2021 J&T Banka Ostrava Open

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2021 J&T Banka Ostrava Open
Date20–26 September
Edition2nd
Category WTA 500
Draw28S / 24Q / 16D
Prize money$565,530
Surface Hard (Indoor)
Location Ostrava, Czech Republic
Champions
Singles
Flag of Estonia.svg Anett Kontaveit
Doubles
Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Shuai
  2020  · Ostrava Open ·  2022  

The 2021 J&T Banka Ostrava Open was a WTA tournament organised for female professional tennis players on indoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the event on the 2021 WTA Tour, primarily organised due to the cancellation of the Asian tournaments during the 2021 season, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The event took place at the Ostrava Arena in Ostrava, Czech Republic, from 20 through 26 September 2021. [1]

Contents

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Iga Świątek 81
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 102
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Belinda Bencic 123
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Maria Sakkari 134
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 145
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 156
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Elena Rybakina 177
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Muchová 228
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Paula Badosa 279

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Magda Linette Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bernarda Pera 1151
Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 1292
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kaitlyn Christian Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Erin Routliffe 1343
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Eri Hozumi Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Makoto Ninomiya 1424

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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References

  1. "J&T Banka Ostrava Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. "Tenisový svátek se silným obsazením. Muchová se těší na ostravskou kulisu". isport.blesk.cz. 30 August 2021.