2021 Belgrade Challenger

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2021 Belgrade Challenger
Date12–18 April (men)
26–31 July (women)
Edition9th (men)
1st (women)
Prize money$115,000
Surface Clay
Location Belgrade, Serbia
VenueNovak Tennis Center
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Carballés Baena
Women's singles
Flag of Slovakia.svg Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
Men's doubles
Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Durán / Flag of Argentina.svg Andrés Molteni
Women's doubles
Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Govortsova / Flag of Belarus.svg 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.

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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

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Roberto Carballés Baena 981
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Facundo Bagnis 1042
Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Daniel Elahi Galán 1103
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 1124
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Francisco Cerúndolo 1145
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Taro Daniel 1176
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  BOL Hugo Dellien 1217
Flag of France.svg  FRA Benjamin Bonzi 1258

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anna Blinkova 831
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Arantxa Rus 852
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Varvara Gracheva 893
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Andrea Petkovic 974
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Martina Trevisan 1025
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Kaja Juvan 1076
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Irina Bara 1167
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Viktoriya Tomova 1178

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Natela Dzalamidze Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Oksana Kalashnikova 2511
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Olga Govortsova Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Lidziya Marozava 3552
Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Ulrikke Eikeri Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Panna Udvardy 3783
Flag of France.svg  FRA Estelle Cascino Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Camilla Rosatello 3824

Other entrants

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

Champions

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

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  2. "Belgrade Ladies Open Overview". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
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