Volvo Car Open Tennis 2021


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2021 Volvo Car Open
Facts

Date April 5 – 11
Edition 48th
Category WTA 500
Draw 56S / 16D
Prize money $565,530
Surface Green clay
Location Charleston, United States
Venue Family Circle Tennis Center

2019 Champions

Singles
United States Madison Keys
Doubles
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Poland Alicja Rosolska

Prize Money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1
Women’s Singles4703051851005530125131
Women’s Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

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$3,500N/AN/AN/AN/A

Players List

Singles

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking1Seed
AUSAshleigh Barty11
USASofia Kenin42
CZEPetra Kvitová103
NEDKiki Bertens114
 SUIBelinda Bencic125
ESPGarbiñe Muguruza136
BELElise Mertens177
USAMadison Keys198
CZEMarkéta Vondroušová219
KAZElena Rybakina2410
TUNOns Jabeur2811
USAAmanda Anisimova3112
KAZYulia Putintseva3313
USACoco Gauff3614
RUSVeronika Kudermetova3715
CHNZhang Shuai4316
CZEMarie Bouzková4717

Wildcards

  • Hailey Baptiste
  • Belinda Bencic
  • Petra Kvitová
  • Emma Navarro
  • Markéta Vondroušová

Protected ranking

  • Anastasia Potapova
  • Yaroslava Shvedova

Qualifying draw:

  • Magdalena Fręch
  • Desirae Krawczyk
  • Grace Min
  • Asia Muhammad
  • Kurumi Nara
  • Storm Sanders
  • Gabriela Talabă
  • Natalia Vikhlyantseva

Lucky losers:

  • Harriet Dart
  • Caroline Dolehide
  • Whitney Osuigwe
  • Wang Xinyu

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

  • Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Leylah Annie Fernandez
  • Kiki Bertens → replaced by Wang Xinyu
  • Anna Blinkova → replaced by Tímea Babos
  • Danielle Collins → replaced by Martina Trevisan
  • Fiona Ferro → replaced by Anastasia Potapova
  • Polona Hercog → replaced by Nao Hibino
  • Kaia Kanepi → replaced by Caroline Dolehide
  • Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Harriet Dart
  • Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by Danka Kovinić
  • Ann Li → replaced by Misaki Doi
  • Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Christina McHale
  • Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova
  • Jessica Pegula → replaced by Zarina Diyas
  • Rebecca Peterson → replaced by Renata Zarazúa
  • Maria Sakkari → replaced by Francesca Di Lorenzo
  • Laura Siegemund → replaced by Liudmila Samsonova
  • Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Lauren Davis
  • Jil Teichmann → replaced by Madison Brengle
  • Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Whitney Osuigwe
  • Heather Watson → replaced by Caty McNally

Retirements

Elena Rybakina

Doubles

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
USANicole MelicharNEDDemi Schuurs231
HUNTímea BabosRUSVeronika Kudermetova302
CHNXu YifanCHNZhang Shuai393
CHIAlexa GuarachiUSADesirae Krawczyk394

Wildcard

  • Caroline Dolehide / Emma Navarro

Protected rankings:

  • Oksana Kalashnikova / Alla Kudryavtseva
  • Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova
  • Ellen Perez / CoCo Vandeweghe

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

  • Ashleigh Barty / Storm Sanders → replaced by Misaki Doi / Nao Hibino
  • Anna Blinkova / Lucie Hradecká → replaced by Oksana Kalashnikova / Alla Kudryavtseva

Draws

Volvo Car Open
Draw 2021

Past Champions

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2015Angelique vKerberMadison Keys6–2, 4–6, 7–5
2016Sloane StephensElena Vesnina7–6(7–4), 6–2
2017Daria KasatkinaJeļena Ostapenko6–3, 6–1
2018Kiki BertensJulia Görges6–2, 6–1
2019Madison KeysCaroline Wozniacki7–6(7–5), 6–3

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2015Martina Hingis (2)
Sania Mirza (2)
Casey Dellacqua
Darija Jurak
6–0, 6–4
2016Caroline Garcia
Kristina Mladenovic (2)
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Lucie Šafářová
6–2, 7–5
2017Bethanie Mattek-Sands (2)
Lucie Šafářová (3)
Lucie Hradecká
Kateřina Siniaková
6–1, 4–6, [10–7]
2018Alla Kudryavtseva
Katarina Srebotnik (2)
Andreja Klepač
María José Martínez Sánchez
6–3, 6–3
2019Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Alicja Rosolska
Irina Khromacheva
Veronika Kudermetova
7–6(9–7), 6–2