The 2021 Yarra Valley Classic was a tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour, one of six events in the 2021 Melbourne Summer Series. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Melbourne, Australia. It was organised as a lead-up tournament to the 2021 Australian Open, and was held at the same venue, due to other tournaments in Australia being cancelled as a result from the COVID-19 pandemic. This tournament took place simultaneously with the 2021 Gippsland Trophy and the 2021 Grampians Trophy. Players who had originally intended to participate in this tournament or the Gippsland Trophy, but were forced to undergo strict quarantine measures upon arrival in Australia, were able to participate in the 2021 Grampians Trophy. The entry list of 2021 Australian Open was used to determine the entry list of this tournament; with half the players (selected randomly) playing the Yarra Valley Classic, and the other half playing the 2021 Gippsland Trophy.Official entry list
In the women's singles final, Ashleigh Barty defeated Garbiñe Muguruza in straight sets, while Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara won in women's doubles.
Champions
Singles
Ashleigh Barty def. Garbiñe Muguruza 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Doubles
Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara def. Anna Kalinskaya / Viktória Kužmová, 6–3, 6–4
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedAshleigh Barty11Sofia Kenin42Karolína Plíšková63Petra Kvitová94Serena Williams115Garbiñe Muguruza156Petra Martić187Markéta Vondroušová218Donna Vekić329Zhang Shuai3510Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova3911Fiona Ferro4312Danielle Collins4613Nadia Podoroska4714Kristina Mladenovic5015Marie Bouzková5216 1 Rankings are as of 25 January 2021
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Kimberly Birrell Lizette Cabrera Daria Gavrilova Maddison Inglis
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the Australian Open singles main draw, and hence this tournament as well: Mona Barthel Yaroslava Shvedova Zhu Lin Vera Zvonareva
The following players received entry from the Australian Open qualifying draw: Clara Burel Elisabetta Cocciaretto Olga Danilović Francesca Jones Greet Minnen Tsvetana Pironkova Liudmila Samsonova Mayar Sherif
The following players received entry into this tournament as they were potential lucky losers for the Australian Open singles main draw: Ysaline Bonaventure Ankita Raina Kamilla Rakhimova
The following players received entry as an alternate: Caroline Dolehide Vera Lapko
Withdrawals Before the tournament Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by Vera Lapko Zhang Shuai → replaced by Caroline Dolehide During the tournament Serena Williams
Retirements Camila Giorgi
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedTímea BabosKristina Mladenovic71Nicole MelicharDemi Schuurs232Shuko AoyamaEna Shibahara383Duan YingyingZheng Saisai474Alexa GuarachiDesirae Krawczyk515Xu YifanYang Zhaoxuan646Lyudmyla KichenokJeļena Ostapenko677Ashleigh BartyJennifer Brady808 Rankings are as of 25 January 2021
Other entrants The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Lizette Cabrera / Maddison Inglis Jaimee Fourlis / Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz Olivia Gadecki / Belinda Woolcock
The following pair received entry as alternates: Leylah Annie Fernandez / Anastasia Potapova Danka Kovinić / Jasmine Paolini Aleksandra Krunić / Martina Trevisan
Withdrawals Before the tournament Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic → replaced by Leylah Annie Fernandez / Anastasia Potapova Misaki Doi / Nao Hibino → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić / Martina Trevisan Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Danka Kovinić / Jasmine Paolini During the tournament Marta Kostyuk / Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Retirements Karolína Muchová / Markéta Vondroušová
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64 Singles47030518510055301 1
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Singles$50,000$33,520$18,610$8,770$5,500$4,250$3,000$20,890$13,370$8,350$4,310$2,670$2,020 *per team
See also Other events in the 2021 Melbourne Summer Series:2021 Melbourne Summer Series schedule 2021 Phillip Island Trophy 2021 Grampians Trophy 2021 Great Ocean Road Open 2021 Murray River Open 2021 Gippsland Trophy
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