2021 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
2021 Western & Southern Open
2020 Champion	Victoria Azarenka
Draw	56 (8 Q / 5 WC )
Seeds	16

Main article: 2021 Western & Southern Open

Victoria Azarenka is the defending champion.

Seeds

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

01.   Ashleigh Barty

02.   Naomi Osaka

03.   Aryna Sabalenka

04.   Elina Svitolina

05.   Karolína Plíšková

06.   Iga Świątek

07.   Bianca Andreescu

08.   Garbiñe Muguruza

09.   Barbora Krejčíková

10.   Belinda Bencic

11.   Petra Kvitová

12.   Simona Halep

13.   Jennifer Brady

14.   Victoria Azarenka

15.   Elise Mertens

16.   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

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

A Barty

Q

A Sasnovich

Q

Q

H Watson

A Riske

Q

LA Fernandez

Q

L Samsonova

14

V Azarenka

9

B Krejčíková

D Kasatkina

WC

C McNally

D Yastremska

Q

C Garcia

WC

S Stephens

8

G Muguruza

Section 2

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Quarterfinals

4

E Svitolina

M Sakkari

A Kerber

J Ostapenko

T Zidanšek

E Alexandrova

13

J Brady

11

P Kvitová

M Keys

V Kudermetova

Q

J Paolini

O Jabeur

A Kontaveit

6

I Świątek

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Quarterfinals

5

Ka Plíšková

Y Putintseva

Q

S Zhang

J Pegula

SE

C Giorgi

M Linette

12

S Halep

15

E Mertens

N Podoroska

WC

S Stosur

E Rybakina

P Badosa

P Martić

3

A Sabalenka

Section 4

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Quarterfinals

7

B Andreescu

K Muchová

J Konta

D Collins

S Rogers

M Vondroušová

10

B Bencic

16

A Pavlyuchenkova

WC

B Pera

WC

J Teichmann

S Cîrstea

Q

S-w Hsieh

C Gauff

2

N Osaka

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Viktorija Golubic (First round)
2. Zhang Shuai (Qualified)
3. Liudmila Samsonova (Qualified)
4. Rebecca Peterson (Qualifying competition)
5. Kateřina Siniaková (Withdrew)
6. Donna Vekić (Qualifying competition)
7. Kristina Mladenovic (First round)
8. Tereza Martincová (First round)
9. Caroline Garcia (Qualified)
10. Anastasija Sevastova (First round, retired)
11. Heather Watson (Qualified)
12. Andrea Petkovic (Qualifying competition)
13. Leylah Annie Fernandez (Qualified)
14. Hsieh Su-wei (Qualified)
15. Marie Bouzková (Qualifying competition)
16. María Camila Osorio Serrano (First round)

Qualifiers

1. Caroline Garcia
2. Zhang Shuai
3. Liudmila Samsonova
4. Heather Watson
5. Hsieh Su-wei
6. Jasmine Paolini
7. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
8. Leylah Annie Fernandez

Draw

First Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Viktorija Golubic	2	6	0
		Fiona Ferro	6	2	6
									Fiona Ferro	6	3	0
								9	Caroline Garcia	3	6	6
	WC	Alycia Parks	3	6	3
	9	Caroline Garcia	6	1	6

Second Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	2	Zhang Shuai	6	6
	PR	Yaroslava Shvedova	2	4
								2	Zhang Shuai	7	4	6
								15	Marie Bouzková	5	6	0
		Polona Hercog	6	2	3
	15	Marie Bouzková	4	6	6

Third Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Liudmila Samsonova	6	7
		Vera Zvonareva	2	5
								3	Liudmila Samsonova	7	77
									Anna Blinkova	5	61
		Anna Blinkova	6	6
	16	María Camila Osorio Serrano	3	0

Fourth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Rebecca Peterson	7	6
		Astra Sharma	5	3
								4	Rebecca Peterson	4	6	3
								11	Heather Watson	6	4	6
	WC	Katie Volynets	7	2	2
	11	Heather Watson	5	6	6

Fifth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	Alt	Kristie Ahn	6	2	2
		Lauren Davis	4	6	6
									Lauren Davis	0	4
								14	Hsieh Su-wei	6	6
	WC	Peyton Stearns	63	4
	14	Hsieh Su-wei	77	6

Sixth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	6	Donna Vekić	6	6
		Christina McHale	4	1
								6	Donna Vekić	62	2
									Jasmine Paolini	77	6
		Jasmine Paolini	6	2
	10	Anastasija Sevastova	1	1r

Seventh Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	7	Kristina Mladenovic	4	5
		Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6	7
									Aliaksandra Sasnovich	7	6
								12	Andrea Petkovic	5	2
	WC	Emma Navarro	63	4
	12	Andrea Petkovic	77	6

Eighth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	8	Tereza Martincová	3	5
		Elena-Gabriela Ruse	6	7
									Elena-Gabriela Ruse	2	0
								13	Leylah Annie Fernandez	6	6
		Irina-Camelia Begu	3	3
	13	Leylah Annie Fernandez	6	6

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw