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	Aryna Sabalenka (1)
Most tournament finals	Ashleigh Barty ; Veronika Kudermetova ; Elise Mertens; Garbiñe Muguruza ; Aryna Sabalenka (1)
	← 2020 2022 →

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 was rescheduled from 2020.

Schedule

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

Key

Grand Slam tournaments
Summer Olympic Games
Year-end championships
WTA 1000 (Mandatory)[lower-alpha 1]
WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory)[lower-alpha 1]
WTA 500[lower-alpha 1]
WTA 250[lower-alpha 1]
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
Rest of January	No tournaments scheduled.

February

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
February 1	Gippsland Trophy Melbourne, Australia WTA 500 $447,620 – Hard – 54S/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Kaia Kanepi vs Elise Mertens	Ekaterina Alexandrova Naomi Osaka	Simona Halep Karolína Muchová Elina Svitolina Irina-Camelia Begu
		/ vs Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan	Ekaterina Alexandrova Naomi Osaka
	Yarra Valley Classic Melbourne, Australia WTA 500 $447,620 – Hard – 54S/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Ashleigh Barty vs Garbiñe Muguruza	Serena Williams Markéta Vondroušová	Shelby Rogers Danielle Collins Nadia Podoroska Sofia Kenin
		Anna Kalinskaya / Viktória Kužmová vs Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara	Serena Williams Markéta Vondroušová	Shelby Rogers Danielle Collins Nadia Podoroska Sofia Kenin
	Grampians Trophy Melbourne, Australia WTA 500 $235,820 – Hard – 28S Singles Draw	vs	M Sakkari vs A Kontaveit J Brady vs	Angelique Kerber Victoria Azarenka Barbora Krejčíková A Li vs S Cîrstea
February 8 February 15	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $31,796,000 – Hard – 128S/64D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /
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February 15	Phillip Island Trophy Melbourne, Australia WTA 250 $235,238 – Hard – 56S/16Q/28D	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
February 15		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
February 22	Adelaide International[2] Adelaide, Australia WTA 500 $535,530 – Hard – 28S/24Q/16D	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
February 22		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs

March

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
March 1	Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA 500 Hard
March 1	Métropole de Lyon Lyon, France WTA 250 Hard
March 8	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) Hard
March 8	Abierto Zapopan Guadalajara, Mexico WTA 250 Hard
March 15	St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy St. Petersburg, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i)
March 15	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA 250 Hard
March 22 March 29	Miami Open Miami Gardens, United States WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Hard

April

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
April 5	Charleston Open Charleston, United States WTA 500 Clay (Green)
April 5	Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA 250 Clay (Red)
April 12	King Cup Finals & Play-offs
April 12	Kunming Open Anning, China WTA 250 Clay (Red)
April 19	Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA 500 Clay (Red) (i)
April 19	Istanbul Open Istanbul, Turkey WTA 250 Clay (Red)
April 26 May 3	Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Clay (Red)

May

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 10	Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) Clay (Red)
May 17	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA 250 Clay (Red)
	Morocco Open Rabat, Morocco WTA 250 Clay (Red)
	Cologne Open Cologne, Germany WTA 250 Clay (Red)
May 24 May 31	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (Red)

June

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
June 7	Nottingham Open Nottingham, Great Britain WTA 250 Grass
June 7	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA 250 Grass
June 14	Bett1open Berlin, Germany WTA 500 Grass
June 14	Birmingham Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA 250 Grass
June 21	Eastbourne International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA 500 Grass
June 21	Bad Homburg Open Bad Homburg, Germany WTA 250 Grass
June 28 July 5	The Championships, Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass

July

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
July 12	Bucharest Open Bucharest, Romania WTA 250 Clay (Red)
July 12	Ladies Open Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland WTA 250 Clay (Red)
July 19	Baltic Open Jūrmala, Latvia WTA 250 Clay
July 19	Palermo Open Palermo, Italy WTA 250 Clay
July 26	Summer Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan Olympic Games Hard

August

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
August 2	Silicon Valley Classic San Jose, United States WTA 500 Hard
August 2	Washington Open Washington D.C., United States WTA 250 Hard
August 9	Canadian Open Montreal, Canada WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) Hard
August 16	Cincinnati Open Mason, United States WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) Hard
August 23	Albany Open Albany, United States WTA 250 Hard
August 30 September 6	U.S. Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard

September

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
September 13	Zhengzhou Open Zhengzhou, China WTA 500 Hard
	Japan Women's Open Hiroshima, Japan WTA 250 Hard
	Jiangxi Open Nanchang, China 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

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
October 4	China Open Beijing, China WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Hard
October 11	Hong Kong Open Hong Kong WTA 250 Hard
	Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA 250 Hard (i)
	Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA 250 Hard
October 18	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i)
	Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg WTA 250 Hard
	Zielona Gora Open Zielona Góra, Poland WTA 250 Hard(i)
October 25	WTA Elite Trophy TBA Year-end championships Hard

November

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
November 1	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
4 January	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA 500 Hard	Cancelled[3][4][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 January	Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA 250 Hard	Cancelled
18 January 25 January	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard	Postponed to 8 February
February 8	St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Saint Petersburg, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i)	Postponed to March 15 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 March 1 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

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
Year-end championships
WTA 1000 (Mandatory)
WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory)
WTA 500
WTA 250

Titles won by player

Total	Player	Grand Slam			Year-end		WTA 1000		WTA 1000		WTA 500		WTA 250		Total
Total	Player	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
1	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)										●				1	0	0
1	Shuko Aoyama (JPN)											●			0	1	0
1	Ena Shibahara (JPN)											●			0	1	0

Titles won by nation

Total	Nation	Grand Slam			Year-end		WTA 1000		WTA 1000		WTA 500		WTA 250		Total
Total	Nation	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
1	Belarus (BLR)										1				1	0	0
1	Japan (JPN)											1			0	1	0

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

Aryna Sabalenka (reached place No. 7 on January 18)
Ons Jabeur (reached place No. 30 on January 18)
Veronika Kudermetova (reached place No. 36 on January 18)

Doubles

Shuko Aoyama (reached place No. 18 on January 18)
Ena Shibahara (reached place No. 20 on January 18)
Sofia Kenin (reached place No. 29 on January 18)
Luisa Stefani (reached place No. 30 on January 18)

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, 64Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	10	–	30	22	15	1
WTA 1000 (56S, 48Q/32Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	10	–	30	-	20	1
WTA 1000 (28D)	900	585	350	190	105	10	–	–	–	–	–	–
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.

Retirements and 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, 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:

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 straight sets. She also won three WTA singles titles during her career. She achieved phenomenal success 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 Vesnina 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.[5][6]

Notes

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)

References

"WTA announces start of 2021 Tour season". WTA. 19 December 2020.
https://ausopen.com/articles/news/star-studded-line-play-official-curtain-raiser-adelaide
"Brisbane Tennis to return in 2022". 16 November 2020.
"ASB Classic, Auckland tuneup event for Australian Open, canceled due to pandemic". 6 October 2020.
"Vesnina returns from retirement for Tokyo 2020 + 1?".
Now, Tennis (18 Jan 2021). "Former Doubles World No. 1 Vesnina Plans Comeback in 2021".

External links

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[Points-2] 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)

[2021start-1] "WTA announces start of 2021 Tour season". WTA. 19 December 2020.

[3] ttps://ausopen.com/articles/news/star-studded-line-play-official-curtain-raiser-adelaide

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

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

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

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

2021 WTA Tour « 2020 2022 »
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) ~~Indian Wells~~ Miami (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Wuhan (S, D) Beijing (S, D)
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)
WTA 250 tournaments	Melbourne (S, D)* Lyon (S, D) Guadalajara (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Anning (S, D) Istanbul (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Rabat (S, D) Cologne (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Bad Homburg (S, D)
Team events	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 Elite Trophy, TBA (S, D) WTA Finals, Shenzhen (S, D)

Women's tennis tour seasons
Pre Open era tournaments	1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Open era (before WTA)	1968 1969
Independent tournaments	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
ILTF Women's International Grand Prix circuit	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
Virginia Slims Circuit	1970 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

2021 in tennis « 2020 2022 »
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 Elite Trophy 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)