2021 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying

This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 2021 Australian Open.

Women's singles qualifying
2021 Australian Open

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For the first time in Grand Slam history, the qualifying tournament will take place at Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, due to Australia's quarantine restrictions resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Only qualified players and players eligible for a 'Lucky loser' spot will then be able to travel to Melbourne for the main draw of the 2021 Australian Open.

Seeds

1. Kaja Juvan (qualified)
2. Océane Dodin (first round)
3. Greet Minnen (qualified)
4. Anna-Lena Friedsam (first round)
5. Katarzyna Kawa (first round)
6. Anna Kalinskaya (second round)
7. Tímea Babos (qualified)
8. Stefanie Vögele (first round)
9. Katarina Zavatska (second round)
10. Irina Bara (first round)
11. Tereza Martincová (second round)
12. Caty McNally (second round)
13. Ysaline Bonaventure (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
14. Margarita Gasparyan (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
15. Liudmila Samsonova (qualified)
16. Mayar Sherif (qualified)
17. Sara Errani (qualified)
18. Elisabetta Cocciaretto (qualified)
19. Olga Govortsova (first round)
20. Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
21. Tsvetana Pironkova (qualified)
22. Mihaela Buzărnescu (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
23. Viktorija Golubic (second round)
24. Viktoriya Tomova (second round)
25. Eugenie Bouchard (second round)
26. Renata Zarazúa (second round)
27. Francesca Di Lorenzo (first round)
28. Monica Niculescu (first round)
29. Natalia Vikhlyantseva (first round)
30. Lesia Tsurenko (qualifying competition)
31. Kristína Kučová (first round)
32. Barbara Haas (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Kaja Juvan
2. Francesca Jones
3. Greet Minnen
4. Sara Errani
5. Whitney Osuigwe
6. Clara Burel
7. Tímea Babos
8. Mayo Hibi
9. Olga Danilović
10. Chloé Paquet
11. Rebecca Marino
12. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
13. Valeria Savinykh
14. Tsvetana Pironkova
15. Liudmila Samsonova
16. Mayar Sherif

Lucky losers

The lucky losers draw was made among the players who would be travelling to Australia into a 14-day quarantine period with the highest ranking losing in the qualifying competition: Ysaline Bonaventure, Mihaela Buzărnescu, Margarita Gasparyan, Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, Lesia Tsurenko, Kamilla Rakhimova, Ankita Raina and Varvara Lepchenko. The LL order by order of rankings as of 4 January 2021 was Bonaventure, Buzărnescu, Gasparyan and Schmiedlová.

1. Ysaline Bonaventure
2. Mihaela Buzărnescu
3. Margarita Gasparyan
4. Anna Karolína Schmiedlová

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Kaja Juvan	77	6
	WC	Storm Sanders	64	2
								1	Kaja Juvan	6	6
									Anhelina Kalinina	2	4
		Anhelina Kalinina	6	6
		Pemra Özgen	1	1
															1	Kaja Juvan	6	6
																Rebecca Šramková	1	2
		Rebecca Šramková	6	6
		Dalila Jakupović	1	3
									Rebecca Šramková	6	4	6
								26	Renata Zarazúa	4	6	3
		Anastasiya Komardina	3	4
	26	Renata Zarazúa	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	2	Océane Dodin	5	2
		Isabella Shinikova	7	6
									Isabella Shinikova	2	5
									Lu Jiajing	6	7
		Lu Jiajing	6	6
		Jovana Jović	1	2
																Lu Jiajing	0	1
																Francesca Jones	6	6
		Ekaterine Gorgodze	3	3
		Jana Fett	6	6
									Jana Fett	67	6	1
									Francesca Jones	79	2	6
		Francesca Jones	6	6
	28	Monica Niculescu	3	2

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	3	Greet Minnen	6	6
	WC	Alexandra Bozovic	3	4
								3	Greet Minnen	7	6
									Verónica Cepede Royg	5	3
		Verónica Cepede Royg	6	6
		Asia Muhammad	3	4
															3	Greet Minnen	6	3	6
																Varvara Lepchenko	2	6	4
		Caroline Dolehide	3	7	5
		Ellen Perez	6	5	7
									Ellen Perez	4	6	3
									Varvara Lepchenko	6	2	6
		Varvara Lepchenko	3	6	6
	27	Francesca Di Lorenzo	6	2	0

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	4	Anna-Lena Friedsam	2	77	4
	WC	Ana Konjuh	6	65	6
								WC	Ana Konjuh	6	6
									Çağla Büyükakçay	4	2
		Çağla Büyükakçay	6	6
	WC	Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva	4	4
															WC	Ana Konjuh	6	2	4
															17	Sara Errani	3	6	6
		Anastasia Zakharova	0	0
		Georgina García Pérez	6	6
									Georgina García Pérez	6	3	2
								17	Sara Errani	3	6	6
		Liang En-shuo	1	7	2
	17	Sara Errani	6	5	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	5	Katarzyna Kawa	4	3
		Whitney Osuigwe	6	6
									Whitney Osuigwe	6	6
								WC	Olivia Gadecki	2	4
		Lara Salden	6	5	3
	WC	Olivia Gadecki	2	7	6
																Whitney Osuigwe	2	77	6
															22	Mihaela Buzărnescu	6	61	2
		Claire Liu	77	6
		Indy de Vroome	65	2
									Claire Liu	66	6	4
								22	Mihaela Buzărnescu	78	2	6
		Lara Arruabarrena	4	3
	22	Mihaela Buzărnescu	6	6

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	6	Anna Kalinskaya	6	65	6
		Dalma Gálfi	4	77	3
								6	Anna Kalinskaya	3	6	4
									Clara Burel	6	3	6
		Clara Burel	6	6
		Eva Guerrero Álvarez	4	0
																Clara Burel	6	6
																Camila Osorio	4	3
		Victoria Kan	62	2
		Hailey Baptiste	77	6
									Hailey Baptiste	64	63
									Camila Osorio	77	77
		Camila Osorio	6	3	7
	32	Barbara Haas	3	6	5

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Tímea Babos	6	6
		Marina Melnikova	3	3
								7	Tímea Babos	6	2	6
									Tessah Andrianjafitrimo	3	6	2
		Tessah Andrianjafitrimo	6	6
	PR	Naiktha Bains	1	2
															7	Tímea Babos	6	65	6
															20	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	2	77	2
		Chihiro Muramatsu	6	77
		Nuria Párrizas Díaz	2	65
									Chihiro Muramatsu	4	3
								20	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	6	6
		Usue Maitane Arconada	77	2	65
	20	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	62	6	710

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	8	Stefanie Vögele	3	4
		Katharina Gerlach	6	6
									Katharina Gerlach	3	4
									Mayo Hibi	6	6
		Mayo Hibi	6	6
		You Xiaodi	4	2
																Mayo Hibi	6	6
																Kamilla Rakhimova	4	4
		Wang Xinyu	2	61
		Kamilla Rakhimova	6	77
									Kamilla Rakhimova	6	6
								23	Viktorija Golubic	2	3
		Richèl Hogenkamp	3	78	3
	23	Viktorija Golubic	6	66	6

Ninth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	9	Katarina Zavatska	6	6
		Clara Tauson	3	3
								9	Katarina Zavatska	2	6	3
									Ankita Raina	6	2	6
		Réka Luca Jani	2	2
		Ankita Raina	6	6
																Ankita Raina	2	6	1
																Olga Danilović	6	3	6
		Cristina Bucșa	1	6	2
		Sachia Vickery	6	3	6
									Sachia Vickery	4	1
									Olga Danilović	6	6
		Olga Danilović	6	6
	31	Kristína Kučová	2	2

Tenth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	10	Irina Bara	65	2
		Yuki Naito	77	6
									Yuki Naito	63	2
									Chloé Paquet	77	6
		Chloé Paquet	6	6
		Gabriela Talabă	4	2
																Chloé Paquet	77	6
																Yuan Yue	63	3
		Yuan Yue	6	6
		Maja Chwalińska	4	2
									Yuan Yue	6	6
								25	Eugenie Bouchard	2	4
	WC	Abbie Myers	2	3
	25	Eugenie Bouchard	6	6

Eleventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	11	Tereza Martincová	6	6
		Tereza Mrdeža	1	2
								11	Tereza Martincová	2	3
									Maryna Zanevska	6	6
		Maryna Zanevska	6	6
		Laura Ioana Paar	3	2
																Maryna Zanevska	4	69
															PR	Rebecca Marino	6	711
	PR	Rebecca Marino	6	6
		Jaqueline Cristian	4	4
								PR	Rebecca Marino	6	79
								24	Viktoriya Tomova	2	67
	WC	Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz	4	3
	24	Viktoriya Tomova	6	6

Twelfth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	12	Caty McNally	6	6
		Daria Snigur	4	1
								12	Caty McNally	1	4
									Harmony Tan	6	6
		Harmony Tan	77	6
		Allie Kiick	64	1
																Harmony Tan	3	1
															18	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	6	6
	WC	Seone Mendez	0	2
		Marie Benoît	6	6
									Marie Benoît	4	62
								18	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	6	77
		Gabriela Cé	3	1
	18	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	6	6

Thirteenth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	13	Ysaline Bonaventure	6	6
		Natalija Kostić	3	3
								13	Ysaline Bonaventure	6	6
									Antonia Lottner	1	3
		Antonia Lottner	6	7
		Elitsa Kostova	4	5
															13	Ysaline Bonaventure	4	5
																Valeria Savinykh	6	7
		Giulia Gatto-Monticone	6	6
		Valentina Ivakhnenko	2	3
									Giulia Gatto-Monticone	4	68
									Valeria Savinykh	6	710
		Valeria Savinykh	6	6
	29	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	2	4

Fourteenth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	14	Margarita Gasparyan	6	4	6
		Martina Di Giuseppe	3	6	2
								14	Margarita Gasparyan	6	77
									Mariam Bolkvadze	3	63
	PR	Karman Thandi	64	64
		Mariam Bolkvadze	77	77
															14	Margarita Gasparyan	3	5
															21	Tsvetana Pironkova	6	7
		Han Na-lae	3	6	6
		Julia Grabher	6	3	1
									Han Na-lae	0	6	1
								21	Tsvetana Pironkova	6	3	6
		Kyōka Okamura	0	1
	21	Tsvetana Pironkova	6	6

Fifteenth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	15	Liudmila Samsonova	6	5	6
		Leonie Küng	0	7	2
								15	Liudmila Samsonova	6	62	6
									Robin Anderson	0	77	3
		Robin Anderson	4	6	7
		Danielle Lao	6	3	5
															15	Liudmila Samsonova	77	6
															30	Lesia Tsurenko	61	2
		Kurumi Nara	4	4
		Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	6	6
									Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	3	2
								30	Lesia Tsurenko	6	6
	WC	Ivana Popovic	6	2	2
	30	Lesia Tsurenko	2	6	6

Sixteenth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	16	Mayar Sherif	6	6
	PR	Akiko Omae	0	1
								16	Mayar Sherif	6	2	6
									Grace Min	3	6	1
		Grace Min	7	6
		Harriet Dart	5	2
															16	Mayar Sherif	6	6
																Aleksandra Krunić	1	2
		Daniela Seguel	6	78
		Bibiane Schoofs	3	66
									Daniela Seguel	2	6	2
									Aleksandra Krunić	6	2	6
		Aleksandra Krunić	2	6	6
	19	Olga Govortsova	6	2	2

External links

• Qualifying draw information Archived 2019-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
• 2021 Australian Open – Women's qualifying draw and results
• 2021 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation