2021 Chicago Women's Open

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2021 Chicago Women's Open
Date22–28 August
Edition1st
Category WTA 250
Draw32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money$235,238
Surface Hard
Location Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Venue XS Tennis Village
Champions
Singles
Flag of Ukraine.svg Elina Svitolina
Doubles
Flag of Ukraine.svg Nadiia Kichenok / Flag of Romania.svg Raluca Olaru
Chicago Women's Open

The 2021 Chicago Women's Open was a tennis tournament held in Chicago, Illinois for female professional tennis players, and part of the 2021 WTA Tour. [1] It was played on outdoor hard courts in the week prior to the 2021 U.S. Open. This marked the first time since 1997 that a WTA tournament was held in Chicago. [2]

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Champions

Singles

This was Svitolina's sixteenth WTA Tour singles title, and first of the year.

Doubles

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 61
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Camila Giorgi 332
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Sorana Cîrstea 383
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Tamara Zidanšek 404
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Markéta Vondroušová 415
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Viktorija Golubic 476
Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 547
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Marta Kostyuk 568
Flag of France.svg  FRA Alizé Cornet 579

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nicole Melichar Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Schuurs 231
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Latisha Chan 422
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Nadiia Kichenok Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Raluca Olaru 803
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Makoto Ninomiya 1004

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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References

  1. WTA ANNOUNCES 2021 FALL CALENDAR
  2. "WTA Chicago Women's Open Overview". wtatennis.com.