The 2021 İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship İstanbul for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is the 14th edition of the İstanbul Cup, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2021 WTA Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 19 through 25 April 2021. Unseeded Sorana Cîrstea won the singles title.
Finals Singles
Sorana Cîrstea defeated Elise Mertens, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Doubles
Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens defeated Nao Hibino / Makoto Ninomiya, 6–1, 6–1
Points and prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1Singles2801801106030118121Doubles1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1Singles$29,200$16,398$10,100$5,800$3,675$2,675$1,950$1,270Doubles$10,300$6,000$3,800$2,300$1,750
Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedElise Mertens171Petra Martić212Veronika Kudermetova293Daria Kasatkina374Barbora Krejčíková385Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova406Zheng Saisai497Wang Qiang508 Rankings are as of April 12, 2021.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Çağla Büyükakçay Ana Konjuh Elise Mertens Vera Zvonareva
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Lara Arruabarrena Cristina Bucșa Anastasia Gasanova Tereza Mrdeža Nuria Párrizas Díaz Kamilla Rakhimova
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Barbara Haas
Withdrawals Before the tournament Alizé Cornet → replaced by Zarina Diyas Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková Magda Linette → replaced by Nao Hibino Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Sara Errani Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Marta Kostyuk Sara Sorribes Tormo → replaced by Anastasia Potapova Jil Teichmann → replaced by Viktorija Golubic Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Ana Bogdan Zheng Saisai → replaced by Barbara Haas
Retirements Fiona Ferro
Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedVeronika KudermetovaElise Mertens311Nao HibinoMakoto Ninomiya1442Lara ArruabarrenaRenata Voráčová1583Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaAnastasia Potapova1944 1 Rankings as of April 12, 2021.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Çağla Büyükakçay / Pemra Özgen Elena Vesnina / Vera Zvonareva
The following pairs received entry using protected rankings: Viktorija Golubic / Alexandra Panova Beatrice Gumulya / Jessy Rompies
Withdrawals Before the tournament Arantxa Rus / Tamara Zidanšek → replaced by Beatrice Gumulya / Jessy Rompies
References
External links Official page