2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open

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2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open
Date6–13 January
Edition1st
CategoryWTA 500
Draw64S / 28D
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationAbu Dhabi, UAE
Venue Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Belarus Aryna Sabalenka
Doubles
Japan Shuko Aoyama / Japan Ena Shibahara
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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 event 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 to 13 January 2021.[1]

Finals[]

Singles[]

Main article: 2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open – Singles
  • Belarus Aryna Sabalenka def. Russia Veronika Kudermetova, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles[]

Main article: 2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open – Doubles
  • Japan Shuko Aoyama / Japan Ena Shibahara def. United States Hayley Carter / Brazil 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
Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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 N/A N/A N/A

*per team

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Sofia Kenin 4 1
 UKR Elina Svitolina 5 2
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 6 3
 BLR Aryna Sabalenka 10 4
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 15 5
 KAZ Elena Rybakina 19 6
 BEL Elise Mertens 20 7
 CZE Markéta Vondroušová 21 8
 GRE Maria Sakkari 22 9
 EST Anett Kontaveit 23 10
 USA Jennifer Brady 24 11
 CZE Karolína Muchová 27 12
 KAZ Yulia Putintseva 28 13
 USA Amanda Anisimova 30 14
 TUN Ons Jabeur 31 15
 CRO Donna Vekić 32 16
 RUS 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:

The following player received entry as an alternate:

  • Norway Ulrikke Eikeri

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements[]

  • Belgium Kirsten Flipkens

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 TPE Hsieh Su-Wei  CZE Barbora Krejčíková 8 1
 BEL Elise Mertens  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 11 2
 USA Nicole Melichar  NED Demi Schuurs 23 3
 BEL Kirsten Flipkens  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 33 4
 JPN Shuko Aoyama  JPN Ena Shibahara 45 5
 CHI Alexa Guarachi  USA Desirae Krawczyk 51 6
 CHN Xu Yifan  CHN Yang Zhaoxuan 64 7
 USA Hayley Carter  BRA 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:

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

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw as alternates:

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament
  • Belgium Elise Mertens / Belarus Aryna Sabalenka → replaced by Argentina Nadia Podoroska / Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo
  • Belgium Kirsten Flipkens / France Kristina Mladenovic → replaced by Italy Jasmine Paolini / Italy Martina Trevisan
During the tournament

References[]

  1. ^ "Abu Dhabi WTA Women's Tennis Open". wtatennis.com.

External links[]

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