2021 Italian Open – Women's singles

Iga Świątek defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–0, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2021 Italian Open. It was her first WTA 1000 singles title, and the 13 points Świątek lost in the championship match is the fewest on record in a WTA 1000-level final (Serena Williams previously held the record, from the 2015 Miami Open final). This was the first WTA Tour singles final to be resolved with a 'double bagel' scoreline since Simona Halep defeated Anastasija Sevastova at the 2016 Bucharest Open, and was just the tenth such final in WTA Tour history. With the win, Świątek broke into the top 10 of the WTA rankings for the first time.[1] Both finalists saved match points in prior rounds – Świątek saved two match points in her third round match against Barbora Krejčíková,[2] whilst Plíšková saved three match points in her quarterfinal match against Jeļena Ostapenko.[3]

Women's singles
2021 Italian Open
ChampionPoland Iga Świątek
Runner-upCzech Republic Karolína Plíšková
Score6–0, 6–0
Draw56 (8 Q / 5 WC )
Seeds16

This was Serena Williams' last appearance in Rome, which was ended by the hands of Nadia Podoroska in the straight sets loss in the second round. The loss also ended Williams' 21-match winning streak in the tournament dating back to 2012. The streak includes three Italian Open titles. The last loss before this tournament was in 2010 against Jelena Janković, despite Williams had a match point in the final set.

Simona Halep was the defending champion,[4] but retired due to a left calf muscle tear in the second round against Angelique Kerber.[5]

Seeds

The top nine seeds received a bye into the second round.

01.  Australia Ashleigh Barty (quarterfinals, retired)
02.  Japan Naomi Osaka (second round)
03.  Romania Simona Halep (second round, retired)
04.  United States Sofia Kenin (second round)
05.  Ukraine Elina Svitolina (quarterfinals)
06.  Canada Bianca Andreescu (withdrew)
07.  Belarus Aryna Sabalenka (third round)
08.  United States Serena Williams (second round)
09.  Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková (final)
10.  Switzerland Belinda Bencic (first round)
11.  Czech Republic Petra Kvitová (second round)
12.  Spain Garbiñe Muguruza (third round)
13.  United States Jennifer Brady (second round, withdrew)
14.  Belgium Elise Mertens (first round)
15.  Poland Iga Świątek (champion)
16.  United Kingdom Johanna Konta (first round)
17.  Greece Maria Sakkari (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Australia Ashleigh Barty 6 2r
United States Coco Gauff 4 1
United States Coco Gauff 63 3
15 Poland Iga Świątek 77 6
15 Poland Iga Świątek 6 7
5 Ukraine Elina Svitolina 2 5
15 Poland Iga Świątek 6 6
9 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 0 0
9 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 4 7 77
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 6 5 61
9 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 6 3 6
Croatia Petra Martić 1 6 2
Croatia Petra Martić 7 6
United States Jessica Pegula 5 4

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 Australia A Barty 6 6
WC Italy M Trevisan 6 64 66 PR Kazakhstan Y Shvedova 4 1
PR Kazakhstan Y Shvedova 0 77 78 1 Australia A Barty 6 6
WC France C Garcia 710 6 Russia V Kudermetova 3 3
WC Italy E Cocciaretto 68 2 WC France C Garcia 4 4
Russia V Kudermetova 4 6 6 Russia V Kudermetova 6 6
14 Belgium E Mertens 6 2 3 1 Australia A Barty 6 2r
17 Greece M Sakkari 78 3 6 United States C Gauff 4 1
Q Slovenia P Hercog 66 6 2 17 Greece M Sakkari 1 6 1
Kazakhstan Y Putintseva 5 6 4 United States C Gauff 6 1 6
United States C Gauff 7 4 6 United States C Gauff 7 6
Spain S Sorribes Tormo 77 67 7 7 Belarus A Sabalenka 5 3
WC Italy C Giorgi 64 79 5 Spain S Sorribes Tormo 5 1
7 Belarus A Sabalenka 7 6

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 United States S Kenin 1 4
PR China S Zheng 2 0 Czech Republic B Krejčíková 6 6
Czech Republic B Krejčíková 6 6 Czech Republic B Krejčíková 6 65 5
LL United States S Stephens 6 2 5 15 Poland I Świątek 3 77 7
United States M Keys 4 6 7 United States M Keys 5 1
United States A Riske 4r 15 Poland I Świątek 7 6
15 Poland I Świątek 5 15 Poland I Świątek 6 7
12 Spain G Muguruza 6 6 5 Ukraine E Svitolina 2 5
LL Romania PM Țig 1 2 12 Spain G Muguruza 2 6 7
Q United States B Pera 6 6 Q United States B Pera 6 0 5
Q Slovenia T Zidanšek 3 2 12 Spain G Muguruza 4 2
China Q Wang 5 3 5 Ukraine E Svitolina 6 6
United States A Anisimova 7 6 United States A Anisimova 6 3 4
5 Ukraine E Svitolina 2 6 6

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
9 Czech Republic Ka Plíšková 6 6
Latvia A Sevastova 3 6 6 Latvia A Sevastova 2 3
Switzerland J Teichmann 6 1 3 9 Czech Republic Ka Plíšková 7 6
Q United States C McHale 3 0 Q Russia V Zvonareva 5 3
Q Russia V Zvonareva 6 6 Q Russia V Zvonareva 6 3 6
Poland M Linette 6 0 2 11 Czech Republic P Kvitová 4 6 4
11 Czech Republic P Kvitová 1 6 6 9 Czech Republic Ka Plíšková 4 7 77
16 United Kingdom J Konta 3 1 Latvia J Ostapenko 6 5 61
Latvia J Ostapenko 6 6 Latvia J Ostapenko 6 77
Q Australia A Tomljanović 6 6 Q Australia A Tomljanović 2 63
Czech Republic M Vondroušová 4 2 Latvia J Ostapenko 4 6 6
Germany A Kerber 6 7 Germany A Kerber 6 3 4
Q France A Cornet 2 5 Germany A Kerber 1 3
3 Romania S Halep 6 3r

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
8 United States S Williams 66 5
LL Germany L Siegemund 6 63 1 Argentina N Podoroska 78 7
Argentina N Podoroska 2 77 6 Argentina N Podoroska 6 1 2
Croatia P Martić 5 6 6 Croatia P Martić 3 6 6
United States S Rogers 7 3 4 Croatia P Martić 7 6
LL France K Mladenovic 6 6 LL France K Mladenovic 5 3
10 Switzerland B Bencic 3 4 Croatia P Martić 7 6
13 United States J Brady 6 6 United States J Pegula 5 4
China S Zhang 1 4 13 United States J Brady
Q Ukraine M Kostyuk 3 1 Russia E Alexandrova w/o
Russia E Alexandrova 6 6 Russia E Alexandrova 2 4
Russia D Kasatkina 5 3 United States J Pegula 6 6
United States J Pegula 7 6 United States J Pegula 77 6
2 Japan N Osaka 62 2

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. United States Sloane Stephens (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  2. France Kristina Mladenovic (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  3. Germany Laura Siegemund (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  4. France Alizé Cornet (qualified)
  5. Romania Patricia Maria Țig (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  6. Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei (first round)
  7. United Kingdom Heather Watson (first round)
  8. United States Bernarda Pera (qualified)
  9. Canada Leylah Annie Fernandez (first round)
  10. Slovenia Polona Hercog (qualified)
  11. Romania Irina-Camelia Begu (first round)
  12. Russia Anastasia Potapova (qualifying competition)
  13. Ukraine Marta Kostyuk (qualified)
  14. Australia Ajla Tomljanović (qualified)
  15. Japan Misaki Doi (first round)
  16. Slovenia Tamara Zidanšek (qualified)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
1 United States Sloane Stephens 6 6
  Spain Aliona Bolsova 3 4
1 United States Sloane Stephens 4 5
16 Slovenia Tamara Zidanšek 6 7
WC Italy Bianca Turati 1 1
16 Slovenia Tamara Zidanšek 6 6

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
2 France Kristina Mladenovic 6 2 6
  Switzerland Leonie Küng 3 6 2
2 France Kristina Mladenovic 2 5
PR Russia Vera Zvonareva 6 7
PR Russia Vera Zvonareva 4 6 6
15 Japan Misaki Doi 6 3 3

Third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Germany Laura Siegemund 6 6
PR Russia Elena Vesnina 3 3
3 Germany Laura Siegemund 77 3 2
14 Australia Ajla Tomljanović 65 6 6
  Czech Republic Tereza Martincová 6 2 3
14 Australia Ajla Tomljanović 2 6 6

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
4 France Alizé Cornet 79 64 6
WC Italy Giulia Gatto-Monticone 67 77 4
4 France Alizé Cornet 6 77
PR Germany Andrea Petkovic 2 65
PR Germany Andrea Petkovic 6 5 6
11 Romania Irina-Camelia Begu 4 7 3

Fifth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
5 Romania Patricia Maria Țig 0 6 77
PR China Wang Yafan 6 3 64
5 Romania Patricia Maria Țig 3 6 2
United States Christina McHale 6 2 6
United States Christina McHale 77 6
9 Canada Leylah Annie Fernandez 62 4

Sixth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
6 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 2 0
  Japan Nao Hibino 6 6
  Japan Nao Hibino 5 3
13 Ukraine Marta Kostyuk 7 6
WC Italy Nuria Brancaccio 4 0
13 Ukraine Marta Kostyuk 6 6

Seventh qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
7 United Kingdom Heather Watson 3 2
  Italy Sara Errani 6 6
  Italy Sara Errani 2 3
10 Slovenia Polona Hercog 6 6
WC Italy Lucia Bronzetti 4 3
10 Slovenia Polona Hercog 6 6

Eighth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
8 United States Bernarda Pera 6 6
  Russia Liudmila Samsonova 3 4
8 United States Bernarda Pera 6 6
12 Russia Anastasia Potapova 4 1
  Russia Margarita Gasparyan 4 61
12 Russia Anastasia Potapova 6 77

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 26 April 2021. Rankings and points before are as of 10 May 2021.

Seed Rank Player Points before Points defending[lower-alpha 1] Next best tournament or Rome 2020 Points won Points after Status
1 1 Australia Ashleigh Barty 10,090 105 100 190 10,175 Quarterfinals, retired against United States Coco Gauff
2 2 Japan Naomi Osaka 7,650 190 0 1 7,461 Second round, lost to United States Jessica Pegula
3 3 Romania Simona Halep 6,520 (900) 900 1 6,520 Second round, retired against Germany Angelique Kerber
4 5 United States Sofia Kenin 5,905 105 65 1 5,865 Second round, lost to Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
5 6 Ukraine Elina Svitolina 5,835 (190) 190 190 5,835 Quarterfinals, lost to Poland Iga Świątek [15]
6 7 Canada Bianca Andreescu 5,265 (0) 0 0 5,265 Withdrew due to COVID-19 protocols
7 4 Belarus Aryna Sabalenka 6,195 (1) 190 105 6,195 Third round, lost to United States Coco Gauff
8 8 United States Serena Williams 4,850 60 0 1 4,791 Second round, lost to Argentina Nadia Podoroska
9 9 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 4,660 900 585 585 4,345 Runner-up, lost to Poland Iga Świątek [15]
10 11 Switzerland Belinda Bencic 4,140 (60) 65 1 4,140 First round, lost to France Kristina Mladenovic [LL]
11 10 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 4,160 105 1 60 4,115 Second round, lost to Russia Vera Zvonareva [Q]
12 12 Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 4,110 (350) 350 105 4,110 Third round, lost to Ukraine Elina Svitolina [5]
13 13 United States Jennifer Brady 3,830 (0) 60 60 3,830 Second round, withdrew due to left foot injury
14 14 Belgium Elise Mertens 3,685 (190) 190 1 3,685 First round, lost to Russia Veronika Kudermetova
15 15 Poland Iga Świątek 3,555 (1) 20 900 4,435 Champion, defeated Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková [9]
16 18 United Kingdom Johanna Konta 3,236 585 105 1 2,756 First round, lost to Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
17 19 Greece Maria Sakkari 3,130 380 80 60 2,830 Second round, lost to United States Coco Gauff
  1. This also includes points earned in 2020, will count toward a player's ranking until October 2021[6]

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

References

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