2021 Adelaide International

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2021 Adelaide International
Date22–27 February
Edition2nd
Category WTA 500
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$535,530
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Adelaide, Australia
Venue Memorial Drive Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek
Doubles
Flag of Chile.svg Alexa Guarachi / Flag of the United States.svg Desirae Krawczyk
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The 2021 Adelaide International was a tennis tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. [1] [2] The Adelaide International is a WTA 500 Tournament. [3]

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It was the second time this tournament was held and it took place at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre from the 22nd to the 27th of February, 2021. For 2021, with the COVID-19 pandemic causing travel chaos, the ATP event was moved to Melbourne. It was held alongside another 250 tournament called Melbourne 2 and the ATP Cup. Adelaide was temporarily renamed the Great Ocean Road Open. The WTA event will be held the week after the Australian Open, in Adelaide. Ashleigh Barty of Australia won the 2020 edition and sought to defend her domestic title. [4] The tournament was eventually won by Iga Swiatek, who claimed her second career title, defeating Belinda Bencic in two sets. [3]

Champions

Women's singles

Women's doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Women's singles47030518510055125131
Women's doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1
Women's singles$68,570$51,000$32,400$15,500$8,200$6,650$5,000$2,565
Women's doubles *$25,230$17,750$10,000$5,500$3,500N/AN/AN/A

*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ashleigh Barty 11
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Belinda Bencic 122
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Johanna Konta 153
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 164
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Iga Świątek 175
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Petra Martić 196
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yulia Putintseva 287
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Wang Qiang 348

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: [6]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
List of replacements
FormerReplacement
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Alexandrova Flag of the United States.svg Danielle Collins
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bianca Andreescu Flag of Switzerland.svg Jil Teichmann
Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Shuai
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marie Bouzková Flag of Russia.svg Anna Blinkova
Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Brady Flag of the United States.svg Shelby Rogers
Flag of Estonia.svg Anett Kontaveit Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens Flag of the United States.svg Christina McHale
Flag of Sweden.svg Rebecca Peterson Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Doi
Flag of the United States.svg Alison Riske Flag of Russia.svg Veronika Kudermetova
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina Flag of Germany.svg Laura Siegemund
Flag of Greece.svg Maria Sakkari Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Flag of Croatia.svg Donna Vekić Flag of France.svg Kristina Mladenovic
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Markéta Vondroušová Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Saisai
Flag of Ukraine.svg Dayana Yastremska Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Qiang

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ena Shibahara 321
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Duan Yingying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Saisai 472
Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Alexa Guarachi Flag of the United States.svg USA Desirae Krawczyk 513
Flag of the United States.svg USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands Flag of the United States.svg USA Asia Muhammad 604

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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