2021 Ladies Open Lausanne

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2021 Ladies Open Lausanne
Date12 – 18 July
Edition28th
Category WTA 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$235,238
Surface Clay
Location Lausanne, Switzerland
VenueTennis Club Stade-Lausanne
Champions
Singles
Flag of Slovenia.svg Tamara Zidanšek
Doubles
Flag of Switzerland.svg Susan Bandecchi / Flag of Switzerland.svg Simona Waltert
  2019  · WTA Swiss Open ·  2022  

The 2021 Ladies Open Lausanne was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 28th edition of the Ladies Open Lausanne, and part of the 250 category of the 2021 WTA Tour. It took place at Tennis Club Stade-Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland, from 12 through 18 July 2021. [1]

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Champions

Singles

This was Zidanšek's maiden WTA Tour singles title.

Doubles

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Tamara Zidanšek 471
Flag of France.svg  FRA Fiona Ferro 512
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Jil Teichmann 553
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Camila Giorgi 624
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 765
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Arantxa Rus 846
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Jasmine Paolini 887
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anna Blinkova 898

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anna Blinkova Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anna-Lena Friedsam 1161
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Jil Teichmann Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Tamara Zidanšek 1702
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Eri Hozumi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 1803
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Katarzyna Piter Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Arantxa Rus 2004

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

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References

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  2. "WTA Lausanne: Sloane Stephens de la partie". rts.ch.