The 2021 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is the 12th edition of the tournament and a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. The tournament is held between 15 and 21 March 2021.
Champions
Singles
Daria Kasatkina def. Margarita Gasparyan, 6–3, 2–1, ret.
Doubles
Nadiia Kichenok / Raluca Olaru def. Kaitlyn Christian / Sabrina Santamaria, 2–6, 6–3, [10–8].
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1 Singles47030518510055125131 Doubles 1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1Singles$68,570$51,000$32,400$15,500$8,200$6,650$5,000$2,565Doubles*$25,230$17,750$10,000$5,500$3,500 1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedEkaterina Alexandrova331Veronika Kudermetova342Fiona Ferro393Svetlana Kuznetsova414Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova435Jeļena Ostapenko516Kristina Mladenovic537Daria Kasatkina588 1 Rankings as of March 8, 2021.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Margarita Gasparyan Daria Mishina Vera Zvonareva
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: Vera Lapko
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Jaqueline Cristian Anastasia Gasanova Kamilla Rakhimova Arina Rodionova Clara Tauson Wang Xinyu
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Çağla Büyükakçay
Withdrawals Before the tournament Belinda Bencic → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich Elise Mertens → replaced by Çağla Büyükakçay Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Daria Kasatkina Alison Riske → replaced by Katarina Zavatska Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Vera Lapko Jil Teichmann → replaced by Viktoriya Tomova Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Ana Bogdan Donna Vekić → replaced by Paula Badosa
Retirements Vera Lapko (cramping) Margarita Gasparyan (lower-back injury)
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedNadiia KichenokRaluca Olaru981Kaitlyn ChristianSabrina Santamaria1302Makoto NinomiyaRenata Voráčová1323Lidziya MarozavaAliaksandra Sasnovich1344 1 Rankings as of March 8, 2021.
Other entrants The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Daria Mishina / Ekaterina Shalimova Elena Vesnina / Vera Zvonareva
The following pairs received entry using protected rankings: Oksana Kalashnikova / Alla Kudryavtseva Aleksandra Krunić / Alexandra Panova
Withdrawals Before the tournament Georgina García Pérez / Bibiane Schoofs → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova / Yana Sizikova Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Jeļena Ostapenko / Valeria Savinykh Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens → replaced by Laura Ioana Paar / Julia Wachaczyk Lidziya Marozava / Andreea Mitu → replaced by Lidziya Marozava / Aliaksandra Sasnovich Vera Lapko / Cornelia Lister → replaced by Çağla Büyükakçay / Magdalena Fręch
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