2021 WTA 1000 tournaments

2021 WTA 1000
Details
Duration	March 8 – October 17
Edition	32nd
Tournaments	7
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Ashleigh Barty (2)
Most finals	Ashleigh Barty (3)
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Last updated October 11, 2025

The WTA 1000 Mandatory and non-Mandatory tournaments, which are part of the WTA 1000 tournaments, make up the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour. There are four 1000 Mandatory tournaments: Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing and five non-Mandatory tournaments: Dubai, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati and Wuhan.^[1]

Tournaments

Tournament	Country	Location	Surface	Date	Prize money
Dubai Tennis Championships	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Hard	Mar 8 – 14	$1,835,490^[2]
Indian Wells Open	United States	Indian Wells	Hard	Oct 4 – 17 (rescheduled)^[3]	$8,761,725
Miami Open	United States	Miami Gardens	Hard	Mar 22 – Apr 4	$3,260,190
Madrid Open	Spain	Madrid	Clay (red)	April 29 – May 8	€2,549,105
Italian Open	Italy	Rome	Clay (red)	May 10 – 16	€1,577,613
Canadian Open	Canada	Montreal	Hard	Aug 9 – 15	$1,835,490
Cincinnati Open	United States	Mason	Hard	Aug 16 – 22	$2,114,989^[4]
Wuhan Open	China	Wuhan	Hard	Sep 27 – Oct 3 (cancelled)^[5]	—
China Open	China	Beijing	Hard	Oct 4 – 10 (cancelled)^[5]	—

Results

* First-time champion

Tournament	Singles champions	Runners-up	Score	Doubles champions	Runners-up	Score
Dubai Singles – Doubles	Garbiñe Muguruza	Barbora Krejčíková	7–6^(8–6), 6–3	Alexa Guarachi* Darija Jurak*	Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan	6–0, 6–3
Miami Singles – Doubles	Ashleigh Barty	Bianca Andreescu	6–3, 4–0, ret.	Shuko Aoyama* Ena Shibahara*	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	6–2, 7–5
Madrid Singles – Doubles	Aryna Sabalenka	Ashleigh Barty	6–0, 3–6, 6–4	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	Gabriela Dabrowski Demi Schuurs	6–4, 6–3
Rome Singles – Doubles	Iga Świątek*	Karolína Plíšková	6–0, 6–0	Sharon Fichman* Giuliana Olmos*	Kristina Mladenovic Markéta Vondroušová	4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Montréal Singles – Doubles	Camila Giorgi*	Karolína Plíšková	6–3, 7–5	Gabriela Dabrowski	Darija Jurak Andreja Klepač	6–3, 6–4
Montréal Singles – Doubles	Camila Giorgi*	Karolína Plíšková	6–3, 7–5	Luisa Stefani*	Darija Jurak Andreja Klepač	6–3, 6–4
Cincinnati Singles – Doubles	Ashleigh Barty	Jil Teichmann	6–3, 6–1	Samantha Stosur	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	7–5, 6–3
Cincinnati Singles – Doubles	Ashleigh Barty	Jil Teichmann	6–3, 6–1	Zhang Shuai*	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	7–5, 6–3
Indian Wells Singles – Doubles	Paula Badosa*	Victoria Azarenka	7–6^(7–5), 2–6, 7–6^(7–2)	Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens	Veronika Kudermetova Elena Rybakina	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
Wuhan	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]^[7]
Beijing	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]^[7]

Tournaments details

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
ITF = ITF entry
PR = Protected ranking
SR = Special ranking
SE = Special exempt
JE = Junior exempt
JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Dubai

Singles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

	Barbora Krejčíková	6	6

WC	Anastasia Potapova	0	2
						Barbora Krejčíková	7	6

						Jil Teichmann	5	2
	Jil Teichmann	6	6

WC	Coco Gauff	3	3
										Barbora Krejčíková	6⁶	3

									9	Garbiñe Muguruza	7⁸	6
9	Garbiñe Muguruza	3	6	6

3	Aryna Sabalenka	6	3	2
					9	Garbiñe Muguruza	6	7⁷

					10	Elise Mertens	4	6⁵
10	Elise Mertens	5	7	6

	Jessica Pegula	7	5	0

Doubles

Semifinals				Final

	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jessica Pegula	4	3

8	Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak Schreiber	6	6
				8	Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak Schreiber	6	6

					Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan	0	3
	Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan	6	7

5	Tímea Babos Veronika Kudermetova	3	5

Miami

Singles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Ashleigh Barty	6	6⁵	6

7	Aryna Sabalenka	4	7⁷	3
					1	Ashleigh Barty	6	6

					5	Elina Svitolina	3	3
	Anastasija Sevastova	3	2

5	Elina Svitolina	6	6
										1	Ashleigh Barty	6	4

										8	Bianca Andreescu	3	0^r
8	Bianca Andreescu	6	3	6

	Sara Sorribes Tormo	4	6	3
					8	Bianca Andreescu	7⁹	3	7⁷

					23	Maria Sakkari	6⁷	6	6⁴
23	Maria Sakkari	6	6

2	Naomi Osaka	0	4

Doubles

Semifinals					Final

	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Iga Świątek	6	6⁴	[2]

5	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	3	7⁷	[10]
					5	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	6	7

					8	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	2	5
8	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	2	6	[10]

	Gabriela Dabrowski Giuliana Olmos	6	3	[8]

Madrid

Singles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Ashleigh Barty	6	3	6

9	Petra Kvitová	1	6	3
					1	Ashleigh Barty	6	6

					WC	Paula Badosa	4	3
WC	Paula Badosa	6	7

8	Belinda Bencic	4	5
									1	Ashleigh Barty	0	6	4

									5	Aryna Sabalenka	6	3	6
5	Aryna Sabalenka	6	4

13	Elise Mertens	1	0^r
					5	Aryna Sabalenka	6	6

						Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2	3
	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	7⁷	7⁷

	Karolína Muchová	6⁴	6²

Doubles

Semifinals					Final

	Jeļena Ostapenko Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	7	4	[6]

3	Gabriela Dabrowski Demi Schuurs	5	6	[10]
					3	Gabriela Dabrowski Demi Schuurs	4	3

					2	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	6	6
	Belinda Bencic Jil Teichmann	2	4

2	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	6	6

Rome

Singles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Ashleigh Barty	6	2^r

	Coco Gauff	4	1
						Coco Gauff	6³	3

					15	Iga Świątek	7⁷	6
15	Iga Świątek	6	7

5	Elina Svitolina	2	5
										15	Iga Świątek	6	6

										9	Karolína Plíšková	0	0
9	Karolína Plíšková	4	7	7⁷

	Jeļena Ostapenko	6	5	6¹
					9	Karolína Plíšková	6	3	6

						Petra Martić	1	6	2
	Petra Martić	7	6

	Jessica Pegula	5	4

Doubles

Semifinals				Final

Alt	Sharon Fichman Giuliana Olmos	6	6

4	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	3	2
				Alt	Sharon Fichman Giuliana Olmos	4	7	[10]

					Kristina Mladenovic Markéta Vondroušová	6	5	[5]
WC	Irina-Camelia Begu Sara Errani	2	3

	Kristina Mladenovic Markéta Vondroušová	6	6

Montreal

Singles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Aryna Sabalenka	6	6

8	Victoria Azarenka	2	4
					1	Aryna Sabalenka	3	4

					4	Karolína Plíšková	6	6
4	Karolína Plíšková	6	6

	Sara Sorribes Tormo	4	0
										4	Karolína Plíšková	3	5

											Camila Giorgi	6	7
	Camila Giorgi	6	7⁷

15	Coco Gauff	4	6²
						Camila Giorgi	6	3	6

						Jessica Pegula	3	6	1
	Jessica Pegula	1	7⁷	6

13	Ons Jabeur	6	6⁴	0

Doubles

Semifinals				Final

5	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	6	6

	Veronika Kudermetova Elena Rybakina	2	3
				5	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	6	6

				6	Darija Jurak Andreja Klepač	3	4
6	Darija Jurak Andreja Klepač	7	6

	Magda Linette Bernarda Pera	5	4

Cincinnati

Singles

Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

1	Ashleigh Barty	6	6

9	Barbora Krejčíková	2	4
				1	Ashleigh Barty	6	7

					Angelique Kerber	2	5
	Angelique Kerber	6	3

11	Petra Kvitová	4	3^r
								1	Ashleigh Barty	6	6

								WC	Jil Teichmann	3	1
5	Karolína Plíšková	7	2

	Paula Badosa	5	0^r
				5	Karolína Plíšková	2	4

				WC	Jil Teichmann	6	6
10	Belinda Bencic	3	2

WC	Jil Teichmann	6	6

Doubles

Semifinals					Final

	Anna Blinkova Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6	5	[5]

	Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai	4	7	[10]
						Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai	7	6

					6	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	5	3
6	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	7	3	[10]

2	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	5	6	[7]

Indian Wells

Singles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

18	Anett Kontaveit	5	3

12	Ons Jabeur	7	6
					12	Ons Jabeur	3	3

					21	Paula Badosa	6	6
21	Paula Badosa	6	7

10	Angelique Kerber	4	5
										21	Paula Badosa	7⁷	2	7⁷

										27	Victoria Azarenka	6⁵	6	6²
27	Victoria Azarenka	6	6

19	Jessica Pegula	4	2
					27	Victoria Azarenka	3	6	7

					24	Jeļena Ostapenko	6	3	5
	Shelby Rogers	4	6	3

24	Jeļena Ostapenko	6	4	6

Doubles

Semifinals				Final

	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko	4	3

	Veronika Kudermetova Elena Rybakina	6	6
					Veronika Kudermetova Elena Rybakina	6¹	3

				2	Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens	7⁷	6
3	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	2	0

2	Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens	6	6

References

↑ "2021 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
↑ "Dubai Tennis Championships Prize Money 2021 - peRFect Tennis". www.perfect-tennis.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022.
↑ "Indian Wells tennis to be played Oct. 4–17 in SoCal desert". USA Today . Associated Press. 1 July 2021. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022.
↑ "Cincinnati Open Prize Money 2021 - peRFect Tennis". www.perfect-tennis.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022.
1 2 "WTA officially cancels 2021 fall Asian swing". Open Court. 2021-07-01. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24.
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↑ "Steve Simon announces WTA's decision to suspend tournaments in China". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022.

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[1] "2021 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.

[2] "Dubai Tennis Championships Prize Money 2021 - peRFect Tennis". www.perfect-tennis.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022.

[3] "Indian Wells tennis to be played Oct. 4–17 in SoCal desert". USA Today . Associated Press. 1 July 2021. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022.

[4] "Cincinnati Open Prize Money 2021 - peRFect Tennis". www.perfect-tennis.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022.

[:0-5] 1 2 "WTA officially cancels 2021 fall Asian swing". Open Court. 2021-07-01. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24.

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[c19-7] "Steve Simon announces WTA's decision to suspend tournaments in China". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022.

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2021 WTA 1000 tournaments

Contents

Tournaments

Results

Tournaments details

Key

Dubai

Singles

Doubles

Miami

Singles

Doubles

Madrid

Singles

Doubles

Rome

Singles

Doubles

Montreal

Singles

Doubles

Cincinnati

Singles

Doubles

Indian Wells

Singles

Doubles

See also

References

External links