2021 WTA 1000 tournaments

The WTA 1000 Mandatory and non-Mandatory tournaments, which are part of the WTA 1000 tournaments, make up the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour. There are four 1000 Mandatory tournaments: Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing and five non-Mandatory tournaments: Dubai, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati and Wuhan.^[1]

2021 WTA 1000

Details
Duration	March 8 – October 17
Edition	32nd
Tournaments	7
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Ashleigh Barty (2)
Most tournament finals	Ashleigh Barty (3)
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Main article: 2021 WTA Tour

Tournaments

Tournament	Country	Location	Surface	Date	Prize money
Dubai Tennis Championships	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Hard	Mar 8 – 14	$1,835,490^[2]
Indian Wells Open	United States	Indian Wells	Hard	Oct 4 – 17 (rescheduled)^[3]	$8,761,725
Miami Open	United States	Miami Gardens	Hard	Mar 22 – Apr 4	$3,260,190
Madrid Open	Spain	Madrid	Clay (red)	April 29 – May 8	€2,549,105
Italian Open	Italy	Rome	Clay (red)	May 10 – 16	€1,577,613
Canadian Open	Canada	Montreal	Hard	Aug 9 – 15	$1,835,490
Cincinnati Open	United States	Mason	Hard	Aug 16 – 22	$2,114,989^[4]
Wuhan Open	China	Wuhan	Hard	Sep 27 – Oct 3 (cancelled)^[5]	—
China Open	China	Beijing	Hard	Oct 4 – 10 (cancelled)^[5]	—

Results

* First-time champion

Tournament	Singles champions	Runners-up	Score	Doubles champions	Runners-up	Score
Dubai Singles – Doubles	Garbiñe Muguruza	Barbora Krejčíková	7–6^(8–6), 6–3	Alexa Guarachi   Darija Jurak	Xu Yifan   Yang Zhaoxuan	6–0, 6–3
Miami Singles – Doubles	Ashleigh Barty	Bianca Andreescu	6–3, 4–0, ret.	Shuko Aoyama   Ena Shibahara	Hayley Carter   Luisa Stefani	6–2, 7–5
Madrid Singles – Doubles	Aryna Sabalenka	Ashleigh Barty	6–0, 3–6, 6–4	Barbora Krejčíková   Kateřina Siniaková	Gabriela Dabrowski   Demi Schuurs	6–4, 6–3
Rome Singles – Doubles	Iga Świątek	Karolína Plíšková	6–0, 6–0	Sharon Fichman   Giuliana Olmos	Kristina Mladenovic   Markéta Vondroušová	4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Montréal Singles – Doubles	Camila Giorgi	Karolína Plíšková	6–3, 7–5	Gabriela Dabrowski	Darija Jurak   Andreja Klepač	6–3, 6–4
				Luisa Stefani*
Cincinnati Singles – Doubles	Ashleigh Barty	Jil Teichmann	6–3, 6–1	Samantha Stosur	Gabriela Dabrowski   Luisa Stefani	7–5, 6–3
				Zhang Shuai*
Indian Wells Singles – Doubles	Paula Badosa	Victoria Azarenka	7–6^(7–5), 2–6, 7–6^(7–2)	Hsieh Su-wei   Elise Mertens	Veronika Kudermetova   Elena Rybakina	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
Wuhan	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]^[7]
Beijing

Tournaments details

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

Dubai

Singles

Main article: 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Barbora Krejčíková	6	6
	WC	Anastasia Potapova	0	2
									Barbora Krejčíková	7	6
									Jil Teichmann	5	2
		Jil Teichmann	6	6
	WC	Coco Gauff	3	3
																Barbora Krejčíková	6^6	3
															9	Garbiñe Muguruza	7^8	6
	9	Garbiñe Muguruza	3	6	6
	3	Aryna Sabalenka	6	3	2
								9	Garbiñe Muguruza	6	7^7
								10	Elise Mertens	4	6^5
	10	Elise Mertens	5	7	6
		Jessica Pegula	7	5	0

Doubles

Main article: 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

	Semifinals							Final
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands   Jessica Pegula	4	3
	8	Alexa Guarachi   Darija Jurak Schreiber	6	6
								8	Alexa Guarachi   Darija Jurak Schreiber	6	6
									Xu Yifan   Yang Zhaoxuan	0	3
		Xu Yifan   Yang Zhaoxuan	6	7
	5	Tímea Babos   Veronika Kudermetova	3	5

Miami

Singles

Main article: 2021 Miami Open – Women's singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Ashleigh Barty	6	6^5	6
	7	Aryna Sabalenka	4	7^7	3
								1	Ashleigh Barty	6	6
								5	Elina Svitolina	3	3
		Anastasija Sevastova	3	2
	5	Elina Svitolina	6	6
															1	Ashleigh Barty	6	4
															8	Bianca Andreescu	3	0^r
	8	Bianca Andreescu	6	3	6
		Sara Sorribes Tormo	4	6	3
								8	Bianca Andreescu	7^9	3	7^7
								23	Maria Sakkari	6^7	6	6^4
	23	Maria Sakkari	6	6
	2	Naomi Osaka	0	4

Doubles

Main article: 2021 Miami Open – Women's doubles

	Semifinals							Final
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands   Iga Świątek	6	6^4	[2]
	5	Shuko Aoyama   Ena Shibahara	3	7^7	[10]
								5	Shuko Aoyama   Ena Shibahara	6	7
								8	Hayley Carter   Luisa Stefani	2	5
	8	Hayley Carter   Luisa Stefani	2	6	[10]
		Gabriela Dabrowski   Giuliana Olmos	6	3	[8]

Madrid

Singles

Main article: 2021 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Ashleigh Barty	6	3	6
	9	Petra Kvitová	1	6	3
								1	Ashleigh Barty	6	6
								WC	Paula Badosa	4	3
	WC	Paula Badosa	6	7
	8	Belinda Bencic	4	5
															1	Ashleigh Barty	0	6	4
															5	Aryna Sabalenka	6	3	6
	5	Aryna Sabalenka	6	4
	13	Elise Mertens	1	0^r
								5	Aryna Sabalenka	6	6
									Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2	3
		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	7^7	7^7
		Karolína Muchová	6^4	6^2

Doubles

Main article: 2021 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles

	Semifinals							Final
		Jeļena Ostapenko   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	7	4	[6]
	3	Gabriela Dabrowski   Demi Schuurs	5	6	[10]
								3	Gabriela Dabrowski   Demi Schuurs	4	3
								2	Barbora Krejčíková   Kateřina Siniaková	6	6
		Belinda Bencic   Jil Teichmann	2	4
	2	Barbora Krejčíková   Kateřina Siniaková	6	6

Rome

Singles

Main article: 2021 Italian Open – Women's singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Ashleigh Barty	6	2^r
		Coco Gauff	4	1
									Coco Gauff	6^3	3
								15	Iga Świątek	7^7	6
	15	Iga Świątek	6	7
	5	Elina Svitolina	2	5
															15	Iga Świątek	6	6
															9	Karolína Plíšková	0	0
	9	Karolína Plíšková	4	7	7^7
		Jeļena Ostapenko	6	5	6^1
								9	Karolína Plíšková	6	3	6
									Petra Martić	1	6	2
		Petra Martić	7	6
		Jessica Pegula	5	4

Doubles

Main article: 2021 Italian Open – Women's doubles

	Semifinals							Final
	Alt	Sharon Fichman   Giuliana Olmos	6	6
	4	Shuko Aoyama   Ena Shibahara	3	2
								Alt	Sharon Fichman   Giuliana Olmos	4	7	[10]
									Kristina Mladenovic   Markéta Vondroušová	6	5	[5]
	WC	Irina-Camelia Begu   Sara Errani	2	3
		Kristina Mladenovic   Markéta Vondroušová	6	6

Montreal

Singles

Main article: 2021 National Bank Open – Women's singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Aryna Sabalenka	6	6
	8	Victoria Azarenka	2	4
								1	Aryna Sabalenka	3	4
								4	Karolína Plíšková	6	6
	4	Karolína Plíšková	6	6
		Sara Sorribes Tormo	4	0
															4	Karolína Plíšková	3	5
																Camila Giorgi	6	7
		Camila Giorgi	6	7^7
	15	Coco Gauff	4	6^2
									Camila Giorgi	6	3	6
									Jessica Pegula	3	6	1
		Jessica Pegula	1	7^7	6
	13	Ons Jabeur	6	6^4	0

Doubles

Main article: 2021 National Bank Open – Women's doubles

	Semifinals							Final
	5	Gabriela Dabrowski   Luisa Stefani	6	6
		Veronika Kudermetova   Elena Rybakina	2	3
								5	Gabriela Dabrowski   Luisa Stefani	6	6
								6	Darija Jurak   Andreja Klepač	3	4
	6	Darija Jurak   Andreja Klepač	7	6
		Magda Linette   Bernarda Pera	5	4

Cincinnati

Singles

Main article: 2021 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Ashleigh Barty	6	6
	9	Barbora Krejčíková	2	4
								1	Ashleigh Barty	6	7
									Angelique Kerber	2	5
		Angelique Kerber	6	3
	11	Petra Kvitová	4	3^r
															1	Ashleigh Barty	6	6
															WC	Jil Teichmann	3	1
	5	Karolína Plíšková	7	2
		Paula Badosa	5	0^r
								5	Karolína Plíšková	2	4
								WC	Jil Teichmann	6	6
	10	Belinda Bencic	3	2
	WC	Jil Teichmann	6	6

Doubles

Main article: 2021 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles

	Semifinals							Final
		Anna Blinkova   Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6	5	[5]
		Samantha Stosur   Zhang Shuai	4	7	[10]
									Samantha Stosur   Zhang Shuai	7	6
								6	Gabriela Dabrowski   Luisa Stefani	5	3
	6	Gabriela Dabrowski   Luisa Stefani	7	3	[10]
	2	Barbora Krejčíková   Kateřina Siniaková	5	6	[7]

Indian Wells

Singles

Main article: 2021 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	18	Anett Kontaveit	5	3
	12	Ons Jabeur	7	6
								12	Ons Jabeur	3	3
								21	Paula Badosa	6	6
	21	Paula Badosa	6	7
	10	Angelique Kerber	4	5
															21	Paula Badosa	7^7	2	7^7
															27	Victoria Azarenka	6^5	6	6^2
	27	Victoria Azarenka	6	6
	19	Jessica Pegula	4	2
								27	Victoria Azarenka	3	6	7
								24	Jeļena Ostapenko	6	3	5
		Shelby Rogers	4	6	3
	24	Jeļena Ostapenko	6	4	6

Doubles

Main article: 2021 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles

	Semifinals							Final
		Lyudmyla Kichenok   Jeļena Ostapenko	4	3
		Veronika Kudermetova   Elena Rybakina	6	6
									Veronika Kudermetova   Elena Rybakina	6^1	3
								2	Hsieh Su-wei   Elise Mertens	7^7	6
	3	Shuko Aoyama   Ena Shibahara	2	0
	2	Hsieh Su-wei   Elise Mertens	6	6

See also

• WTA 1000 tournaments
• 2021 WTA Tour
• 2021 ATP Tour Masters 1000
• 2021 ATP Tour

References

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External links

• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
• International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website