Details | |
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Duration | 6 January – 17 November 2021 |
Edition | 51st |
Categories |
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Achievements (singles) | |
Most titles | Ashleigh Barty (5) |
Most finals | Anett Kontaveit (7) |
Prize money leader | Ashleigh Barty ($3,945,182) |
Points leader | Ashleigh Barty (6,411) |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Ashleigh Barty |
Doubles team of the year | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková |
Most improved player of the year | Barbora Krejčíková |
Newcomer of the year | Emma Raducanu |
Comeback player of the year | Carla Suárez Navarro |
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The 2021 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2021 tennis season. The 2021 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Finals and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2021 calendar are the Summer Olympic Games, which were rescheduled from 2020.
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2021 calendar. [1]
Grand Slam tournaments |
Summer Olympics |
Year-end championships |
WTA 1000 (Mandatory) [a] |
WTA 1000 (non-Mandatory) [a] |
WTA 500 [a] |
WTA 250 [a] |
Team events |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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4 Jan | Abu Dhabi Open Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates WTA 500 Hard – $565,530 – 64S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles | Aryna Sabalenka 6–2, 6–2 | Veronika Kudermetova | Maria Sakkari Marta Kostyuk | Sofia Kenin Elena Rybakina Sara Sorribes Tormo Elina Svitolina |
Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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1 Nov | Billie Jean King Cup Finals Prague, Czech Republic Hard (i) – 12 teams | RTF 2–0 | Switzerland | United States Australia | Round robin Canada France Belgium Belarus Slovakia Spain Czech Republic Germany |
8 Nov | WTA Finals Guadalajara, Mexico Year-end championships Hard – $5,000,000 – 8S (RR)/8D (RR) Singles – Doubles | Garbiñe Muguruza 6–3, 7–5 | Anett Kontaveit | Paula Badosa Maria Sakkari | Round robin Barbora Krejčíková Karolína Plíšková Aryna Sabalenka Iga Świątek |
Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 6–4 | Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens | ||||
Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA 250 Hard (i) – $235,238 – 28S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Alison Riske 2–6, 6–2, 7–5 | Jaqueline Cristian | Danielle Collins Simona Halep | Wang Xinyu Alison Van Uytvanck Veronika Kudermetova Jasmine Paolini | |
Natela Dzalamidze Kamilla Rakhimova 6–4, 6–2 | Wang Xinyu Zheng Saisai |
The COVID-19 pandemic affected tournaments on both the ATP and WTA tours. The following tournaments were cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Week of | Tournament | Status |
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January 4 | Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA 500 Hard | Cancelled [9] [10] [1] |
Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand WTA 250 Hard | ||
Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA 250 Hard | ||
January 11 | Adelaide International Adelaide, Australia WTA 500 Hard | Postponed to 22 February [11] |
Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled | |
January 18 January 25 | Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard | Postponed to 8 February |
February 8 | St. Petersburg Trophy Saint Petersburg, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i) | Postponed to 15 March due to Australian Open reschedule |
Thailand Open Hua Hin, Thailand WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled | |
February 15 | Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA 500 Hard | Postponed to 1 March due to Australian Open reschedule |
February 22 | Mexican Open Acapulco, Mexico WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled |
March 8 March 15 | Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Hard | Postponed to 4 October [12] |
April 12 | Billie Jean King Cup Finals Budapest, Hungary Clay (red) (i) – 12 teams | Postponed to 1 November and moved to Prague, Czech Republic [13] [14] |
Kunming Open Anning, China WTA 250 Clay (red) | Postponed | |
May 17 | Morocco Open Rabat, Morocco WTA 250 Clay | Cancelled |
Cologne Open Cologne, Germany WTA 250 Clay (red) | Cancelled | |
May 24 | French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) | Postponed to 31 May |
June 7 | Rosmalen Grass Court Championships Rosmalen, Netherlands WTA 250 Grass | Cancelled [15] |
September 13 | Zhengzhou Open Zhengzhou, China WTA 500 Hard | |
Japan Open Hiroshima, Japan WTA 250 Hard | ||
September 20 | Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA 500 Hard | |
Guangzhou Open Guangzhou, China WTA 250 Hard | ||
Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA 250 Hard | Postponed to 20 December as WTA 125 tournament | |
September 27 | Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) Hard | Cancelled |
October 4 | China Open Beijing, China WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Hard | |
October 11 | Hong Kong Open Hong Kong, China WTA 250 Hard | |
Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA 250 Hard | ||
Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA 250 Hard (i) | Postponed to 8 November | |
October 18 | Jiangxi Open Nanchang, China WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled |
November 1 | WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Year-end championships Hard | |
November 8 | WTA Finals Shenzhen, China Year-end championships Hard | Moved to Guadalajara, Mexico [16] |
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2019 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy), the WTA Premier tournaments (WTA 1000 and WTA 500), and the WTA 250. The players/nations are sorted by:
Grand Slam tournaments |
Summer Olympics |
Year-end championships |
WTA 1000 (Mandatory) |
WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) |
WTA 500 |
WTA 250 |
Total | Nation | Grand Slam | Olympic Games | Year-end | WTA 1000 (M) | WTA 1000 (NM) | WTA 500 | WTA 250 | Total | |||||||||||
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S | D | X | S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X | ||
17 | United States (USA) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||
14 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | ||||||
11 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
10 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||
9 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
7 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||
7 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||
6 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Estonia (EST) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
4 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Chile (CHI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | India (IND) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Denmark (DEN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Georgia (GEO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
The following players achieved their career high ranking in this season inside top 50 (in bold the players who entered the top 10 for the first time).
These are the WTA rankings and yearly WTA Race rankings of the top 20 singles and doubles players at the current date of the 2021 season.
Player withdrew. |
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Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
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Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | Year end 2020 | Year end 2021 |
Team withdrew. |
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Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
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Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) | Year end 2020 | 21 February 2021 |
Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) | 22 February 2021 | 4 April 2021 |
Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) | 5 April 2021 | 9 May 2021 |
Elise Mertens (BEL) | 10 May 2021 | 16 May 2021 |
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) | 17 May 2021 | 13 June 2021 |
Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) | 14 June 2021 | 11 July 2021 |
Elise Mertens (BEL) | 12 July 2021 | 12 September 2021 |
Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) | 13 September 2021 | 19 September 2021 |
Elise Mertens (BEL) | 20 September 2021 | 26 September 2021 |
Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) | 27 September 2021 | 17 October 2021 |
Elise Mertens (BEL) | 18 October 2021 | 24 October 2021 |
Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) | 25 October 2021 | 31 October 2021 |
Elise Mertens (BEL) | 1 November 2021 | 7 November 2021 |
Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) | 8 November 2021 | 21 November 2021 |
Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) | 22 November 2021 | Year end 2021 |
Category | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Grand Slam (S) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 |
Grand Slam (D) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 10 | – | 40 | – | – | – |
WTA Finals (S) | 1500* | 1080* | 750* | (+125 per round robin match; +125 per round robin win) | ||||||||
WTA Finals (D) | 1500 | 1080 | 750 | 375 | – | |||||||
WTA 1000 (96S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 35 | 10 | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
WTA 1000 (64/60S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
WTA 1000 (28/32D) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA 1000 (56S, 48Q/32Q) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 1 |
WTA 1000 (28D) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA 500 (64/56S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | – | 25 | – | 13 | 1 |
WTA 500 (32/30/28S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | – | – | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
WTA 500 (28D) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA 500 (16D) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Elite Trophy (S) | 700* | 440* | 240* | (+40 per round robin match; +80 per round robin win) | ||||||||
WTA 250 (32S, 32Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
WTA 250 (32S, 24/16Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | – | 12 | 1 |
WTA 250 (28D) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA 250 (16D) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record.
Prize money in US$ as of November 15,2021 [update] [20] | |||||
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# | Player | Singles | Doubles | Mixed doubles | Year-to-date |
1 | Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | $3,914,987 | $30,195 | $0 | $3,945,182 |
2 | Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) | $2,969,248 | $616,781 | $60,854 | $3,646,883 |
3 | Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) | $2,664,681 | $235,522 | $0 | $2,909,281 |
4 | Karolína Plíšková (CZE) | $2,829,000 | $39,865 | $0 | $2,868,865 |
5 | Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) | $2,827,274 | $3,905 | $0 | $2,846,871 |
6 | Emma Raducanu (GBR) | $2,807,446 | $0 | $0 | $2,807,446 |
7 | Paula Badosa (ESP) | $2,602,330 | $52,132 | $0 | $2,655,962 |
8 | Naomi Osaka (JPN) | $2,306,222 | $0 | $0 | $2,306,222 |
9 | Elise Mertens (BEL) | $1,162,626 | $933,007 | $0 | $2,098,133 |
10 | Maria Sakkari (GRE) | $2,021,970 | $8,020 | $0 | $2,029,990 |
The following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 in singles, or top 100 in doubles, for at least one week) who returned from retirement or inactivity during the 2021 season:
The following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 in singles, or top 100 in doubles, for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2021 season:
Katarina Srebotnik is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20, on 7 August 2006. On 4 July 2011, she became the No. 1 of the WTA doubles rankings, holding this ranking for ten weeks.
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