Английская Википедия:2021 WTA German Open
The 2021 WTA German Open (also known as the bett1open for sponsorship purposes) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin, Germany from 14 June to 21 June 2021. It was the 94th edition of the event on the 2021 WTA Tour and was classified as a WTA 500 tournament.[1]
The 2021 relaunch of the German Open marked the first time the WTA Tour returned to Berlin since 2008 after the Qatar Tennis Federation, owners of the original clay tournament usually held prior to the French Open, had sold the sanction back to the Tour.[1][2] In 2019, the WTA and All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) announced that the WTA Premier (now WTA 500) sanction from the Birmingham Classic would be transferred to a new grass tournament planned to be organized in Berlin.[3] Originally scheduled for a debut in 2020, the inaugural edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.[4]
Liudmila Samsonova became the relaunched tournament's debut singles champion after entering the main draw as a qualifier and defeating Belinda Bencic in her maiden WTA Tour career final. The all-Belarusian doubles team of Victoria Azarenka and Aryna Sabalenka defeated Nicole Melichar and Demi Schuurs in the final to win the new event's first doubles tournament.[5]
Champions
Singles
- Шаблон:Flagicon Liudmila Samsonova def. Шаблон:Flagicon Belinda Bencic, 1–6, 6–1, 6–3
Doubles
- Шаблон:Flagicon Victoria Azarenka / Шаблон:Flagicon Aryna Sabalenka def. Шаблон:Flagicon Nicole Melichar / Шаблон:Flagicon Demi Schuurs, 4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank[6] | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Flag | Aryna Sabalenka | 4 | 1 |
| Шаблон:Flag | Elina Svitolina | 6 | 2 |
| Шаблон:Flag | Bianca Andreescu | 7 | 3 |
| Шаблон:Flag | Karolína Plíšková | 10 | 4 |
| Шаблон:Flag | Belinda Bencic | 11 | 5 |
| Шаблон:Flag | Garbiñe Muguruza | 13 | 6 |
| Шаблон:Flag | Victoria Azarenka | 16 | 7 |
| Шаблон:Flag | Karolína Muchová | 19 | 8 |
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Шаблон:Flagicon Hailey Baptiste
- Шаблон:Flagicon Misaki Doi
- Шаблон:Flagicon Magdalena Fręch
- Шаблон:Flagicon Asia Muhammad
- Шаблон:Flagicon Jule Niemeier
- Шаблон:Flagicon Liudmila Samsonova
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Шаблон:Flagicon Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Шаблон:Flagicon Madison Keys
- Шаблон:Flagicon Jennifer Brady → replaced by Шаблон:Flagicon Angelique Kerber
- Шаблон:Flagicon Sofia Kenin → replaced by Шаблон:Flagicon Jessica Pegula
- Шаблон:Flagicon Petra Kvitová → replaced by Шаблон:Flagicon Shelby Rogers
- Шаблон:Flagicon Naomi Osaka → replaced by Шаблон:Flagicon Petra Martić
- Шаблон:Flagicon Maria Sakkari → replaced by Шаблон:Flagicon Veronika Kudermetova
- Шаблон:Flagicon Iga Świątek → replaced by Шаблон:Flagicon Ekaterina Alexandrova
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Flagu | Nicole Melichar | Шаблон:Flag | Demi Schuurs | 19 | 1 |
| Шаблон:Flag | Shuko Aoyama | Шаблон:Flag | Ena Shibahara | 26 | 2 |
| Шаблон:Flag | Alexa Guarachi | Шаблон:Flagu | Desirae Krawczyk | 32 | 3 |
| Шаблон:Flag | Aryna Sabalenka | Шаблон:Flag | Victoria Azarenka | 52 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 31 May 2021.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Шаблон:Flagicon Julia Middendorf / Шаблон:Flagicon Noma Noha Akugue
- Шаблон:Flagicon Garbiñe Muguruza / Шаблон:Flagicon Andrea Petkovic
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Шаблон:Flagicon Veronika Kudermetova / Шаблон:Flagicon Elena Vesnina → replaced by Шаблон:Flagicon Veronika Kudermetova / Шаблон:Flagicon Markéta Vondroušová
References
External links
Шаблон:WTA German Open tournaments Шаблон:2021 WTA Tour
