2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open

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2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open
Date6–13 January
Edition1st
Category WTA 500
Draw64S / 28D
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Abu Dhabi, UAE
Venue Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka
Doubles
Flag of Japan.svg Shuko Aoyama / Flag of Japan.svg Ena Shibahara
Abu Dhabi Open ·  2023  

The 2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural professional edition of the tournament and a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It took place at the Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre in Abu Dhabi, from 6 January to 13 January 2021. Fourth-seeded Aryna Sabalenka won the singles title. [1]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1
Singles4703051851005530125131
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
Singles$68,570$50,130$26,745$12,675$6,480$4,100$2,500$1,925$1,000
Doubles$20,890$13,370$8,350$4,310$2,670$2,020
Doubles prize money per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Sofia Kenin 41
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 52
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 63
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 104
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 155
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Elena Rybakina 196
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 207
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Markéta Vondroušová 218
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Maria Sakkari 229
Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Anett Kontaveit 2310
Flag of the United States.svg USA Jennifer Brady 2411
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Muchová 2712
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yulia Putintseva 2813
Flag of the United States.svg USA Amanda Anisimova 3014
Flag of Tunisia.svg  TUN Ons Jabeur 3115
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Donna Vekić 3216
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova 3317

Other entrants

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry as an alternate:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

before the tournament
during the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková 81
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 112
Flag of the United States.svg USA Nicole Melichar Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Schuurs 233
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Kirsten Flipkens Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 334
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ena Shibahara 455
Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Alexa Guarachi Flag of the United States.svg USA Desirae Krawczyk 516
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Yang Zhaoxuan 647
Flag of the United States.svg USA Hayley Carter Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Luisa Stefani 688

Other entrants

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking:

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

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References

  1. "Abu Dhabi WTA Women's Tennis Open". wtatennis.com.