Liudmila Dmitriyevna Samsonova is a Russian tennis player. She also competed for Italy from 2014 to 2018. Samsonova has career high WTA rankings of world No. 52 in singles, achieved on 09 August 2021, and No. 666 in doubles, reached on 07 August 2017. She won her first WTA Tour title at the 2021 German Open- a WTA 500 title in June 2021. She has also won total 6 titles on the ITF Circuit.
The 2019 J&T Banka Prague Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 10th edition of the tournament, and part of the International category of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the Sparta Prague Tennis Club in Prague, Czech Republic, from 29 April to 4 May 2019.
Roberta Vinci was the champion the last time the tournament was held in 2013, but she has since retired from professional tennis.
Kristina Mladenovic and Katarzyna Piter were the champions the last time the tournament was held in 2013, but chose not to participate this year.
Federica Rossi is an Italian tennis player.
The 2019 Tashkent Open was a WTA International tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st and final edition of the Tashkent Open, on the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the Olympic Tennis School in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, between September 23 and 28, 2019.
This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 2020 Australian Open.
The 2020 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Country Time Club. It was the 28th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place in Palermo, Italy between 3 and 9 August 2020. This was the first tournament of the 2020 WTA Tour after the suspension due to COVID-19 pandemic. This restrictions have eased to reduce a number of spectators to 350, and limited of photographers and journalists.
The 2020 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge was a women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the twenty-second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates between 7 and 13 December 2020.
This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 2021 Australian Open.
The 2021 Yarra Valley Classic was a tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour, one of six events in the 2021 Melbourne Summer Series. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Melbourne, Australia. It was organised as a lead-up tournament to the 2021 Australian Open, and was held at the same venue, due to other tournaments in Australia being cancelled as a result from the COVID-19 pandemic. This tournament took place simultaneously with the 2021 Gippsland Trophy and the 2021 Grampians Trophy. Players who had originally intended to participate in this tournament or the Gippsland Trophy, but were forced to undergo strict quarantine measures upon arrival in Australia, were able to participate in the 2021 Grampians Trophy. The entry list of 2021 Australian Open was used to determine the entry list of this tournament; with half the players playing the Yarra Valley Classic, and the other half playing the 2021 Gippsland Trophy.
Ashleigh Barty was the defending champion from when the tournament was last held in 2019, and she successfully defended her title after Bianca Andreescu retired from the final with the scoreline at 6–3, 4–0. Barty won the title after saving a match point in the second round against Kristína Kučová. This was also the first time in Barty's career that she successfully defended a singles title.
The 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open was a tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the event for male and female professional tennis players, respectively. It was part of the 2021 ATP Tour and the 2021 WTA Tour and took place in Parma, Italy.
The 2021 Bol Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the fifteenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2021 WTA 125K series. The tournament could not be held in 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic. It took place in Bol, Croatia, from 7 to 12 June 2021.
The 2021 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying was a series of tennis matches that took place from 24 May to 28 May 2021 to determine the sixteen qualifiers into the main draw of the 2021 French Open – Women's Singles, and, if necessary, the lucky losers.
Tamara Zidanšek was the two-time defending champion, having won the last edition in 2019, however she was unable to defend her title as she was still competing at the 2021 French Open, reaching the semi-final of the Grand Slam.
The 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the Budapest Grand Prix, a 250-level tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It took place at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest, Hungary, from 12 through 18 July 2021.
The 2021 WTA Poland Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the WTA Poland Open, and part of the WTA 250 series of the 2021 WTA Tour. It was held at the Arka Tennis Club in Gdynia, Poland, from 19 until 25 July, 2021.
The 2021 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Country Time Club. It is the 29th edition of the tournament which is part of the 2021 WTA Tour. It take place in Palermo, Italy between 19 and 25 July 2021. First-seeded Danielle Collins won the singles title.
The 2021 WTA Romanian Open, known as the Winners Open due to sponsorship reasons, was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Winners Sports Club. It was the 1st edition of the tournament held in the city of Cluj-Napoca and was a part of the 2021 WTA Tour.
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