2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date19–25 April
Edition43rd
Category WTA 500
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$565,530
Surface Clay (indoor)
Location Stuttgart, Germany
Venue Porsche-Arena
Champions
Singles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashleigh Barty
Doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashleigh Barty / Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Brady
  2019  · Porsche Tennis Grand Prix ·  2022  

The 2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 43rd edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and was classified as a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It was held at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany from 19 to 25 April 2021. [1]

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Ashleigh Barty won both the singles title and doubles title (alongside partner Jennifer Brady). The feat earned Barty her 11th career WTA Tour singles title and made her the first reigning world No. 1 to win the singles tournament since Justine Henin in 2007. By winning her 12th career WTA Tour doubles title, she also became the first player to sweep both tournaments since Lindsay Davenport in 2001. It was Brady's maiden career WTA Tour doubles title. [2]

Finals

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles47030518510055125131
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1
Singles$55,300$41,141$26,130$12,500$6,612$5,362$4,032$2,068
Doubles$20,346$14,314$8,064$4,436$2,824

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ashleigh Barty 11
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 32
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sofia Kenin 43
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 54
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 75
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 96
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 107
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Belinda Bencic 128

Other entrants

The following player received a wildcard into the 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 the United States.svg  USA Desirae Krawczyk Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 401
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 472
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hayley Carter Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Luisa Stefani 523
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 654

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:

The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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