2021 Columbus Challenger
The 2021 Columbus Challenger was a professional challenger level tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the men's tournament which was part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour[1] and the first edition of the women's event, that was part of 2021 WTA 125K series.[2] It took place in Columbus, United States between 20 and 26 September 2021.
2021 Columbus Challenger | |
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Date | 20–26 September |
Edition | 10th (men) 1st (women) |
Category | ATP Challenger 80 (men) WTA 125 (women) |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $52,080 (men) $115,000 (women) |
Surface | Hard (Indoor) |
Location | Columbus, United States |
Venue | Ohio State Varsity Tennis Center |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Stefan Kozlov | |
Women's singles | |
Nuria Párrizas Díaz | |
Men's doubles | |
Stefan Kozlov / Peter Polansky | |
Women's doubles | |
Wang Xinyu / Zheng Saisai |
Champions
Men's singles
- Stefan Kozlov def. Max Purcell 4–6, 6–2, 6–4.
Women's singles
- Nuria Párrizas Díaz def. Wang Xinyu, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Men's doubles
- Stefan Kozlov / Peter Polansky def. Andrew Lutschaunig / James Trotter 7–5, 7–6(7–5).
Women's doubles
- Wang Xinyu / Zheng Saisai def. Dalila Jakupović / Nuria Párrizas Díaz, 6–1, 6–1
ATP singles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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USA | Tennys Sandgren | 103 | 1 |
ITA | Salvatore Caruso | 125 | 2 |
AUS | Alex Bolt | 146 | 3 |
IND | Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 165 | 4 |
TPE | Jason Jung | 166 | 5 |
USA | Ernesto Escobedo | 175 | 6 |
USA | J. J. Wolf | 178 | 7 |
USA | Mitchell Krueger | 182 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of September 13, 2021.[3]
Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as wildcards:
- Cannon Kingsley
- James Tracy
- Matěj Vocel
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:
The following players received entry into the singles main draw from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
WTA singles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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USA | Ann Li | 73 | 1 |
ESP | Nuria Párrizas Díaz | 88 | 2 |
USA | Madison Brengle | 91 | 3 |
CHN | Zheng Saisai | 94 | 4 |
USA | Lauren Davis | 99 | 5 |
MEX | Renata Zarazúa | 120 | 6 |
BRA | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 124 | 7 |
CHN | Wang Xinyu | 130 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of September 13, 2021.
Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as wildcards:
The following player was accepted directly into the main draw using a protected or a special ranking:
The following players received entry into the singles main draw from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Marie Bouzková → replaced by Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Christina McHale → replaced by Kurumi Nara
- Caty McNally → replaced by Katie Volynets
- Grace Min → replaced by Francesca Di Lorenzo
- Anna Kalinskaya → replaced by Dalila Jakupović
- Kateryna Kozlova → replaced by Hailey Baptiste
- Claire Liu → replaced by Asia Muhammad
- Emma Raducanu → replaced by Rebecca Marino
- Donna Vekić → replaced by Jamie Loeb
WTA doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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USA | Ingrid Neel | USA | Sabrina Santamaria | 155 | 1 |
NOR | Ulrikke Eikeri | FRA | Elixane Lechemia | 175 | 2 |
USA | Jamie Loeb | USA | Asia Muhammad | 212 | 3 |
TPE | Liang En-shuo | CAN | Rebecca Marino | 453 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of September 13, 2021
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Luna Dormet / Lucía Marzal Martínez
- Elsa Jacquemot / Eleana Yu
References
- "Tennis Ohio Championships Overview". atptour.com.
- "Columbus WTA 125 Overview". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- "Rankings - Singles - ATP Tour - Tennis". ATP Tour.