2021 Volvo Car Open

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2021 Volvo Car Open
Date	April 5 – 11
Edition	49th
Category	WTA 500
Draw	56S / 16D
Prize money	$565,530
Surface	Green clay
Location	Charleston, United States
Venue	Family Circle Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Veronika Kudermetova
Doubles
Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs
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The 2021 Charleston Open (branded as the 2021 Volvo Car Open for sponsorship reasons) is a women's tennis event being held April 5–11, 2021. It is the 49th edition of the Charleston Open, a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. The event takes place at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, United States. It is the only event of the clay court season played on green clay.^[1] It was the last time the tournament was sponsored by Chinese automaker Geely, which has an automobile plant in Berkley County, where the tournament is held, as Credit One Bank, which sponsored the previous year's repurposed tournament, will take over sponsorship in 2022. The event was held behind closed doors for the second consecutive year because of construction issues, as after last year's tournament, the main court stadium was demolished as a new stadium, to be known as Credit One Stadium, is scheduled to open in 2022. The main court was the Althea Gibson Court, and originally a 3,000-seat stadium was to be constructed with approximately 1,500 fans (at the time, the state had successfully hosted up to 20,000 spectators at events), but construction forced the event to be held behind closed doors.

Champions[]

Singles[]

• Veronika Kudermetova def. Danka Kovinić, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles[]

• Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs def. Marie Bouzková / Lucie Hradecká, 6–2, 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
Women's Singles	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	25	13	1
Women's Doubles					1	N/A	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
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	$3,500	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Ranking1	Seed
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	1	1
USA	Sofia Kenin	4	2
CZE	Petra Kvitová	10	3
NED	Kiki Bertens	11	4
SUI	Belinda Bencic	12	5
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	13	6
BEL	Elise Mertens	17	7
USA	Madison Keys	19	8
CZE	Markéta Vondroušová	21	9
KAZ	Elena Rybakina	24	10
TUN	Ons Jabeur	28	11
USA	Amanda Anisimova	31	12
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	33	13
USA	Coco Gauff	36	14
RUS	Veronika Kudermetova	37	15
CHN	Zhang Shuai	43	16
CZE	Marie Bouzková	47	17

• ¹ Rankings as of March 22, 2021.^[2]

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

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

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

• Andrea Petkovic
• Anastasia Potapova
• Yaroslava Shvedova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

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

The following players received entry as 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[]

• Garbiñe Muguruza
• Elena Rybakina

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Nicole Melichar	NED	Demi Schuurs	23	1
HUN	Tímea Babos	RUS	Veronika Kudermetova	30	2
CHN	Xu Yifan	CHN	Zhang Shuai	39	3
CHI	Alexa Guarachi	USA	Desirae Krawczyk	39	4

• ¹ Rankings as of March 22, 2021.

Other entrants[]

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Caroline Dolehide / Emma Navarro

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using 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

During the tournament

• Tímea Babos / Veronika Kudermetova
• Coco Gauff / Caty McNally

References[]

External links[]

• Tournament details at the ITF
• Official website