2021 Winners Open

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2021 Winners Open
Date2–8 August
Edition1st
Category WTA 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$235,000
Surface Clay
Location Cluj-Napoca, Romania
VenueWinners Sports Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Petkovic
Doubles
Flag of Russia.svg Natela Dzalamidze / Flag of Slovenia.svg Kaja Juvan
Winners Open ·  2022  

The 2021 WTA Romanian Open, known as the Winners Open due to sponsorship reasons, was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Winners Sports Club. It was the 1st edition of the tournament held in the city of Cluj-Napoca and was a part of the 2021 WTA Tour. [1]

Contents

Finals

Singles

This was Petkovic's seventh WTA Tour singles title, and first since 2015.

Doubles

This was the maiden WTA Tour title won by both Dzalamidze and Juvan.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of France.svg  FRA Alizé Cornet 631
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Andrea Petkovic 972
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Ana Bogdan 1013
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Martina Trevisan 1024
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Elena-Gabriela Ruse 1055
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Kaja Juvan 1146
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Viktoriya Tomova 1197
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Kristína Kučová 1208

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Viktória Kužmová Flag of Poland.svg  POL Alicja Rosolska 1401
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Aleksandra Krunić Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Lidziya Marozava 1502
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Lara Arruabarrena Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Andreea Mitu 1863
Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Oksana Kalashnikova Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Tereza Mihalíková 2334

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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References

  1. Cluj-Napoca to host a WTA tennis tournament in August
  2. "Winners Open Players". winnersopen.ro.