2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open

The 2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural professional edition of the tournament and a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It took place at the Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre in Abu Dhabi, from 6 January to 13 January 2021. Fourth-seeded Aryna Sabalenka won the singles title.[1]

2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open
Date6–13 January
Edition1st
CategoryWTA 500
Draw64S / 28D
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationAbu Dhabi, UAE
VenueZayed Sports City International Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Belarus Aryna Sabalenka
Doubles
Japan Shuko Aoyama / Japan Ena Shibahara
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Finals

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Singles

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Doubles

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Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Singles 470 305 185 100 55 30 1 25 13 1
Doubles 1

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
Singles $68,570 $50,130 $26,745 $12,675 $6,480 $4,100 $2,500 $1,925 $1,000
Doubles $20,890 $13,370 $8,350 $4,310 $2,670 $2,020
Doubles prize money per team

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
  USA Sofia Kenin 4 1
  UKR Elina Svitolina 5 2
  CZE Karolína Plíšková 6 3
  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 10 4
  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 15 5
  KAZ Elena Rybakina 19 6
  BEL Elise Mertens 20 7
  CZE Markéta Vondroušová 21 8
  GRE Maria Sakkari 22 9
  EST Anett Kontaveit 23 10
  USA Jennifer Brady 24 11
  CZE Karolína Muchová 27 12
  KAZ Yulia Putintseva 28 13
  USA Amanda Anisimova 30 14
  TUN Ons Jabeur 31 15
  CRO Donna Vekić 32 16
  RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova 33 17
  • 1 Rankings are as of December 21, 2020

Other entrants

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

The following player received entry as an alternate:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

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Retirements

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Doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  TPE Hsieh Su-wei   CZE Barbora Krejčíková 8 1
  BEL Elise Mertens   BLR Aryna Sabalenka 11 2
  USA Nicole Melichar   NED Demi Schuurs 23 3
  BEL Kirsten Flipkens   FRA Kristina Mladenovic 33 4
  JPN Shuko Aoyama   JPN Ena Shibahara 45 5
  CHI Alexa Guarachi   USA Desirae Krawczyk 51 6
  CHN Xu Yifan   CHN Yang Zhaoxuan 64 7
  USA Hayley Carter   BRA Luisa Stefani 68 8
  • Rankings are as of December 21, 2020

Other entrants

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

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw as alternates:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament
During the tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Abu Dhabi WTA Women's Tennis Open". wtatennis.com.
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