The 2021 Adelaide International was a tennis tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The Adelaide International is a WTA 500 Tournament.
It was the second time this tournament was held and it took place at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre from the 22nd to the 27th of February, 2021. For 2021, with the COVID-19 pandemic causing travel chaos, the ATP event was moved to Melbourne. It was held alongside another 250 tournament called Melbourne 2 and the ATP Cup. Adelaide was temporarily renamed the Great Ocean Road Open. The WTA event will be held the week after the Australian Open, in Adelaide. Ashleigh Barty of Australia won the 2020 edition and sought to defend her domestic title. The tournament was eventually won by Iga Swiatek, who claimed her second career title, defeating Belinda Bencic in two sets.
Champions
Women's singles
Iga Świątek def. Belinda Bencic, 6–2, 6–2
Women's doubles
Alexa Guarachi / Desirae Krawczyk def. Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–3]
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1 Women's singles47030518510055125131 Women's doubles 1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1Women's singles$68,570$51,000$32,400$15,500$8,200$6,650$5,000$2,565Women's doubles *$25,230$17,750$10,000$5,500$3,500 *per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds CountryPlayerRank1SeedAshleigh Barty11Belinda Bencic122Johanna Konta153Elise Mertens164Iga Świątek175Petra Martić196Yulia Putintseva287Wang Qiang348 1 Rankings are as of 5 March 2005.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Ashleigh Barty Olivia Gadecki Samantha Stosur Ajla Tomljanović
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Madison Brengle Coco Gauff Maddison Inglis Jasmine Paolini Liudmila Samsonova Storm Sanders
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Misaki Doi Christina McHale
Withdrawals Before the tournament + List of replacements Former Replacement Ekaterina Alexandrova Danielle Collins Bianca Andreescu Jil Teichmann Victoria Azarenka Zhang Shuai Marie Bouzková Anna Blinkova Jennifer Brady Shelby Rogers Anett Kontaveit Caroline Garcia Elise Mertens Christina McHale Rebecca Peterson Misaki Doi Alison Riske Veronika Kudermetova Elena Rybakina Laura Siegemund Maria Sakkari Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Donna Vekić Kristina Mladenovic Markéta Vondroušová Zheng Saisai Dayana Yastremska Wang Qiang
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedShuko AoyamaEna Shibahara321Duan YingyingZheng Saisai472Alexa GuarachiDesirae Krawczyk513Bethanie Mattek-SandsAsia Muhammad604 1 Rankings are as of 8 February 2021.
Withdrawals Before the tournament Anna Blinkova / Veronika Kudermetova → replaced by Sharon Fichman / Coco Gauff Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan → replaced by Arina Rodionova / Storm Sanders Gabriela Dabrowski / Bethanie Mattek-Sands → replaced by Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Asia Muhammad Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs → replaced by Kaitlyn Christian / Sabrina Santamaria Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai → replaced by Ellen Perez / Samantha Stosur
References
8. Adelaide International 2021: Belinda Bencic vs Misaki Doi preview, head-to-head & prediction
9. Drama as Ash Barty crashes out in Adelaide shock defeat
10. Barty to defend Adelaide International title
External links
WTA tournament Official website Ashleigh Barty vs Danielle Collins. 2021 Adelaide International video