2021 WTA Tour

2021 WTA Tour
Details
Duration	4 January – 7 November 2021
Edition	51st
Categories	Grand Slam (4); WTA Finals; WTA Elite Trophy; Summer Olympics; WTA 1000; WTA 500; WTA 250;
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Ashleigh Barty (5)
Most tournament finals	Ashleigh Barty (6)
Prize money leader	Ashleigh Barty ($3,765,182)
Points leader	Ashleigh Barty (6,281)
	← 2020 2022 →

Naomi Osaka won her fourth Grand Slam title and second Australian Open title over Jennifer Brady in the final. Barbora Krejčíková won her first Grand Slam singles title at the French Open over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final. Ashleigh Barty won her second Grand Slam title and first Wimbledon title over Karolína Plíšková in the final.

The 2021 WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2021 tennis season. The 2021 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Finals and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2021 calendar are the Summer Olympic Games, which were rescheduled from 2020.

Schedule[]

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2021 calendar.^[1]

Key

Grand Slam tournaments
Summer Olympics
Year-end championships
WTA 1000 (Mandatory)^[a]
WTA 1000 (non-Mandatory)^[a]
WTA 500^[a]
WTA 250^[a]
Team events

January[]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
January 4	Abu Dhabi Open Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates WTA 500 $565,530 – Hard – 64S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Aryna Sabalenka 6–2, 6–2	Veronika Kudermetova	Maria Sakkari Marta Kostyuk	Sofia Kenin Elena Rybakina Sara Sorribes Tormo Elina Svitolina
January 4		Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	Maria Sakkari Marta Kostyuk

February[]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
February 1	Yarra Valley Classic Melbourne, Australia WTA 500 $447,620 – Hard – 54S/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Ashleigh Barty 7–6^(7–3), 6–4	Garbiñe Muguruza	Serena Williams Markéta Vondroušová	Shelby Rogers Danielle Collins Nadia Podoroska Sofia Kenin
		Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara 6–3, 6–4	Anna Kalinskaya Viktória Kužmová	Serena Williams Markéta Vondroušová	Shelby Rogers Danielle Collins Nadia Podoroska Sofia Kenin
	Gippsland Trophy Melbourne, Australia WTA 500 $447,620 – Hard – 54S/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Elise Mertens 6–4, 6–1	Kaia Kanepi	Ekaterina Alexandrova Naomi Osaka	Simona Halep Karolína Muchová Elina Svitolina Irina-Camelia Begu
		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan	Ekaterina Alexandrova Naomi Osaka
	Grampians Trophy Melbourne, Australia WTA 500 $235,820 – Hard – 28S Singles Draw	Anett Kontaveit vs Ann Li The final was abandoned due to a delay in schedule^[2]		Maria Sakkari Jennifer Brady	Angelique Kerber Victoria Azarenka Barbora Krejčíková Sorana Cîrstea
February 8 February 15	Australian Open^[b] Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam A$33,098,500 – Hard 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	Naomi Osaka 6–4, 6–3	Jennifer Brady	Karolína Muchová Serena Williams	Ashleigh Barty Jessica Pegula Hsieh Su-wei Simona Halep
		Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka 6–2, 6–3	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
		Barbora Krejčíková Rajeev Ram 6–1, 6–4	Samantha Stosur Matthew Ebden
February 15	Phillip Island Trophy Melbourne, Australia WTA 250 $235,238 – Hard – 56S/16Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Daria Kasatkina 4–6, 6–2, 6–2	Marie Bouzková	Danielle Collins Bianca Andreescu	Rebecca Peterson Petra Martić Jil Teichmann Irina-Camelia Begu
February 15		Ankita Raina Kamilla Rakhimova 2–6, 6–4, [10–7]	Anna Blinkova Anastasia Potapova	Danielle Collins Bianca Andreescu
February 22	Adelaide International Adelaide, Australia WTA 500 $535,530 – Hard – 28S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Iga Świątek 6–2, 6–2	Belinda Bencic	Jil Teichmann Coco Gauff	Danielle Collins Anastasija Sevastova Shelby Rogers Storm Sanders
February 22		Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [10–3]	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	Jil Teichmann Coco Gauff

March[]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
March 1	Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA 500 $565,530 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Petra Kvitová 6–2, 6–1	Garbiñe Muguruza	Victoria Azarenka Jessica Pegula	Elina Svitolina Maria Sakkari Anett Kontaveit Karolína Plíšková
		Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs 6–2, 2–6, [10–8]	Monica Niculescu Jeļena Ostapenko	Victoria Azarenka Jessica Pegula
	Lyon Open Lyon, France WTA 250 $235,238 – Hard (i) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Clara Tauson 6–4, 6–1	Viktorija Golubic	Paula Badosa Fiona Ferro	Camila Giorgi Kristina Mladenovic Greet Minnen Clara Burel
		Viktória Kužmová Arantxa Rus 3–6, 7–5, [10–7]	Eugenie Bouchard Olga Danilović	Paula Badosa Fiona Ferro	Camila Giorgi Kristina Mladenovic Greet Minnen Clara Burel
March 8	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA 1000 (non-Mandatory) $1,835,490 – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Garbiñe Muguruza 7–6^(8–6), 6–3	Barbora Krejčíková	Jil Teichmann Elise Mertens	Anastasia Potapova Coco Gauff Aryna Sabalenka Jessica Pegula
		Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak 6–0, 6–3	Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan	Jil Teichmann Elise Mertens
	Abierto Zapopan Guadalajara, Mexico WTA 250 $235,238 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Sara Sorribes Tormo 6–2, 7–5	Eugenie Bouchard	Elisabetta Cocciaretto Marie Bouzková	Lauren Davis Caty McNally Astra Sharma Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
		Ellen Perez Astra Sharma 6–4, 6–4	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	Elisabetta Cocciaretto Marie Bouzková
March 15	St. Petersburg Trophy St. Petersburg, Russia WTA 500 $565,530 – Hard (i) – 28S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Daria Kasatkina 6–3, 2–1, ret.	Margarita Gasparyan	Vera Zvonareva Svetlana Kuznetsova	Ekaterina Alexandrova Anastasia Gasanova Jaqueline Cristian Veronika Kudermetova
		Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru 2–6, 6–3, [10–8]	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	Vera Zvonareva Svetlana Kuznetsova
	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA 250 $235,238 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Leylah Annie Fernandez 6–1, 6–4	Viktorija Golubic	Sara Sorribes Tormo Ann Li	Viktória Kužmová Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Zheng Saisai Anna Kalinskaya
		Caroline Dolehide Asia Muhammad 6–2, 6–3	Heather Watson Zheng Saisai	Sara Sorribes Tormo Ann Li
March 22 March 29	Miami Open Miami Gardens, United States WTA 1000 (Mandatory) $3,260,190 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Ashleigh Barty 6–3, 4–0, ret.	Bianca Andreescu	Elina Svitolina Maria Sakkari	Aryna Sabalenka Anastasija Sevastova Sara Sorribes Tormo Naomi Osaka
March 22 March 29		Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara 6–2, 7–5	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	Elina Svitolina Maria Sakkari

April[]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
April 5	Charleston Open Charleston, United States WTA 500 $565,530 – Clay (Green) – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Veronika Kudermetova 6–4, 6–2	Danka Kovinić	Paula Badosa Ons Jabeur	Ashleigh Barty Sloane Stephens Yulia Putintseva Coco Gauff
		Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs 6–2, 6–4	Marie Bouzková Lucie Hradecká	Paula Badosa Ons Jabeur	Ashleigh Barty Sloane Stephens Yulia Putintseva Coco Gauff
	Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA 250 $235,238 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	María Camila Osorio Serrano 5–7, 6–3, 6–4	Tamara Zidanšek	Harmony Tan Viktoriya Tomova	Stefanie Vögele Lara Arruabarrena Nuria Párrizas Díaz Sara Errani
		Elixane Lechemia Ingrid Neel 6–3, 6–4	Mihaela Buzărnescu Anna-Lena Friedsam	Harmony Tan Viktoriya Tomova
April 12	MUSC Health Open Charleston, United States WTA 250 $235,238 – Clay (Green) – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Astra Sharma 2–6, 7–5, 6–1	Ons Jabeur	Danka Kovinić María Camila Osorio Serrano	Nao Hibino Shelby Rogers Linda Fruhvirtová Clara Tauson
April 12		Hailey Baptiste Caty McNally 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [10–6]	Ellen Perez Storm Sanders	Danka Kovinić María Camila Osorio Serrano	Nao Hibino Shelby Rogers Linda Fruhvirtová Clara Tauson
April 19	Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA 500 $565,530 – Clay (Red) (i) – 28S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Ashleigh Barty 3–6, 6–0, 6–3	Aryna Sabalenka	Elina Svitolina Simona Halep	Karolína Plíšková Petra Kvitová Anett Kontaveit Ekaterina Alexandrova
		Ashleigh Barty Jennifer Brady 6–4, 5–7, [10–5]	Desirae Krawczyk Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Elina Svitolina Simona Halep
	İstanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey WTA 250 $235,238 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Sorana Cîrstea 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)	Elise Mertens	Veronika Kudermetova Marta Kostyuk	Kateřina Siniaková Ana Bogdan Ana Konjuh Fiona Ferro
		Veronika Kudermetova Elise Mertens 6–1, 6–1	Nao Hibino Makoto Ninomiya	Veronika Kudermetova Marta Kostyuk	Kateřina Siniaková Ana Bogdan Ana Konjuh Fiona Ferro
April 26 May 3	Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA 1000 (Mandatory) €2,549,105 – Clay (Red) – 64S/48Q/30D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Aryna Sabalenka 6–0, 3–6, 6–4	Ashleigh Barty	Paula Badosa Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Petra Kvitová Belinda Bencic Elise Mertens Karolína Muchová
April 26 May 3		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 6–4, 6–3	Gabriela Dabrowski Demi Schuurs	Paula Badosa Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Petra Kvitová Belinda Bencic Elise Mertens Karolína Muchová

May[]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 10	Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) €1,577,613 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Iga Świątek 6–0, 6–0	Karolína Plíšková	Coco Gauff Petra Martić	Ashleigh Barty Elina Svitolina Jeļena Ostapenko Jessica Pegula
May 10		Sharon Fichman Giuliana Olmos 4–6, 7–5, [10–5]	Kristina Mladenovic Markéta Vondroušová	Coco Gauff Petra Martić
May 17	Serbia Ladies Open^[4] Belgrade, Serbia WTA 250 $235,238 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Paula Badosa 6–2, 2–0, ret.	Ana Konjuh	Viktoriya Tomova María Camila Osorio Serrano	Réka Luca Jani Rebecca Peterson Aliaksandra Sasnovich Nadia Podoroska
		Aleksandra Krunić Nina Stojanović 6–0, 6–2	Greet Minnen Alison Van Uytvanck	Viktoriya Tomova María Camila Osorio Serrano
	Emilia-Romagna Open^[5] Parma, Italy WTA 250 $235,238 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Coco Gauff 6–1, 6–3	Wang Qiang	Kateřina Siniaková Sloane Stephens	Caroline Garcia Amanda Anisimova Sara Errani Petra Martić
		Coco Gauff Caty McNally 6–3, 6–2	Darija Jurak Andreja Klepač	Kateřina Siniaková Sloane Stephens	Caroline Garcia Amanda Anisimova Sara Errani Petra Martić
May 24	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA 250 $235,238 – Clay (Red) – 32S/22Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Barbora Krejčíková 6–3, 6–3	Sorana Cîrstea	Magda Linette Jule Niemeier	Bianca Andreescu Yulia Putintseva Ekaterina Alexandrova Arantxa Rus
May 24		Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk 6–2, 6–3	Makoto Ninomiya Yang Zhaoxuan	Magda Linette Jule Niemeier
May 31 June 7	French Open^[6] Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (Red) 128S/128Q/64D/16X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	Barbora Krejčíková 6–1, 2–6, 6–4	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Maria Sakkari Tamara Zidanšek	Coco Gauff Iga Świątek Elena Rybakina Paula Badosa
		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 6–4, 6–2	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Iga Świątek
		Desirae Krawczyk Joe Salisbury 2–6, 6–4, [10–5]	Elena Vesnina Aslan Karatsev

June[]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
June 7	Nottingham Open Nottingham, Great Britain WTA 250 $235,238 – Grass – 48S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Johanna Konta 6–2, 6–1	Zhang Shuai	Nina Stojanović Lauren Davis	Alison Van Uytvanck Tereza Martincová Kristina Mladenovic Katie Boulter
June 7		Lyudmyla Kichenok Makoto Ninomiya 6–4, 6–7^(3–7), [10–8]	Caroline Dolehide Storm Sanders	Nina Stojanović Lauren Davis
June 14	German Open Berlin, Germany WTA 500 $565,530 – Grass – 28S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Liudmila Samsonova 1–6, 6–1, 6–3	Belinda Bencic	Victoria Azarenka Alizé Cornet	Madison Keys Jessica Pegula Garbiñe Muguruza Ekaterina Alexandrova
		Victoria Azarenka Aryna Sabalenka 4–6, 7–5, [10–4]	Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs	Victoria Azarenka Alizé Cornet
	Birmingham Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA 250 $235,238 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Ons Jabeur 7–5, 6–4	Daria Kasatkina	CoCo Vandeweghe Heather Watson	Marie Bouzková Tereza Martincová Donna Vekić Anastasia Potapova
		Marie Bouzková Lucie Hradecká 6–4, 2–6, [10–8]	Ons Jabeur Ellen Perez	CoCo Vandeweghe Heather Watson
June 21	Eastbourne International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA 500 $565,530 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Jeļena Ostapenko 6–3, 6–3	Anett Kontaveit	Camila Giorgi Elena Rybakina	Aryna Sabalenka Viktorija Golubic Daria Kasatkina Anastasija Sevastova
		Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara 6–1, 6–4	Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs	Camila Giorgi Elena Rybakina
	Bad Homburg Open Bad Homburg, Germany WTA 250 $235,238 – Grass – 32S/8Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Angelique Kerber 6–3, 6–2	Kateřina Siniaková	Petra Kvitová Sara Sorribes Tormo	Nadia Podoroska Amanda Anisimova Laura Siegemund Victoria Azarenka
		Darija Jurak Andreja Klepač 6–3, 6–1	Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru	Petra Kvitová Sara Sorribes Tormo
June 28 July 5	Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – 128S/128Q/64D/48X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	Ashleigh Barty 6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3	Karolína Plíšková	Angelique Kerber Aryna Sabalenka	Ajla Tomljanović Karolína Muchová Viktorija Golubic Ons Jabeur
		Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens 3–6, 7–5, 9–7	Veronika Kudermetova Elena Vesnina
		Desirae Krawczyk Neal Skupski 6–2, 7–6^(7–1)	Harriet Dart Joe Salisbury

July[]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
July 5	Hamburg European Open^[7] Hamburg, Germany WTA 250 $235,238 – Clay (Red) – 28S/16Q/15D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Elena-Gabriela Ruse 7–6^(8–6), 6–4	Andrea Petkovic	Dayana Yastremska Jule Niemeier	Sara Errani Danielle Collins Tamara Zidanšek Ysaline Bonaventure
July 5		Jasmine Paolini Jil Teichmann 6–0, 6–4	Astra Sharma Rosalie van der Hoek	Dayana Yastremska Jule Niemeier
July 12	Hungarian Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary WTA 250 $235,238 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Yulia Putintseva 6–4, 6–0	Anhelina Kalinina	Dalma Gálfi Danielle Collins	Kateryna Kozlova Olga Danilović Panna Udvardy Paula Ormaechea
		Mihaela Buzărnescu Fanny Stollár 6–4, 6–4	Aliona Bolsova Tamara Korpatsch	Dalma Gálfi Danielle Collins
	Ladies Open Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland WTA 250 $235,238 – Clay (Red) – 32S/8Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Tamara Zidanšek 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–1	Clara Burel	Maryna Zanevska Caroline Garcia	Lucia Bronzetti Natalia Vikhlyantseva Zarina Diyas Fiona Ferro
		Susan Bandecchi Simona Waltert 6–3, 6–7^(3–7), [10–5]	Ulrikke Eikeri Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Maryna Zanevska Caroline Garcia
	Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA 250 $235,238 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Barbora Krejčíková 6–2, 6–0	Tereza Martincová	Greet Minnen Wang Xinyu	Viktória Kužmová Storm Sanders Grace Min Kateřina Siniaková
		Marie Bouzková Lucie Hradecká 7–6^(7–3), 6–4	Viktória Kužmová Nina Stojanović	Greet Minnen Wang Xinyu	Viktória Kužmová Storm Sanders Grace Min Kateřina Siniaková
July 19	Palermo Open Palermo, Italy WTA 250 $235,238 – Clay (Red) – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Danielle Collins 6–4, 6–2	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	Zhang Shuai Océane Dodin	Astra Sharma Olga Danilović Lucia Bronzetti Jaqueline Cristian
		Erin Routliffe Kimberley Zimmermann 7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [10–4]	Natela Dzalamidze Kamilla Rakhimova	Zhang Shuai Océane Dodin
	Poland Open Gdynia, Poland WTA 250 $235,238 – Clay (Red) – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Maryna Zanevska 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)	Kristína Kučová	Kateryna Kozlova Tamara Korpatsch	Nuria Párrizas Díaz Katarzyna Kawa Ekaterine Gorgodze Anna Bondár
		Anna Danilina Lidziya Marozava 6–3, 6–2	Kateryna Bondarenko Katarzyna Piter	Kateryna Kozlova Tamara Korpatsch
July 26	Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan Olympic Games Hard – 64S/32D/16X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth place
		Belinda Bencic (SUI) 7–5, 2–6, 6–3	Markéta Vondroušová (CZE)	Elina Svitolina (UKR) 1–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
		Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) 7–5, 6–1	Belinda Bencic (SUI) Viktorija Golubic (SUI)	Laura Pigossi (BRA) Luisa Stefani (BRA) 4–6, 6–4, [11–9]	Veronika Kudermetova (ROC) Elena Vesnina (ROC)
		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (ROC) Andrey Rublev (ROC) 6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [13–11]	Elena Vesnina (ROC) Aslan Karatsev (ROC)	Ashleigh Barty (AUS) John Peers (AUS) Walkover	Nina Stojanović (SRB) Novak Djokovic (SRB)

August[]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
August 2	Silicon Valley Classic San Jose, United States WTA 500 $565,530 – Hard – 28S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Danielle Collins 6–3, 6–7^(10–12), 6–1	Daria Kasatkina	Elise Mertens Ana Konjuh	Yulia Putintseva Magda Linette Zhang Shuai Elena Rybakina
		Darija Jurak Andreja Klepač 6–1, 7–5	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	Elise Mertens Ana Konjuh	Yulia Putintseva Magda Linette Zhang Shuai Elena Rybakina
	Winners Open Cluj-Napoca, Romania WTA 250 $235,238 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Andrea Petkovic 6–1, 6–1	Mayar Sherif	Mihaela Buzărnescu Aleksandra Krunić	Kristína Kučová Kristýna Plíšková Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Seone Mendez
		Natela Dzalamidze Kaja Juvan 6–3, 6–4	Katarzyna Piter Mayar Sherif	Mihaela Buzărnescu Aleksandra Krunić
August 9	Canadian Open Montreal, Canada WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) $1,835,490 – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Camila Giorgi 6–3, 7–5	Karolína Plíšková	Aryna Sabalenka Jessica Pegula	Victoria Azarenka Sara Sorribes Tormo Coco Gauff Ons Jabeur
August 9		Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani 6–3, 6–4	Darija Jurak Andreja Klepač	Aryna Sabalenka Jessica Pegula	Victoria Azarenka Sara Sorribes Tormo Coco Gauff Ons Jabeur
August 16	Cincinnati Open Mason, United States WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) $2,114,989 – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Ashleigh Barty 6–3, 6–1	Jil Teichmann	Angelique Kerber Karolína Plíšková	Barbora Krejčíková Petra Kvitová Paula Badosa Belinda Bencic
August 16		Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai 7–5, 6–3	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	Angelique Kerber Karolína Plíšková
August 23	Tennis in the Land Cleveland, United States WTA 250 $235,238 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Anett Kontaveit 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Irina-Camelia Begu	Magda Linette Sara Sorribes Tormo	Daria Kasatkina Aliaksandra Sasnovich Zhang Shuai Kateřina Siniaková
		Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara 7–5, 6–3	Christina McHale Sania Mirza	Magda Linette Sara Sorribes Tormo
	Chicago Women's Open Chicago, United States WTA 250 $235,238 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Elina Svitolina 7–5, 6–4	Alizé Cornet	Rebecca Peterson Varvara Gracheva	Kristina Mladenovic Tereza Martincová Marta Kostyuk Markéta Vondroušová
		Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru 7–6^(8–6), 5–7, [10–8]	Lyudmyla Kichenok Makoto Ninomiya	Rebecca Peterson Varvara Gracheva
August 30 September 6	US Open New York, United States Grand Slam Hard – 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw - Mixed Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
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September[]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
September 13	Luxembourg Open Luxembourg WTA 250 Hard (i)
September 13	Slovenia Open Portorož, Slovenia WTA 250 Hard
September 20	Ostrava Open Ostrava, Czech Republic WTA 500 Hard (i)
September 27	Chicago Fall Tennis Classic Chicago, United States WTA 500 Hard
September 27	Astana Open Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan WTA 250 Hard (i)

October[]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
October 4 October 11	Indian Wells Masters^[8] Indian Wells, United States WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Hard
October 11	Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA 250 Hard (i)
October 18	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i)
October 18	Tenerife Ladies Open Tenerife, Spain WTA 250 Hard
October 25	Courmayeur Ladies Open Courmayeur, Italy WTA 250 Hard (i)
October 25	Transylvania Open Cluj-Napoca, Romania WTA 250 Hard (i)

November[]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
November 1	Billie Jean King Cup Finals Prague, Czech Republic Hard (i) – 12 teams
November 1	WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Year-end championships Hard (i)
November 8	WTA Finals Shenzhen, China Year-end championships Hard (i)

Tournaments affected by COVID-19[]

The COVID-19 pandemic affected tournaments on both the ATP and WTA tours. The following tournaments were cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Week of	Tournament	Status
January 4	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA 500 Hard	Cancelled^[9]^[10]^[1]
	Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand WTA 250 Hard
	Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA 250 Hard
11 January	Adelaide International Adelaide, Australia WTA 500 Hard	Postponed to 22 February^[11]
11 January	Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA 250 Hard	Cancelled
January 18 January 25	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard	Postponed to 8 February
February 8	St. Petersburg Trophy Saint Petersburg, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i)	Postponed to 15 March due to Australian Open reschedule
February 8	Thailand Open Hua Hin, Thailand WTA 250 Hard	Cancelled
February 15	Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA 500 Hard	Postponed to 1 March due to Australian Open reschedule
February 22	Mexican Open Acapulco, Mexico WTA 250 Hard	Cancelled
March 8 March 15	Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Hard	Postponed to 4 October^[12]
April 12	Billie Jean King Cup Finals Budapest, Hungary Clay (Red) (i) – 12 teams	Postponed to 1 November and moved to Prague, Czech Republic^[13]^[14]
April 12	Kunming Open Anning, China WTA 250 Clay (Red)	Postponed
May 17	Morocco Open Rabat, Morocco WTA 250 Clay	Postponed
May 17	Cologne Open Cologne, Germany WTA 250 Clay (Red)	Cancelled
May 24	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (Red)	Postponed to May 31
June 7	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA 250 Grass	Cancelled^[15]
September 13	Zhengzhou Open Zhengzhou, China WTA 500 Hard
September 13	Japan Open Hiroshima, Japan WTA 250 Hard
September 20	Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA 500 Hard
	Guangzhou Open Guangzhou, China WTA 250 Hard
	Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA 250 Hard
September 27	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) Hard
October 4	China Open Beijing, China WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Hard
October 11	Hong Kong Open Hong Kong, China WTA 250 Hard
October 11	Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA 250 Hard
October 18	Jiangxi Open Nanchang, China WTA 250 Hard

Statistical information[]

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2019 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy), the WTA Premier tournaments (WTA 1000 and WTA 500), and the WTA 250. The players/nations are sorted by:

total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two WTA 1000 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half WTA 1000 win, one WTA 1000 win equalling two WTA 500 wins, one WTA 500 win equalling two WTA 250 wins);
a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key[]

Grand Slam tournaments
Summer Olympics
Year-end championships
WTA 1000 (Mandatory)
WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory)
WTA 500
WTA 250

Titles won by player[]

Total	Player	Grand Slam			Olympic Games			Year-end		WTA 1000		WTA 1000		WTA 500		WTA 250		Total
Total	Player	S	D	X	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
8	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	●	●	●		●					●				●	● ●		3	4	1
6	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	●								●		●		● ●	●			5	1	0
5	Shuko Aoyama (JPN)										●				● ● ●		●	0	5	0
5	Ena Shibahara (JPN)										●				● ● ●		●	0	5	0
4	Elise Mertens (BEL)		● ●											●			●	1	3	0
4	Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)		●			●					●				●			0	4	0
4	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)		●							●				●	●			2	2	0
4	Desirae Krawczyk (USA)			● ●											●		●	0	2	2
3	Alexa Guarachi (CHI)												●		●		●	0	3	0
3	Darija Jurak (CRO)												●		●		●	0	3	0
2	Iga Świątek (POL)											●		●				2	0	0
2	Danielle Collins (USA)													●		●		2	0	0
2	Daria Kasatkina (RUS)													●		●		2	0	0
2	Veronika Kudermetova (RUS)													●			●	1	1	0
2	Nicole Melichar (USA)														● ●			0	2	0
2	Demi Schuurs (NED)														● ●			0	2	0
2	Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)														●		●	0	2	0
2	Andreja Klepač (SLO)														●		●	0	2	0
2	Raluca Olaru (ROU)														●		●	0	2	0
2	Coco Gauff (USA)															●	●	1	1	0
2	Astra Sharma (AUS)															●	●	1	1	0
2	Marie Bouzková (CZE)																● ●	0	2	0
2	Lucie Hradecká (CZE)																● ●	0	2	0
2	Caty McNally (USA)																● ●	0	2	0
1	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	●																1	0	0
1	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)		●															0	1	0
1	Belinda Bencic (SUI)				●													1	0	0
1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)						●											0	0	1
1	Camila Giorgi (ITA)											●						1	0	0
1	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)											●						1	0	0
1	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)												●					0	1	0
1	Sharon Fichman (CAN)												●					0	1	0
1	Giuliana Olmos (MEX)												●					0	1	0
1	Luisa Stefani (BRA)												●					0	1	0
1	Samantha Stosur (AUS)												●					0	1	0
1	Zhang Shuai (CHN)												●					0	1	0
1	Petra Kvitová (CZE)													●				1	0	0
1	Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT)													●				1	0	0
1	Liudmila Samsonova (RUS)													●				1	0	0
1	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)														●			0	1	0
1	Jennifer Brady (USA)														●			0	1	0
1	Paula Badosa (ESP)															●		1	0	0
1	Sorana Cîrstea (ROU)															●		1	0	0
1	Leylah Annie Fernandez (CAN)															●		1	0	0
1	Ons Jabeur (TUN)															●		1	0	0
1	Angelique Kerber (GER)															●		1	0	0
1	Johanna Konta (GBR)															●		1	0	0
1	Anett Kontaveit (EST)															●		1	0	0
1	María Camila Osorio Serrano (COL)															●		1	0	0
1	Andrea Petkovic (GER)															●		1	0	0
1	Yulia Putintseva (KAZ)															●		1	0	0
1	Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU)															●		1	0	0
1	Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP)															●		1	0	0
1	Elina Svitolina (UKR)															●		1	0	0
1	Clara Tauson (DEN)															●		1	0	0
1	Maryna Zanevska (BEL)															●		1	0	0
1	Tamara Zidanšek (SLO)															●		1	0	0
1	Susan Bandecchi (SUI)																●	0	1	0
1	Hailey Baptiste (USA)																●	0	1	0
1	Mihaela Buzărnescu (ROU)																●	0	1	0
1	Anna Danilina (KAZ)																●	0	1	0
1	Caroline Dolehide (USA)																●	0	1	0
1	Natela Dzalamidze (RUS)																●	0	1	0
1	Kaja Juvan (SLO)																●	0	1	0
1	Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)																●	0	1	0
1	Aleksandra Krunić (SRB)																●	0	1	0
1	Viktória Kužmová (SVK)																●	0	1	0
1	Elixane Lechemia (FRA)																●	0	1	0
1	Lidziya Marozava (BLR)																●	0	1	0
1	Asia Muhammad (USA)																●	0	1	0
1	Ingrid Neel (USA)																●	0	1	0
1	Makoto Ninomiya (JPN)																●	0	1	0
1	Jasmine Paolini (ITA)																●	0	1	0
1	Ellen Perez (AUS)																●	0	1	0
1	Ankita Raina (IND)																●	0	1	0
1	Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS)																●	0	1	0
1	Erin Routliffe (NZL)																●	0	1	0
1	Arantxa Rus (NED)																●	0	1	0
1	Nina Stojanović (SRB)																●	0	1	0
1	Fanny Stollár (HUN)																●	0	1	0
1	Jil Teichmann (SUI)																●	0	1	0
1	Simona Waltert (SUI)																●	0	1	0
1	Kimberley Zimmermann (BEL)																●	0	1	0

Titles won by nation[]

Total	Nation	Grand Slam			Olympic Games			Year-end		WTA 1000		WTA 1000		WTA 500		WTA 250		Total
Total	Nation	S	D	X	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
14	United States (USA)			2										1	4	2	5	3	9	2
11	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	1	1		1					1			1	1	2	2	4	6	1
9	Australia (AUS)	1								1		1	1	2	1	1	1	6	3	0
8	Russia (RUS)						1							3		1	3	4	3	1
7	Japan (JPN)	1									1				3		2	1	6	0
6	Belgium (BEL)		2											1		1	2	2	4	0
5	Belarus (BLR)		1							1				1	1		1	2	3	0
5	Romania (ROU)														1	2	2	2	3	0
4	Slovenia (SLO)														1	1	2	1	3	0
4	Ukraine (UKR)														1	1	2	1	3	0
3	Switzerland (SUI)				1												2	1	2	0
3	Spain (ESP)											1				2		3	0	0
3	Canada (CAN)												2			1		1	2	0
3	Chile (CHI)												1		1		1	0	3	0
3	Croatia (CRO)												1		1		1	0	3	0
3	Netherlands (NED)														2		1	0	3	0
2	Poland (POL)											1		1				2	0	0
2	Italy (ITA)											1					1	1	1	0
2	Germany (GER)															2		2	0	0
2	Kazakhstan (KAZ)															1	1	1	1	0
1	Chinese Taipei (TPE)		1															0	1	0
1	Brazil (BRA)												1					0	1	0
1	China (CHN)												1					0	1	0
1	Mexico (MEX)												1					0	1	0
1	Latvia (LAT)													1				1	0	0
1	Colombia (COL)															1		1	0	0
1	Denmark (DEN)															1		1	0	0
1	Estonia (EST)															1		1	0	0
1	Great Britain (GBR)															1		1	0	0
1	Tunisia (TUN)															1		1	0	0
1	France (FRA)																1	0	1	0
1	Hungary (HUN)																1	0	1	0
1	India (IND)																1	0	1	0
1	New Zealand (NZL)																1	0	1	0
1	Serbia (SRB)																1	0	1	0
1	Slovakia (SVK)																1	0	1	0

Titles information[]

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

Clara Tauson (18 years, 76 days) – Lyon (draw)
Sara Sorribes Tormo (24 years, 156 days) – Guadalajara (draw)
Leylah Annie Fernandez (18 years, 196 days) – Monterrey (draw)
María Camila Osorio Serrano (19 years, 110 days) – Bogotá (draw)
Veronika Kudermetova (23 years, 352 days) – Charleston 1 (draw)
Astra Sharma (25 years, 219 days) – Charleston 2 (draw)
Paula Badosa (23 years, 188 days) – Belgrade (draw)
Barbora Krejčíková (25 years, 162 days) – Strasbourg (draw)
Ons Jabeur (26 years, 296 days) – Birmingham (draw)
Liudmila Samsonova (22 years, 221 days) – Berlin (draw)
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (23 years, 247 days) – Hamburg (draw)
Tamara Zidanšek (23 years, 204 days) – Lausanne (draw)
Maryna Zanevska (27 years, 335 days) – Gdynia (draw)
Danielle Collins (27 years, 224 days) – Palermo (draw)

Doubles

Ankita Raina – Melbourne 4 (draw)
Kamilla Rakhimova – Melbourne 4 (draw)
Caroline Dolehide – Monterrey (draw)
Elixane Lechemia – Bogotá (draw)
Ingrid Neel – Bogotá (draw)
Hailey Baptiste – Charleston 2 (draw)
Jennifer Brady – Stuttgart (draw)
Marie Bouzková – Birmingham (draw)
Jasmine Paolini – Hamburg (draw)
Jil Teichmann – Hamburg (draw)
Susan Bandecchi – Lausanne (draw)
Simona Waltert – Lausanne (draw)
Anna Danilina – Gdynia (draw)
Erin Routliffe – Palermo (draw)
Kimberley Zimmermann – Palermo (draw)
Natela Dzalamidze – Cluj-Napoca (draw)
Kaja Juvan – Cluj-Napoca (draw)

Mixed Doubles

Desirae Krawczyk – Roland Garros (draw)

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

Ashleigh Barty – Miami (draw)

Doubles

Hsieh Su-wei – Wimbledon (draw)
Lucie Hradecká – Prague (draw)

Mixed Doubles

Barbora Krejčíková – Australian Open (draw)

Best ranking[]

The following players achieved their career high ranking in this season inside top 50 (in bold the players who entered the top 10 for the first time):

Singles

Jennifer Brady (reached place No. 13 on February 22)
Fiona Ferro (reached place No. 39 on March 8)
Veronika Kudermetova (reached place No. 28 on April 26)
Jil Teichmann (reached place No. 40 on April 26)
Maria Sakkari (reached place No. 17 on April 26)
Karolína Muchová (reached place No. 19 on May 17)
Cori Gauff (reached place No. 23 on June 14)
Jessica Pegula (reached place No. 25 on June 21)
Nadia Podoroska (reached place No. 36 on July 12)
Shelby Rogers (reached place No. 40 on July 12)
Tamara Zidanšek (reached place No. 37 on July 19)
Iga Świątek (reached place No. 7 on August 9)
Ons Jabeur (reached place No. 20 on August 16)
Aryna Sabalenka (reached place No. 2 on August 23)
Barbora Krejčíková (reached place No. 9 on August 23)
Paula Badosa (reached place No. 26 on August 23)
Viktorija Golubic (reached place No. 45 on August 23)
Sara Sorribes Tormo (reached place No. 41 on August 30)

Doubles

Sofia Kenin (reached place No. 29 on January 18)
Aryna Sabalenka (reached place No. 1 on February 22)
Viktória Kužmová (reached place No. 27 on March 8)
Alexa Guarachi (reached place No. 15 on March 15)
Elise Mertens (reached place No. 1 on May 10)
Nicole Melichar (reached place No. 9 on May 17)
Desirae Krawczyk (reached place No. 17 on May 17)
Luisa Stefani (reached place No. 23 on June 14)
Hayley Carter (reached place No. 25 on June 14)
Iga Świątek (reached place No. 42 on June 14)
Giuliana Olmos (reached place No. 26 on June 21)
Sharon Fichman (reached place No. 28 on June 21)
Darija Jurak (reached place No. 18 on June 28)
Veronika Kudermetova (reached place No. 16 on July 12)
Caroline Dolehide (reached place No. 29 on July 12)
Catherine McNally (reached place No. 32 on July 12)
Cori Gauff (reached place No. 38 on July 12)
Storm Sanders (reached place No. 41 on July 12)
Nina Stojanović (reached place No. 42 on July 19)
Shuko Aoyama (reached place No. 9 on August 2)
Ena Shibahara (reached place No. 9 on August 2)
Laura Siegemund (reached place No. 30 on August 23)

WTA Rankings[]

These are the WTA rankings and yearly WTA Race rankings of the top 20 singles and doubles players at the current date of the 2021 season.

Singles[]

WTA Rankings (Singles), as of 30 August 2021^[16]
No.	Player	Points	Move^†
1	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	10,185
2	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	7,010
3	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	6,666
4	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	5,530
5	Elina Svitolina (UKR)	5,210	1
6	Sofia Kenin (USA)	5,030	1
7	Bianca Andreescu (CAN)	4,537
8	Iga Świątek (POL)	4,461
9	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	4,273
10	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	4,210
11	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	4,170
12	Belinda Bencic (SUI)	4,170
13	Simona Halep (ROU)	3,881
14	Jennifer Brady (USA)	3,489
15	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)	3,420
16	Elise Mertens (BEL)	3,330
17	Angelique Kerber (GER)	3,245
18	Maria Sakkari (GRE)	3,210
19	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	3,160
20	Elena Rybakina (KAZ)	3,083

^†Change since previous week's rankings

Singles Race Rankings as of 23 August 2021^[17]
No.	Player	Points	Move^†	Tourn
1	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	6,281		11
2	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	3,968	1	14
3	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	3,889	1	15
4	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	3,542		15
5	Iga Świątek (POL)	2,681		11
6	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	2,641		8
7	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	2,431		14
8	Ons Jabeur (TUN)	2,305		15
9	Coco Gauff (USA)	2,255		15
10	Jessica Pegula (USA)	2,102	3	15
11	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)	2,089	1	13
12	Elise Mertens (BEL)	2,085		15
13	Maria Sakkari (GRE)	2,062	2	13
14	Paula Badosa (ESP)	1,987	2	13
15	Angelique Kerber (GER)	1,931	5	13
16	Daria Kasatkina (RUS)	1,902	2	17
17	Jennifer Brady (USA)	1,868	2	11
18	Karolína Muchová (CZE)	1,793		10
19	Veronika Kudermetova (RUS)	1,776	2	18
20	Danielle Collins (USA)	1,641	1	14

Number 1 ranking[]

Holder	Date Gained	Date Forfeited
Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	Year end 2020	Present

Doubles[]

WTA Rankings (Doubles), as of 30 August 2021^[18]
No.	Player	Points	Move^‡
1	Elise Mertens (BEL)	9,455
2	Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)	7,995
3	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	7,635
4	Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)	7,610
5	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	7,595
6	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	7,535
7	Tímea Babos (HUN)	7,360
8	Barbora Strýcová (CZE)	5,800
9	Shuko Aoyama (JPN)	5,730
9	Ena Shibahara (JPN)	5,730
11	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)	5,470
12	Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA)	5,195
13	Demi Schuurs (NED)	4,690
14	Veronika Kudermetova (RUS)	4,610
15	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)	4,585
16	Alexa Guarachi (CHL)	4,570
17	Luisa Stefani (BRA)	4,465
18	Darija Jurak (CRO)	4,385
19	Desirae Krawczyk (USA)	3,900
20	Latisha Chan (TPE)	3,685
20	Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)	3,685

^‡Change since previous week's rankings

Doubles Team Race Rankings as of 12 July 2021^[19]
No.	Team	Points	Move^†	Tourn
1	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)	5,885		9
2	Shuko Aoyama (JPN) Ena Shibahara (JPN)	3,983		14
3	Nicole Melichar (USA) Demi Schuurs (NED)	2,966		12
4	Sharon Fichman (CAN) Giuliana Olmos (MEX)	2,371		10
5	Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) Elise Mertens (BEL)	2,361	31	5
6	Elise Mertens (BEL) Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	2,011	1	3
7	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) Iga Swiatek (POL)	1,810	1	3
8	Hayley Carter (USA) Luisa Stefani (BRA)	1,767	1	13
9	Alexa Guarachi (CHI) Desirae Krawczyk (USA)	1,626	1	14
10	Latisha Chan (TPE) Chan Hao-Ching (TPE)	1,550	1	10

Number 1 ranking[]

Holder	Date Gained	Date Forfeited
Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	Year end 2020	21 February 2021
Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	22 February 2021	4 April 2021
Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	5 April 2021	9 May 2021
Elise Mertens (BEL)	10 May 2021	16 May 2021
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	17 May 2021	13 June 2021
Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	14 June 2021	11 July 2021
Elise Mertens (BEL)	12 July 2021	Present

Points distribution[]

Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	70	10	40	30	20	2
Grand Slam (D)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	10	–	40	–	–	–
WTA Finals (S)	1500*	1080*	750*	(+125 per Round Robin Match; +125 per Round Robin Win)
WTA Finals (D)	1500	1080	750	375	–
WTA 1000 (96S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	35	10	30	–	20	2
WTA 1000 (64/60S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	10	–	30	–	20	2
WTA 1000 (28/32D)	1000	650	390	215	120	10	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA 1000 (56S, 48Q/32Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	-	20	1
WTA 1000 (28D)	900	585	350	190	105	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA 500 (64/56S)	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	–	25	–	13	1
WTA 500 (32/30/28S)	470	305	185	100	55	1	–	–	25	18	13	1
WTA 500 (28D)	470	305	185	100	55	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA 500 (16D)	470	305	185	100	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Elite Trophy (S)	700*	440*	240*	(+40 per Round Robin Match; +80 per Round Robin Win)
WTA 250 (32S, 32Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	14	10	1
WTA 250 (32S, 24/16Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	–	12	1
WTA 250 (28D)	280	180	110	60	30	1	-	–	–	–	–	–
WTA 250 (16D)	280	180	110	60	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated Round Robin match record.

Prize money leaders[]


Prize money in US$ as of July 19, 2021^[20]
#	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed doubles	Year-to-date
1	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	$3,479,767	$30,195	$0	$3,509,962
2	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	$2,294,428	$381,061	$60,854	$2,736,343
3	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	$2,102,022	$0	$0	$2,102,022
4	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	$1,651,851	$228,622	$0	$1,880,473
5	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	$1,757,855	$35,515	$0	$1,793,370
6	Elise Mertens (BEL)	$797,823	$580,192	$0	$1,380,515
7	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)	$1,288,218	$73,412	$0	$1,372,380
8	Jennifer Brady (USA)	$1,267,559	$32,350	$0	$1,299,909
9	Iga Świątek (POL)	$1,158,039	$112,569	$4,113	$1,274,721
10	Karolína Muchová (CZE)	$1,221,569	$4,420	$0	$1,236,739

Comebacks[]

The following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA Rankings top 100 in singles, or top 100 in doubles, for at least one week) who returned from retirement or inactivity during the 2021 season:

Carla Suárez Navarro (born 3 September 1988 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)^[21]
Elena Vesnina (born 1 August 1986 in Lviv, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union, modern day Ukraine) turned professional in 2002 and reached a career high ranking of 13 in singles in 2017 and number 1 in doubles in 2018. Vesnina's best result in a Grand Slam came at the 2016 Wimbledon championships, where she fell to Serena Williams in the semifinals in straight sets. She also won three WTA singles titles during her career. Her biggest success was in doubles, with 3 Grand Slam women's doubles titles alongside Ekaterina Makarova at the 2013 French Open, the 2014 US Open and at Wimbledon in 2017, as well as the mixed doubles title at the 2016 Australian Open alongside Bruno Soares. She also partnered Makarova to gold in the women's doubles at the 2016 Olympics, and to the title at the WTA Finals, both in 2016. Vesnina had been absent from the WTA Tour since 2018 following the birth of her daughter.^[22]^[23]

Retirements[]

The following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA Rankings top 100 in singles, or top 100 in doubles, for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2021 season:

Gréta Arn (born 13 April 1979 in Budapest, Hungary) joined the professional tour in 1997 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 40 in singles in May 2011 and No. 175 in doubles in December 2000. She won two singles titles in her career. ^[24]
Timea Bacsinszky (born 8 June 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland), has won four WTA singles titles in her 15-year career, where she reached a career high of No.9, and five doubles titles. She reached the semifinals of French Open in singles in 2015 and 2017. She also won a silver medal in doubles with Martina Hingis at 2016 Rio Olympics. Bacsinszky announced her retirement on 16th July due to constant injuries. ^[25]
Kiki Bertens (born 10 December 1991 in Wateringen, Netherlands). The former World No.4 and highest-ranked Dutchwoman in WTA history has won 10 singles and 10 doubles titles in her career. Her best result in a grand slam was reaching the semifinals of 2016 French Open in singles. She announced on 16 June 2021 that 2021 will be her final season^[26] and the 2021 Tokyo Olympics her last tournament.^[27]
Nicole Gibbs (born 3 March 1993 in Cincinnati, United States) joined the professional tour in 2013 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 68 in singles in July 2016 and No. 107 in doubles in September 2016.^[28]
Vania King (born 3 February 1989 in Monterey Park, California, United States) turned professional in 2006 and reached a career high ranking of 50 in singles and 3 in doubles. King reached three WTA singles finals during her career, winning one of them at the Bangkok Open in 2006. She was most known as a doubles specialist, winning fifteen titles in her career, with her biggest achievements coming in winning the women's doubles events at both Wimbledon and the US Open in 2010, alongside Yaroslava Shvedova. King was hampered by an ankle injury throughout the final years of her career, and despite undergoing surgery in 2017, King decided to retire in February 2020^[29] however due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, she officially retired in April 2021 following a farewell tour.^[30]
Barbora Strýcová (born 28 March 1986 in Plzeň, Czech Republic), the No. 2 player in doubles as of 5 April 2021 and former No. 1 player (from July 2019), announced her retirement on 4 May 2021.^[31] Strýcová joined the professional tour in 2002 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 16 in singles in January 2017. She has won 31 doubles titles and 2 singles titles (Québec 2011, Linz 2017), as well as the bronze medal in women's doubles at the 2016 Olympics. She reached the singles semifinals and won the women's doubles title at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships and was also a member of the winning Czech Fed Cup team in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018.
Carla Suárez Navarro (born 3 September 1988 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria). In April 2021, Suárez Navarro announced that her cancer was in complete remission, and that she would commence a farewell tour beginning at Roland-Garros and culminating in a final US Open appearance.^[32]

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d
These tournaments are still distributed by points:
- 1000 points (WTA 1000; mandatory)
- 900 points (WTA 1000; non-mandatory)
- 470 points (WTA 500)
- 280 points (WTA 250)
^ Qualifying matches were held at Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 10–13 January due to Australia's quarantine restrictions.^[3]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "WTA announces start of 2021 Tour season". WTA. 19 December 2020.
^ WTA [@WTA] (February 6, 2021). "Due to the delayed schedule and the start of the Australian Open on Monday, the final of the Grampians Trophy will not be played..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Dubai to host Australian Open 2021 women's qualifying". ausopen.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ Belgrado tendrá también un torneo de categoría WTA 250
^ Parma si prende tutto: arriva anche un torneo WTA!
^ "French Open". French Open postponed by one week in hope more fans can attend. 8 April 2021.
^ "Moin Ladies. From July 7th to 11th, 2021, the tennis ladies are back in Hamburg!". Hamburg European Open. 22 April 2021.
^ Associated Press (1 July 2021). "Indian Wells tennis to be played Oct. 4-17 in SoCal desert". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
^ "Brisbane Tennis to return in 2022". 16 November 2020.
^ "ASB Classic, Auckland tuneup event for Australian Open, canceled due to pandemic". 6 October 2020.
^ "Star-studded line-up to play official curtain raiser in Adelaide". ausopen.com. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ "BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament rescheduled for October 2021 at Indian Wells". The Desert Sun. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ Billie Jean King Cup [@BJKCup] (February 18, 2021). "The International Tennis Federation and the Hungarian National Sports Agency..." (Tweet). Retrieved February 18, 2021 – via Twitter.
^ "Billie Jean King Cup Finals to take place in November at Prague's O2 Arena". Billie Jean King Cup. 28 August 2021.
^ "WTA ANNOUNCES 2021 CALENDAR UPDATE". Women's Tennis Association. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
^ "WTA Singles Rankings". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.
^ "WTA Race to Shenzhen-singles". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.
^ "WTA Doubles Rankings". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.
^ "WTA Race to Shenzhen-doubles". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.
^ "WTA Year-to-date prize money" (PDF).
^ "Carla Suarez Navarro returns to French Open after cancer treatment - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
^ "Vesnina returns from retirement for Tokyo 2020 + 1?".
^ Now, Tennis (18 Jan 2021). "Former Doubles World No. 1 Vesnina Plans Comeback in 2021".
^ Gy. Szabó Csilla (10 March 2021). "Gréta az akadályokból merítette erejét" (in Hungarian). tenisz-palya.hu. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
^ https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2188295/swiss-star-timea-bacsinszky-announces-retirement
^ https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2172557/kiki-bertens-announces-2021-will-be-her-final-season
^ https://www.instagram.com/p/CRbUoTlrSo7/
^ "Nicole Gibbs announces retirement from tennis at age 27". Espn. 16 February 2021.
^ "Vania King set to step away from the game". Baseline. 26 February 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
^ @queen_v21 (April 6, 2021). "This is my final farewell to the professional tennis life..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Barbora Strycova announces retirement, hopes for Wimbledon farewell". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ "Cancer-free Suarez Navarro preparing for final farewell tour".

External links[]

[Points-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d These tournaments are still distributed by points:
1000 points (WTA 1000; mandatory)

900 points (WTA 1000; non-mandatory)

470 points (WTA 500)

280 points (WTA 250)

[2] 1000 points (WTA 1000; mandatory)

[3] 900 points (WTA 1000; non-mandatory)

[4] 470 points (WTA 500)

[5] 280 points (WTA 250)

[5] Qualifying matches were held at Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 10–13 January due to Australia's quarantine restrictions.^[3]

[2021start-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "WTA announces start of 2021 Tour season". WTA. 19 December 2020.

[3] WTA [@WTA] (February 6, 2021). "Due to the delayed schedule and the start of the Australian Open on Monday, the final of the Grampians Trophy will not be played..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[4] "Dubai to host Australian Open 2021 women's qualifying". ausopen.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

[6] Belgrado tendrá también un torneo de categoría WTA 250

[7] Parma si prende tutto: arriva anche un torneo WTA!

[8] "French Open". French Open postponed by one week in hope more fans can attend. 8 April 2021.

[9] "Moin Ladies. From July 7th to 11th, 2021, the tennis ladies are back in Hamburg!". Hamburg European Open. 22 April 2021.

[10] Associated Press (1 July 2021). "Indian Wells tennis to be played Oct. 4-17 in SoCal desert". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[11] "Brisbane Tennis to return in 2022". 16 November 2020.

[12] "ASB Classic, Auckland tuneup event for Australian Open, canceled due to pandemic". 6 October 2020.

[13] "Star-studded line-up to play official curtain raiser in Adelaide". ausopen.com. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[14] "BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament rescheduled for October 2021 at Indian Wells". The Desert Sun. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

[15] Billie Jean King Cup [@BJKCup] (February 18, 2021). "The International Tennis Federation and the Hungarian National Sports Agency..." (Tweet). Retrieved February 18, 2021 – via Twitter.

[16] "Billie Jean King Cup Finals to take place in November at Prague's O2 Arena". Billie Jean King Cup. 28 August 2021.

[17] "WTA ANNOUNCES 2021 CALENDAR UPDATE". Women's Tennis Association. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[18] "WTA Singles Rankings". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.

[19] "WTA Race to Shenzhen-singles". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.

[20] "WTA Doubles Rankings". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.

[21] "WTA Race to Shenzhen-doubles". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.

[22] "WTA Year-to-date prize money" (PDF).

[23] "Carla Suarez Navarro returns to French Open after cancer treatment - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-04.

[24] "Vesnina returns from retirement for Tokyo 2020 + 1?".

[25] Now, Tennis (18 Jan 2021). "Former Doubles World No. 1 Vesnina Plans Comeback in 2021".

[26] Gy. Szabó Csilla (10 March 2021). "Gréta az akadályokból merítette erejét" (in Hungarian). tenisz-palya.hu. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

[27] ttps://www.wtatennis.com/news/2188295/swiss-star-timea-bacsinszky-announces-retirement

[28] ttps://www.wtatennis.com/news/2172557/kiki-bertens-announces-2021-will-be-her-final-season

[29] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/CRbUoTlrSo7/

[30] "Nicole Gibbs announces retirement from tennis at age 27". Espn. 16 February 2021.

[31] "Vania King set to step away from the game". Baseline. 26 February 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2020-11-20.

[32] @queen_v21 (April 6, 2021). "This is my final farewell to the professional tennis life..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[33] "Barbora Strycova announces retirement, hopes for Wimbledon farewell". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[34] "Cancer-free Suarez Navarro preparing for final farewell tour".

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show v t 2021 WTA Tour « 2020 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
WTA 1000 tournaments	Dubai (S, D) Miami (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) ~~Wuhan~~ ~~Beijing~~ Indian Wells (, )
WTA 500 tournaments	Abu Dhabi (S, D)* Melbourne 1 (S, D)* Melbourne 2 (S, D)* Melbourne 3 (S)* Adelaide (S, D) Doha (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Berlin (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) San Jose (S, D) ~~Zhengzhou~~ Ostrava (, )* ~~Tokyo~~ (, )* (, )
WTA 250 tournaments	Melbourne (S, D)* Lyon (S, D) Guadalajara (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Charleston (S, D)* İstanbul (S, D) Belgrade (S, D) Parma (S, D)* Strasbourg (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) ~~Rosmalen~~ Birmingham (S, D) Bad Homburg (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Lausanne (S, D) Prague (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Gdynia (S, D) Cluj-Napoca 1 (S, D) Chicago 1 (S, D)* Cleveland (S, D) Luxembourg (, ) Portorož (, )* (, ) (, ) (, )* (, )* (, )
Team events	Billie Jean King Cup Finals
Bold denotes the mandatory tournaments (WTA 1000) – Tournaments are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic * – Tournaments are introduced due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Summer Olympic Games, Tokyo (S, D, X) (, ) WTA Finals, Shenzhen (, )

show v t Women's tennis tour seasons
Pre Open era tournaments
Open era (before WTA)
Independent tournaments
ILTF Women's International Grand Prix circuit
Virginia Slims Circuit	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Virginia Slims Series / Colgate Series	1976 1977 1978
Avon Series / Colgate Series	1979 1980
Avon Series / Toyota Series	1981 1982
Virginia Slims World Championship Series	1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
WTA Tour	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

show v t 2021 in tennis « 2020 »
Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Men	ATP Tour ATP Finals ATP Challenger Tour ITF Men's World Tennis Tour
Women	WTA Tour WTA Finals WTA 125K series ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
Team events	Davis Cup Finals Billie Jean King Cup Finals ATP Cup Laver Cup World TeamTennis
Other events	Summer Olympics Summer Paralympics (wheelchair)

2021 WTA Tour

Contents

Schedule[]

January[]

February[]

March[]

April[]

May[]

June[]

July[]

August[]

September[]

October[]

November[]

Tournaments affected by COVID-19[]

Statistical information[]

Key[]

Titles won by player[]

Titles won by nation[]

Titles information[]

Best ranking[]

WTA Rankings[]

Singles[]

Number 1 ranking[]

Doubles[]

Number 1 ranking[]

Points distribution[]

Prize money leaders[]

Comebacks[]

Retirements[]

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]