2021 WTA Tour
Details | |
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Duration | 6 January – 17 November 2021 |
Edition | 51st |
Categories |
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Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Ashleigh Barty (5) |
Most tournament finals | Anett Kontaveit (7) |
Prize money leader | Ashleigh Barty ($3,945,182) |
Points leader | Ashleigh Barty (6,411) |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Ashleigh Barty |
Doubles team of the year | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková |
Most improved player of the year | Barbora Krejčíková |
Newcomer of the year | Emma Raducanu |
Comeback player of the year | Carla Suárez Navarro |
← 2020 2022 → |
The 2021 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2021 tennis season. The 2021 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Finals and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2021 calendar are the Summer Olympic Games, which were rescheduled from 2020.
Schedule
[edit]This is the complete schedule of events on the 2021 calendar.[1]
- Key
Grand Slam tournaments |
Summer Olympics |
Year-end championships |
WTA 1000 (Mandatory)[a] |
WTA 1000 (non-Mandatory)[a] |
WTA 500[a] |
WTA 250[a] |
Team events |
January
[edit]Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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4 Jan | Abu Dhabi Open Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates WTA 500 Hard – $565,530 – 64S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles |
Aryna Sabalenka 6–2, 6–2 |
Veronika Kudermetova | Maria Sakkari Marta Kostyuk |
Sofia Kenin Elena Rybakina Sara Sorribes Tormo Elina Svitolina |
Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani |
February
[edit]March
[edit]April
[edit]May
[edit]June
[edit]July
[edit]August
[edit]September
[edit]October
[edit]November
[edit]Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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1 Nov | Billie Jean King Cup Finals Prague, Czech Republic Hard (i) – 12 teams |
RTF 2–0 |
Switzerland | United States Australia |
Round robin Canada France Belgium Belarus Slovakia Spain Czech Republic Germany |
8 Nov | WTA Finals Guadalajara, Mexico Year-end championships Hard – $5,000,000 – 8S (RR)/8D (RR) Singles – Doubles |
Garbiñe Muguruza 6–3, 7–5 |
Anett Kontaveit | Paula Badosa Maria Sakkari |
Round robin Barbora Krejčíková Karolína Plíšková Aryna Sabalenka Iga Świątek |
Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 6–4 |
Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens | ||||
Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA 250 Hard (i) – $235,238 – 28S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles |
Alison Riske 2–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
Jaqueline Cristian | Danielle Collins Simona Halep |
Wang Xinyu Alison Van Uytvanck Veronika Kudermetova Jasmine Paolini | |
Natela Dzalamidze Kamilla Rakhimova 6–4, 6–2 |
Wang Xinyu Zheng Saisai |
Affected tournaments
[edit]The COVID-19 pandemic affected tournaments on both the ATP and WTA tours. The following tournaments were cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Week of | Tournament | Status |
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January 4 | Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA 500 Hard |
Cancelled[9][10][1] |
Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand WTA 250 Hard | ||
Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA 250 Hard | ||
January 11 | Adelaide International Adelaide, Australia WTA 500 Hard |
Postponed to 22 February[11] |
Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA 250 Hard |
Cancelled | |
January 18 January 25 |
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard |
Postponed to 8 February |
February 8 | St. Petersburg Trophy Saint Petersburg, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i) |
Postponed to 15 March due to Australian Open reschedule |
Thailand Open Hua Hin, Thailand WTA 250 Hard |
Cancelled | |
February 15 | Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA 500 Hard |
Postponed to 1 March due to Australian Open reschedule |
February 22 | Mexican Open Acapulco, Mexico WTA 250 Hard |
Cancelled |
March 8 March 15 |
Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Hard |
Postponed to 4 October[12] |
April 12 | Billie Jean King Cup Finals Budapest, Hungary Clay (red) (i) – 12 teams |
Postponed to 1 November and moved to Prague, Czech Republic[13][14] |
Kunming Open Anning, China WTA 250 Clay (red) |
Postponed | |
May 17 | Morocco Open Rabat, Morocco WTA 250 Clay |
Cancelled |
Cologne Open Cologne, Germany WTA 250 Clay (red) |
Cancelled | |
May 24 | French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) |
Postponed to 31 May |
June 7 | Rosmalen Grass Court Championships Rosmalen, Netherlands WTA 250 Grass |
Cancelled[15] |
September 13 | Zhengzhou Open Zhengzhou, China WTA 500 Hard | |
Japan Open Hiroshima, Japan WTA 250 Hard | ||
September 20 | Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA 500 Hard | |
Guangzhou Open Guangzhou, China WTA 250 Hard | ||
Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA 250 Hard |
Postponed to 20 December as WTA 125 tournament | |
September 27 | Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) Hard |
Cancelled |
October 4 | China Open Beijing, China WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Hard | |
October 11 | Hong Kong Open Hong Kong, China WTA 250 Hard | |
Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA 250 Hard | ||
Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA 250 Hard (i) |
Postponed to 8 November | |
October 18 | Jiangxi Open Nanchang, China WTA 250 Hard |
Cancelled |
November 1 | WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Year-end championships Hard | |
November 8 | WTA Finals Shenzhen, China Year-end championships Hard |
Moved to Guadalajara, Mexico[16] |
Statistical information
[edit]These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2019 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy), the WTA Premier tournaments (WTA 1000 and WTA 500), and the WTA 250. The players/nations are sorted by:
- total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
- cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two WTA 1000 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half WTA 1000 win, one WTA 1000 win equalling two WTA 500 wins, one WTA 500 win equalling two WTA 250 wins);
- a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
- alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Key
[edit]Grand Slam tournaments |
Summer Olympics |
Year-end championships |
WTA 1000 (Mandatory) |
WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) |
WTA 500 |
WTA 250 |
Titles won by player
[edit]Total | Player | Grand Slam | Olympic Games | Year-end | WTA 1000 (M) | WTA 1000 (NM) | WTA 500 | WTA 250 | Total | |||||||||||
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S | D | X | S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X | ||
9 | Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● ● | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
6 | Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | ● | ● | ● | ● ● | ● | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
6 | Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● ● | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | Elise Mertens (BEL) | ● ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
5 | Desirae Krawczyk (USA) | ● ● ● | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
5 | Shuko Aoyama (JPN) | ● | ● ● ● | ● | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||
5 | Ena Shibahara (JPN) | ● | ● ● ● | ● | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||
4 | Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Anett Kontaveit (EST) | ● ● | ● ● | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Zhang Shuai (CHN) | ● | ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) | ● | ● | ● | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Alexa Guarachi (CHI) | ● | ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Darija Jurak (CRO) | ● | ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
2 | Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Samantha Stosur (AUS) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Paula Badosa (ESP) | ● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Iga Świątek (POL) | ● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Danielle Collins (USA) | ● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Daria Kasatkina (RUS) | ● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Nicole Melichar (USA) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Demi Schuurs (NED) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Andrea Petkovic (GER) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Andreja Klepač (SLO) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Raluca Olaru (ROU) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Clara Tauson (DEN) | ● ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Coco Gauff (USA) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Jasmine Paolini (ITA) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Astra Sharma (AUS) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Marie Bouzková (CZE) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Natela Dzalamidze (RUS) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Lucie Hradecká (CZE) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Caty McNally (USA) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Ellen Perez (AUS) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Naomi Osaka (JPN) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Emma Raducanu (GBR) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Belinda Bencic (SUI) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) | ● | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Camila Giorgi (ITA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Sharon Fichman (CAN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Giuliana Olmos (MEX) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Luisa Stefani (BRA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Petra Kvitová (CZE) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Victoria Azarenka (BLR) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Jennifer Brady (USA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Sania Mirza (IND) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Květa Peschke (CZE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Sorana Cîrstea (ROU) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Leylah Fernandez (CAN) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Ons Jabeur (TUN) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Angelique Kerber (GER) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Johanna Konta (GBR) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Ann Li (USA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Camila Osorio (COL) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Alison Riske (USA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Elina Svitolina (UKR) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Donna Vekić (CRO) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Maryna Zanevska (BEL) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Tamara Zidanšek (SLO) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Susan Bandecchi (SUI) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Hailey Baptiste (USA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Irina Bara (ROU) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Mihaela Buzărnescu (ROU) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Anna Danilina (KAZ) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Caroline Dolehide (USA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Ekaterine Gorgodze (GEO) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Kaja Juvan (SLO) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Aleksandra Krunić (SRB) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Viktória Kužmová (SVK) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Elixane Lechemia (FRA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Lidziya Marozava (BLR) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Tereza Mihalíková (SVK) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Greet Minnen (BEL) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Asia Muhammad (USA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Ingrid Neel (USA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Monica Niculescu (ROU) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Ankita Raina (IND) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Erin Routliffe (NZL) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Arantxa Rus (NED) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Nina Stojanović (SRB) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Fanny Stollár (HUN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Jil Teichmann (SUI) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Simona Waltert (SUI) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Wang Xinyu (CHN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Zheng Saisai (CHN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Kimberley Zimmermann (BEL) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Titles won by nation
[edit]Total | Nation | Grand Slam | Olympic Games | Year-end | WTA 1000 (M) | WTA 1000 (NM) | WTA 500 | WTA 250 | Total | |||||||||||
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S | D | X | S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X | ||
17 | United States (USA) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||
14 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | ||||||
11 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
10 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||
9 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
7 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||
7 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||
6 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Estonia (EST) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
4 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Chile (CHI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | India (IND) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Denmark (DEN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Georgia (GEO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Titles information
[edit]The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
- Singles
- Clara Tauson (18 years, 76 days) – Lyon (draw)
- Sara Sorribes Tormo (24 years, 156 days) – Guadalajara (draw)
- Leylah Fernandez (18 years, 196 days) – Monterrey (draw)
- Camila Osorio (19 years, 110 days) – Bogotá (draw)
- Veronika Kudermetova (23 years, 352 days) – Charleston 1 (draw)
- Astra Sharma (25 years, 219 days) – Charleston 2 (draw)
- Paula Badosa (23 years, 188 days) – Belgrade (draw)
- Barbora Krejčíková (25 years, 162 days) – Strasbourg (draw)
- Ons Jabeur (26 years, 296 days) – Birmingham (draw)
- Liudmila Samsonova (22 years, 221 days) – Berlin (draw)
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse (23 years, 247 days) – Hamburg (draw)
- Tamara Zidanšek (23 years, 204 days) – Lausanne (draw)
- Maryna Zanevska (27 years, 335 days) – Gdynia (draw)
- Danielle Collins (27 years, 224 days) – Palermo (draw)
- Emma Raducanu (18 years, 302 days) – US Open (draw)
- Jasmine Paolini (25 years, 249 days) – Portorož (draw)
- Ann Li (21 years, 120 days) – Tenerife (draw)
- Doubles
- Ankita Raina – Melbourne 4 (draw)
- Kamilla Rakhimova – Melbourne 4 (draw)
- Caroline Dolehide – Monterrey (draw)
- Elixane Lechemia – Bogotá (draw)
- Ingrid Neel – Bogotá (draw)
- Hailey Baptiste – Charleston 2 (draw)
- Jennifer Brady – Stuttgart (draw)
- Marie Bouzková – Birmingham (draw)
- Jasmine Paolini – Hamburg (draw)
- Jil Teichmann – Hamburg (draw)
- Susan Bandecchi – Lausanne (draw)
- Simona Waltert – Lausanne (draw)
- Anna Danilina – Gdynia (draw)
- Erin Routliffe – Palermo (draw)
- Kimberley Zimmermann – Palermo (draw)
- Natela Dzalamidze – Cluj-Napoca (draw)
- Kaja Juvan – Cluj-Napoca (draw)
- Tereza Mihalíková – Portorož (draw)
- Andrea Petkovic – Chicago (draw)
- Ulrikke Eikeri – Tenerife (draw)
- Irina Bara – Cluj-Napoca 2 (draw)
- Ekaterine Gorgodze – Cluj-Napoca 2 (draw)
- Mixed doubles
- Desirae Krawczyk – Roland Garros (draw)
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (ROC) – 2020 Summer Olympics (draw)
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
- Singles
- Ashleigh Barty – Miami (draw)
- Doubles
- Hsieh Su-wei – Wimbledon (draw)
- Lucie Hradecká – Prague (draw)
- Elise Mertens – Indian Wells (draw)
- Mixed doubles
Best ranking
[edit]The following players achieved their career high ranking in this season inside top 50 (in bold the players who entered the top 10 for the first time).
- [c]
- Singles
- Jennifer Brady (reached place No. 13 on February 22)
- Fiona Ferro (reached place No. 39 on March 8)
- Veronika Kudermetova (reached place No. 28 on April 26)
- Karolína Muchová (reached place No. 19 on May 17)
- Shelby Rogers (reached place No. 40 on July 12)
- Aryna Sabalenka (reached place No. 2 on August 23)
- Cori Gauff (reached place No. 19 on September 13)
- Iga Świątek (reached place No. 4 on September 27)
- Nadia Podoroska (reached place No. 35 on September 27)
- Sara Sorribes Tormo (reached place No. 34 on October 18)
- Barbora Krejčíková (reached place No. 3 on November 1)
- Maria Sakkari (reached place No. 6 on November 1)
- Ons Jabeur (reached place No. 7 on November 1)
- Ann Li (reached place No. 47 on November 1)
- Tereza Martincová (reached place No. 48 on November 1)
- Marta Kostyuk (reached place No. 50 on November 1)
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (reached place No. 11 on November 8)
- Elena Rybakina (reached place No. 14 on November 8)
- Leylah Annie Fernandez (reached place No. 24 on November 8)
- Liudmila Samsonova (reached place No. 39 on November 8)
- Viktorija Golubic (reached place No. 43 on November 8)
- Clara Tauson (reached place No. 44 on November 8)
- Anett Kontaveit (reached place No. 7 on November 15)
- Paula Badosa (reached place No. 8 on November 15)
- Jessica Pegula (reached place No. 18 on November 15)
- Emma Raducanu (reached place No. 19 on November 15)
- Tamara Zidanšek (reached place No. 30 on November 15)
- Jil Teichmann (reached place No. 37 on November 15)
- Doubles
- Sofia Kenin (reached place No. 29 on January 25)
- Aryna Sabalenka (reached place No. 1 on February 22)
- Viktória Kužmová (reached place No. 27 on March 8)
- Elise Mertens (reached place No. 1 on May 10)
- Nicole Melichar (reached place No. 9 on May 17)
- Desirae Krawczyk (reached place No. 17 on May 17)
- Hayley Carter (reached place No. 25 on June 14)
- Caroline Dolehide (reached place No. 25 on August 16)
- Asia Muhammad (reached place No. 31 on August 23)
- Laura Siegemund (reached place No. 30 on August 23)
- Nina Stojanović (reached place No. 40 on September 13)
- Alexa Guarachi (reached place No. 11 on September 20)
- Jessica Pegula (reached place No. 46 on October 4)
- Gabriela Dabrowski (reached place No. 5 on October 18)
- Zhang Shuai (reached place No. 8 on October 18)
- Iga Świątek (reached place No. 41 on October 18)
- Elena Rybakina (reached place No. 48 on October 18)
- Bernarda Pera (reached place No. 50 on October 18)
- Luisa Stefani (reached place No. 9 on November 1)
- Veronika Kudermetova (reached place No. 11 on November 1)
- Catherine McNally (reached place No. 16 on November 8)
- Cori Gauff (reached place No. 17 on November 8)
- Storm Sanders (reached place No. 30 on November 8)
- Nadiia Kichenok (reached place No. 31 on November 8)
- Marie Bouzková (reached place No. 34 on November 8)
- Ena Shibahara (reached place No. 5 on November 15)
- Shuko Aoyama (reached place No. 5 on November 15)
- Darija Jurak (reached place No. 9 on November 15)
- Giuliana Olmos (reached place No. 18 on November 15)
- Sharon Fichman (reached place No. 22 on November 15)
WTA rankings
[edit]These are the WTA rankings and yearly WTA Race rankings of the top 20 singles and doubles players at the current date of the 2021 season.
Singles
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Competed at the 2021 WTA Finals.
Player withdrew.
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Number 1 ranking
[edit]Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
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Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | Year end 2020 | Year end 2021 |
Doubles
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