The 2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic was a WTA tournament organised for female professional tennis players on outdoor hard courts due to the cancellation of the Asian tournaments because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It was the 1st edition of the event and took place at XS Tennis and Education Foundation in Chicago, United States from 27 September to 3 October 2021.
Champions
Singles
Garbiñe Muguruza def. Ons Jabeur, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Doubles
Květa Peschke / Andrea Petkovic def. Caroline Dolehide / CoCo Vandeweghe, 6–3, 6–1
Singles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedElina Svitolina41Garbiñe Muguruza92Belinda Bencic113Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova134Elena Rybakina165Ons Jabeur176Elise Mertens187Bianca Andreescu208Jessica Pegula239Danielle Collins2610Anett Kontaveit3011Veronika Kudermetova3112Tamara Zidanšek3313Victoria Azarenka3514Camila Giorgi3915Jil Teichmann4216 Rankings are as of September 20, 2021.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Hailey Baptiste Kim Clijsters Caroline Dolehide CoCo Vandeweghe
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Lizette Cabrera Kirsten Flipkens Magdalena Fręch Beatriz Haddad Maia Mai Hontama Maddison Inglis Anna Kalinskaya Kateryna Kozlova
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Harriet Dart Olga Govortsova
Withdrawals Before the tournament Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei Coco Gauff → replaced by Ann Li Daria Kasatkina → replaced by Amanda Anisimova Sofia Kenin → replaced by Andrea Petkovic Johanna Konta → replaced by Madison Brengle Petra Kvitová → replaced by Misaki Doi Petra Martić → replaced by Camila Osorio Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Harriet Dart Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Kaia Kanepi Alison Riske → replaced by Jasmine Paolini Aryna Sabalenka → replaced by Sloane Stephens Maria Sakkari → replaced by Olga Govortsova Elena Vesnina → replaced by Marie Bouzková
During the tournament Victoria Azarenka Anett Kontaveit Markéta Vondroušová
Doubles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedHsieh Su-weiElise Mertens51Shuko AoyamaEna Shibahara162Alexa GuarachiDesirae Krawczyk313Veronika KudermetovaBethanie Mattek-Sands324Nicole Melichar-MartinezDemi Schuurs345Darija JurakAndreja Klepač476Sharon FichmanGiuliana Olmos577Marie BouzkováLucie Hradecká728 1 Rankings as of September 20, 2021.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Hailey Baptiste / Whitney Osuigwe Kim Clijsters / Kirsten Flipkens Caroline Dolehide / CoCo Vandeweghe
The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking: Ingrid Neel / Anastasia Rodionova
Withdrawals Before the tournament Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Magdalena Fręch / Katarzyna Kawa Marta Kostyuk / Dayana Yastremska → replaced by Lyudmyla Kichenok / Marta Kostyuk Jamie Loeb / Tereza Mihalíková → replaced by Harriet Dart / Tereza Mihalíková
References
External links Tournament profile Official website