2021 Adelaide International

The 2021 Adelaide International was a tennis tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.[1][2] The Adelaide International is a WTA 500 Tournament.[3]

2021 Adelaide International
Date22–27 February
Edition2nd
CategoryWTA 500
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$535,530
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationAdelaide, Australia
VenueMemorial Drive Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Poland Iga Świątek
Doubles
Chile Alexa Guarachi / United States Desirae Krawczyk

It was the second time this tournament was held and it took place at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre from the 22nd to the 27th of February, 2021. For 2021, with the COVID-19 pandemic causing travel chaos, the ATP event was moved to Melbourne. It was held alongside another 250 tournament called Melbourne 2 and the ATP Cup. Adelaide was temporarily renamed the Great Ocean Road Open. The WTA event will be held the week after the Australian Open, in Adelaide. Ashleigh Barty of Australia won the 2020 edition and sought to defend her domestic title.[4] The tournament was eventually won by Iga Swiatek, who claimed her second career title, defeating Belinda Bencic in two sets.[3]

Champions

Women's singles
Main article: 2021 Adelaide International – Singles

Women's doubles
Main article: 2021 Adelaide International – Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Women's singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 13 1
Women's doubles 1 — — — —

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q2 Q1
Women's singles $68,570 $51,000 $32,400 $15,500 $8,200 $6,650 $5,000 $2,565
Women's doubles * $25,230 $17,750 $10,000 $5,500 $3,500 — — —

*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 AUS Ashleigh Barty 1 1
  SUI Belinda Bencic 12 2
 GBR Johanna Konta 15 3
 BEL Elise Mertens 16 4
 POL Iga Świątek 17 5
 CRO Petra Martić 19 6
 KAZ Yulia Putintseva 28 7
 CHN Wang Qiang 34 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of 5 March 2005.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:[6]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
List of replacements
FormerReplacement
Russia Ekaterina AlexandrovaUnited States Danielle Collins
Canada Bianca AndreescuSwitzerland Jil Teichmann
Belarus Victoria AzarenkaChina Zhang Shuai
Czech Republic Marie BouzkováRussia Anna Blinkova
United States Jennifer BradyUnited States Shelby Rogers
Estonia Anett KontaveitFrance Caroline Garcia
Belgium Elise MertensUnited States Christina McHale
Sweden Rebecca PetersonJapan Misaki Doi
United States Alison RiskeRussia Veronika Kudermetova
Kazakhstan Elena RybakinaGermany Laura Siegemund
Greece Maria SakkariRussia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Croatia Donna VekićFrance Kristina Mladenovic
Czech Republic Markéta VondroušováChina Zheng Saisai
Ukraine Dayana YastremskaChina Wang Qiang

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 JPN Shuko Aoyama  JPN Ena Shibahara 32 1
 CHN Duan Yingying  CHN Zheng Saisai 47 2
 CHI Alexa Guarachi  USA Desirae Krawczyk 51 3
 USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands  USA Asia Muhammad 60 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of 8 February 2021.

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

References
  1. "Adelaide International 2021 - Adelaide, Event | SA Tourism". Archived from the original on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  2. "Adelaide International 2 | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  3. "Tennis news – Iga Swiatek claims her second career title by winning WTA 500 tournament in Adelaide". Eurosport. 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  4. "2021 Adelaide International Odds & Preview: Barty Looks to Defend Her Title". Sports Betting Dime. 2021-02-21. Archived from the original on 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  5. "Completed Matches". Adelaide International Tennis. Archived from the original on 2021-03-13. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  6. "Wildcards for Stosur, Tomljanovic and Gadecki". Tennis Australia. 20 February 2021. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

8. Adelaide International 2021: Belinda Bencic vs Misaki Doi preview, head-to-head & prediction

9. Drama as Ash Barty crashes out in Adelaide shock defeat

10. Barty to defend Adelaide International title

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