The 2021 Belgrade Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Belgrade, Serbia between 12 and 18 April 2021.
For the first time, a women's tournament was also held between 26 and 31 July, categorized as a WTA 125 event at the same venue, which was part of 2021 WTA 125K series.
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedRoberto Carballés Baena981Facundo Bagnis1042Daniel Elahi Galán1103Philipp Kohlschreiber1124Francisco Cerúndolo1145Taro Daniel1176Hugo Dellien1217Benjamin Bonzi1258 1 Rankings are as of 5 April 2021.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Peđa Krstin Hamad Međedović Marko Miladinović
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts: Gonçalo Oliveira Blaž Rola
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Matthias Bachinger Elliot Benchetrit Alessandro Giannessi Marco Trungelliti
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedAnna Blinkova831Arantxa Rus852Varvara Gracheva893Andrea Petkovic974Martina Trevisan1025Kaja Juvan1076Irina Bara1167Viktoriya Tomova1178 1 Rankings are as of 19 July 2021.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Tena Lukas Lola Radivojević Iva Šepa Draginja Vuković
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Jessika Ponchet Camilla Rosatello Tara Würth Ekaterina Yashina
Withdrawals Before the tournament Ana Bogdan → replaced by Tereza Mrdeža Elisabetta Cocciaretto → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko Zarina Diyas → replaced by Olga Govortsova Océane Dodin → replaced by Amandine Hesse Sara Errani → replaced by Jaqueline Cristian Viktorija Golubic → replaced by Rebecca Šramková Polona Hercog → replaced by Jule Niemeier Anna Kalinskaya → replaced by Andrea Petkovic Jasmine Paolini → replaced by Jana Fett Elena-Gabriela Ruse → replaced by Panna Udvardy Aliaksandra Sasnovich → replaced by Isabella Shinikova Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Susan Bandecchi Stefanie Vögele → replaced by Olga Danilović
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedNatela DzalamidzeOksana Kalashnikova2511Olga GovortsovaLidziya Marozava3552Ulrikke EikeriPanna Udvardy3783Estelle CascinoCamilla Rosatello3824 1 Rankings are as of 19 July 2021.
Other entrants The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Elena Milovanović / Lola Radivojević
Champions
Men's singles
Roberto Carballés Baena def. Damir Džumhur 6–4, 7–5.
Women's singles
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová def. Arantxa Rus 6–3, 6–3
Men's doubles
Guillermo Durán / Andrés Molteni def. Tomislav Brkić / Nikola Ćaćić 6–4, 6–4.
Women's doubles
Olga Govortsova / Lidziya Marozava def. Alena Fomina / Ekaterina Yashina 6–2, 6–2
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