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 tournament 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 January to 13 January 2021. Fourth-seeded Aryna Sabalenka won the singles title.[1]
| 2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6–13 January |
| Edition | 1st |
| Category | WTA 500 |
| Draw | 64S / 28D |
| Surface | Hard / outdoor |
| Location | Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| Venue | Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Aryna Sabalenka | |
| Doubles | |
 Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara | |
Finals edit
Singles edit
Aryna Sabalenka def. 
Veronika Kudermetova, 6–2, 6–2
Doubles edit
Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara def. 
Hayley Carter / 
Luisa Stefani, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Points and prize money edit
Point distribution edit
| 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 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money edit
| 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 | — | — | — |
| Doubles prize money per team | |||||||||
Singles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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 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 edit
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:
Kateryna Bondarenko
Anna Bondár- Anastasia Gasanova
Amandine Hesse
Lucie Hradecká
Lucrezia Stefanini- Bianca Turati
Yang Zhaoxuan
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals edit
- before the tournament
- Amanda Anisimova → replaced by
Ulrikke Eikeri 
Belinda Bencic → replaced by Vera Zvonareva
Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by 
Despina Papamichail- Danielle Collins → replaced by
Tamara Zidanšek - Fiona Ferro → replaced by
Jodie Burrage - Caroline Garcia → replaced by Jasmine Paolini
- Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Wang Xiyu
Elise Mertens → replaced by Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Marta Kostyuk- Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Anastasia Potapova
- Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by Jamie Loeb
- Zheng Saisai → replaced by
Leylah Fernandez
- during the tournament
Retirements edit
Doubles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TPE
|
Hsieh Su-wei | CZE
|
Barbora Krejčíková | 8 | 1 |
| BEL |
BLR |
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| USA
|
Nicole Melichar |  NED
|
Demi Schuurs | 23 | 3 |
| BEL |
 FRA |
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| 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 edit
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 edit
- Before the tournament
- Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka → replaced by
Nadia Podoroska / 
Sara Sorribes Tormo - Kirsten Flipkens / Kristina Mladenovic → replaced by Jasmine Paolini / Martina Trevisan
- During the tournament
References edit
- ^ "Abu Dhabi WTA Women's Tennis Open". wtatennis.com.