2021 Belgrade Challenger

2021 Belgrade Challenger
Date	12–18 April (men) 26–31 July (women)
Edition	9th (men) 1st (women)
Prize money	$115,000
Surface	Clay
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Venue	Novak Tennis Center
Champions
Men's singles
Roberto Carballés Baena
Women's singles
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
Men's doubles
Guillermo Durán / Andrés Molteni
Women's doubles
Olga Govortsova / Lidziya Marozava
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The 2021 Belgrade Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour. ^[1] It took place in Belgrade, Serbia between 12 and 18 April 2021.

For the first time, a women's tournament was also held between 26 and 31 July, categorized as a WTA 125 ^[2] event at the same venue, which was part of 2021 WTA 125K series.

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ESP	Roberto Carballés Baena	98	1
ARG	Facundo Bagnis	104	2
COL	Daniel Elahi Galán	110	3
GER	Philipp Kohlschreiber	112	4
ARG	Francisco Cerúndolo	114	5
JPN	Taro Daniel	117	6
BOL	Hugo Dellien	121	7
FRA	Benjamin Bonzi	125	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 5 April 2021. ^[3]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Peđa Krstin
• Hamad Međedović
• Marko Miladinović

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:

• Gonçalo Oliveira
• Blaž Rola

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Matthias Bachinger
• Elliot Benchetrit
• Alessandro Giannessi
• Marco Trungelliti

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Anna Blinkova	83	1
NED	Arantxa Rus	85	2
RUS	Varvara Gracheva	89	3
GER	Andrea Petkovic	97	4
ITA	Martina Trevisan	102	5
SLO	Kaja Juvan	107	6
ROU	Irina Bara	116	7
BUL	Viktoriya Tomova	117	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 19 July 2021.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Tena Lukas
• Lola Radivojević
• Iva Šepa
• Draginja Vuković

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Jessika Ponchet
• Camilla Rosatello
• Tara Würth
• Ekaterina Yashina

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Ana Bogdan → replaced by Tereza Mrdeža
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko
• Zarina Diyas → replaced by Olga Govortsova
• Océane Dodin → replaced by Amandine Hesse
• Sara Errani → replaced by Jaqueline Cristian
• Viktorija Golubic → replaced by Rebecca Šramková
• Polona Hercog → replaced by Jule Niemeier
• Anna Kalinskaya → replaced by Andrea Petkovic
• Jasmine Paolini → replaced by Jana Fett
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse → replaced by Panna Udvardy
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich → replaced by Isabella Shinikova
• Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Susan Bandecchi
• Stefanie Vögele → replaced by Olga Danilović

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Natela Dzalamidze	GEO	Oksana Kalashnikova	251	1
BLR	Olga Govortsova	BLR	Lidziya Marozava	355	2
NOR	Ulrikke Eikeri	HUN	Panna Udvardy	378	3
FRA	Estelle Cascino	ITA	Camilla Rosatello	382	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of 19 July 2021.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Elena Milovanović / Lola Radivojević

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2021 Belgrade Challenger – Men's singles

• Roberto Carballés Baena def. Damir Džumhur 6–4, 7–5.

Women's singles

Main article: 2021 Belgrade Challenger – Women's singles

• Anna Karolína Schmiedlová def. Arantxa Rus 6–3, 6–3

Men's doubles

Main article: 2021 Belgrade Challenger – Men's doubles

• Guillermo Durán / Andrés Molteni def. Tomislav Brkić / Nikola Ćaćić 6–4, 6–4.

Women's doubles

Main article: 2021 Belgrade Challenger – Women's doubles

• Olga Govortsova / Lidziya Marozava def. Alena Fomina / Ekaterina Yashina 6–2, 6–2

References

1. "Serbia Challenger Open Overview". atptour.com.
2. "Belgrade Ladies Open Overview". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
3. "Rankings – Singles – ATP Tour – Tennis". ATP Tour.