2021 Transylvania Open

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2021 Transylvania Open
Date25–31 October
Edition1st
Category WTA 250
Draw32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money$235,238
Surface Hard (Indoor)
Location Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Venue BT Arena
Champions
Singles
Flag of Estonia.svg Anett Kontaveit
Doubles
Flag of Romania.svg Irina Bara / Flag of Georgia.svg Ekaterine Gorgodze
Transylvania Open ·  2022  

The 2021 Transylvania Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. [1] It was the first edition of the Transylvania Open, and part of the WTA 250 series of the 2021 WTA Tour. It was held at the BT Arena in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from 25 October until 31 October 2021. Second-seeded Anett Kontaveit won the singles title. By winning the title, Kontaveit qualified for the WTA Finals. [2]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Estonia.svg Anett Kontaveit defeated Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep, 6–2, 6–3

Doubles

Flag of Romania.svg Irina Bara / Flag of Georgia.svg Ekaterine Gorgodze defeated Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandra Krunić / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, 4–6, 6–1, [11–9].

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 191
Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Anett Kontaveit 202
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Emma Raducanu 243
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Jil Teichmann 394
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ajla Tomljanović 435
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Marta Kostyuk 536
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 567
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Anhelina Kalinina 578

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kaitlyn Christian Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Erin Routliffe 1071
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Aleksandra Krunić Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 1232
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Monica Niculescu Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Elena-Gabriela Ruse 1403
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Anna Danilina Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Ulrikke Eikeri 1534

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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