Laura Siegemund won the title, defeating Mladenovic in the final, 6–1, 2–6, 7–6(7–5).
As a result of Kerber's loss, Serena Williams regained the world No. 1 ranking, despite being on pregnancy leave. This tournament also marked the return of Maria Sharapova to the WTA Tour, after serving a 15-month suspension for doping offences.
Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
Simona Halep was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams.
Serena Williams was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Simona Halep was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–2.
Serena Williams was the defending champion, but did not participate this year due to pregnancy.
Simona Halep was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Elina Svitolina.
Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Daria Kasatkina.
Elina Svitolina was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, beating Daria Kasatkina in the final, 6–4, 6–0.
Elena Vesnina was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Angelique Kerber.
Johanna Konta was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Venus Williams.
Caroline Garcia was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Kateřina Siniaková.
Caroline Garcia was the defending champion, but she lost in the third round to Aryna Sabalenka.
Elina Svitolina was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Belinda Bencic.
Bianca Andreescu won her first WTA Tour title, defeating Angelique Kerber in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4. Andreescu became the first wildcard to win the title in the tournament's history and the youngest Indian Wells champion since Serena Williams in 1999. This also marked the second year in a row where a player won the tournament without having won a WTA singles title prior.
Ashleigh Barty won her first Miami Open title, beating Karolína Plíšková 7–6(7–1), 6–3 in the singles tennis final. As a result of this victory, she entered the top 10 in the WTA Rankings for the first time. Sloane Stephens was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Tatjana Maria.
Karolína Plíšková was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Victoria Azarenka.
Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but lost to Kiki Bertens in the quarterfinals in a replay of the previous year’s final.
Simona Halep was the defending champion, but she retired in the quarterfinals against Marie Bouzková.
Caroline Wozniacki was the defending champion, but lost to Naomi Osaka in the semifinals.
Iga Świątek defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–0, 6–0, to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2021 Italian Open. It was Świątek's first WTA 1000 singles title, and the 13 points Świątek lost in the championship match is the fewest on record in a WTA 1000 final; Serena Williams previously held the record, from the 2015 Miami Open final. This was the first WTA singles final to be resolved with a 'double bagel' scoreline since Simona Halep defeated Anastasija Sevastova at the 2016 Bucharest Open, and was just the tenth such final in WTA history. With the win, Świątek broke into the top 10 of the WTA rankings for the first time.
Iga Świątek defeated Anett Kontaveit in the final, 6–2, 6–0 to win the singles title at the 2022 Qatar Open.
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Laura Siegemund 
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