2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open
| 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, U.A.E |
| Venue | Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
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| Doubles | |
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The 2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open is a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the inuagural professional edition of the event and a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It will take place at the Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre in Abu Dhabi, in early January 2021.[1]
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
| 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
|
Elise Mertens | 20 | 7 |
| 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 |
|||
 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
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
TBD- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
Withdrawals
Amanda Anisimova → replaced by Jamie Loeb
Belinda Bencic → replaced by 
Vera Zvonareva- Danielle Collins → replaced by
Tamara Zidanšek 
Caroline Garcia → replaced by 
Jasmine Paolini- Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by
Wang Xiyu 
Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by 
Marta Kostyuk
Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by 
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Anastasia Potapova
Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by Kaja Juvan- Zheng Saisai → replaced by
Leylah Annie Fernandez
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TPE
|
Hsieh Su-wei | CZE
|
Barbora Krejčíková | 8 | 1 |
| BEL
|
Elise Mertens | BLR
|
Aryna Sabalenka | 11 | 2 |
| USA
|
Nicole Melichar |  NED
|
Demi Schuurs | 23 | 3 |
| BEL
|
Kirsten Flipkens |  FRA
|
Kristina Mladenovic | 33 | 4 |
 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
The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking:
Champions
Singles
- TBD vs. TBD
Doubles
- TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD
References
- ^ "Abu Dhabi WTA Women's Tennis Open". wtatennis.com.