2021 Yarra Valley Classic
2021 Yarra Valley Classic | |
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Date | 31 January – 7 February |
Edition | 1st |
Category | WTA 500 |
Draw | 54S / 28D |
Prize money | $447,620 |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Melbourne, Australia |
Venue | Melbourne Park |
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The 2021 Yarra Valley Classic was a tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour, one of six events in the 2021 Melbourne Summer Series. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Melbourne, Australia. It was organised as a lead-up tournament to the 2021 Australian Open, and was held at the same venue, due to other tournaments in Australia being cancelled as a result from the COVID-19 pandemic. This tournament took place simultaneously with the 2021 Gippsland Trophy and the 2021 Grampians Trophy. Players who had originally intended to participate in this tournament or the Gippsland Trophy, but were forced to undergo strict quarantine measures upon arrival in Australia, were able to participate in the 2021 Grampians Trophy. The entry list of 2021 Australian Open was used to determine the entry list of this tournament; with half the players (selected randomly) playing the Yarra Valley Classic, and the other half playing the 2021 Gippsland Trophy.[1]
In the women's singles final, Ashleigh Barty defeated Garbiñe Muguruza in straight sets, while Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara won in women's doubles.[2]
Champions[]
Singles[]
Ashleigh Barty def.
Garbiñe Muguruza 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Doubles[]
Shuko Aoyama /
Ena Shibahara def.
Anna Kalinskaya /
Viktória Kužmová, 6–3, 6–4
Singles main draw entrants[]
Seeds[]
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Ashleigh Barty | 1 | 1 |
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Sofia Kenin | 4 | 2 |
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Karolína Plíšková | 6 | 3 |
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Petra Kvitová | 9 | 4 |
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Serena Williams | 11 | 5 |
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Garbiñe Muguruza | 15 | 6 |
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Petra Martić | 18 | 7 |
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Markéta Vondroušová | 21 | 8 |
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Donna Vekić | 32 | 9 |
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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 39 | 11 |
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Fiona Ferro | 43 | 12 |
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Danielle Collins | 46 | 13 |
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Nadia Podoroska | 47 | 14 |
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Kristina Mladenovic | 50 | 15 |
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Marie Bouzková | 52 | 16 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 25 January 2021
Other entrants[]
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the Australian Open singles main draw, and hence this tournament as well:
Mona Barthel
Yaroslava Shvedova
Zhu Lin
Vera Zvonareva
The following players received entry from the Australian Open qualifying draw:
Clara Burel
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Olga Danilović
Francesca Jones
Greet Minnen
Tsvetana Pironkova
Liudmila Samsonova
Mayar Sherif
The following players received entry into this tournament as they were potential Lucky Losers for the Australian Open singles main draw:
Ysaline Bonaventure
Ankita Raina
Kamilla Rakhimova
The following players received entry as an alternate:
Caroline Dolehide
Vera Lapko
Withdrawals[]
- Before the tournament
Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by
Vera Lapko
Zhang Shuai → replaced by
Caroline Dolehide
- During the tournament
Serena Williams
Retirements[]
Doubles main draw entrants[]
Seeds[]
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Nicole Melichar | ![]() |
Demi Schuurs | 23 | 2 |
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Shuko Aoyama | ![]() |
Ena Shibahara | 38 | 3 |
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Duan Yingying | ![]() |
Zheng Saisai | 47 | 4 |
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Alexa Guarachi | ![]() |
Desirae Krawczyk | 51 | 5 |
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Xu Yifan | ![]() |
Yang Zhaoxuan | 64 | 6 |
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Lyudmyla Kichenok | ![]() |
Jeļena Ostapenko | 67 | 7 |
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Ashleigh Barty | ![]() |
Jennifer Brady | 80 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of 25 January 2021
Other entrants[]
The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Lizette Cabrera /
Maddison Inglis
Jaimee Fourlis /
Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz
Olivia Gadecki /
Belinda Woolcock
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Leylah Annie Fernandez /
Anastasia Potapova
Danka Kovinić /
Jasmine Paolini
Aleksandra Krunić /
Martina Trevisan
Withdrawals[]
- Before the tournament
Tímea Babos /
Kristina Mladenovic → replaced by
Leylah Annie Fernandez /
Anastasia Potapova
Misaki Doi /
Nao Hibino → replaced by
Aleksandra Krunić /
Martina Trevisan
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova /
Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by
Danka Kovinić /
Jasmine Paolini
- During the tournament
Marta Kostyuk /
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Retirements[]
Points and prize money[]
Point distribution[]
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 |
Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 |
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Doubles | 1 | N/A |
Prize money[]
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 |
Singles | $50,000 | $33,520 | $18,610 | $8,770 | $5,500 | $4,250 | $3,000 |
Doubles* | $20,890 | $13,370 | $8,350 | $4,310 | $2,670 | $2,020 | N/A |
*per team
See also[]
Other events in the 2021 Melbourne Summer Series:[3]
- 2021 Phillip Island Trophy
- 2021 Grampians Trophy
- 2021 Great Ocean Road Open
- 2021 Murray River Open
- 2021 Gippsland Trophy
References[]
- ^ Official entry list
- ^ "Barty takes Yarra Valley Classic crown". Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ 2021 Melbourne Summer Series schedule
External links[]
- Yarra Valley Classic
- 2021 WTA Tour
- 2021 in Australian tennis
- Tennis tournaments in Australia
- Tennis in Victoria (Australia)
- January 2021 sports events in Australia
- February 2021 sports events in Australia