2021 WTA Tour

2021 WTA Tour
	Ashleigh Barty finished the year as world No. 1 for the third time in her career. She won five tournaments during the season, including a major at the Wimbledon Championships. She also won two WTA 1000 events.
Details
Duration	6 January – 17 November 2021
Edition	51st
Categories	Grand Slam (4); WTA Finals; Summer Olympics; WTA 1000 (7); WTA 500 (15); WTA 250 (29);
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Ashleigh Barty (5)
Most tournament finals	Anett Kontaveit (7)
Prize money leader	Ashleigh Barty ($3,945,182)
Points leader	Ashleigh Barty (6,411)
Awards
Player of the year	Ashleigh Barty
Doubles team of the year	Barbora Krejčíková ; Kateřina Siniaková
Most improved ; player of the year	Barbora Krejčíková
Newcomer of the year	Emma Raducanu
Comeback ; player of the year	Carla Suárez Navarro
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Naomi Osaka won her fourth major title and second Australian Open title, defeating Jennifer Brady in the final. Barbora Krejčíková won her first major singles title at the French Open, defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final. Ashleigh Barty won her second major singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Karolína Plíšková in the final. Emma Raducanu won her first major title at the US Open, defeating Leylah Fernandez in the final and becoming the first qualifier, man or woman, to win a major title.

The 2021 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2021 tennis season. The 2021 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Finals and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2021 calendar are the Summer Olympic Games, which were rescheduled from 2020.

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2021 calendar.^[1]

Key

Grand Slam tournaments
Summer Olympics
Year-end championships
WTA 1000 (Mandatory)^[a]
WTA 1000 (non-Mandatory)^[a]
WTA 500^[a]
WTA 250^[a]
Team events

January

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Jan	Abu Dhabi Open Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates WTA 500 Hard – $565,530 – 64S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Aryna Sabalenka 6–2, 6–2	Veronika Kudermetova	Maria Sakkari Marta Kostyuk	Sofia Kenin Elena Rybakina Sara Sorribes Tormo Elina Svitolina
4 Jan		Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	Maria Sakkari Marta Kostyuk

February

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Feb	Yarra Valley Classic Melbourne, Australia WTA 500 Hard – $447,620 – 54S/28D Singles – Doubles	Ashleigh Barty 7–6^(7–3), 6–4	Garbiñe Muguruza	Serena Williams Markéta Vondroušová	Shelby Rogers Danielle Collins Nadia Podoroska Sofia Kenin
		Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara 6–3, 6–4	Anna Kalinskaya Viktória Kužmová	Serena Williams Markéta Vondroušová	Shelby Rogers Danielle Collins Nadia Podoroska Sofia Kenin
	Gippsland Trophy Melbourne, Australia WTA 500 Hard – $447,620 – 54S/28D Singles – Doubles	Elise Mertens 6–4, 6–1	Kaia Kanepi	Ekaterina Alexandrova Naomi Osaka	Simona Halep Karolína Muchová Elina Svitolina Irina-Camelia Begu
		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan	Ekaterina Alexandrova Naomi Osaka
	Grampians Trophy Melbourne, Australia WTA 500 Hard – $235,820 – 28S Singles	Anett Kontaveit vs Ann Li The final was abandoned due to a delay in schedule^[2]		Maria Sakkari Jennifer Brady	Angelique Kerber Victoria Azarenka Barbora Krejčíková Sorana Cîrstea
8 Feb 15 Feb	Australian Open^[b] Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard – A$33,098,500 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed	Naomi Osaka 6–4, 6–3	Jennifer Brady	Karolína Muchová Serena Williams	Ashleigh Barty Jessica Pegula Hsieh Su-wei Simona Halep
		Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka 6–2, 6–3	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
		Barbora Krejčíková Rajeev Ram 6–1, 6–4	Samantha Stosur Matthew Ebden
15 Feb	Phillip Island Trophy Melbourne, Australia WTA 250 Hard – $235,238 – 56S/16Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Daria Kasatkina 4–6, 6–2, 6–2	Marie Bouzková	Danielle Collins Bianca Andreescu	Rebecca Peterson Petra Martić Jil Teichmann Irina-Camelia Begu
15 Feb		Ankita Raina Kamilla Rakhimova 2–6, 6–4, [10–7]	Anna Blinkova Anastasia Potapova	Danielle Collins Bianca Andreescu
22 Feb	Adelaide International Adelaide, Australia WTA 500 Hard – $535,530 – 28S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Iga Świątek 6–2, 6–2	Belinda Bencic	Jil Teichmann Coco Gauff	Danielle Collins Anastasija Sevastova Shelby Rogers Storm Sanders
22 Feb		Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [10–3]	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	Jil Teichmann Coco Gauff

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Mar	Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA 500 Hard – $565,530 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–2, 6–1	Garbiñe Muguruza	Victoria Azarenka Jessica Pegula	Elina Svitolina Maria Sakkari Anett Kontaveit Karolína Plíšková
		Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs 6–2, 2–6, [10–8]	Monica Niculescu Jeļena Ostapenko	Victoria Azarenka Jessica Pegula
	Lyon Open Lyon, France WTA 250 Hard (i) – $235,238 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Clara Tauson 6–4, 6–1	Viktorija Golubic	Paula Badosa Fiona Ferro	Camila Giorgi Kristina Mladenovic Greet Minnen Clara Burel
		Viktória Kužmová Arantxa Rus 3–6, 7–5, [10–7]	Eugenie Bouchard Olga Danilović	Paula Badosa Fiona Ferro	Camila Giorgi Kristina Mladenovic Greet Minnen Clara Burel
8 Mar	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA 1000 (non-Mandatory) Hard – $1,835,490 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Garbiñe Muguruza 7–6^(8–6), 6–3	Barbora Krejčíková	Jil Teichmann Elise Mertens	Anastasia Potapova Coco Gauff Aryna Sabalenka Jessica Pegula
		Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak 6–0, 6–3	Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan	Jil Teichmann Elise Mertens
	Abierto Zapopan Guadalajara, Mexico WTA 250 Hard – $235,238 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Sara Sorribes Tormo 6–2, 7–5	Eugenie Bouchard	Elisabetta Cocciaretto Marie Bouzková	Lauren Davis Caty McNally Astra Sharma Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
		Ellen Perez Astra Sharma 6–4, 6–4	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	Elisabetta Cocciaretto Marie Bouzková
15 Mar	St. Petersburg Trophy St. Petersburg, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i) – $565,530 – 28S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Daria Kasatkina 6–3, 2–1, ret.	Margarita Gasparyan	Vera Zvonareva Svetlana Kuznetsova	Ekaterina Alexandrova Anastasia Gasanova Jaqueline Cristian Veronika Kudermetova
		Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru 2–6, 6–3, [10–8]	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	Vera Zvonareva Svetlana Kuznetsova
	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA 250 Hard – $235,238 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Leylah Fernandez 6–1, 6–4	Viktorija Golubic	Sara Sorribes Tormo Ann Li	Viktória Kužmová Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Zheng Saisai Anna Kalinskaya
		Caroline Dolehide Asia Muhammad 6–2, 6–3	Heather Watson Zheng Saisai	Sara Sorribes Tormo Ann Li
22 Mar 29 Mar	Miami Open Miami Gardens, United States WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Hard – $3,260,190 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles	Ashleigh Barty 6–3, 4–0, ret.	Bianca Andreescu	Elina Svitolina Maria Sakkari	Aryna Sabalenka Anastasija Sevastova Sara Sorribes Tormo Naomi Osaka
22 Mar 29 Mar		Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara 6–2, 7–5	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	Elina Svitolina Maria Sakkari

April

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Apr	Charleston Open Charleston, United States WTA 500 Clay – $565,530 – 56S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Veronika Kudermetova 6–4, 6–2	Danka Kovinić	Paula Badosa Ons Jabeur	Ashleigh Barty Sloane Stephens Yulia Putintseva Coco Gauff
		Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs 6–2, 6–4	Marie Bouzková Lucie Hradecká	Paula Badosa Ons Jabeur	Ashleigh Barty Sloane Stephens Yulia Putintseva Coco Gauff
	Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA 250 Clay (red) – $235,238 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Camila Osorio 5–7, 6–3, 6–4	Tamara Zidanšek	Harmony Tan Viktoriya Tomova	Stefanie Vögele Lara Arruabarrena Nuria Párrizas Díaz Sara Errani
		Elixane Lechemia Ingrid Neel 6–3, 6–4	Mihaela Buzărnescu Anna-Lena Friedsam	Harmony Tan Viktoriya Tomova
12 Apr	MUSC Health Open Charleston, United States WTA 250 Clay – $235,238 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Astra Sharma 2–6, 7–5, 6–1	Ons Jabeur	Danka Kovinić Camila Osorio	Nao Hibino Shelby Rogers Linda Fruhvirtová Clara Tauson
12 Apr		Hailey Baptiste Caty McNally 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [10–6]	Ellen Perez Storm Sanders	Danka Kovinić Camila Osorio	Nao Hibino Shelby Rogers Linda Fruhvirtová Clara Tauson
19 Apr	Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA 500 Clay (red) (i) – $565,530 – 28S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Ashleigh Barty 3–6, 6–0, 6–3	Aryna Sabalenka	Elina Svitolina Simona Halep	Karolína Plíšková Petra Kvitová Anett Kontaveit Ekaterina Alexandrova
		Ashleigh Barty Jennifer Brady 6–4, 5–7, [10–5]	Desirae Krawczyk Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Elina Svitolina Simona Halep
	İstanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey WTA 250 Clay (red) – $235,238 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Sorana Cîrstea 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)	Elise Mertens	Veronika Kudermetova Marta Kostyuk	Kateřina Siniaková Ana Bogdan Ana Konjuh Fiona Ferro
		Veronika Kudermetova Elise Mertens 6–1, 6–1	Nao Hibino Makoto Ninomiya	Veronika Kudermetova Marta Kostyuk	Kateřina Siniaková Ana Bogdan Ana Konjuh Fiona Ferro
26 Apr 3 May	Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Clay (red) – €2,549,105 – 64S/48Q/30D Singles – Doubles	Aryna Sabalenka 6–0, 3–6, 6–4	Ashleigh Barty	Paula Badosa Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Petra Kvitová Belinda Bencic Elise Mertens Karolína Muchová
26 Apr 3 May		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 6–4, 6–3	Gabriela Dabrowski Demi Schuurs	Paula Badosa Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Petra Kvitová Belinda Bencic Elise Mertens Karolína Muchová

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 May	Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) Clay (red) – €1,577,613 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Iga Świątek 6–0, 6–0	Karolína Plíšková	Coco Gauff Petra Martić	Ashleigh Barty Elina Svitolina Jeļena Ostapenko Jessica Pegula
10 May		Sharon Fichman Giuliana Olmos 4–6, 7–5, [10–5]	Kristina Mladenovic Markéta Vondroušová	Coco Gauff Petra Martić
17 May	Serbia Ladies Open^[4] Belgrade, Serbia WTA 250 Clay (red) – $235,238 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Paula Badosa 6–2, 2–0, ret.	Ana Konjuh	Viktoriya Tomova Camila Osorio	Réka Luca Jani Rebecca Peterson Aliaksandra Sasnovich Nadia Podoroska
		Aleksandra Krunić Nina Stojanović 6–0, 6–2	Greet Minnen Alison Van Uytvanck	Viktoriya Tomova Camila Osorio
	Emilia-Romagna Open^[5] Parma, Italy WTA 250 Clay (red) – $235,238 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Coco Gauff 6–1, 6–3	Wang Qiang	Kateřina Siniaková Sloane Stephens	Caroline Garcia Amanda Anisimova Sara Errani Petra Martić
		Coco Gauff Caty McNally 6–3, 6–2	Darija Jurak Andreja Klepač	Kateřina Siniaková Sloane Stephens	Caroline Garcia Amanda Anisimova Sara Errani Petra Martić
24 May	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA 250 Clay (red) – $235,238 – 32S/22Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Barbora Krejčíková 6–3, 6–3	Sorana Cîrstea	Magda Linette Jule Niemeier	Bianca Andreescu Yulia Putintseva Ekaterina Alexandrova Arantxa Rus
24 May		Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk 6–2, 6–3	Makoto Ninomiya Yang Zhaoxuan	Magda Linette Jule Niemeier
31 May 7 Jun	French Open^[6] Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) 128S/128Q/64D/16X Singles – Doubles – Mixed	Barbora Krejčíková 6–1, 2–6, 6–4	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Maria Sakkari Tamara Zidanšek	Coco Gauff Iga Świątek Elena Rybakina Paula Badosa
		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 6–4, 6–2	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Iga Świątek
		Desirae Krawczyk Joe Salisbury 2–6, 6–4, [10–5]	Elena Vesnina Aslan Karatsev

June

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Jun	Nottingham Open Nottingham, United Kingdom WTA 250 Grass – $235,238 – 48S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Johanna Konta 6–2, 6–1	Zhang Shuai	Nina Stojanović Lauren Davis	Alison Van Uytvanck Tereza Martincová Kristina Mladenovic Katie Boulter
7 Jun		Lyudmyla Kichenok Makoto Ninomiya 6–4, 6–7^(3–7), [10–8]	Caroline Dolehide Storm Sanders	Nina Stojanović Lauren Davis
14 Jun	German Open Berlin, Germany WTA 500 Grass – $565,530 – 28S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Liudmila Samsonova 1–6, 6–1, 6–3	Belinda Bencic	Victoria Azarenka Alizé Cornet	Madison Keys Jessica Pegula Garbiñe Muguruza Ekaterina Alexandrova
		Victoria Azarenka Aryna Sabalenka 4–6, 7–5, [10–4]	Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs	Victoria Azarenka Alizé Cornet
	Birmingham Classic Birmingham, United Kingdom WTA 250 Grass – $235,238 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Ons Jabeur 7–5, 6–4	Daria Kasatkina	CoCo Vandeweghe Heather Watson	Marie Bouzková Tereza Martincová Donna Vekić Anastasia Potapova
		Marie Bouzková Lucie Hradecká 6–4, 2–6, [10–8]	Ons Jabeur Ellen Perez	CoCo Vandeweghe Heather Watson
21 Jun	Eastbourne International Eastbourne, United Kingdom WTA 500 Grass – $565,530 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Jeļena Ostapenko 6–3, 6–3	Anett Kontaveit	Camila Giorgi Elena Rybakina	Aryna Sabalenka Viktorija Golubic Daria Kasatkina Anastasija Sevastova
		Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara 6–1, 6–4	Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs	Camila Giorgi Elena Rybakina
	Bad Homburg Open Bad Homburg, Germany WTA 250 Grass – $235,238 – 32S/8Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Angelique Kerber 6–3, 6–2	Kateřina Siniaková	Petra Kvitová Sara Sorribes Tormo	Nadia Podoroska Amanda Anisimova Laura Siegemund Victoria Azarenka
		Darija Jurak Andreja Klepač 6–3, 6–1	Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru	Petra Kvitová Sara Sorribes Tormo
28 Jun 5 Jul	Wimbledon London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass – 128S/128Q/64D/48X Singles – Doubles – Mixed	Ashleigh Barty 6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3	Karolína Plíšková	Angelique Kerber Aryna Sabalenka	Ajla Tomljanović Karolína Muchová Viktorija Golubic Ons Jabeur
		Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens 3–6, 7–5, 9–7	Veronika Kudermetova Elena Vesnina
		Desirae Krawczyk Neal Skupski 6–2, 7–6^(7–1)	Harriet Dart Joe Salisbury

July

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists		Quarterfinalists
5 Jul	Hamburg European Open^[7] Hamburg, Germany WTA 250 Clay (red) – $235,238 – 28S/16Q/15D Singles – Doubles	Elena-Gabriela Ruse 7–6^(8–6), 6–4	Andrea Petkovic	Dayana Yastremska Jule Niemeier		Sara Errani Danielle Collins Tamara Zidanšek Ysaline Bonaventure
5 Jul		Jasmine Paolini Jil Teichmann 6–0, 6–4	Astra Sharma Rosalie van der Hoek	Dayana Yastremska Jule Niemeier
12 Jul	Hungarian Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary WTA 250 Clay (red) – $235,238 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Yulia Putintseva 6–4, 6–0	Anhelina Kalinina	Dalma Gálfi Danielle Collins		Kateryna Kozlova Olga Danilović Panna Udvardy Paula Ormaechea
		Mihaela Buzărnescu Fanny Stollár 6–4, 6–4	Aliona Bolsova Tamara Korpatsch	Dalma Gálfi Danielle Collins
	Swiss Open Lausanne, Switzerland WTA 250 Clay (red) – $235,238 – 32S/8Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Tamara Zidanšek 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–1	Clara Burel	Maryna Zanevska Caroline Garcia		Lucia Bronzetti Natalia Vikhlyantseva Zarina Diyas Fiona Ferro
		Susan Bandecchi Simona Waltert 6–3, 6–7^(3–7), [10–5]	Ulrikke Eikeri Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Maryna Zanevska Caroline Garcia
	Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA 250 Hard – $235,238 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Barbora Krejčíková 6–2, 6–0	Tereza Martincová	Greet Minnen Wang Xinyu		Viktória Kužmová Storm Sanders Grace Min Kateřina Siniaková
		Marie Bouzková Lucie Hradecká 7–6^(7–3), 6–4	Viktória Kužmová Nina Stojanović	Greet Minnen Wang Xinyu		Viktória Kužmová Storm Sanders Grace Min Kateřina Siniaková
19 Jul	Palermo Open Palermo, Italy WTA 250 Clay (red) – $235,238 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Danielle Collins 6–4, 6–2	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	Zhang Shuai Océane Dodin		Astra Sharma Olga Danilović Lucia Bronzetti Jaqueline Cristian
		Erin Routliffe Kimberley Zimmermann 7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [10–4]	Natela Dzalamidze Kamilla Rakhimova	Zhang Shuai Océane Dodin
	Poland Open Gdynia, Poland WTA 250 Clay (red) – $235,238 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Maryna Zanevska 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)	Kristína Kučová	Kateryna Kozlova Tamara Korpatsch		Nuria Párrizas Díaz Katarzyna Kawa Ekaterine Gorgodze Anna Bondár
		Anna Danilina Lidziya Marozava 6–3, 6–2	Kateryna Bondarenko Katarzyna Piter	Kateryna Kozlova Tamara Korpatsch
26 Jul	Summer Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan Summer Olympic Games Hard – 64S/32D/16X Singles – Doubles – Mixed	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth place	Quarterfinalists
		Belinda Bencic 7–5, 2–6, 6–3	Markéta Vondroušová	Elina Svitolina 1–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Elena Rybakina	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Garbiñe Muguruza Camila Giorgi Paula Badosa
		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 7–5, 6–1	Belinda Bencic Viktorija Golubic	Laura Pigossi Luisa Stefani 4–6, 6–4, [11–9]	Veronika Kudermetova Elena Vesnina
		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Andrey Rublev 6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [13–11]	Elena Vesnina Aslan Karatsev	Ashleigh Barty John Peers Walkover	Nina Stojanović Novak Djokovic

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Aug	Silicon Valley Classic San Jose, United States WTA 500 Hard – $565,530 – 28S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Danielle Collins 6–3, 6–7^(10–12), 6–1	Daria Kasatkina	Elise Mertens Ana Konjuh	Yulia Putintseva Magda Linette Zhang Shuai Elena Rybakina
		Darija Jurak Andreja Klepač 6–1, 7–5	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	Elise Mertens Ana Konjuh	Yulia Putintseva Magda Linette Zhang Shuai Elena Rybakina
	Winners Open Cluj-Napoca, Romania WTA 250 Clay (red) – $235,238 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Andrea Petkovic 6–1, 6–1	Mayar Sherif	Mihaela Buzărnescu Aleksandra Krunić	Kristína Kučová Kristýna Plíšková Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Seone Mendez
		Natela Dzalamidze Kaja Juvan 6–3, 6–4	Katarzyna Piter Mayar Sherif	Mihaela Buzărnescu Aleksandra Krunić
9 Aug	Canadian Open Montreal, Canada WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) Hard – $1,835,490 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Camila Giorgi 6–3, 7–5	Karolína Plíšková	Aryna Sabalenka Jessica Pegula	Victoria Azarenka Sara Sorribes Tormo Coco Gauff Ons Jabeur
9 Aug		Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani 6–3, 6–4	Darija Jurak Andreja Klepač	Aryna Sabalenka Jessica Pegula	Victoria Azarenka Sara Sorribes Tormo Coco Gauff Ons Jabeur
16 Aug	Cincinnati Open Mason, United States WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) Hard – $2,114,989 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Ashleigh Barty 6–3, 6–1	Jil Teichmann	Angelique Kerber Karolína Plíšková	Barbora Krejčíková Petra Kvitová Paula Badosa Belinda Bencic
16 Aug		Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai 7–5, 6–3	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	Angelique Kerber Karolína Plíšková
23 Aug	Tennis in the Land Cleveland, United States WTA 250 Hard – $235,238 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Anett Kontaveit 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Irina-Camelia Begu	Magda Linette Sara Sorribes Tormo	Daria Kasatkina Aliaksandra Sasnovich Zhang Shuai Kateřina Siniaková
		Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara 7–5, 6–3	Christina McHale Sania Mirza	Magda Linette Sara Sorribes Tormo
	Chicago Women's Open Chicago, United States WTA 250 Hard – $235,238 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Elina Svitolina 7–5, 6–4	Alizé Cornet	Rebecca Peterson Varvara Gracheva	Kristina Mladenovic Tereza Martincová Marta Kostyuk Markéta Vondroušová
		Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru 7–6^(8–6), 5–7, [10–8]	Lyudmyla Kichenok Makoto Ninomiya	Rebecca Peterson Varvara Gracheva
30 Aug 6 Sep	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed	Emma Raducanu 6–4, 6–3	Leylah Fernandez	Maria Sakkari Aryna Sabalenka	Belinda Bencic Karolína Plíšková Elina Svitolina Barbora Krejčíková
		Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Coco Gauff Caty McNally
		Desirae Krawczyk Joe Salisbury 7–5, 6–2	Giuliana Olmos Marcelo Arévalo

September

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
13 Sep	Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg WTA 250 Hard (i) – $235,238 – 30S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Clara Tauson 6–3, 4–6, 6–4	Jeļena Ostapenko	Liudmila Samsonova Markéta Vondroušová	Belinda Bencic Alizé Cornet Marie Bouzková Elise Mertens
		Greet Minnen Alison Van Uytvanck 6–3, 6–3	Erin Routliffe Kimberley Zimmermann	Liudmila Samsonova Markéta Vondroušová	Belinda Bencic Alizé Cornet Marie Bouzková Elise Mertens
	Slovenia Open Portorož, Slovenia WTA 250 Hard – $235,238 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Jasmine Paolini 7–6^(7–4), 6–2	Alison Riske	Kaja Juvan Yulia Putintseva	Tamara Zidanšek Kristina Mladenovic Sorana Cîrstea Lucia Bronzetti
		Anna Kalinskaya Tereza Mihalíková 4–6, 6–2, [12–10]	Aleksandra Krunić Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	Kaja Juvan Yulia Putintseva
20 Sep	Ostrava Open Ostrava, Czech Republic WTA 500 Hard (i) – $565,530 – 28S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Anett Kontaveit 6–2, 7–5	Maria Sakkari	Iga Świątek Petra Kvitová	Elena Rybakina Tereza Martincová Belinda Bencic Jil Teichmann
20 Sep		Sania Mirza Zhang Shuai 6–3, 6–2	Kaitlyn Christian Erin Routliffe	Iga Świątek Petra Kvitová
27 Sep	Chicago Fall Tennis Classic Chicago, United States WTA 500 Hard – $565,530 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Garbiñe Muguruza 3–6, 6–3, 6–0	Ons Jabeur	Elena Rybakina Markéta Vondroušová	Elina Svitolina Belinda Bencic Danielle Collins Mai Hontama
		Květa Peschke Andrea Petkovic 6–3, 6–1	Caroline Dolehide CoCo Vandeweghe	Elena Rybakina Markéta Vondroušová	Elina Svitolina Belinda Bencic Danielle Collins Mai Hontama
	Astana Open Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan WTA 250 Hard (i) – $235,238 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Alison Van Uytvanck 1–6, 6–4, 6–3	Yulia Putintseva	Rebecca Peterson Jaqueline Cristian	Anastasia Gasanova Anastasia Potapova Aleksandra Krunić Varvara Gracheva
		Anna-Lena Friedsam Monica Niculescu 6–2, 4–6, [10–5]	Angelina Gabueva Anastasia Zakharova	Rebecca Peterson Jaqueline Cristian

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Oct 11 Oct	Indian Wells Open^[8] Indian Wells, United States WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Hard – $8,761,725 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles	Paula Badosa 7–6^(7–5), 2–6, 7–6^(7–2)	Victoria Azarenka	Ons Jabeur Jeļena Ostapenko	Anett Kontaveit Angelique Kerber Jessica Pegula Shelby Rogers
4 Oct 11 Oct		Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens 7–6^(7–1), 6–3	Veronika Kudermetova Elena Rybakina	Ons Jabeur Jeļena Ostapenko
18 Oct	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i) – $565,530 – 28S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Anett Kontaveit 4–6, 6–4, 7–5	Ekaterina Alexandrova	Maria Sakkari Markéta Vondroušová	Aryna Sabalenka Simona Halep Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Garbiñe Muguruza
		Jeļena Ostapenko Kateřina Siniaková 6–2, 4–6, [10–8]	Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru	Maria Sakkari Markéta Vondroušová
	Tenerife Ladies Open Guía de Isora, Spain WTA 250 Hard – $235,238 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Ann Li 6–1, 6–4	Camila Osorio	Camila Giorgi Alizé Cornet	Zheng Saisai Arantxa Rus Irina-Camelia Begu Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
		Ulrikke Eikeri Ellen Perez 6–3, 6–3	Lyudmyla Kichenok Marta Kostyuk	Camila Giorgi Alizé Cornet
25 Oct	Courmayeur Ladies Open Courmayeur, Italy WTA 250 Hard (i) – $235,238 – 32S/23Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Donna Vekić 7–6^(7–3), 6–2	Clara Tauson	Jasmine Paolini Liudmila Samsonova	Dayana Yastremska Wang Xinyu Anna Kalinskaya Ann Li
		Wang Xinyu Zheng Saisai 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]	Eri Hozumi Zhang Shuai	Jasmine Paolini Liudmila Samsonova	Dayana Yastremska Wang Xinyu Anna Kalinskaya Ann Li
	Transylvania Open Cluj-Napoca, Romania WTA 250 Hard (i) – $235,238 – 32S/20Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Anett Kontaveit 6–2, 6–3	Simona Halep	Marta Kostyuk Rebecca Peterson	Jaqueline Cristian Emma Raducanu Lesia Tsurenko Anhelina Kalinina
		Irina Bara Ekaterine Gorgodze 4–6, 6–1, [11–9]	Aleksandra Krunić Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	Marta Kostyuk Rebecca Peterson

November

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Nov	Billie Jean King Cup Finals Prague, Czech Republic Hard (i) – 12 teams	RTF 2–0	Switzerland	United States Australia	Round robin Canada France Belgium Belarus Slovakia Spain Czech Republic Germany
8 Nov	WTA Finals Guadalajara, Mexico Year-end championships Hard – $5,000,000 – 8S (RR)/8D (RR) Singles – Doubles	Garbiñe Muguruza 6–3, 7–5	Anett Kontaveit	Paula Badosa Maria Sakkari	Round robin Barbora Krejčíková Karolína Plíšková Aryna Sabalenka Iga Świątek
		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 6–4	Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens	Paula Badosa Maria Sakkari
	Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA 250 Hard (i) – $235,238 – 28S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Alison Riske 2–6, 6–2, 7–5	Jaqueline Cristian	Danielle Collins Simona Halep	Wang Xinyu Alison Van Uytvanck Veronika Kudermetova Jasmine Paolini
		Natela Dzalamidze Kamilla Rakhimova 6–4, 6–2	Wang Xinyu Zheng Saisai	Danielle Collins Simona Halep

Affected tournaments

The COVID-19 pandemic affected tournaments on both the ATP and WTA tours. The following tournaments were cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Week of	Tournament	Status
January 4	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA 500 Hard	Cancelled^[9]^[10]^[1]
	Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand WTA 250 Hard
	Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA 250 Hard
January 11	Adelaide International Adelaide, Australia WTA 500 Hard	Postponed to 22 February^[11]
January 11	Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA 250 Hard	Cancelled
January 18 January 25	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard	Postponed to 8 February
February 8	St. Petersburg Trophy Saint Petersburg, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i)	Postponed to 15 March due to Australian Open reschedule
February 8	Thailand Open Hua Hin, Thailand WTA 250 Hard	Cancelled
February 15	Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA 500 Hard	Postponed to 1 March due to Australian Open reschedule
February 22	Mexican Open Acapulco, Mexico WTA 250 Hard	Cancelled
March 8 March 15	Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Hard	Postponed to 4 October^[12]
April 12	Billie Jean King Cup Finals Budapest, Hungary Clay (red) (i) – 12 teams	Postponed to 1 November and moved to Prague, Czech Republic^[13]^[14]
April 12	Kunming Open Anning, China WTA 250 Clay (red)	Postponed
May 17	Morocco Open Rabat, Morocco WTA 250 Clay	Cancelled
May 17	Cologne Open Cologne, Germany WTA 250 Clay (red)	Cancelled
May 24	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red)	Postponed to 31 May
June 7	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships Rosmalen, Netherlands WTA 250 Grass	Cancelled^[15]
September 13	Zhengzhou Open Zhengzhou, China WTA 500 Hard
September 13	Japan Open Hiroshima, Japan WTA 250 Hard
September 20	Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA 500 Hard
	Guangzhou Open Guangzhou, China WTA 250 Hard
	Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA 250 Hard	Postponed to 20 December as WTA 125 tournament
September 27	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) Hard	Cancelled
October 4	China Open Beijing, China WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Hard
October 11	Hong Kong Open Hong Kong, China WTA 250 Hard
	Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA 250 Hard
	Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA 250 Hard (i)	Postponed to 8 November
October 18	Jiangxi Open Nanchang, China WTA 250 Hard	Cancelled
November 1	WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Year-end championships Hard	Cancelled
November 8	WTA Finals Shenzhen, China Year-end championships Hard	Moved to Guadalajara, Mexico^[16]

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2019 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy), the WTA Premier tournaments (WTA 1000 and WTA 500), and the WTA 250. The players/nations are sorted by:

total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two WTA 1000 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half WTA 1000 win, one WTA 1000 win equalling two WTA 500 wins, one WTA 500 win equalling two WTA 250 wins);
a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Grand Slam tournaments
Summer Olympics
Year-end championships
WTA 1000 (Mandatory)
WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory)
WTA 500
WTA 250

Titles won by player

Total	Player	Grand Slam			Olympic Games			Year-end		WTA 1000 (M)		WTA 1000 (NM)		WTA 500		WTA 250		Total
Total	Player	S	D	X	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
9	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	●	●	●		●			●		●				●	● ●		3	5	1
6	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	●								●		●		● ●	●			5	1	0
6	Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)		●			●			●		●				● ●			0	6	0
5	Elise Mertens (BEL)		● ●								●			●			●	1	4	0
5	Desirae Krawczyk (USA)			● ● ●											●		●	0	2	3
5	Shuko Aoyama (JPN)										●				● ● ●		●	0	5	0
5	Ena Shibahara (JPN)										●				● ● ●		●	0	5	0
4	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)		●							●				●	●			2	2	0
4	Anett Kontaveit (EST)													● ●		● ●		4	0	0
3	Zhang Shuai (CHN)		●										●		●			0	3	0
3	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)							●				●		●				3	0	0
3	Alexa Guarachi (CHI)												●		●		●	0	3	0
3	Darija Jurak (CRO)												●		●		●	0	3	0
2	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)		●								●							0	2	0
2	Samantha Stosur (AUS)		●										●					0	2	0
2	Paula Badosa (ESP)									●						●		2	0	0
2	Iga Świątek (POL)											●		●				2	0	0
2	Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT)													●	●			1	1	0
2	Danielle Collins (USA)													●		●		2	0	0
2	Daria Kasatkina (RUS)													●		●		2	0	0
2	Veronika Kudermetova (RUS)													●			●	1	1	0
2	Nicole Melichar (USA)														● ●			0	2	0
2	Demi Schuurs (NED)														● ●			0	2	0
2	Andrea Petkovic (GER)														●	●		1	1	0
2	Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)														●		●	0	2	0
2	Andreja Klepač (SLO)														●		●	0	2	0
2	Raluca Olaru (ROU)														●		●	0	2	0
2	Clara Tauson (DEN)															● ●		2	0	0
2	Coco Gauff (USA)															●	●	1	1	0
2	Jasmine Paolini (ITA)															●	●	1	1	0
2	Astra Sharma (AUS)															●	●	1	1	0
2	Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL)															●	●	1	1	0
2	Marie Bouzková (CZE)																● ●	0	2	0
2	Natela Dzalamidze (RUS)																● ●	0	2	0
2	Lucie Hradecká (CZE)																● ●	0	2	0
2	Caty McNally (USA)																● ●	0	2	0
2	Ellen Perez (AUS)																● ●	0	2	0
2	Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS)																● ●	0	2	0
1	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	●																1	0	0
1	Emma Raducanu (GBR)	●																1	0	0
1	Belinda Bencic (SUI)				●													1	0	0
1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)						●											0	0	1
1	Camila Giorgi (ITA)											●						1	0	0
1	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)												●					0	1	0
1	Sharon Fichman (CAN)												●					0	1	0
1	Giuliana Olmos (MEX)												●					0	1	0
1	Luisa Stefani (BRA)												●					0	1	0
1	Petra Kvitová (CZE)													●				1	0	0
1	Liudmila Samsonova (RUS)													●				1	0	0
1	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)														●			0	1	0
1	Jennifer Brady (USA)														●			0	1	0
1	Sania Mirza (IND)														●			0	1	0
1	Květa Peschke (CZE)														●			0	1	0
1	Sorana Cîrstea (ROU)															●		1	0	0
1	Leylah Fernandez (CAN)															●		1	0	0
1	Ons Jabeur (TUN)															●		1	0	0
1	Angelique Kerber (GER)															●		1	0	0
1	Johanna Konta (GBR)															●		1	0	0
1	Ann Li (USA)															●		1	0	0
1	Camila Osorio (COL)															●		1	0	0
1	Yulia Putintseva (KAZ)															●		1	0	0
1	Alison Riske (USA)															●		1	0	0
1	Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU)															●		1	0	0
1	Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP)															●		1	0	0
1	Elina Svitolina (UKR)															●		1	0	0
1	Donna Vekić (CRO)															●		1	0	0
1	Maryna Zanevska (BEL)															●		1	0	0
1	Tamara Zidanšek (SLO)															●		1	0	0
1	Susan Bandecchi (SUI)																●	0	1	0
1	Hailey Baptiste (USA)																●	0	1	0
1	Irina Bara (ROU)																●	0	1	0
1	Mihaela Buzărnescu (ROU)																●	0	1	0
1	Anna Danilina (KAZ)																●	0	1	0
1	Caroline Dolehide (USA)																●	0	1	0
1	Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR)																●	0	1	0
1	Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER)																●	0	1	0
1	Ekaterine Gorgodze (GEO)																●	0	1	0
1	Kaja Juvan (SLO)																●	0	1	0
1	Anna Kalinskaya (RUS)																●	0	1	0
1	Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)																●	0	1	0
1	Aleksandra Krunić (SRB)																●	0	1	0
1	Viktória Kužmová (SVK)																●	0	1	0
1	Elixane Lechemia (FRA)																●	0	1	0
1	Lidziya Marozava (BLR)																●	0	1	0
1	Tereza Mihalíková (SVK)																●	0	1	0
1	Greet Minnen (BEL)																●	0	1	0
1	Asia Muhammad (USA)																●	0	1	0
1	Ingrid Neel (USA)																●	0	1	0
1	Monica Niculescu (ROU)																●	0	1	0
1	Makoto Ninomiya (JPN)																●	0	1	0
1	Ankita Raina (IND)																●	0	1	0
1	Erin Routliffe (NZL)																●	0	1	0
1	Arantxa Rus (NED)																●	0	1	0
1	Nina Stojanović (SRB)																●	0	1	0
1	Fanny Stollár (HUN)																●	0	1	0
1	Jil Teichmann (SUI)																●	0	1	0
1	Simona Waltert (SUI)																●	0	1	0
1	Wang Xinyu (CHN)																●	0	1	0
1	Zheng Saisai (CHN)																●	0	1	0
1	Kimberley Zimmermann (BEL)																●	0	1	0

Titles won by nation

Total	Nation	Grand Slam			Olympic Games			Year-end		WTA 1000 (M)		WTA 1000 (NM)		WTA 500		WTA 250		Total
Total	Nation	S	D	X	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
17	United States (USA)			3										1	4	4	5	5	9	3
14	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	1	1		1			1		1			1	3	2	2	4	9	1
11	Australia (AUS)	1	1							1		1	1	2	1	1	2	6	5	0
10	Russia (RUS)						1							3		1	5	4	5	1
9	Belgium (BEL)		2								1			1		2	3	3	6	0
7	Japan (JPN)	1									1				3		2	1	6	0
7	Romania (ROU)														1	2	4	2	5	0
6	Spain (ESP)							1		1		1		1		2		6	0	0
5	Belarus (BLR)		1							1				1	1		1	2	3	0
4	China (CHN)		1										1		1		1	0	4	0
4	Croatia (CRO)												1		1	1	1	1	3	0
4	Estonia (EST)													2		2		4	0	0
4	Germany (GER)														1	2	1	2	2	0
4	Slovenia (SLO)														1	1	2	1	3	0
4	Ukraine (UKR)														1	1	2	1	3	0
3	Switzerland (SUI)				1												2	1	2	0
3	Italy (ITA)											1				1	1	2	1	0
3	Canada (CAN)												2			1		1	2	0
3	Chile (CHI)												1		1		1	0	3	0
3	Netherlands (NED)														2		1	0	3	0
2	Great Britain (GBR)	1														1		2	0	0
2	Chinese Taipei (TPE)		1								1							0	2	0
2	Poland (POL)											1		1				2	0	0
2	Latvia (LAT)													1	1			1	1	0
2	India (IND)														1		1	0	2	0
2	Denmark (DEN)															2		2	0	0
2	Kazakhstan (KAZ)															1	1	1	1	0
2	Slovakia (SVK)																2	0	2	0
1	Brazil (BRA)												1					0	1	0
1	Mexico (MEX)												1					0	1	0
1	Colombia (COL)															1		1	0	0
1	Tunisia (TUN)															1		1	0	0
1	France (FRA)																1	0	1	0
1	Georgia (GEO)																1	0	1	0
1	Hungary (HUN)																1	0	1	0
1	New Zealand (NZL)																1	0	1	0
1	Norway (NOR)																1	0	1	0
1	Serbia (SRB)																1	0	1	0

Titles information

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

Clara Tauson (18 years, 76 days) – Lyon (draw)
Sara Sorribes Tormo (24 years, 156 days) – Guadalajara (draw)
Leylah Fernandez (18 years, 196 days) – Monterrey (draw)
Camila Osorio (19 years, 110 days) – Bogotá (draw)
Veronika Kudermetova (23 years, 352 days) – Charleston 1 (draw)
Astra Sharma (25 years, 219 days) – Charleston 2 (draw)
Paula Badosa (23 years, 188 days) – Belgrade (draw)
Barbora Krejčíková (25 years, 162 days) – Strasbourg (draw)
Ons Jabeur (26 years, 296 days) – Birmingham (draw)
Liudmila Samsonova (22 years, 221 days) – Berlin (draw)
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (23 years, 247 days) – Hamburg (draw)
Tamara Zidanšek (23 years, 204 days) – Lausanne (draw)
Maryna Zanevska (27 years, 335 days) – Gdynia (draw)
Danielle Collins (27 years, 224 days) – Palermo (draw)
Emma Raducanu (18 years, 302 days) – US Open (draw)
Jasmine Paolini (25 years, 249 days) – Portorož (draw)
Ann Li (21 years, 120 days) – Tenerife (draw)

Doubles

Ankita Raina – Melbourne 4 (draw)
Kamilla Rakhimova – Melbourne 4 (draw)
Caroline Dolehide – Monterrey (draw)
Elixane Lechemia – Bogotá (draw)
Ingrid Neel – Bogotá (draw)
Hailey Baptiste – Charleston 2 (draw)
Jennifer Brady – Stuttgart (draw)
Marie Bouzková – Birmingham (draw)
Jasmine Paolini – Hamburg (draw)
Jil Teichmann – Hamburg (draw)
Susan Bandecchi – Lausanne (draw)
Simona Waltert – Lausanne (draw)
Anna Danilina – Gdynia (draw)
Erin Routliffe – Palermo (draw)
Kimberley Zimmermann – Palermo (draw)
Natela Dzalamidze – Cluj-Napoca (draw)
Kaja Juvan – Cluj-Napoca (draw)
Tereza Mihalíková – Portorož (draw)
Andrea Petkovic – Chicago (draw)
Ulrikke Eikeri – Tenerife (draw)
Irina Bara – Cluj-Napoca 2 (draw)
Ekaterine Gorgodze – Cluj-Napoca 2 (draw)

Mixed doubles

Desirae Krawczyk – Roland Garros (draw)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (ROC) – 2020 Summer Olympics (draw)

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

Ashleigh Barty – Miami (draw)

Doubles

Mixed doubles

Barbora Krejčíková – Australian Open (draw)

Best ranking

The following players achieved their career high ranking in this season inside top 50 (in bold the players who entered the top 10 for the first time).

^[c]
Singles

Jennifer Brady (reached place No. 13 on February 22)
Fiona Ferro (reached place No. 39 on March 8)
Veronika Kudermetova (reached place No. 28 on April 26)
Karolína Muchová (reached place No. 19 on May 17)
Shelby Rogers (reached place No. 40 on July 12)
Aryna Sabalenka (reached place No. 2 on August 23)
Cori Gauff (reached place No. 19 on September 13)
Iga Świątek (reached place No. 4 on September 27)
Nadia Podoroska (reached place No. 35 on September 27)
Sara Sorribes Tormo (reached place No. 34 on October 18)
Barbora Krejčíková (reached place No. 3 on November 1)
Maria Sakkari (reached place No. 6 on November 1)
Ons Jabeur (reached place No. 7 on November 1)
Ann Li (reached place No. 47 on November 1)
Tereza Martincová (reached place No. 48 on November 1)
Marta Kostyuk (reached place No. 50 on November 1)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (reached place No. 11 on November 8)
Elena Rybakina (reached place No. 14 on November 8)
Leylah Annie Fernandez (reached place No. 24 on November 8)
Liudmila Samsonova (reached place No. 39 on November 8)
Viktorija Golubic (reached place No. 43 on November 8)
Clara Tauson (reached place No. 44 on November 8)
Anett Kontaveit (reached place No. 7 on November 15)
Paula Badosa (reached place No. 8 on November 15)
Jessica Pegula (reached place No. 18 on November 15)
Emma Raducanu (reached place No. 19 on November 15)
Tamara Zidanšek (reached place No. 30 on November 15)
Jil Teichmann (reached place No. 37 on November 15)

Doubles

Sofia Kenin (reached place No. 29 on January 25)
Aryna Sabalenka (reached place No. 1 on February 22)
Viktória Kužmová (reached place No. 27 on March 8)
Elise Mertens (reached place No. 1 on May 10)
Nicole Melichar (reached place No. 9 on May 17)
Desirae Krawczyk (reached place No. 17 on May 17)
Hayley Carter (reached place No. 25 on June 14)
Caroline Dolehide (reached place No. 25 on August 16)
Asia Muhammad (reached place No. 31 on August 23)
Laura Siegemund (reached place No. 30 on August 23)
Nina Stojanović (reached place No. 40 on September 13)
Alexa Guarachi (reached place No. 11 on September 20)
Jessica Pegula (reached place No. 46 on October 4)
Gabriela Dabrowski (reached place No. 5 on October 18)
Zhang Shuai (reached place No. 8 on October 18)
Iga Świątek (reached place No. 41 on October 18)
Elena Rybakina (reached place No. 48 on October 18)
Bernarda Pera (reached place No. 50 on October 18)
Luisa Stefani (reached place No. 9 on November 1)
Veronika Kudermetova (reached place No. 11 on November 1)
Catherine McNally (reached place No. 16 on November 8)
Cori Gauff (reached place No. 17 on November 8)
Storm Sanders (reached place No. 30 on November 8)
Nadiia Kichenok (reached place No. 31 on November 8)
Marie Bouzková (reached place No. 34 on November 8)
Ena Shibahara (reached place No. 5 on November 15)
Shuko Aoyama (reached place No. 5 on November 15)
Darija Jurak (reached place No. 9 on November 15)
Giuliana Olmos (reached place No. 18 on November 15)
Sharon Fichman (reached place No. 22 on November 15)

WTA rankings

These are the WTA rankings and yearly WTA Race rankings of the top 20 singles and doubles players at the current date of the 2021 season.

Singles

Final WTA Singles race rankings^[17]
No.	Player	Points	Tourn
1	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	6,411	13
2	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	4,768	17
3	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	4,518	16
4	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	4,036	17
5	Maria Sakkari (GRE)	3,341	17
6	Iga Świątek (POL)	3,226	14
7	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	3,195	18
8	Paula Badosa (ESP)	3,112	16
9	Anett Kontaveit (EST)	3,096	20
10	Ons Jabeur (TUN)	3,020	19
11	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	2,771	10
12	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)	2,548	18
13	Elina Svitolina (UKR)	2,501	20
14	Jessica Pegula (USA)	2,500	18
15	Elise Mertens (BEL)	2,447	19
16	Angelique Kerber (GER)	2,387	16
17	Cori Gauff (USA)	2,380	17
18	Emma Raducanu (GBR)	2,352	6
19	Belinda Bencic (SUI)	2,195	20
20	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	2,165	14

Champion
Runner-up

Competed at the 2021 WTA Finals.

Player withdrew.

WTA Singles Year-End Rankings^[18]
#	Player	Points	#Trn	'20 Rk	High	Low	'20→'21
1	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	7,582	16	1	1	1
2	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	6,380	20	10	2	10	8
3	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	5,685	21	15	3	16	12
4	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	5,135	19	6	3	13	2
5	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	5,008	29	65	3	66	60
6	Maria Sakkari (GRE)	4,385	21	22	6	25	16
7	Anett Kontaveit (EST)	4,351	23	23	7	31	16
8	Paula Badosa (ESP)	3,849	32	70	8	73	62
9	Iga Świątek (POL)	3,786	16	17	4	17	8
10	Ons Jabeur (TUN)	3,455	21	31	7	31	21
11	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)	3,076	20	38	11	46	27
12	Sofia Kenin (USA)	2,971	16	4	4	15	8
13	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	2,956	11	3	2	13	10
14	Elena Rybakina (KAZ)	2,855	29	19	14	23	5
15	Elina Svitolina (UKR)	2,726	23	5	4	15	10
16	Angelique Kerber (GER)	2,671	18	25	9	28	9
17	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	2,660	20	8	8	19	9
18	Jessica Pegula (USA)	2,650	22	63	18	64	45
19	Emma Raducanu (GBR)	2,627	18	345	19	366	326
20	Simona Halep (ROU)	2,576	17	2	2	22	18

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	Year end 2020	Year end 2021

Doubles

Final Doubles team race rankings^[17]
No.	Team	Points	Tourn
1	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)	6,450	9
2	Shuko Aoyama (JPN) Ena Shibahara (JPN)	5,070	14
3	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) Elise Mertens (BEL)	3,892	5
4	Nicole Melichar (USA) Demi Schuurs (NED)	3,440	12
5	Samantha Stosur (AUS) Shuai Zhang (CHN)	2,911	10
6	Catherine McNally (USA) Coco Gauff (USA)	2,770	3
7	Alexa Guarachi (CHI) Desirae Krawczyk (USA)	2,695	14
8	Darija Jurak (CRO) Andreja Klepač (SLO)	2,650	14
9	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) Luisa Stefani (BRA)	2,570	3
10	Sharon Fichman (CAN) Giuliana Olmos (MEX)	2,491	10

Champion
Runner-up

Competed at the 2021 WTA Finals.

Team withdrew.

WTA Doubles Year-End Rankings^[19]
#	Player	Points	#Trn	'20 Rk	High	Low	'20→'21
1	Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)	8,365	15	8	1	8	7
2	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	8,200	15	7	1	7	5
3	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	7,985	17	1	1	5	2
4	Elise Mertens (BEL)	7,495	18	6	1	8	2
5	Shuko Aoyama (JPN)	5,735	24	22	5	22	17
5	Ena Shibahara (JPN)	5,735	32	23	5	23	18
7	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)	5,355	18	10	5	15	3
8	Zhang Shuai (CHN)	4,990	31	27	8	50	19
9	Darija Jurak (CRO)	4,855	25	48	9	49	39
10	Luisa Stefani (BRA)	4,525	33	33	9	33	23
11	Demi Schuurs (NED)	4,855	32	12	9	17	1
12	Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA)	4,230	23	11	9	19	1
13	Alexa Guarachi (CHL)	4,090	31	26	11	26	13
14	Veronika Kudermetova (RUS)	4,090	20	24	11	29	10
15	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)	3,570	19	20	13	23	5
16	Samantha Stosur (AUS)	3,541	13	31	16	101	15
17	Desirae Krawczyk (USA)	3,535	30	25	17	26	8
18	Giuliana Olmos (MEX)	3,400	27	61	18	61	43
19	Andreja Klepač (SLO)	3,390	28	38	19	42	19
20	Catherine McNally (USA)	3,385	31	42	16	48	22

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	Year end 2020	21 February 2021
Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	22 February 2021	4 April 2021
Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	5 April 2021	9 May 2021
Elise Mertens (BEL)	10 May 2021	16 May 2021
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	17 May 2021	13 June 2021
Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	14 June 2021	11 July 2021
Elise Mertens (BEL)	12 July 2021	12 September 2021
Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	13 September 2021	19 September 2021
Elise Mertens (BEL)	20 September 2021	26 September 2021
Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	27 September 2021	17 October 2021
Elise Mertens (BEL)	18 October 2021	24 October 2021
Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	25 October 2021	31 October 2021
Elise Mertens (BEL)	1 November 2021	7 November 2021
Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	8 November 2021	21 November 2021
Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)	22 November 2021	Year end 2021

Points distribution

Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	70	10	40	30	20	2
Grand Slam (D)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	10	–	40	–	–	–
WTA Finals (S)	1500*	1080*	750*	(+125 per round robin match; +125 per round robin win)
WTA Finals (D)	1500	1080	750	375	–
WTA 1000 (96S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	35	10	30	–	20	2
WTA 1000 (64/60S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	10	–	30	–	20	2
WTA 1000 (28/32D)	1000	650	390	215	120	10	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA 1000 (56S, 48Q/32Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	–	20	1
WTA 1000 (28D)	900	585	350	190	105	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA 500 (64/56S)	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	–	25	–	13	1
WTA 500 (32/30/28S)	470	305	185	100	55	1	–	–	25	18	13	1
WTA 500 (28D)	470	305	185	100	55	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA 500 (16D)	470	305	185	100	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Elite Trophy (S)	700*	440*	240*	(+40 per round robin match; +80 per round robin win)
WTA 250 (32S, 32Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	14	10	1
WTA 250 (32S, 24/16Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	–	12	1
WTA 250 (28D)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA 250 (16D)	280	180	110	60	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record.

Prize money leaders


Prize money in US$ as of November 15, 2021^[update]^[20]
#	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed doubles	Year-to-date
1	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	$3,914,987	$30,195	$0	$3,945,182
2	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	$2,969,248	$616,781	$60,854	$3,646,883
3	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	$2,664,681	$235,522	$0	$2,909,281
4	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	$2,829,000	$39,865	$0	$2,868,865
5	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	$2,827,274	$3,905	$0	$2,846,871
6	Emma Raducanu (GBR)	$2,807,446	$0	$0	$2,807,446
7	Paula Badosa (ESP)	$2,602,330	$52,132	$0	$2,655,962
8	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	$2,306,222	$0	$0	$2,306,222
9	Elise Mertens (BEL)	$1,162,626	$933,007	$0	$2,098,133
10	Maria Sakkari (GRE)	$2,021,970	$8,020	$0	$2,029,990

Comebacks

The following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 in singles, or top 100 in doubles, for at least one week) who returned from retirement or inactivity during the 2021 season:

Carla Suárez Navarro (born 3 September 1988 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)^[21] In April 2021, Suárez Navarro announced that her Hodgkin's Lymphoma was in complete remission, and that she would commence a farewell tour beginning at Roland-Garros and culminating in a final US Open appearance, where she lost in the first round to Danielle Collins.^[22]^[23]
Elena Vesnina (born 1 August 1986 in Lviv, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union, modern day Ukraine) turned professional in 2002 and reached a career high ranking of 13 in singles in 2017 and number 1 in doubles in 2018. Vesnina's best result in a Grand Slam came at the 2016 Wimbledon championships, where she fell to Serena Williams in the semifinals in straight sets. She also won three WTA singles titles during her career. Her biggest success was in doubles, with 3 Grand Slam women's doubles titles alongside Ekaterina Makarova at the 2013 French Open, the 2014 US Open and at Wimbledon in 2017, as well as the mixed doubles title at the 2016 Australian Open alongside Bruno Soares. She also partnered Makarova to gold in the women's doubles at the 2016 Olympics, and to the title at the WTA Finals, both in 2016. Vesnina had been absent from the WTA Tour since 2018 following the birth of her daughter.^[24]^[25]
Kim Clijsters (born 8 June 1983 in Bilzen, Belgium) initially entered the 2021 Miami Open, but pulled out, saying she did not feel ready to compete after her surgery and contracting COVID-19 in January.^[26] She played her first tournament of the year at the 2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic after accepting a wildcard, but lost in the first round to Hsieh Su-wei.^[27]

Retirements

The following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 in singles, or top 100 in doubles, for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2021 season:

Gréta Arn (born 13 April 1979 in Budapest, Hungary) joined the professional tour in 1997 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 40 in singles in May 2011 and No. 175 in doubles in December 2000. She won two singles titles in her career.^[28]
Timea Bacsinszky (born 8 June 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland), has won four WTA singles titles in her 15-year career, where she reached a career high of No.9, and five doubles titles. She reached the semifinals of French Open in singles in 2015 and 2017. She also won a silver medal in doubles with Martina Hingis at 2016 Rio Olympics. Bacsinszky announced her retirement on 16 July due to constant injuries.^[29]
Kiki Bertens (born 10 December 1991 in Wateringen, Netherlands) turned professional in 2009, and reached a career high ranking of No. 4 in singles on 13 May 2019, becoming the highest ranking female Dutch player in WTA history; she had a career high doubles ranking of No. 16 in the world, achieved on 16 April 2018. She won 10 WTA singles titles, including two WTA 1000 titles at the 2018 Western & Southern Open and the 2019 Mutua Madrid Open, and also won 10 WTA doubles titles. Furthermore, she reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals on the 2016 French Open. She announced on 16 June 2021 that 2021 will be her final season due to ongoing injuries, and that her final event would be the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.^[30] Bertens officially retired from the sport after opening round defeats in both singles and doubles at the Olympics, ranked No. 24 in singles and No. 112 in doubles.
Nicole Gibbs (born 3 March 1993 in Cincinnati, United States) joined the professional tour in 2013 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 68 in singles in July 2016 and No. 107 in doubles in September 2016. She announced her retirement in February 2021 after battling with oral cancer in 2019 and plans to attend law school.^[31]
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Bojana Jovanovski Petrović
Vania King (born 3 February 1989 in Monterey Park, California, United States) turned professional in 2006 and reached a career high ranking of 50 in singles and 3 in doubles. King reached three WTA singles finals during her career, winning one of them at the Bangkok Open in 2006. She was most known as a doubles specialist, winning fifteen titles in her career, with her biggest achievements coming in winning the women's doubles events at both Wimbledon and the US Open in 2010, alongside Yaroslava Shvedova. King was hampered by an ankle injury throughout the final years of her career, and despite undergoing surgery in 2017, King decided to retire in February 2020^[32] however due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, she officially retired in April 2021 following a farewell tour.^[33]
Johanna Konta (born 17 May 1991 in Sydney, Australia) turned professional in 2008, initially representing Australia, before switching allegiance to Great Britain in 2012. She reached a career high singles ranking of No. 4 in the world on 17 July 2017, becoming the first British woman since Jo Durie to be ranked inside the top ten; she had a career high doubles ranking of No. 88 in the world, achieved on 1 August 2016. Konta won four WTA singles titles, including a Premier Mandatory title at the 2017 Miami Open, and became the first British woman to win a singles title on home soil since Sue Barker did so in 1981, doing so at the 2021 Nottingham Open. She reached the quarterfinals or better at all four Grand Slams, including reaching the semifinals at the 2016 Australian Open, 2017 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2019 French Open. Konta announced her retirement on 1 December 2021, after suffering from a long-term knee injury, and a rankings slide to No. 113 in the world.^[34]^[35]
Alla Kudryavtseva (born 3 November 1987 in Moscow, Russia) turned professional in 2005 and reached a career high ranking of No. 56 in singles and No. 15 in doubles. Kudryavtseva reached two WTA singles finals during her career, winning one of them at the 2010 Tashkent Open. She was better known for her doubles prowess, winning nine doubles titles throughout her career, and reached the quarterfinals in women's doubles events at the Australian Open, Wimbledon Championships, and the US Open. She announced that she had retired from the sport on Instagram, on 2 November 2021.^[36]
Yaroslava Shvedova (born 12 September 1987 in Moscow, Russia), turned professional in September 2005, representing Russia; Shvedova switched representation to Kazakhstan in 2008. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 25 in the world on 29 October 2012; she attained a career-high doubles ranking of No. 3 in the world on 22 February 2016. She reached two WTA singles finals, winning her only title at the 2007 Bangalore Open; she also reached the quarterfinals of three Grand Slam events in singles, at the 2010 and 2012 French Opens, and the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. Known for her doubles prowess, Shvedova won 13 WTA doubles titles, including two Grand Slam titles at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships and 2010 US Open, partnering Vania King; she also reached four further Grand Slam doubles finals, and reached the final of the 2010 French Open in mixed doubles partnering Julian Knowle. Shvedova holds the distinction of being the only player in tennis history to score a golden set in a Grand Slam main match; she achieved this feat in her third round match against then-world No. 10 Sara Errani at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships. Shvedova retired on 2 October 2021, after a commemorative ceremony held at the 2021 Astana Open, in Nur-Sultan.
Abigail Spears
Barbora Strýcová (born 28 March 1986 in Plzeň, Czech Republic), the No. 2 player in doubles as of 5 April 2021 and former No. 1 player (from July 2019), announced her retirement on 4 May 2021.^[37] Strýcová joined the professional tour in 2002 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 16 in singles in January 2017. She has won 31 doubles titles and 2 singles titles (Québec 2011, Linz 2017), as well as the bronze medal in women's doubles at the 2016 Olympics. She reached the singles semifinals and won the women's doubles title at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships and was also a member of the winning Czech Fed Cup team in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018.
Carla Suárez Navarro (born 3 September 1988 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) turned professional in 2003. Suárez Navarro reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 6 in the world on 29 February 2016; her career-high doubles ranking was No. 11, achieved on 27 April 2015. Suárez Navarro won two WTA singles titles, including a WTA 1000 title at the 2016 Qatar Open, and won three WTA doubles titles. She also reached the quarterfinals in singles on multiple occasions at the Australian Open, French Open, and the US Open. In doubles, she reached the semifinals of the 2014 French Open, and the final of the 2015 WTA Finals, both with Garbiñe Muguruza. Suárez Navarro previously announced her retirement in 2020; in September 2020, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. In April 2021, She announced that her cancer was in complete remission, and that she would commence a farewell tour beginning at Roland-Garros. She retired from the sport after her participation at the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Finals, in November 2021.^[22]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d
These tournaments are still distributed by points:
- 1000 points (WTA 1000; mandatory)
- 900 points (WTA 1000; non-mandatory)
- 470 points (WTA 500)
- 280 points (WTA 250)
^ Qualifying matches were held at Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 10–13 January due to Australia's quarantine restrictions.^[3]
^ Name and ranking in bold means the player entered top 10 for the first time, and only the ranking in bold means the player had entered top 10 before, but it's his/her highest ranking.

References

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^ "Dubai to host Australian Open 2021 women's qualifying". ausopen.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ "Puntodebreak". Puntodebreak.
^ Bisti, Riccardo. "Parma si prende tutto: arriva anche un torneo WTA!". TENNIS MAGAZINE ITALIA.
^ "French Open". French Open postponed by one week in hope more fans can attend. 8 April 2021.
^ "Moin Ladies. From July 7th to 11th, 2021, the tennis ladies are back in Hamburg!". Hamburg European Open. 22 April 2021.
^ "Indian Wells tennis to be played Oct. 4–17 in SoCal desert". USA Today. Associated Press. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ "Brisbane Tennis to return in 2022". 16 November 2020.
^ "ASB Classic, Auckland tuneup event for Australian Open, canceled due to pandemic". 6 October 2020.
^ "Star-studded line-up to play official curtain raiser in Adelaide". ausopen.com. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ "BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament rescheduled for October 2021 at Indian Wells". The Desert Sun. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ Billie Jean King Cup [@BJKCup] (February 18, 2021). "The International Tennis Federation and the Hungarian National Sports Agency..." (Tweet). Retrieved February 18, 2021 – via Twitter.
^ "Billie Jean King Cup Finals to take place in November at Prague's O2 Arena". Billie Jean King Cup. 28 August 2021.
^ "WTA ANNOUNCES 2021 CALENDAR UPDATE". Women's Tennis Association. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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External links

[Points-2] These tournaments are still distributed by points:
1000 points (WTA 1000; mandatory)

900 points (WTA 1000; non-mandatory)

470 points (WTA 500)

280 points (WTA 250)

[2] 1000 points (WTA 1000; mandatory)

[3] 900 points (WTA 1000; non-mandatory)

[4] 470 points (WTA 500)

[5] 280 points (WTA 250)

[5] Qualifying matches were held at Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 10–13 January due to Australia's quarantine restrictions.^[3]

[19] Name and ranking in bold means the player entered top 10 for the first time, and only the ranking in bold means the player had entered top 10 before, but it's his/her highest ranking.

[2021start-1] "WTA announces start of 2021 Tour season". WTA. 19 December 2020.

[3] WTA [@WTA] (February 6, 2021). "Due to the delayed schedule and the start of the Australian Open on Monday, the final of the Grampians Trophy will not be played..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[4] "Dubai to host Australian Open 2021 women's qualifying". ausopen.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

[6] "Puntodebreak". Puntodebreak.

[7] Bisti, Riccardo. "Parma si prende tutto: arriva anche un torneo WTA!". TENNIS MAGAZINE ITALIA.

[8] "French Open". French Open postponed by one week in hope more fans can attend. 8 April 2021.

[9] "Moin Ladies. From July 7th to 11th, 2021, the tennis ladies are back in Hamburg!". Hamburg European Open. 22 April 2021.

[10] "Indian Wells tennis to be played Oct. 4–17 in SoCal desert". USA Today. Associated Press. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

[11] "Brisbane Tennis to return in 2022". 16 November 2020.

[12] "ASB Classic, Auckland tuneup event for Australian Open, canceled due to pandemic". 6 October 2020.

[13] "Star-studded line-up to play official curtain raiser in Adelaide". ausopen.com. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[14] "BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament rescheduled for October 2021 at Indian Wells". The Desert Sun. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

[15] Billie Jean King Cup [@BJKCup] (February 18, 2021). "The International Tennis Federation and the Hungarian National Sports Agency..." (Tweet). Retrieved February 18, 2021 – via Twitter.

[16] "Billie Jean King Cup Finals to take place in November at Prague's O2 Arena". Billie Jean King Cup. 28 August 2021.

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v t e 2021 WTA Tour « 2020 2022 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X)^† French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
WTA 1000 tournaments	Dubai (S, D) Miami (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) ~~Wuhan~~^† ~~Beijing~~^† Indian Wells (S, D)^†
WTA 500 tournaments	Abu Dhabi (S, D)* Melbourne 1 (S, D)* Melbourne 2 (S, D)* Melbourne 3 (S)* Adelaide (S, D) Doha (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Charleston 1 (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Berlin (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) San Jose (S, D) ~~Zhengzhou~~^† Ostrava (S, D) ~~Tokyo~~^† Chicago 2 (S, D)* Moscow (S, D)
WTA 250 tournaments	Melbourne 4 (S, D)* Lyon (S, D) Guadalajara (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Charleston 2 (S, D)* İstanbul (S, D) Belgrade (S, D) Parma (S, D)* Strasbourg (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) ~~Rosmalen~~^† Birmingham (S, D) Bad Homburg (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Lausanne (S, D) Prague (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Gdynia (S, D) Cluj-Napoca 1 (S, D) Chicago 1 (S, D)* Cleveland (S, D) Luxembourg (S, D) Portorož (S, D)* Nur-Sultan (S, D)* Tenerife (S, D)* Courmayeur (S, D)* Cluj-Napoca 2 (S, D)* Linz (S, D)
Team events	Billie Jean King Cup Finals
Bold denotes the mandatory tournaments (WTA 1000) † – Tournaments are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic * – Tournaments are introduced due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Summer Olympic Games, Tokyo (S, D, X) ~~WTA Elite Trophy~~^† WTA Finals, Guadalajara (S, D)

v t e Women's tennis seasons
Seasons (1881-1912) ILTF (1913-72)	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
ILTF Independent Circuit	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
ILTF Grand Prix Circuit	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
Virginia Slims Circuit	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Virginia Slims/Colgate Series	1976 1977 1978
Avon/Colgate Series	1979 1980
Avon/Toyota Series	1981 1982
Virginia Slims World Championship Series	1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
WTA Tour	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e 2021 in tennis « 2020 2022 »
Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Men	ATP Tour ATP Finals ATP Challenger Tour ITF Men's World Tennis Tour
Women	WTA Tour WTA Finals ~~WTA Elite Trophy~~ WTA 125 tournaments ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
Team events	Davis Cup Finals Billie Jean King Cup Finals ATP Cup Laver Cup World TeamTennis
Other events	Summer Olympics Summer Paralympics (wheelchair)

2021 WTA Tour

Schedule

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

Affected tournaments

Statistical information

Key

Titles won by player

Titles won by nation

Titles information

Best ranking

WTA rankings

Singles

Number 1 ranking

Doubles

Number 1 ranking

Points distribution

Prize money leaders

Comebacks

Retirements

See also

Notes

References

External links