2021 Gippsland Trophy

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2021 Gippsland Trophy
Date31 January – 7 February
Edition1st
Category WTA 500
Draw54S / 28D
Prize money$447,620
Surface Hard
Location Melbourne, Australia
Venue Melbourne Park
Champions
Singles
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens
Doubles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčíková / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Siniaková
Australian Open Series ·  2022  

The 2021 Gippsland Trophy was a tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Melbourne, Australia. It was organised as a lead-up tournament to the 2021 Australian Open, and was held at the same venue, due to other tournaments in Australia being cancelled as a result from the COVID-19 pandemic. This tournament took place simultaneously with the 2021 Yarra Valley Classic and the 2021 Grampians Trophy. Players who had originally intended to participate in this tournament or the Yarra Valley Classic, but were forced to undergo strict quarantine measures upon arrival in Australia, were able to participate in the 2021 Grampians Trophy. The entry list of 2021 Australian Open was used to determine the entry list of this tournament; with half the players (selected randomly) playing the Gippsland Trophy, and the other half playing the 2021 Yarra Valley Classic. [1]

Contents

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64
Singles47030518510055301
Doubles1N/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64
Singles$50,000$33,520$18,610$8,770$5,500$4,250$3,000
Doubles*$20,890$13,370$8,350$4,310$2,670$2,020N/A

*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 21
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Naomi Osaka 32
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 53
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 74
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Johanna Konta 145
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Iga Świątek 176
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 207
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Muchová 278
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova 339
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Wang Qiang 3410
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Saisai 4211
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 4412
Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 4513
Flag of the United States.svg USA Cori Gauff 4814
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Polona Hercog 4915
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Laura Siegemund 5116

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the Australian Open singles main draw, and hence this tournament as well:

The following players received entry from the Australian Open qualifying draw:

The following players received entry into this tournament as they were potential lucky losers for the Australian Open singles main draw:

The following players received entry as an alternate:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 151
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-Ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Latisha Chan 302
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of the United States.svg USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 323
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Andreja Klepač Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 464
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 605
Flag of the United States.svg USA Hayley Carter Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Luisa Stefani 646
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Laura Siegemund Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Vera Zvonareva 757
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anna Blinkova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Veronika Kudermetova 758

Other entrants

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

The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

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