2021 Chicago Women's Open
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2021 Chicago Women's Open | |
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Date | 22–28 August |
Edition | 1st |
Category | WTA 250 |
Draw | 32S / 16Q / 16D |
Prize money | $235,238 |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Venue | XS Tennis Village |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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The 2021 Chicago Women's Open was a tennis tournament held in Chicago, Illinois for female professional tennis players, and part of the 2021 WTA Tour.[1] It was played on outdoor hard courts in the week prior to the 2021 U.S. Open. This marked the first time since 1997 that a WTA tournament was held in Chicago.[2]
Champions[edit]
Singles[edit]
Elina Svitolina def.
Alizé Cornet, 7–5, 6–4.
This was Svitolina's sixteenth WTA Tour singles title, and first of the year.
Doubles[edit]
Nadiia Kichenok /
Raluca Olaru def.
Lyudmyla Kichenok /
Makoto Ninomiya, 7–6(8–6), 5–7, [10–8].
Singles main draw entrants[edit]
Seeds[edit]
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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![]() | Elina Svitolina | 6 | 1 |
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![]() | Sorana Cîrstea | 38 | 3 |
![]() | Tamara Zidanšek | 40 | 4 |
![]() | Markéta Vondroušová | 41 | 5 |
![]() | Viktorija Golubic | 47 | 6 |
![]() | Kristina Mladenovic | 54 | 7 |
![]() | Marta Kostyuk | 56 | 8 |
![]() | Alizé Cornet | 57 | 9 |
- Rankings are as of August 16, 2021.
Other entrants[edit]
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals[edit]
- Before the tournament
Camila Giorgi → replaced by
Clara Burel
Andrea Petkovic → replaced by
Varvara Gracheva
Elena Rybakina → replaced by
Misaki Doi
Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by
Fiona Ferro
Doubles main draw entrants[edit]
Seeds[edit]
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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![]() | Nicole Melichar | ![]() | Demi Schuurs | 23 | 1 |
![]() | Chan Hao-ching | ![]() | Latisha Chan | 42 | 2 |
![]() | Nadiia Kichenok | ![]() | Raluca Olaru | 80 | 3 |
![]() | Lyudmyla Kichenok | ![]() | Makoto Ninomiya | 100 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of August 16, 2021.
Withdrawals[edit]
- Before the tournament
Anastasia Potapova /
Heather Watson → replaced by
Bárbara Gatica /
Rebeca Pereira
References[edit]
- ^ WTA ANNOUNCES 2021 FALL CALENDAR
- ^ "WTA Chicago Women's Open Overview". wtatennis.com.