2021 Winners Open
| 2021 Winners Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 2–8 August |
| Edition | 1st |
| Category | WTA 250 |
| Draw | 32S / 16D |
| Prize money | $235,000 |
| Surface | Clay |
| Location | Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
| Venue | Winners Sports Club |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
| Germany Andrea Petkovic | |
| Doubles | |
| Russia Natela Dzalamidze / Slovenia Kaja Juvan | |
The 2021 WTA Romanian Open, known as the Winners Open due to sponsorship reasons, was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Winners Sports Club. It was the 1st edition of the tournament held in the city of Cluj-Napoca and was a part of the 2021 WTA Tour.[1][2]
Finals
[edit | edit source]Singles
[edit | edit source]- Germany Andrea Petkovic def. Egypt Mayar Sherif, 6–1, 6–1.
This was Petkovic's seventh WTA Tour singles title, and first since 2015.
Doubles
[edit | edit source]- Russia Natela Dzalamidze / Slovenia Kaja Juvan def. Poland Katarzyna Piter / Egypt Mayar Sherif, 6–3, 6–4.
This was the maiden WTA Tour title won by both Dzalamidze and Juvan.
Singles main-draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of France.svg FRA | Alizé Cornet | 63 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Germany.svg GER | Andrea Petkovic | 97 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Romania.svg ROU | Ana Bogdan | 101 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Italy.svg ITA | Martina Trevisan | 102 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Romania.svg ROU | Elena-Gabriela Ruse | 105 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Slovenia.svg SLO | Kaja Juvan | 114 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg BUL | Viktoriya Tomova | 119 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK | Kristína Kučová | 120 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of July 26, 2021.[3]
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
- Croatia Jana Fett
- Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
- Australia Seone Mendez
- Argentina Paula Ormaechea
- Hungary Panna Udvardy
Withdrawals
[edit | edit source]- Before the tournament
- Hungary Tímea Babos → replaced by Poland Katarzyna Kawa
- Romania Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Slovakia Viktória Kužmová
- Italy Elisabetta Cocciaretto → replaced by Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu
- Kazakhstan Zarina Diyas → replaced by Romania Jaqueline Cristian
- Italy Sara Errani → replaced by Slovakia Kristína Kučová
- Switzerland Viktorija Golubic → replaced by Egypt Mayar Sherif
- Slovenia Polona Hercog → replaced by Slovakia Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
- Czech Republic Tereza Martincová → replaced by Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko
- Italy Jasmine Paolini → replaced by Hungary Réka Luca Jani
- Netherlands Arantxa Rus → replaced by Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay
- Romania Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Spain Lara Arruabarrena
Doubles main-draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK | Viktória Kužmová | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | Alicja Rosolska | 140 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Serbia.svg SRB | Aleksandra Krunić | File:Flag of Belarus.svg BLR | Lidziya Marozava | 150 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP | Lara Arruabarrena | File:Flag of Romania.svg ROU | Andreea Mitu | 186 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Georgia.svg GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK | Tereza Mihalíková | 233 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of July 26, 2021.
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:
Withdrawals
[edit | edit source]- Before the tournament
- Romania Irina-Camelia Begu / Romania Andreea Mitu → replaced by Spain Lara Arruabarrena / Romania Andreea Mitu
- Hungary Anna Bondár / Hungary Fanny Stollár → replaced by Poland Katarzyna Piter / Egypt Mayar Sherif
- Kazakhstan Anna Danilina / Norway Ulrikke Eikeri → replaced by Hungary Anna Bondár / Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
- Slovakia Viktória Kužmová / Netherlands Arantxa Rus → replaced by Russia Alena Fomina / Russia Ekaterina Yashina
- Germany Vivian Heisen / Poland Alicja Rosolska → replaced by Slovakia Viktória Kužmová / Poland Alicja Rosolska
- Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze / Poland Paula Kania-Choduń → replaced by Romania Oana Georgeta Simion / Romania Gabriela Talabă
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Cluj-Napoca to host a WTA tennis tournament in August
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).