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 Ashleigh Barty finished the year as world No. 1 for the third time in her career. She won five tournaments during the season, including a major at the Wimbledon Championships. She also won two WTA 1000 events. | |
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| Duration | 6 January – 17 November 2021 |
| Edition | 51st |
| Categories |
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| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most titles |  Ashleigh Barty (5) |
| Most 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 |
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Naomi Osaka won her fourth major title and second Australian Open title, defeating Jennifer Brady in the final. Barbora Krejčíková won her first major singles title at the French Open, defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final. Ashleigh Barty won her second major singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Karolína Plíšková in the final. Emma Raducanu won her first major title at the US Open, defeating Leylah Fernandez in the final and becoming the first qualifier, man or woman, to win a major title.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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March
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April
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May
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June
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September
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[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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||