2021 İstanbul Cup

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2021 İstanbul Cup
Date	19–25 April
Edition	14th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$235,238
Surface	Clay
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Venue	Istanbul Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Sorana Cîrstea
Doubles
Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens
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The 2021 İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship İstanbul for sponsorship reasons) is a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is the 14th edition of the İstanbul Cup, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2021 WTA Tour. It will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 19 through 25 April 2021.^[1]

Points and prize money[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Women's Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Women's Doubles					1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Women's Singles	$29,200	$16,398	$10,100	$5,800	$3,675	$2,675	$1,950	$1,270
Women's Doubles	$10,300	$6,000	$3,800	$2,300	$1,750	N/A	N/A	N/A

Champions[]

Singles[]

• Sorana Cîrstea def. Elise Mertens, 6–1, 7–6^(7-3)

Doubles[]

• Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens def. Nao Hibino / Makoto Ninomiya, 6–1, 6–1.

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
BEL	Elise Mertens	17	1
CRO	Petra Martić	21	2
RUS	Veronika Kudermetova	29	3
RUS	Daria Kasatkina	37	4
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	38	5
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	40	6
CHN	Zheng Saisai	49	7
CHN	Wang Qiang	50	8

• Rankings are as of April 12, 2021.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Çağla Büyükakçay
• Ana Konjuh
• Elise Mertens
• Vera Zvonareva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Lara Arruabarrena
• Cristina Bucșa
• Anastasia Gasanova
• Tereza Mrdeža
• Nuria Párrizas Díaz
• Kamilla Rakhimova

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Barbara Haas

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Alizé Cornet → replaced by Zarina Diyas
• Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
• Magda Linette → replaced by Nao Hibino
• Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Sara Errani
• Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Marta Kostyuk
• Sara Sorribes Tormo → replaced by Anastasia Potapova
• Jil Teichmann → replaced by Viktorija Golubic
• Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Ana Bogdan
• Zheng Saisai → replaced by Barbara Haas

Retirements[]

• Fiona Ferro

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Veronika Kudermetova	BEL	Elise Mertens	31	1
JPN	Nao Hibino	JPN	Makoto Ninomiya	144	2
ESP	Lara Arruabarrena	CZE	Renata Voráčová	158	3
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	RUS	Anastasia Potapova	194	4

• ¹ Rankings as of April 12, 2021.

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Çağla Büyükakçay / Pemra Özgen
• Elena Vesnina / Vera Zvonareva

The following pairs received entry using protected rankings:

• Viktorija Golubic / Alexandra Panova
• Beatrice Gumulya / Jessy Rompies

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Arantxa Rus / Tamara Zidanšek → replaced by Beatrice Gumulya / Jessy Rompies

References[]

External links[]

• Official page Archived 2021-04-16 at the Wayback Machine