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 event 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 to 13 January 2021.[1]

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

Points and prize money

Point distribution
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 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money
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 N/A N/A N/A

*per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
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

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
Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
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

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
Before the tournament
During the tournament

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open – Singles

Doubles
Main article: 2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open – Doubles

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