2021 WTA German Open

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2021 WTA German Open
Date14–20 June
Edition94th
CategoryWTA 500
Draw32S / 28Q / 16D
Prize money$565,530
SurfaceGrass
LocationBerlin, Germany
Champions
Singles
Russia Liudmila Samsonova
Doubles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka / Belarus Aryna Sabalenka

The 2021 WTA German Open (also known as the bett1open for sponsorship purposes) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin, Germany from 14 June to 21 June 2021. It was the 94th edition of the event on the 2021 WTA Tour and was classified as a WTA 500 tournament.[1]

The 2021 relaunch of the German Open marked the first time the WTA Tour returned to Berlin since 2008 after the Qatar Tennis Federation, owners of the original clay tournament usually held prior to the French Open, had sold the sanction back to the Tour.[1][2] In 2019, the WTA and All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) announced that the WTA Premier (now WTA 500) sanction from the Birmingham Classic would be transferred to a new grass tournament planned to be organized in Berlin.[3] Originally scheduled for a debut in 2020, the inaugural edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.[4]

Liudmila Samsonova became the relaunched tournament's debut singles champion after entering the main draw as a qualifier and defeating Belinda Bencic in her maiden WTA Tour career final. The all-Belarusian doubles team of Victoria Azarenka and Aryna Sabalenka defeated Nicole Melichar and Demi Schuurs in the final to win the new event's first doubles tournament.[5]

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2021 WTA German Open – Singles

Russia Liudmila Samsonova defeated Switzerland Belinda Bencic, 1–6, 6–1, 6–3

  • It was Samsonova's only singles title of the year and the 1st of her career.

Doubles

Main article: 2021 WTA German Open – Doubles

Belarus Victoria Azarenka / Belarus Aryna Sabalenka defeated United States Nicole Melichar / Netherlands Demi Schuurs, 4–6, 7–5,

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank[6] Seed
 BLR Aryna Sabalenka 4 1
 UKR Elina Svitolina 6 2
 CAN Bianca Andreescu 7 3
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 10 4
  SUI Belinda Bencic 11 5
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 13 6
 BLR Victoria Azarenka 16 7
 CZE Karolína Muchová 19 8
  • Rankings are as of May 31, 2021.[7][8]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Nicole Melichar  NED Demi Schuurs 19 1
 JPN Shuko Aoyama  JPN Ena Shibahara 26 2
 CHI Alexa Guarachi  USA Desirae Krawczyk 32 3
 BLR Aryna Sabalenka  BLR Victoria Azarenka 52 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of 31 May 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

References

  1. ^ a b "Barty, Osaka lead strong field at new Berlin WTA 500 on grass". Women's Tennis Association. 20 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  2. ^ "German Open cancelled, says WTA". Reuters. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  3. ^ "The AELTC announces strategic investment in the grass court season from 2020". The Championships, Wimbledon. 18 September 2019. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Cancellation of bett1open 2020". Bett1Open. 24 April 2020. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Qualifier Samsonova stuns Bencic, charges to first title in Berlin". Women's Tennis Association. 20 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Players". bett1open (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  7. ^ "bett1open: Ashleigh Barty und Naomi Osaka kommen nach Berlin". Tennis Net. 21 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Naomi Osaka, Ashleigh Barty, and Others Lead a Star-Studded Line Up at WTA Berlin 2021". Essentially Sports. 21 May 2021.