Barbora Krejčíková defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final, 6–1, 2–6, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2021 French Open.[1] It was her first major singles title.[2] Krejčíková saved a match point en route to the title, in the semifinals against Maria Sakkari, making her the first player since Justine Henin in 2005 and the third woman in the Open Era to win the French Open after saving a match point. Krejčíková and Pavlyuchenkova were the combined lowest ranked major finalists (numbers 33 and 32, respectively) since the introduction of the computer rankings began in 1975 (a feat that was surpassed just three months later at the US Open).
Krejčíková became the first Czech woman to win the title since Hana Mandlíková in 1981.[a] She also became the first player to win both the singles and doubles titles at the same major since Serena Williams at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, and the first to do so at the French Open since Mary Pierce in 2000. Pavlyuchenkova reached her maiden major final after participating in 52 major main draws, breaking the record previously set by Flavia Pennetta in 2015.[3]
Iga Świątek was the defending champion, but lost to Sakkari in the quarterfinals. Świątek's loss marked the 14th consecutive year where the reigning French Open champion failed to defend her title, with Henin being the last woman to do so in 2007.[4] It also ensured the sixth consecutive French Open to feature a first-time major champion.[5] Świątek's loss also ensured that this was the first French Open and the third major in the Open Era to feature all first-time major semifinalists,[6] and it was the first major in the Open Era in which six players made their major quarterfinal debuts.[7]
Serena Williams became the oldest woman in the Open Era to reach the fourth round; this was also the three-time former champion's final French Open appearance before retiring from professional tennis the following year.[9][10] Sakkari and Tamara Zidanšek became the first Greek woman and Slovenian player to reach the singles quarterfinals and semifinals of a major, respectively.[11][12][b]Coco Gauff became the youngest player to reach a major quarterfinal since Nicole Vaidišová at the 2006 French Open.[13]
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Barbora Krejcikova defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final 6 1 2 6 6 4 to win the women s singles tennis title at the 2021 French Open 1 It was her first major singles title 2 Krejcikova saved a match point en route to the title in the semifinals against Maria Sakkari making her the first player since Justine Henin in 2005 and the third woman in the Open Era to win the French Open after saving a match point Krejcikova and Pavlyuchenkova were the combined lowest ranked major finalists numbers 33 and 32 respectively since the introduction of the computer rankings began in 1975 a feat that was surpassed just three months later at the US Open Women s singles2021 French OpenFinalChampionBarbora KrejcikovaRunner upAnastasia PavlyuchenkovaScore6 1 2 6 6 4DetailsDraw128 16 Q 8 WC Seeds32EventsSingles men women boys girlsDoubles men women mixed boys girlsWC Singles men women quadWC Doubles men women quadLegends 45 45 women 2020 French Open 2022 Main article 2021 French Open Krejcikova became the first Czech woman to win the title since Hana Mandlikova in 1981 a She also became the first player to win both the singles and doubles titles at the same major since Serena Williams at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and the first to do so at the French Open since Mary Pierce in 2000 Pavlyuchenkova reached her maiden major final after participating in 52 major main draws breaking the record previously set by Flavia Pennetta in 2015 3 Iga Swiatek was the defending champion but lost to Sakkari in the quarterfinals Swiatek s loss marked the 14th consecutive year where the reigning French Open champion failed to defend her title with Henin being the last woman to do so in 2007 4 It also ensured the sixth consecutive French Open to feature a first time major champion 5 Swiatek s loss also ensured that this was the first French Open and the third major in the Open Era to feature all first time major semifinalists 6 and it was the first major in the Open Era in which six players made their major quarterfinal debuts 7 Ashleigh Barty and Naomi Osaka were in contention for the WTA No 1 singles ranking Barty retained the top ranking after Osaka withdrew from the second round 8 Serena Williams became the oldest woman in the Open Era to reach the fourth round this was also the three time former champion s final French Open appearance before retiring from professional tennis the following year 9 10 Sakkari and Tamara Zidansek became the first Greek woman and Slovenian player to reach the singles quarterfinals and semifinals of a major respectively 11 12 b Coco Gauff became the youngest player to reach a major quarterfinal since Nicole Vaidisova at the 2006 French Open 13 Contents 1 Seeds 2 Draw 2 1 Key 2 2 Finals 2 3 Top half 2 3 1 Section 1 2 3 2 Section 2 2 3 3 Section 3 2 3 4 Section 4 2 4 Bottom half 2 4 1 Section 5 2 4 2 Section 6 2 4 3 Section 7 2 4 4 Section 8 3 Championship match statistics 4 Seeded players 4 1 Withdrawn players 5 Other entry information 5 1 Wildcards 5 2 Protected ranking 5 3 Qualifiers 5 4 Lucky losers 5 5 Withdrawals 5 6 Retirements 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksSeeds edit0 1 nbsp Ashleigh Barty second round retired 0 2 nbsp Naomi Osaka second round withdrew 0 3 nbsp Aryna Sabalenka third round 0 4 nbsp Sofia Kenin fourth round 0 5 nbsp Elina Svitolina third round 0 6 nbsp Bianca Andreescu first round 0 7 nbsp Serena Williams fourth round 0 8 nbsp Iga Swiatek quarterfinals 0 9 nbsp Karolina Pliskova second round 10 nbsp Belinda Bencic second round 11 nbsp Petra Kvitova second round withdrew 12 nbsp Garbine Muguruza first round 13 nbsp Jennifer Brady third round retired 14 nbsp Elise Mertens third round 15 nbsp Victoria Azarenka fourth round 16 nbsp Kiki Bertens first round 17 nbsp Maria Sakkari semifinals 18 nbsp Karolina Muchova third round 19 nbsp Johanna Konta first round 20 nbsp Marketa Vondrousova fourth round 21 nbsp Elena Rybakina quarterfinals 22 nbsp Petra Martic first round 23 nbsp Madison Keys third round 24 nbsp Coco Gauff quarterfinals 25 nbsp Ons Jabeur fourth round 26 nbsp Angelique Kerber first round 27 nbsp Alison Riske withdrew 28 nbsp Jessica Pegula third round 29 nbsp Veronika Kudermetova second round 30 nbsp Anett Kontaveit third round 31 nbsp Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova final 32 nbsp Ekaterina Alexandrova second round 33 nbsp Paula Badosa quarterfinals Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section Draw editKey edit 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 edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal 24 nbsp Coco Gauff663 nbsp Barbora Krejcikova786 nbsp Barbora Krejcikova74917 nbsp Maria Sakkari56717 nbsp Maria Sakkari668 nbsp Iga Swiatek44 nbsp Barbora Krejcikova62631 nbsp Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova16421 nbsp Elena Rybakina772731 nbsp Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova626931 nbsp Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova76 nbsp Tamara Zidansek53 nbsp Tamara Zidansek74833 nbsp Paula Badosa566Top half edit Section 1 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round1 nbsp A Barty636 nbsp B Pera4621 nbsp A Barty12r nbsp M Linette66 nbsp M Linette62WC nbsp C Paquet33 nbsp M Linette601Q nbsp I Bara65225 nbsp O Jabeur366WC nbsp A Sharma776WC nbsp A Sharma24 nbsp Y Putintseva5225 nbsp O Jabeur6625 nbsp O Jabeur7625 nbsp O Jabeur3124 nbsp C Gauff713624 nbsp C Gauff66Q nbsp A Krunic611424 nbsp C Gauff677 nbsp Q Wang267 nbsp Q Wang361 nbsp S w Hsieh64524 nbsp C Gauff60Q nbsp E s Liang16413 nbsp J Brady10r nbsp F Ferro616 nbsp F Ferro465 nbsp A Sevastova3313 nbsp J Brady62713 nbsp J Brady66Section 2 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round9 nbsp Ka Pliskova76 nbsp D Vekic549 nbsp Ka Pliskova51 nbsp C Suarez Navarro6644 nbsp S Stephens76 nbsp S Stephens3776 nbsp S Stephens67Q nbsp V Lepchenko6618 nbsp K Muchova35 nbsp S Zhang33Q nbsp V Lepchenko34PR nbsp A Petkovic63418 nbsp K Muchova6618 nbsp K Muchova166 nbsp S Stephens2032 nbsp E Alexandrova66 nbsp B Krejcikova66 nbsp V Williams3132 nbsp E Alexandrova23 nbsp B Krejcikova566 nbsp B Krejcikova66 nbsp Kr Pliskova742 nbsp B Krejcikova66 nbsp A Li665 nbsp E Svitolina32 nbsp M Gasparyan01 nbsp A Li04WC nbsp O Babel255 nbsp E Svitolina665 nbsp E Svitolina67Section 3 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round4 nbsp S Kenin646 nbsp J Ostapenko4634 nbsp S Kenin76Q nbsp H Baptiste66Q nbsp H Baptiste53 nbsp A Blinkova144 nbsp S Kenin466 nbsp T Martincova67828 nbsp J Pegula614PR nbsp I Jorovic366 nbsp T Martincova33 nbsp L Zhu46428 nbsp J Pegula6628 nbsp J Pegula6464 nbsp S Kenin1317 nbsp M Sakkari6617 nbsp M Sakkari66Q nbsp K Zavatska4117 nbsp M Sakkari66 nbsp J Paolini76 nbsp J Paolini23Q nbsp S Vogele5117 nbsp M Sakkari7626 nbsp H Watson4514 nbsp E Mertens5772 nbsp Z Diyas67 nbsp Z Diyas624Q nbsp S Sanders4114 nbsp E Mertens46614 nbsp E Mertens66Section 4 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round12 nbsp G Muguruza14 nbsp M Kostyuk66 nbsp M Kostyuk66 nbsp S Zheng466 nbsp S Zheng34 nbsp S Sorribes Tormo644 nbsp M Kostyuk66Q nbsp L Arruabarrena23 nbsp V Gracheva12 nbsp V Gracheva66 nbsp V Gracheva716 nbsp C Giorgi6656 nbsp C Giorgi56222 nbsp P Martic2774 nbsp M Kostyuk3430 nbsp A Kontaveit647768 nbsp I Swiatek66 nbsp V Golubic7765030 nbsp A Kontaveit66Q nbsp AK Schmiedlova40 nbsp K Mladenovic20 nbsp K Mladenovic6630 nbsp A Kontaveit640 nbsp R Peterson6371068 nbsp I Swiatek776 nbsp S Rogers77682 nbsp R Peterson11 nbsp K Juvan058 nbsp I Swiatek668 nbsp I Swiatek67Bottom half edit Section 5 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round7 nbsp S Williams786 nbsp I C Begu6627 nbsp S Williams656 nbsp A Rus55PR nbsp M Buzărnescu371PR nbsp M Buzărnescu777 nbsp S Williams66 nbsp D Collins646 nbsp D Collins44Q nbsp Xiy Wang264 nbsp D Collins66Q nbsp A Kalinina66Q nbsp A Kalinina0226 nbsp A Kerber247 nbsp S Williams3521 nbsp E Rybakina6621 nbsp E Rybakina67WC nbsp E Jacquemot4121 nbsp E Rybakina66 nbsp N Hibino776 nbsp N Hibino31 nbsp N Stojanovic64221 nbsp E Rybakina66PR nbsp E Vesnina66PR nbsp E Vesnina14LL nbsp O Govortsova10PR nbsp E Vesninaw oQ nbsp G Minnen7765111 nbsp P Kvitova11 nbsp P Kvitova63776Section 6 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round15 nbsp V Azarenka626 nbsp S Kuznetsova46315 nbsp V Azarenka76 nbsp C Tauson66 nbsp C Tauson54Q nbsp E Gorgodze4215 nbsp V Azarenka66 nbsp L Fernandez6623 nbsp M Keys22 nbsp A Potapova21 nbsp L Fernandez15WC nbsp O Dodin36123 nbsp M Keys6723 nbsp M Keys63615 nbsp V Azarenka73231 nbsp A Pavlyuchenkova6631 nbsp A Pavlyuchenkova566 nbsp C McHale4031 nbsp A Pavlyuchenkova66PR nbsp K Kozlova24 nbsp A Tomljanovic23 nbsp A Tomljanovic6631 nbsp A Pavlyuchenkova626WC nbsp D Parry3633 nbsp A Sabalenka460 nbsp A Sasnovich636 nbsp A Sasnovich53Q nbsp A Konjuh433 nbsp A Sabalenka763 nbsp A Sabalenka66Section 7 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round6 nbsp B Andreescu77627 nbsp T Zidansek61779 nbsp T Zidansek66 nbsp M Brengle76 nbsp M Brengle41Q nbsp C Osorio54 nbsp T Zidansek0776 nbsp M Bouzkova062 nbsp K Siniakova6652 nbsp K Siniakova646 nbsp K Siniakova7957 nbsp A Anisimova65129 nbsp V Kudermetova677529 nbsp V Kudermetova776 nbsp T Zidansek77619 nbsp J Konta652 nbsp S Cirstea641 nbsp S Cirstea776 nbsp S Cirstea636 nbsp A Van Uytvanck564 nbsp M Trevisan464 nbsp M Trevisan746 nbsp S Cirstea66 nbsp D Kasatkina656 nbsp D Kasatkina32 nbsp M Doi373 nbsp D Kasatkina66 nbsp N Podoroska0310 nbsp B Bencic2210 nbsp B Bencic66Section 8 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round16 nbsp K Bertens164 nbsp P Hercog636 nbsp P Hercog76 nbsp L Siegemund31 nbsp C Garcia54 nbsp C Garcia66 nbsp P Hercog33 nbsp A Cornet4420 nbsp M Vondrousova66WC nbsp H Tan66WC nbsp H Tan13 nbsp K Kanepi63020 nbsp M Vondrousova6620 nbsp M Vondrousova46620 nbsp M Vondrousova46233 nbsp P Badosa67733 nbsp P Badosa636 nbsp L Davis26333 nbsp P Badosa66WC nbsp C Burel368 nbsp D Kovinic20 nbsp D Kovinic671033 nbsp P Badosa2776LL nbsp E Cocciaretto13 nbsp A Bogdan td, 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