The 2021 Kremlin Cup (also known as the 2021 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 31st edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 25th edition for the women. The tournament was part of the ATP 250 series of the 2021 ATP Tour, and of the WTA 500 series of the 2021 WTA Tour. It was held at the Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace and the Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia, from 18 October through 24 October 2021.The VTB Kremlin Cup 2021 will be held in one week!
Champions
Men's singles
Aslan Karatsev def. Marin Čilić, 6–2, 6–4
Women's singles
Anett Kontaveit def. Ekaterina Alexandrova, 4–6, 6–4, 7–5.
This was Kontaveit's 4th WTA title, and 3rd of the year.
Men's doubles
Harri Heliövaara / Matwé Middelkoop def. Tomislav Brkić / Nikola Ćaćić, 7–5, 4–6, [11–9]
Women's doubles
Jeļena Ostapenko / Kateřina Siniaková def. Nadiia Kichenok / Raluca Olaru, 6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed Andrey Rublev51 Aslan Karatsev232 Karen Khachanov293 Alexander Bublik344 Filip Krajinović375Marin Čilić416Ilya Ivashka457 Laslo Đere478 Rankings are as of October 4, 2021
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Evgeny Donskoy Alibek Kachmazov Roman Safiullin
The following players received entry using a protected ranking: Guido Pella Gilles Simon
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Damir Džumhur Egor Gerasimov Borna Gojo Illya Marchenko
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Ričardas Berankis
Withdrawals Before the tournament Pablo Andújar → replaced by Federico Coria Ilya Ivashka → replaced by Ričardas Berankis Sebastian Korda → replaced by Gilles Simon Daniil Medvedev → replaced by Mikael Ymer
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedRaven KlaasenBen McLachlan571Andrey GolubevHugo Nys942Luke SavilleJohn-Patrick Smith963Tomislav BrkićNikola Ćaćić974 1 Rankings are as of October 4, 2021
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Aslan Karatsev / Richard Muzaev Pavel Kotov / Roman Safiullin
Withdrawals Before the tournament Pablo Andújar / Laslo Đere → replaced by Laslo Đere / Guido Pella Marcelo Arévalo / Matwé Middelkoop → replaced by Harri Heliövaara / Matwé Middelkoop Marin Čilić / Sebastian Korda → replaced by Ilya Ivashka / Pedro Martínez
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedAryna Sabalenka21Garbiñe Muguruza62Maria Sakkari93Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova134Ons Jabeur145Angelique Kerber156Elena Rybakina167Simona Halep178Anett Kontaveit209
Rankings are as of October 4, 2021 .
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Simona Halep Anett Kontaveit Anastasia Potapova Aryna Sabalenka
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Anna Kalinskaya Aleksandra Krunić Bernarda Pera Oksana Selekhmeteva Lesia Tsurenko Zheng Qinwen
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Irina Bara
Withdrawals Before the tournament Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Anhelina Kalinina Paula Badosa → replaced by Andrea Petkovic Belinda Bencic → replaced by Dayana Yastremska Danielle Collins → replaced by Markéta Vondroušová Angelique Kerber → replaced by Irina Bara Petra Martić → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková Elise Mertens → replaced by Liudmila Samsonova Emma Raducanu → replaced by Tereza Martincová
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedAlexa GuarachiDesirae Krawczyk291Jeļena OstapenkoKateřina Siniaková352Marie BouzkováLucie Hradecká703Nadiia KichenokRaluca Olaru724 1 Rankings are as of October 4, 2021
Other entrants The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Oksana Selekhmeteva / Anastasia Tikhonova
The following pair received entry using a protected ranking: Vera Lapko / Lidziya Marozava
Withdrawals Before the tournament Sharon Fichman / Giuliana Olmos → replaced by Anna Kalinskaya / Anastasia Potapova Veronika Kudermetova / Elena Vesnina → replaced by Natela Dzalamidze / Kamilla Rakhimova Arina Rodionova / Aliaksandra Sasnovich → replaced by Anna Danilina / Arina Rodionova Monica Niculescu / Elena-Gabriela Ruse → replaced by Vera Lapko / Lidziya Marozava
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