No.429	128