The 2021 Tennis in the Land event was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Jacobs Pavilion. It was the first edition of the tournament held in the city of Cleveland in the United States and was a part of the WTA 250 category of the 2021 WTA Tour.
Champions Singles
Anett Kontaveit def. Irina-Camelia Begu, 7–6(7–5), 6–4.
This was Kontaveit's second WTA Tour title, and first since 2017.
Doubles
Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara def. Christina McHale / Sania Mirza, 7–5, 6–3.
Points and prize money Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1Women's singles2801801106030118121Women's doubles1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1Women's singles$29,200$16,398$10,100$5,800$4,000$2,770$2,305$1,700Women's doubles*$10,300$6,000$3,800$2,300$1,750
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedDaria Kasatkina261Anett Kontaveit282Ekaterina Alexandrova343Johanna Konta364Nadia Podoroska375Magda Linette436Sara Sorribes Tormo447Shelby Rogers458Zhang Shuai509 Rankings are as of August 16, 2021.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Daria Kasatkina Maria Mateas Bethanie Mattek-Sands
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Emina Bektas Ulrikke Eikeri Alexa Glatch Catherine Harrison
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Linda Fruhvirtová Nagi Hanatani Tara Moore Ena Shibahara
Withdrawals Before the tournament Jennifer Brady → replaced by Kaja Juvan Johanna Konta → replaced by Linda Fruhvirtová Jessica Pegula → replaced by Caty McNally Storm Sanders → replaced by Tara Moore Alison Riske → replaced by Christina McHale Arantxa Rus → replaced by Lauren Davis Liudmila Samsonova → replaced by Ena Shibahara Jil Teichmann → replaced by Nagi Hanatani Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Vera Zvonareva Elena Vesnina → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich During the tournament Vera Zvonareva
Retirements Anna Blinkova
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedShuko AoyamaEna Shibahara181Alexa GuarachiDesirae Krawczyk352Lucie HradeckáZhang Shuai793Bethanie Mattek-SandsShelby Rogers894 Rankings are as of August 16, 2021.
Other entrants The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Maria Mateas / Yaroslava Shvedova
The following pair received entry using a protected ranking: Anastasia Rodionova / Galina Voskoboeva
Withdrawals Before the tournament Kaja Juvan / Galina Voskoboeva → replaced by Anastasia Rodionova / Galina Voskoboeva
References
External links Official WTA tournament profile Official website