2021 Italian Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2021 Italian Open
Champion	Iga Świątek
Runner-up	Karolína Plíšková
Score	6–0, 6–0
Draw	56 (8 Q / 5 WC )
Seeds	16

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]

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.

Ashleigh Barty (quarterfinals, retired)

02.

Naomi Osaka (second round)

03.

Simona Halep (second round, retired)

04.

Sofia Kenin (second round)

05.

Elina Svitolina (quarterfinals)

06.

Bianca Andreescu (withdrew)

07.

Aryna Sabalenka (third round)

08.

Serena Williams (second round)

09.

Karolína Plíšková (final)

10.

Belinda Bencic (first round)

11.

Petra Kvitová (second round)

12.

Garbiñe Muguruza (third round)

13.

Jennifer Brady (second round, withdrew)

14.

Elise Mertens (first round)

15.

Iga Świątek (champion)

16.

Johanna Konta (first round)

17.

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	Ashleigh Barty	6	2^r

	Coco Gauff	4	1
						Coco Gauff	6³	3

					15	Iga Świątek	7⁷	6
15	Iga Świątek	6	7

5	Elina Svitolina	2	5
										15	Iga Świątek	6	6

										9	Karolína Plíšková	0	0
9	Karolína Plíšková	4	7	7⁷

	Jeļena Ostapenko	6	5	6¹
					9	Karolína Plíšková	6	3	6

						Petra Martić	1	6	2
	Petra Martić	7	6

	Jessica Pegula	5	4

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					1	A Barty	6	6
WC	M Trevisan	6	6⁴	6⁶	PR	Y Shvedova	4	1
PR	Y Shvedova	0	7⁷	7⁸						1	A Barty	6	6
WC	C Garcia	7¹⁰	6								V Kudermetova	3	3
WC	E Cocciaretto	6⁸	2		WC	C Garcia	4	4
	V Kudermetova	4	6	6		V Kudermetova	6	6
14	E Mertens	6	2	3										1	A Barty	6	2^r
17	M Sakkari	7⁸	3	6											C Gauff	4	1
Q	P Hercog	6⁶	6	2	17	M Sakkari	1	6	1
	Y Putintseva	5	6	4		C Gauff	6	1	6
	C Gauff	7	4	6							C Gauff	7	6
	S Sorribes Tormo	7⁷	6⁷	7						7	A Sabalenka	5	3
WC	C Giorgi	6⁴	7⁹	5		S Sorribes Tormo	5	1
					7	A Sabalenka	7	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					4	S Kenin	1	4
PR	S Zheng	2	0			B Krejčíková	6	6
	B Krejčíková	6	6								B Krejčíková	6	6⁵	5
LL	S Stephens	6	2	5						15	I Świątek	3	7⁷	7
	M Keys	4	6	7		M Keys	5	1
	A Riske	4^r			15	I Świątek	7	6
15	I Świątek	5													15	I Świątek	6	7
12	G Muguruza	6	6												5	E Svitolina	2	5
LL	PM Țig	1	2		12	G Muguruza	2	6	7
Q	B Pera	6	6		Q	B Pera	6	0	5
Q	T Zidanšek	3	2							12	G Muguruza	4	2
	Q Wang	5	3							5	E Svitolina	6	6
	A Anisimova	7	6			A Anisimova	6	3	4
					5	E Svitolina	2	6	6

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					9	Ka Plíšková	6	6
	A Sevastova	3	6	6		A Sevastova	2	3
	J Teichmann	6	1	3						9	Ka Plíšková	7	6
Q	C McHale	3	0							Q	V Zvonareva	5	3
Q	V Zvonareva	6	6		Q	V Zvonareva	6	3	6
	M Linette	6	0	2	11	P Kvitová	4	6	4
11	P Kvitová	1	6	6											9	Ka Plíšková	4	7	7⁷
16	J Konta	3	1													J Ostapenko	6	5	6¹
	J Ostapenko	6	6			J Ostapenko	6	7⁷
Q	A Tomljanović	6	6		Q	A Tomljanović	2	6³
	M Vondroušová	4	2								J Ostapenko	4	6	6
	A Kerber	6	7								A Kerber	6	3	4
Q	A Cornet	2	5			A Kerber	1	3
					3	S Halep	6	3^r

Section 4

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

					8	S Williams	6⁶	5
LL	L Siegemund	6	6³	1		N Podoroska	7⁸	7
	N Podoroska	2	7⁷	6						N Podoroska	6	1	2
	P Martić	5	6	6						P Martić	3	6	6
	S Rogers	7	3	4		P Martić	7	6
LL	K Mladenovic	6	6		LL	K Mladenovic	5	3
10	B Bencic	3	4												P Martić	7	6
13	J Brady	6	6												J Pegula	5	4
	S Zhang	1	4		13	J Brady
Q	M Kostyuk	3	1			E Alexandrova	w/o
	E Alexandrova	6	6							E Alexandrova	2	4
	D Kasatkina	5	3							J Pegula	6	6
	J Pegula	7	6			J Pegula	7⁷	6
					2	N Osaka	6²	2

Qualifying

Seeds

Sloane Stephens (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Kristina Mladenovic (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Laura Siegemund (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Alizé Cornet (qualified)
Patricia Maria Țig (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Hsieh Su-wei (first round)
Heather Watson (first round)
Bernarda Pera (qualified)
Leylah Annie Fernandez (first round)
Polona Hercog (qualified)
Irina-Camelia Begu (first round)
Anastasia Potapova (qualifying competition)
Marta Kostyuk (qualified)
Ajla Tomljanović (qualified)
Misaki Doi (first round)
Tamara Zidanšek (qualified)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

First qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

1	Sloane Stephens	6	6

	Aliona Bolsova	3	4
				1	Sloane Stephens	4	5

				16	Tamara Zidanšek	6	7
WC	Bianca Turati	1	1

16	Tamara Zidanšek	6	6

Second qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

2	Kristina Mladenovic	6	2	6

	Leonie Küng	3	6	2
					2	Kristina Mladenovic	2	5

					PR	Vera Zvonareva	6	7
PR	Vera Zvonareva	4	6	6

15	Misaki Doi	6	3	3

Third qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

3	Laura Siegemund	6	6

PR	Elena Vesnina	3	3
					3	Laura Siegemund	7⁷	3	2

					14	Ajla Tomljanović	6⁵	6	6
	Tereza Martincová	6	2	3

14	Ajla Tomljanović	2	6	6

Fourth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

4	Alizé Cornet	7⁹	6⁴	6

WC	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	6⁷	7⁷	4
					4	Alizé Cornet	6	7⁷

					PR	Andrea Petkovic	2	6⁵
PR	Andrea Petkovic	6	5	6

11	Irina-Camelia Begu	4	7	3

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Patricia Maria Țig	0	6	7⁷

PR	Wang Yafan	6	3	6⁴
					5	Patricia Maria Țig	3	6	2

						Christina McHale	6	2	6
	Christina McHale	7⁷	6

9	Leylah Annie Fernandez	6²	4

Sixth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

6	Hsieh Su-wei	2	0

	Nao Hibino	6	6
					Nao Hibino	5	3

				13	Marta Kostyuk	7	6
WC	Nuria Brancaccio	4	0

13	Marta Kostyuk	6	6

Seventh qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

7	Heather Watson	3	2

	Sara Errani	6	6
					Sara Errani	2	3

				10	Polona Hercog	6	6
WC	Lucia Bronzetti	4	3

10	Polona Hercog	6	6

Eighth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

8	Bernarda Pera	6	6

	Liudmila Samsonova	3	4
				8	Bernarda Pera	6	6

				12	Anastasia Potapova	4	1
	Margarita Gasparyan	4	6¹

12	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	Ashleigh Barty	10,090	105	100	190	10,175	Quarterfinals, retired against Coco Gauff
2	2	Naomi Osaka	7,650	190	0	1	7,461	Second round, lost to Jessica Pegula
3	3	Simona Halep	6,520	(900)	900	1	6,520	Second round, retired against Angelique Kerber
4	5	Sofia Kenin	5,905	105	65	1	5,865	Second round, lost to Barbora Krejčíková
5	6	Elina Svitolina	5,835	(190)	190	190	5,835	Quarterfinals, lost to Iga Świątek [15]
6	7	~~Bianca Andreescu~~	5,265	(0)	0	0	5,265	Withdrew due to COVID-19 protocols
7	4	Aryna Sabalenka	6,195	(1)	190	105	6,195	Third round, lost to Coco Gauff
8	8	Serena Williams	4,850	60	0	1	4,791	Second round, lost to Nadia Podoroska
9	9	Karolína Plíšková	4,660	900	585	585	4,345	Runner-up, lost to Iga Świątek [15]
10	11	Belinda Bencic	4,140	(60)	65	1	4,140	First round, lost to Kristina Mladenovic [LL]
11	10	Petra Kvitová	4,160	105	1	60	4,115	Second round, lost to Vera Zvonareva [Q]
12	12	Garbiñe Muguruza	4,110	(350)	350	105	4,110	Third round, lost to Elina Svitolina [5]
13	13	Jennifer Brady	3,830	(0)	60	60	3,830	Second round, withdrew due to left foot injury
14	14	Elise Mertens	3,685	(190)	190	1	3,685	First round, lost to Veronika Kudermetova
15	15	Iga Świątek	3,555	(1)	20	900	4,435	Champion, defeated Karolína Plíšková [9]
16	18	Johanna Konta	3,236	585	105	1	2,756	First round, lost to Jeļena Ostapenko
17	19	Maria Sakkari	3,130	380	80	60	2,830	Second round, lost to Coco Gauff

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

Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Magda Linette
Kiki Bertens → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
Ons Jabeur → replaced by Jil Teichmann
Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Sara Sorribes Tormo
Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Shelby Rogers
Karolína Muchová → replaced by Sloane Stephens
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig
Elena Rybakina → replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova
Donna Vekić → replaced by Nadia Podoroska
Venus Williams → replaced by Laura Siegemund
Dayana Yastremska → replaced by Jeļena Ostapenko

During the tournament

Jennifer Brady

Retirements

References

"Swiatek whitewashes Pliskova to capture Rome title and break top 10". Women's Tennis Association. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
"Swiatek saves 2 match points against Krejcikova, Gauff upsets Sabalenka in Rome". Women's Tennis Association. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
"Pliskova saves 3 match points to oust Ostapenko; Martic advances in Rome". Women's Tennis Association. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
"Halep Wins Rome as Pained Pliskova Retires". www.tennisnow.com.
"Halep suffers calf tear in Rome, unsure of recovery time". www.wtatennis.com.
"WTA ANNOUNCES RANKING SYSTEM ADJUSTMENTS". WTA. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

External links

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[7] This also includes points earned in 2020, will count toward a player's ranking until October 2021[6]

[1] "Swiatek whitewashes Pliskova to capture Rome title and break top 10". Women's Tennis Association. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[2] "Swiatek saves 2 match points against Krejcikova, Gauff upsets Sabalenka in Rome". Women's Tennis Association. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[3] "Pliskova saves 3 match points to oust Ostapenko; Martic advances in Rome". Women's Tennis Association. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[4] "Halep Wins Rome as Pained Pliskova Retires". www.tennisnow.com.

[5] "Halep suffers calf tear in Rome, unsure of recovery time". www.wtatennis.com.

[6] "WTA ANNOUNCES RANKING SYSTEM ADJUSTMENTS". WTA. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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