2021 Tennis in the Land

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2021 Tennis in the Land
DateAugust 22–28
Edition1st
Category WTA 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$236,000
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Cleveland, United States
Venue Jacobs Pavilion
Champions
Singles
Flag of Estonia.svg Anett Kontaveit
Doubles
Flag of Japan.svg Shuko Aoyama / Flag of Japan.svg Ena Shibahara
Tennis in the Land ·  2022  

The 2021 Tennis in the Land event was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Jacobs Pavilion. It was the first edition of the tournament held in the city of Cleveland in the United States and was a part of the WTA 250 category of the 2021 WTA Tour. [1] [2]

Contents

Champions

Singles

This was Kontaveit's second WTA Tour title, and first since 2017.

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Women's singles2801801106030118121
Women's doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1
Women's singles$29,200$16,398$10,100$5,800$4,000$2,770$2,305$1,700
Women's doubles*$10,300$6,000$3,800$2,300$1,750

1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Daria Kasatkina 261
Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Anett Kontaveit 282
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova 343
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Johanna Konta 364
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Nadia Podoroska 375
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Magda Linette 436
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Sara Sorribes Tormo 447
Flag of the United States.svg USA Shelby Rogers 458
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 509

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards 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
During the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ena Shibahara 181
Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Alexa Guarachi Flag of the United States.svg USA Desirae Krawczyk 352
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Hradecká Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 793
Flag of the United States.svg USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands Flag of the United States.svg USA Shelby Rogers 894

Other entrants

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

The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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References

  1. "Tennis in the Land brings WTA to Cleveland in August for first time". news-herald.com.
  2. "Tennis in the Land Overview". wtatennis.com.
  3. Tennis in the Land Player Field