Abu Dhabi WTA Womens Tennis Open 2021

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2021 Abu Dhabi Women’s Tennis Open Facts

Date 6–13 January
Edition 1st
Category WTA 500
Draw 64S / 28D
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Abu Dhabi, U.A.E
Venue Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre

Prize Money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1
Singles4703051851205530125131
Doubles1001N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
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$2,020N/AN/AN/A

Players List

Singles

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
USASofia Kenin41
UKRElina Svitolina52
CZEKarolína Plíšková63
BLRAryna Sabalenka104
ESPGarbiñe Muguruza155
KAZElena Rybakina196
BELElise Mertens207
CZEMarkéta Vondroušová218
GREMaria Sakkari229
ESTAnett Kontaveit2310
USAJennifer Brady2411
CZEKarolína Muchová2712
KAZYulia Putintseva2813
USAAmanda Anisimova3014
TUNOns Jabeur3115
CRODonna Vekić3216
RUSEkaterina Alexandrova3317

Protected ranking

  • Yaroslava Shvedova
  • Zhu Lin

Alternate:

  • Ulrikke Eikeri

Qualifying draw:

  • Kateryna Bondarenko
  • Anna Bondár
  • Anastasia Gasanova
  • Amandine Hesse
  • Lucie Hradecká
  • Lucrezia Stefanini
  • Bianca Turati
  • Yang Zhaoxuan

Lucky losers:

  • Jodie Burrage
  • Valentini Grammatikopoulou
  • Despina Papamichail

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 Annie Fernandez
During the tournament
  • Karolína Muchová

Retirements

  • Kirsten Flipkens

Doubles

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
TPEHsieh Su-weiCZEBarbora Krejčíková81
BELElise MertensBLRAryna Sabalenka112
USANicole MelicharNEDDemi Schuurs233
BELKirsten FlipkensFRAKristina Mladenovic334
JPNShuko AoyamaJPNEna Shibahara455
CHIAlexa GuarachiUSADesirae Krawczyk516
CHNXu YifanCHNYang Zhaoxuan647
USAHayley CarterBRALuisa Stefani688

Protected ranking:

  • Kateryna Bondarenko / Nadiia Kichenok
  • Elena Rybakina / Yaroslava Shvedova

Alternates:

  • Jasmine Paolini / Martina Trevisan
  • Nadia Podoroska / Sara Sorribes Tormo

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

Karolína Muchová / Markéta Vondroušová

Draws

2021 Abu Dhabi Women’s Tennis Open Results

Past Champions

Women’s singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
↓ Exhibition tournament ↓
2017Jeļena OstapenkoSerena Williams6–2, 3–6, [10–5]
2018Venus WilliamsSerena Williams4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2019Maria SharapovaAjla Tomljanović6–4, 7–5
2020Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
2021Aryna SabalenkaVeronika Kudermetova6–2, 6–2

Women’s doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
2021Shuko Aoyama
Ena Shibahara		Hayley Carter
Luisa Stefani		7–6(7–5), 6–4