2021 WTA German Open

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2021 WTA German Open
Date14–20 June
Edition94th
CategoryWTA 500
Draw32S / 28Q / 16D
Prize money$565,530
SurfaceGrass
LocationBerlin, Germany
Champions
Singles
Russia Liudmila Samsonova
Doubles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka / Belarus Aryna Sabalenka
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The 2021 WTA German Open (also known as the Bett1open for sponsorship purposes) was a WTA Premier tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 94th edition of the event on the 2021 WTA Tour and the first tournament since 2008 after the 2020 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. The event took place at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin, Germany from 14 through 20 June 2021.

Champions[]

Singles[]

Main article: 2021 WTA German Open – Singles
  • Russia Liudmila Samsonova def. Switzerland Belinda Bencic, 1–6, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles[]

Main article: 2021 WTA German Open – Doubles
  • Belarus Victoria Azarenka / Belarus Aryna Sabalenka def. United States Nicole Melichar / Netherlands Demi Schuurs, 4–6, 7–5, [10–4]

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Rank[1] Seed
 BLR Aryna Sabalenka 4 1
 UKR Elina Svitolina 6 2
 CAN Bianca Andreescu 7 3
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 10 4
  SUI Belinda Bencic 11 5
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 13 6
 BLR Victoria Azarenka 16 7
 CZE Karolína Muchová 19 8
  • Rankings are as of May 31, 2021.[2][3]

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Russia Anna Kalinskaya
  • Germany Andrea Petkovic

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament
  • Australia Ashleigh Barty → replaced by United States Madison Keys
  • United States Jennifer Brady → replaced by Germany Angelique Kerber
  • United States Sofia Kenin → replaced by United States Jessica Pegula
  • Czech Republic Petra Kvitová → replaced by United States Shelby Rogers
  • Japan Naomi Osaka → replaced by Croatia Petra Martić
  • Greece Maria Sakkari → replaced by Russia Veronika Kudermetova
  • Poland Iga Świątek → replaced by Russia Ekaterina Alexandrova

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Nicole Melichar  NED Demi Schuurs 19 1
 JPN Shuko Aoyama  JPN Ena Shibahara 26 2
 CHI Alexa Guarachi  USA Desirae Krawczyk 32 3
 BLR Aryna Sabalenka  BLR Victoria Azarenka 52 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of 31 May 2021.

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

References[]

  1. ^ "Players". bett1open (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  2. ^ "bett1open: Ashleigh Barty und Naomi Osaka kommen nach Berlin". Tennis Net. 21 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Naomi Osaka, Ashleigh Barty, and Others Lead a Star-Studded Line Up at WTA Berlin 2021". Essentially Sports. 21 May 2021.

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