2021 Chicago Women's Open
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Tennis tournament
| 2021 Chicago Women's Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 22–28 August |
| Edition | 1st |
| Category | WTA 250 |
| Draw | 32S / 16Q / 16D |
| Prize money | 235,238ドル |
| Surface | Hard |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Venue | XS Tennis Village |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
| Ukraine Elina Svitolina | |
| Doubles | |
| Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok / Romania Raluca Olaru | |
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 ]Main article: 2021 Chicago Women's Open – Singles
- Ukraine Elina Svitolina def. France Alizé Cornet, 7–5, 6–4.
This was Svitolina's sixteenth WTA Tour singles title, and first of the year.
Doubles
[edit ]Main article: 2021 Chicago Women's Open – Doubles
- Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok / Romania Raluca Olaru def. Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok / Japan Makoto Ninomiya, 7–6(8–6), 5–7, [10–8].
Singles main draw entrants
[edit ]Seeds
[edit ]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 6 | 1 |
| ROU | Sorana Cîrstea | 38 | 3 |
| SLO | Tamara Zidanšek | 40 | 4 |
| CZE | Markéta Vondroušová | 41 | 5 |
| SUI | Viktorija Golubic | 47 | 6 |
| FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 54 | 7 |
| UKR | Marta Kostyuk | 56 | 8 |
| FRA | 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
- Italy Camila Giorgi → replaced by France Clara Burel
- Germany Andrea Petkovic → replaced by Russia Varvara Gracheva
- Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina → replaced by Japan Misaki Doi
- Australia Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by France Fiona Ferro
Doubles main draw entrants
[edit ]Seeds
[edit ]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Nicole Melichar | NED | Demi Schuurs | 23 | 1 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Latisha Chan | 42 | 2 |
| UKR | Nadiia Kichenok | ROU | Raluca Olaru | 80 | 3 |
| UKR | Lyudmyla Kichenok | JPN | Makoto Ninomiya | 100 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of August 16, 2021.
Withdrawals
[edit ]- Before the tournament
- Russia Anastasia Potapova / United Kingdom Heather Watson → replaced by Chile Bárbara Gatica / Brazil Rebeca Pereira
References
[edit ]- ^ WTA ANNOUNCES 2021 FALL CALENDAR
- ^ "WTA Chicago Women's Open Overview". wtatennis.com.