2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open
2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open | ||||
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Date | 6–13 January | |||
Edition | 1st | |||
Category | WTA 500 | |||
Draw | 64S / 28D | |||
Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
Location | Abu Dhabi, UAE | |||
Venue | Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre | |||
Champions | ||||
Singles | ||||
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Doubles | ||||
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The 2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural professional edition of the tournament and a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It took place at the Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre in Abu Dhabi, from 6 January to 13 January 2021. Fourth-seeded Aryna Sabalenka won the singles title.[1]
Finals
Singles
Aryna Sabalenka def.
Veronika Kudermetova, 6–2, 6–2
Doubles
Shuko Aoyama /
Ena Shibahara def.
Hayley Carter /
Luisa Stefani, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
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Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | $68,570 | $50,130 | $26,745 | $12,675 | $6,480 | $4,100 | $2,500 | $1,925 | $1,000 |
Doubles | $20,890 | $13,370 | $8,350 | $4,310 | $2,670 | $2,020 | — | — | — |
Doubles prize money per team |
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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![]() | Sofia Kenin | 4 | 1 |
![]() | Elina Svitolina | 5 | 2 |
![]() | Karolína Plíšková | 6 | 3 |
![]() | Aryna Sabalenka | 10 | 4 |
![]() | Garbiñe Muguruza | 15 | 5 |
![]() | Elena Rybakina | 19 | 6 |
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![]() | Markéta Vondroušová | 21 | 8 |
![]() | Maria Sakkari | 22 | 9 |
![]() | Anett Kontaveit | 23 | 10 |
![]() | Jennifer Brady | 24 | 11 |
![]() | Karolína Muchová | 27 | 12 |
![]() | Yulia Putintseva | 28 | 13 |
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![]() | Ons Jabeur | 31 | 15 |
![]() | Donna Vekić | 32 | 16 |
![]() | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 33 | 17 |
- 1 Rankings are as of December 21, 2020
Other entrants
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
Yaroslava Shvedova
Zhu Lin
The following player received entry as an alternate:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Kateryna Bondarenko
Anna Bondár
Anastasia Gasanova
Amandine Hesse
Lucie Hradecká
Lucrezia Stefanini
Bianca Turati
Yang Zhaoxuan
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
- before the tournament
Amanda Anisimova → replaced by
Ulrikke Eikeri
Belinda Bencic → replaced by
Vera Zvonareva
Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by
Despina Papamichail
Danielle Collins → replaced by
Tamara Zidanšek
Fiona Ferro → replaced by
Jodie Burrage
Caroline Garcia → replaced by
Jasmine Paolini
Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by
Wang Xiyu
Elise Mertens → replaced by
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by
Marta Kostyuk
Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by
Anastasia Potapova
Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by
Jamie Loeb
Zheng Saisai → replaced by
Leylah Fernandez
- during the tournament
Retirements
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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![]() | Hsieh Su-wei | ![]() | Barbora Krejčíková | 8 | 1 |
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![]() | Nicole Melichar | ![]() | Demi Schuurs | 23 | 3 |
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![]() | Shuko Aoyama | ![]() | Ena Shibahara | 45 | 5 |
![]() | Alexa Guarachi | ![]() | Desirae Krawczyk | 51 | 6 |
![]() | Xu Yifan | ![]() | Yang Zhaoxuan | 64 | 7 |
![]() | Hayley Carter | ![]() | Luisa Stefani | 68 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of December 21, 2020
Other entrants
The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking:
The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw as alternates:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Elise Mertens /
Aryna Sabalenka → replaced by
Nadia Podoroska /
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Kirsten Flipkens /
Kristina Mladenovic → replaced by
Jasmine Paolini /
Martina Trevisan
- During the tournament
References
- ^ "Abu Dhabi WTA Women's Tennis Open". wtatennis.com.
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