2021 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
2021 Dubai Tennis Championships
Champion	Simona Halep
Draw	56 (8 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds	16

Main article: 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships

Simona Halep was the defending champion, but she withdrew before the tournament due to an injury.

Seeds

The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Elina Svitolina
2. Karolína Plíšková
3. Aryna Sabalenka
4. Petra Kvitová
5. Kiki Bertens
6. Belinda Bencic
7. Victoria Azarenka (Withdrew)
8. Iga Świątek
9. Garbiñe Muguruza
10. Elise Mertens
11. Madison Keys
12. Markéta Vondroušová
13. Petra Martić (First round)
14. Elena Rybakina
15. Anett Kontaveit
16. Maria Sakkari (First round)

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

Finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								1	E Svitolina
		Q Wang	4	6	5				S Kuznetsova
		S Kuznetsova	6	1	7
		PM Țig	3
		J Ostapenko	6
		B Krejčíková	6	77					B Krejčíková
	16	M Sakkari	2	64
	11	M Keys	6	6
	Q	E-s Liang	1	1				11	M Keys
		L Siegemund	3	2				WC	A Potapova
	WC	A Potapova	6	6
		A Pavlyuchenkova	63	2
		V Kudermetova	77	6					V Kudermetova
								6	B Bencic

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								4	P Kvitová
	Q	K Zavatska
		J Teichmann
		O Jabeur	6	6
		K Siniaková	2	3					O Jabeur
		S Zheng	0	4				14	E Rybakina
	14	E Rybakina	6	6
	12	M Vondroušová	6	6
	Q	A Bogdan	4	4				12	M Vondroušová
	WC	C Gauff	77	2	710			WC	C Gauff
		E Alexandrova	63	6	68
	Q	T Martincová	77	66
		Kr Plíšková	65	78
								5	K Bertens

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								8	I Świątek
	LL	M Doi	6	4	6			LL	M Doi
		P Hercog	2	6	3
		A Anisimova
	Q	A Konjuh
	Q	I-C Begu
	9	G Muguruza
	15	A Kontaveit	6	6
	WC	T Babos	2	1				15	A Kontaveit
		S Cîrstea	6	6					S Cîrstea
	Q	L Tsurenko	4	4
		A Cornet	6	3	6
		D Kasatkina	4	6	1				A Cornet
								3	A Sabalenka

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								LL	M Trevisan
		A Kerber	6	2	4				C Garcia
		C Garcia	3	6	6
		S Rogers
	Q	K Kanepi
		F Ferro
	10	E Mertens
	13	P Martić	62	4
		K Mladenovic	77	6					K Mladenovic
	PR	Y Shvedova	2	1					J Pegula
		J Pegula	6	6
		A Sevastova	6	6
		B Pera	0	3					A Sevastova
								2	Ka Plíšková

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Kaia Kanepi (Qualified)
2. Irina-Camelia Begu (Qualified)
3. Misaki Doi (Qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
4. Martina Trevisan (Qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
5. Zhu Lin (First round)
6. Ana Bogdan (Qualified)
7. Katarina Zavatska (Qualified)
8. Ysaline Bonaventure (First round, retired)
9. Tereza Martincová (Qualified)
10. Viktoriya Tomova (Qualifying competition)
11. Vera Zvonareva (Qualifying competition)
12. Lesia Tsurenko (Qualified)
13. Monica Niculescu (First round)
14. Natalia Vikhlyantseva (First round)
15. Barbara Haas (Qualifying competition, retired)
16. Kamilla Rakhimova (Qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Kaia Kanepi
2. Irina-Camelia Begu
3. Liang En-shuo
4. Lesia Tsurenko
5. Tereza Martincová
6. Ana Bogdan
7. Katarina Zavatska
8. Ana Konjuh

Lucky losers

1. Misaki Doi
2. Martina Trevisan

Draw

First qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Kaia Kanepi	6	63	6
	WC	Ena Shibahara	1	77	4
								1	Kaia Kanepi	6	65	6
								11	Vera Zvonareva	3	77	3
	PR	Akgul Amanmuradova	1	1
	11	Vera Zvonareva	6	6

Second qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	2	Irina-Camelia Begu	79	4	6
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands	67	6	0
								2	Irina-Camelia Begu	6	4
								15	Barbara Haas	0	0r
	WC	Gabriela Dabrowski	6	2	3
	15	Barbara Haas	2	6	6

Third qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Misaki Doi	7	6
		Magdalena Fręch	5	3
								3	Misaki Doi	3	1
								PR	Liang En-shuo	6	6
	PR	Liang En-shuo	6	7
	13	Monica Niculescu	4	5

Fourth qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Martina Trevisan	5	6	6
		Arina Rodionova	7	1	3
								4	Martina Trevisan	2	1
								12	Lesia Tsurenko	6	6
		Cristina Bucșa	2	2
	12	Lesia Tsurenko	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	5	Zhu Lin	64	2
		Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	77	6
									Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	1	77	2
								9	Tereza Martincová	6	65	6
		Lucie Hradecká	3	6	2
	9	Tereza Martincová	6	4	6

Sixth qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	6	Ana Bogdan	6	6
		Çağla Büyükakçay	2	4
								6	Ana Bogdan	6	5	6
								16	Kamilla Rakhimova	2	7	0
		Jaqueline Cristian	5	5
	16	Kamilla Rakhimova	7	7

Seventh qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	7	Katarina Zavatska	7	6
		Laura Ioana Paar	5	3
								7	Katarina Zavatska	6	6
								10	Viktoriya Tomova	4	4
	WC	Angelina Gabueva	3	2
	10	Viktoriya Tomova	6	6

Eighth qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	8	Ysaline Bonaventure	7	3r
	WC	Ana Konjuh	5	5
								WC	Ana Konjuh	6	4	6
								PR	Aleksandra Krunić	2	6	2
	PR	Aleksandra Krunić	6	6
	14	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	2	3

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw