2021 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2021 Dubai Tennis Championships
Final
Champion	Garbiñe Muguruza
Runner-up	Barbora Krejčíková
Score	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Details
Draw	56 (8 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds	16
Events

Garbiñe Muguruza defeated Barbora Krejčíková in the final, 7–6^(8–6), 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis event at the 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships. Muguruza dropped just one set during the tournament, to Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals.

Simona Halep was the reigning champion,^[1] but withdrew before the tournament due to an injury.^[2]

Seeds

The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.

01.

Elina Svitolina (second round)

02.

Karolína Plíšková (third round)

03.

Aryna Sabalenka (quarterfinals)

04.

Petra Kvitová (second round, retired)

05.

Kiki Bertens (second round)

06.

Belinda Bencic (third round)

07.

Victoria Azarenka (withdrew)

08.

Iga Świątek (third round)

09.

Garbiñe Muguruza (champion)

10.

Elise Mertens (semifinals)

11.

Madison Keys (second round)

12.

Markéta Vondroušová (second round)

13.

Petra Martić (first round)

14.

Elena Rybakina (second round)

15.

Anett Kontaveit (third round)

16.

Maria Sakkari (first round)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

	Barbora Krejčíková	6	6

WC	Anastasia Potapova	0	2
						Barbora Krejčíková	7	6

						Jil Teichmann	5	2
	Jil Teichmann	6	6

WC	Coco Gauff	3	3
										Barbora Krejčíková	6⁶	3

									9	Garbiñe Muguruza	7⁸	6
9	Garbiñe Muguruza	3	6	6

3	Aryna Sabalenka	6	3	2
					9	Garbiñe Muguruza	6	7⁷

					10	Elise Mertens	4	6⁵
10	Elise Mertens	5	7	6

	Jessica Pegula	7	5	0

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					1	E Svitolina	6	4	1
	Q Wang	4	6	5		S Kuznetsova	2	6	6
	S Kuznetsova	6	1	7							S Kuznetsova	3	2
	PM Țig	3	3								B Krejčíková	6	6
	J Ostapenko	6	6			J Ostapenko	3	1
	B Krejčíková	6	7⁷			B Krejčíková	6	6
16	M Sakkari	2	6⁴													B Krejčíková	6	6
11	M Keys	6	6												WC	A Potapova	0	2
Q	E-s Liang	1	1		11	M Keys	4	3
	L Siegemund	3	2		WC	A Potapova	6	6
WC	A Potapova	6	6							WC	A Potapova	6	2	7
	A Pavlyuchenkova	6³	2							6	B Bencic	1	6	5
	V Kudermetova	7⁷	6			V Kudermetova	4	7	4
					6	B Bencic	6	5	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					4	P Kvitová	2	4^r
Q	K Zavatska	1	2			J Teichmann	6	3
	J Teichmann	6	6								J Teichmann	6	6
	O Jabeur	6	6								O Jabeur	3	3
	K Siniaková	2	3			O Jabeur	7⁸	4	6
	S Zheng	0	4		14	E Rybakina	6⁶	6	2
14	E Rybakina	6	6												J Teichmann	6	6
12	M Vondroušová	6	6											WC	C Gauff	3	3
Q	A Bogdan	4	4		12	M Vondroušová	6	0	4
WC	C Gauff	7⁷	2	7¹⁰	WC	C Gauff	3	6	6
	E Alexandrova	6³	6	6⁸						WC	C Gauff	6	6
Q	T Martincová	7⁷	6⁶	6						Q	T Martincová	4	2
	Kr Plíšková	6⁵	7⁸	3	Q	T Martincová	6	6
					5	K Bertens	1	4

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

					8	I Świątek	6	6
LL	M Doi	6	4	6	LL	M Doi	2	4
	P Hercog	2	6	3					8	I Świątek	0	4
	A Anisimova	6	6						9	G Muguruza	6	6
Q	A Konjuh	2	2			A Anisimova	4	2
Q	I-C Begu	3	5		9	G Muguruza	6	6
9	G Muguruza	6	7										9	G Muguruza	3	6	6
15	A Kontaveit	6	6										3	A Sabalenka	6	3	2
WC	T Babos	2	1		15	A Kontaveit	6	7
	S Cîrstea	6	6			S Cîrstea	4	5
Q	L Tsurenko	4	4						15	A Kontaveit	3	2
	A Cornet	6	3	6					3	A Sabalenka	6	6
	D Kasatkina	4	6	1		A Cornet	2	4
					3	A Sabalenka	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					LL	M Trevisan	2	4
	A Kerber	6	2	4		C Garcia	6	6
	C Garcia	3	6	6							C Garcia	4	2
	S Rogers	7⁷	6							10	E Mertens	6	6
Q	K Kanepi	6⁴	2			S Rogers	3	3
LL	V Tomova	6	2	4	10	E Mertens	6	6
10	E Mertens	4	6	6										10	E Mertens	5	7	6
13	P Martić	6²	4												J Pegula	7	5	0
	K Mladenovic	7⁷	6			K Mladenovic	1	2
PR	Y Shvedova	2	1			J Pegula	6	6
	J Pegula	6	6								J Pegula	6	6
	A Sevastova	6	6							2	Ka Plíšková	0	2
	B Pera	0	3			A Sevastova	3	7⁷	2
					2	Ka Plíšková	6	6⁵	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Kaia Kanepi (qualified)
Irina-Camelia Begu (qualified)
Misaki Doi (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Martina Trevisan (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Zhu Lin (first round)
Ana Bogdan (qualified)
Katarina Zavatska (qualified)
Ysaline Bonaventure (first round, retired)
Tereza Martincová (qualified)
Viktoriya Tomova (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Vera Zvonareva (qualifying competition)
Lesia Tsurenko (qualified)
Monica Niculescu (first round)
Natalia Vikhlyantseva (first round)
Barbara Haas (qualifying competition, retired)
Kamilla Rakhimova (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Draw

First qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

1	Kaia Kanepi	6	6³	6

WC	Ena Shibahara	1	7⁷	4
					1	Kaia Kanepi	6	6⁵	6

					11	Vera Zvonareva	3	7⁷	3
PR	Akgul Amanmuradova	1	1

11	Vera Zvonareva	6	6

Second qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

2	Irina-Camelia Begu	7⁹	4	6

	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6⁷	6	0
					2	Irina-Camelia Begu	6	4

					15	Barbara Haas	0	0^r
WC	Gabriela Dabrowski	6	2	3

15	Barbara Haas	2	6	6

Third qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

3	Misaki Doi	7	6

	Magdalena Fręch	5	3
				3	Misaki Doi	3	1

				PR	Liang En-shuo	6	6
PR	Liang En-shuo	6	7

13	Monica Niculescu	4	5

Fourth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

4	Martina Trevisan	5	6	6

	Arina Rodionova	7	1	3
					4	Martina Trevisan	2	1

					12	Lesia Tsurenko	6	6
	Cristina Bucșa	2	2

12	Lesia Tsurenko	6	6

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Zhu Lin	6⁴	2

	Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	7⁷	6
						Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	1	7⁷	2

					9	Tereza Martincová	6	6⁵	6
	Lucie Hradecká	3	6	2

9	Tereza Martincová	6	4	6

Sixth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

6	Ana Bogdan	6	6

	Çağla Büyükakçay	2	4
				6	Ana Bogdan	6	5	6

				16	Kamilla Rakhimova	2	7	0
	Jaqueline Cristian	5	5

16	Kamilla Rakhimova	7	7

Seventh qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

7	Katarina Zavatska	7	6

	Laura Ioana Paar	5	3
				7	Katarina Zavatska	6	6

				10	Viktoriya Tomova	4	4
WC	Angelina Gabueva	3	2

10	Viktoriya Tomova	6	6

Eighth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

8	Ysaline Bonaventure	7	3^r

WC	Ana Konjuh	5	5
				WC	Ana Konjuh	6	4	6

				PR	Aleksandra Krunić	2	6	2
PR	Aleksandra Krunić	6	6

14	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	2	3

References

External links

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2021 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Contents

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

References

External links