2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date 19 – 25 April
Edition 43rd
Category WTA 500
Draw 28S / 16D
Prize money $565,530
Surface Clay (indoor)
Location Stuttgart, Germany
Venue Porsche-Arena
Champions
Singles
Australia Ashleigh Barty
Doubles
Australia Ashleigh Barty / United States Jennifer Brady

The 2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 43rd edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and was classified as a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It was held at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany from 19 to 25 April 2021.[1]

Ashleigh Barty won both the singles title and doubles title (alongside partner Jennifer Brady). The feat earned Barty her 11th career WTA Tour singles title and made her the first reigning world No. 1 to win the singles tournament since Justine Henin in 2007. By winning her 12th career WTA Tour doubles title, she also became the first player to sweep both tournaments since Lindsay Davenport in 2001. It was Brady's maiden career WTA Tour doubles title.[2]

Champions

Singles

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Doubles

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Women's singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 13 1
Women's doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q2 Q1
Women's singles $55,300 $41,141 $26,130 $12,500 $6,612 $5,362 $4,032 $2,068
Women's doubles $20,346 $14,314 $8,064 $4,436 $2,824 N/A N/A N/A

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 AUS Ashleigh Barty 1 1
 ROU Simona Halep 3 2
 USA Sofia Kenin 4 3
 UKR Elina Svitolina 5 4
 BLR Aryna Sabalenka 7 5
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 9 6
 CZE Petra Kvitová 10 7
  SUI Belinda Bencic 12 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of 12 April 2021.[3]

Other entrants

The following player received a wildcard into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Desirae Krawczyk  USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 40 1
 CHN Xu Yifan  CHN Zhang Shuai 47 2
 USA Hayley Carter  BRA Luisa Stefani 52 3
 UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 65 4
  • 1 Rankings as of 12 April 2021.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:

The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

References

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