2021 Volvo Car Open

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2021 Volvo Car Open
DateApril 5 – 11
Edition48th
Category WTA 500
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$565,530
Surface Green clay
Location Charleston, United States
Venue Family Circle Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Russia.svg Veronika Kudermetova
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Schuurs
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The 2021 Charleston Open (branded as the 2021 Volvo Car Open for sponsorship reasons) tournament was a women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Daniel Island in Charleston, South Carolina. It was the 48th edition of the event on the WTA Tour and was classified as a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It was the first of two Charleston Open tournaments in consecutive weeks at the same facility (the second was the 2021 MUSC Health Women's Open) [1] , and were the only events of the annual tour's clay court season to be played on green clay. The first tournament of the 2021 doubleheader was the last to be sponsored by Chinese automaker Geely, the owner of Volvo Cars.

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and local health guidelines impacting the facility's construction timeline, tournament organizers held the event behind closed doors for the second consecutive year after the preceding year's exhibition tournament was held under similar conditions. The main stadium was demolished in 2020 and tournament organizers had originally planned to host the event for up to 3,000 fans on a smaller temporary stadium on the secondary court, named the Althea Gibson Court. [2] [3]

Veronika Kudermetova won her maiden career WTA title in the singles tournament. [4] Nicole Melichar and Demi Schuurs won their third title as a team in the doubles tournament. [5]

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1
Women's singles4703051851005530125131
Women's doubles1—————

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
Women's singles$68,570$50,130$26,745$12,670$6,480$4,100$3,330$2,000$1,020
Women's doubles$25,230$17,750$10,000$5,500$3,500————

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking1Seed
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ashleigh Barty 11
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sofia Kenin 42
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 103
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kiki Bertens 114
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Belinda Bencic 125
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 136
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 177
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Madison Keys 198
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Markéta Vondroušová 219
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Elena Rybakina 2410
Flag of Tunisia.svg  TUN Ons Jabeur 2811
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Amanda Anisimova 3112
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yulia Putintseva 3313
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Coco Gauff 3614
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Veronika Kudermetova 3715
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 4316
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Marie Bouzková 4717

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking 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

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nicole Melichar Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Schuurs 231
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Veronika Kudermetova 302
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 393
Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Alexa Guarachi Flag of the United States.svg  USA Desirae Krawczyk 394

Other entrants

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

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using protected rankings:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

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References

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  2. ↑ Dillane, Matt (January 5, 2021). "WTA sets April 5 start date for Volvo Car Open". ABC News 4 . Retrieved February 18, 2022.
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