2021 Grampians Trophy

2021 Grampians Trophy
Date	3–7 February
Edition	1st
Category	WTA 500
Draw	28S
Prize money	$235,820
Surface	Hard
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Venue	Melbourne Park
Champions
Singles
No champion. Final match not played.
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The 2021 Grampians Trophy was a tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hardcourts 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 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This tournament was created for players who had originally intended to participate in the 2021 Yarra Valley Classic or the 2021 Gippsland Trophy, but were forced to undergo strict quarantine measures upon arrival in Australia due to confirmed COVID-19 cases found on several of the chartered player flights to Australia. ^[1] There was no doubles event.

Due to a delayed schedule because of a COVID-19 case at a tournament quarantine hotel and the semifinals taking place just one day before the start of the Australian Open, the final was not played. ^[2]

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2021 Grampians Trophy – Singles

• Anett Kontaveit vs. Ann Li
• Final not held due to delay in schedule. Both finalists received the points and prize money reserved for runners-up finishes: 305 points and $33,520. ^[3]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32
Singles	470	305	185	100	55	1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32
Singles	$50,000	$33,520	$18,610	$8,770	$5,500	$3,000

_{*per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CAN	Bianca Andreescu	8	1
SUI	Belinda Bencic	12	2
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	13	3
KAZ	Elena Rybakina	19	4
GRE	Maria Sakkari	22	5
EST	Anett Kontaveit	23	6
USA	Jennifer Brady	24	7
GER	Angelique Kerber	25	8
USA	Alison Riske	26	9

• ¹ Rankings are as of 25 January 2021

Other entrants

The following players received entry as an alternate:

• Oksana Kalashnikova
• Ellen Perez

Withdrawals

before the tournament

• Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Oksana Kalashnikova
• Paula Badosa → replaced by Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Alison Riske → replaced by Ellen Perez
• Dayana Yastremska → replaced by Gabriela Dabrowski

during the tournament

• Victoria Azarenka

References

1. "Third WTA 500 event added to Melbourne Summer Series". www.wtatennis.com.
2. Mulvenney, Nick (7 February 2021). "Li, Kontaveit share 'hard quarantine' WTA trophy". Reuters . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
3. Maine, D'Arcy (11 February 2021). "How American Ann Li has slipped under the radar while rising through the ranks". ESPN . Retrieved 11 February 2021.