2021 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2021 Mutua Madrid Open
Final
Champion	Aryna Sabalenka
Runner-up	Ashleigh Barty
Score	6–0, 3–6, 6–4
Details
Draw	64 (12 Q/ 5 WC)
Seeds	16
Events

Aryna Sabalenka defeated Ashleigh Barty in the final, 6–0, 3–6, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2021 Madrid Open. It was her 10th career WTA Tour singles title, and her first on clay.^[1]

Kiki Bertens was the defending champion from when the tournament was last held in 2019,^[2] but lost in the second round to Veronika Kudermetova.^[3]

Paula Badosa became the first Spaniard in the tournament's history to reach the semifinals.^[4]

Seeds

1.

Ashleigh Barty (final)

2.

Naomi Osaka (second round)

3.

Simona Halep (third round)

4.

Elina Svitolina (first round)

5.

Aryna Sabalenka (champion)

6.

Karolína Plíšková (second round)

7.

Kiki Bertens (second round)

8.

Belinda Bencic (quarterfinals)

9.

Petra Kvitová (quarterfinals)

10.

Garbiñe Muguruza (withdrew)

11.

Jennifer Brady (third round)

12.

Victoria Azarenka (second round, withdrew)

13.

Elise Mertens (quarterfinals, retired)

14.

Iga Świątek (third round)

15.

Johanna Konta (second round)

16.

Maria Sakkari (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Ashleigh Barty	6	3	6

9	Petra Kvitová	1	6	3
					1	Ashleigh Barty	6	6

					WC	Paula Badosa	4	3
WC	Paula Badosa	6	7

8	Belinda Bencic	4	5
									1	Ashleigh Barty	0	6	4

									5	Aryna Sabalenka	6	3	6
5	Aryna Sabalenka	6	4

13	Elise Mertens	1	0^r
					5	Aryna Sabalenka	6	6

						Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2	3
	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	7⁷	7⁷

	Karolína Muchová	6⁴	6²

Top half

Section 1

First round				Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

1	A Barty	6	6
	S Rogers	2	1	1	A Barty	6	1	6
LL	S-w Hsieh	2	4	Q	T Zidanšek	4	6	3
Q	T Zidanšek	6	6						1	A Barty	7	6
Q	K Kozlova	4	2						14	I Świątek	5	4
Q	L Siegemund	6	6	Q	L Siegemund	3	3
	A Riske	1	1	14	I Świątek	6	6
14	I Świątek	6	6											1	A Barty	6	3	6
9	P Kvitová	6	2											9	P Kvitová	1	6	3
	M Bouzková	2	3^r	9	P Kvitová	6	7
	A Kerber	7⁷	6		A Kerber	4	5
	M Vondroušová	6⁵	1						9	P Kvitová	6	4	6
	V Kudermetova	6	6							V Kudermetova	3	6	4
PR	E Vesnina	1	4		V Kudermetova	6	6
WC	V Jiménez Kasintseva	4	0	7	K Bertens	4	3
7	K Bertens	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

4	E Svitolina	6	4	6⁵
	J Teichmann	2	6	7⁷		J Teichmann	7	1	2
WC	P Badosa	6	7		WC	P Badosa	5	6	6
	B Krejčíková	1	5							WC	P Badosa	6⁰	7⁷	6
Q	A Bogdan	0	3							Q	A Sevastova	7⁷	6³	0
Q	A Sevastova	6	6		Q	A Sevastova	6	6
	Y Putintseva	4	2		15	J Konta	3	3
15	J Konta	6	6												WC	P Badosa	6	7
LL	D Kovinić	4	1												8	B Bencic	4	5
	S Stephens	6	6			S Stephens	6	1	3
PR	Y Shvedova	2	3			O Jabeur	4	6	6
	O Jabeur	6	6								O Jabeur	6²	3^r
	P Martić	3	2							8	B Bencic	7⁷	4
Q	B Pera	6	6		Q	B Pera	6	1	6⁵
Q	K Mladenovic	4	2		8	B Bencic	3	6	7⁷
8	B Bencic	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

5	A Sabalenka	6	6
Q	V Zvonareva	1	2		5	A Sabalenka	6	6
Q	I-C Begu	6	4	6¹		D Kasatkina	3	3
	D Kasatkina	4	6	7⁷					5	A Sabalenka	6	6
	J Pegula	7⁷	6							J Pegula	1	2
WC	S Cîrstea	6⁵	3			J Pegula	w/o
	E Alexandrova	5	6	1	12	V Azarenka
12	V Azarenka	7	3	6										5	A Sabalenka	6	4
13	E Mertens	6	6											13	E Mertens	1	0^r
	S Zhang	3	3		13	E Mertens	7⁷	7
Q	A Tomljanović	4	0			E Rybakina	6⁴	5
	E Rybakina	6	6						13	E Mertens	4	7	7
	M Linette	2	6	1					3	S Halep	6	5	5
	S Zheng	6	3	6		S Zheng	0	4
WC	S Sorribes Tormo	0	5		3	S Halep	6	6
3	S Halep	6	7

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

6	Ka Plíšková	5	6	6
	C Gauff	7	3	2	6	Ka Plíšková	0	5
	A Pavlyuchenkova	7	6			A Pavlyuchenkova	6	7
	M Keys	5	2								A Pavlyuchenkova	7	6⁸	6
LL	P Hercog	3	1							11	J Brady	5	7¹⁰	3
	J Ostapenko	6	6			J Ostapenko	2	1
WC	V Williams	2	4		11	J Brady	6	6
11	J Brady	6	6													A Pavlyuchenkova	7⁷	7⁷
16	M Sakkari	0	6	6												K Muchová	6⁴	6²
	A Anisimova	6	1	4	16	M Sakkari	6	6
Q	N Stojanović	6⁴	5			A Kontaveit	3	1
	A Kontaveit	7⁷	7							16	M Sakkari	0	7¹¹	5
	Q Wang	1	3								K Muchová	6	6⁹	7
	K Muchová	6	6			K Muchová	6	3	6
Q	M Doi	5	2		2	N Osaka	4	6	1
2	N Osaka	7	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Anastasija Sevastova (qualified)
Kristina Mladenovic (qualified)
Laura Siegemund (qualified)
Alizé Cornet (first round)
Danka Kovinić (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Hsieh Su-wei (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Kaia Kanepi (first round)
Kateřina Siniaková (first round)
Alison Van Uytvanck (first round)
Heather Watson (first round)
Bernarda Pera (qualified)
Leylah Annie Fernandez (first round)
Polona Hercog (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Irina-Camelia Begu (qualified)
Anastasia Potapova (qualifying competition)
Marta Kostyuk (qualifying competition)
Ajla Tomljanović (qualified)
Misaki Doi (qualified)
Tamara Zidanšek (qualified)
Nao Hibino (qualifying competition)
Arantxa Rus (first round)
Nina Stojanović (qualified)
Zarina Diyas (qualifying competition)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Draw

First qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

1	Anastasija Sevastova	3	6	6

	Tsvetana Pironkova	6	4	3
					1	Anastasija Sevastova	6	7

					16	Marta Kostyuk	1	5
	Margarita Gasparyan	4	1

16	Marta Kostyuk	6	6

Second qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

2	Kristina Mladenovic	6	5	7⁷

WC	Ane Mintegi del Olmo	3	7	6¹
					2	Kristina Mladenovic	6	6

					15	Anastasia Potapova	4	2
	Varvara Gracheva	4	6²

15	Anastasia Potapova	6	7⁷

Third qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

3	Laura Siegemund	6	6

	Andrea Petkovic	2	4
					3	Laura Siegemund	4	6	6

					24	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6	1	0
WC	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	5	6	1

24	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	7	4	6

Fourth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

4	Alizé Cornet	1	6	6⁶

	Wang Xiyu	6	4	7⁸
						Wang Xiyu	6⁴	1

					17	Ajla Tomljanović	7⁷	6
PR	Mona Barthel	4	1

17	Ajla Tomljanović	6	6

Fifth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

5	Danka Kovinić	6	6

WC	Marta Custic	3	2
				5	Danka Kovinić	2	4

				18	Misaki Doi	6	6
WC	Eva Guerrero Álvarez	3	2

18	Misaki Doi	6	6

Sixth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

6	Hsieh Su-wei	1	7⁸	6

WC	Jaqueline Cristian	6	6⁶	0
					6	Hsieh Su-wei	1	0

					19	Tamara Zidanšek	6	6
	Kaja Juvan	7⁸	1	3

19	Tamara Zidanšek	6⁶	6	6

Seventh qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

7	Kaia Kanepi	1	4

PR	Kateryna Kozlova	6	6
				PR	Kateryna Kozlova	6	6

				23	Zarina Diyas	4	4
	Martina Trevisan	2	4

23	Zarina Diyas	6	6

Eighth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

8	Kateřina Siniaková	6⁷	5

	Ana Bogdan	7⁹	7
						Ana Bogdan	4	6	6

					20	Nao Hibino	6	3	4
	Océane Dodin	2	6	3

20	Nao Hibino	6	3	6

Ninth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

9	Alison Van Uytvanck	6	2	0

	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	0	6	6
						Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	2	1

					PR	Vera Zvonareva	6	6
PR	Vera Zvonareva	6	6

21	Arantxa Rus	3	2

Tenth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

10	Heather Watson	3	3

	Stefanie Vögele	6	6
						Stefanie Vögele	3	3

					14	Irina-Camelia Begu	6	6
	Anna Kalinskaya	6	6⁴	0

14	Irina-Camelia Begu	4	7⁷	6

Eleventh qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

11	Bernarda Pera	6	4	6

	Aliona Bolsova	4	6	3
					11	Bernarda Pera	6	5	6

					13	Polona Hercog	4	7	4
	Wang Yafan	4	2

13	Polona Hercog	6	6

Twelfth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

12	Leylah Annie Fernandez	6⁶	6	4

WC	Ana Konjuh	7⁸	2	6
					WC	Ana Konjuh	4	2

					22	Nina Stojanović	6	6
	Jasmine Paolini	4	7⁷	4

22	Nina Stojanović	6	6⁵	6

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 26 April 2021. Rankings and points before are as of 26 April 2021.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Ashleigh Barty	9,655	215	650	10,090	Runner-up, lost to Aryna Sabalenka [5]
2	2	Naomi Osaka	7,800	215	65	7,650	Second round lost to Karolína Muchová
3	3	Simona Halep	7,050	650	120	6,520	Third round lost to Elise Mertens [13]
4	5	Elina Svitolina	5,835	10	10	5,835	First round lost to Jil Teichmann
5	7	Aryna Sabalenka	5,205	10	1000	6,195	Champion, defeated Ashleigh Barty [1]
6	9	Karolína Plíšková	4,660	65	65	4,660	Second round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
7	10	Kiki Bertens	4,405	1,000	65	3,470	Second round lost to Veronika Kudermetova
8	11	Belinda Bencic	4,315	390	215	4,140	Quarterfinals lost to Paula Badosa [WC]
9	12	Petra Kvitová	4,160	215	215	4,160	Quarterfinals lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
10	13	~~Garbiñe Muguruza~~	4,120	10	0	4,110	Withdrew due to a leg injury
11	14	Jennifer Brady	3,765	(55)^†	120	3,830	Third round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
12	15	Victoria Azarenka	3,526	65	65	3,526	Second round, withdrew due to a back injury
13	16	Elise Mertens	3,480	10	215	3,685	Quarterfinals retired against Aryna Sabalenka [5]
14	17	Iga Świątek	3,453	(18)^†	120	3,555	Third round lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
15	18	Johanna Konta	3,236	65	65	3,236	Second round lost to Anastasija Sevastova [Q]
16	19	Maria Sakkari	3,020	10	120	3,130	Third round lost to Karolína Muchová

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019. Accordingly, this was her 16th best result deducted instead.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Zheng Saisai
Danielle Collins → replaced by Magda Linette
Fiona Ferro → replaced by Elena Vesnina
Sofia Kenin → replaced by Shelby Rogers
Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Polona Hercog
Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Danka Kovinić
Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova
Donna Vekić → replaced by Sloane Stephens
Serena Williams → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei
Dayana Yastremska → replaced by Jeļena Ostapenko

During the tournament

Victoria Azarenka

Retirements

References

^ "Sabalenka captures Madrid title in thriller over Barty". Women's Tennis Association. 8 May 2021. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^ "Bertens touches the sky in Madrid". Madrid Open. 11 May 2019. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^ "Kudermetova ousts defending champion Bertens in Madrid". Women's Tennis Association. 1 May 2021. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^ "Barty holds off Kvitova, Badosa upsets Bencic again to set rematch in Madrid SFs". Women's Tennis Association. 5 May 2021. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^ Players' List - Madrid Open 2021 WTA Retrieved 29 April 2021

External links

[1] "Sabalenka captures Madrid title in thriller over Barty". Women's Tennis Association. 8 May 2021. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

[2] "Bertens touches the sky in Madrid". Madrid Open. 11 May 2019. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

[3] "Kudermetova ousts defending champion Bertens in Madrid". Women's Tennis Association. 1 May 2021. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

[4] "Barty holds off Kvitova, Badosa upsets Bencic again to set rematch in Madrid SFs". Women's Tennis Association. 5 May 2021. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

[5] Players' List - Madrid Open 2021 WTA Retrieved 29 April 2021

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