2021 WTA German Open explained

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.[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

See main article: 2021 WTA German Open – Singles.

Doubles

See main article: 2021 WTA German Open – Doubles.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank[6] Seed
BelarusAryna Sabalenka41
UkraineElina Svitolina62
CanadaBianca Andreescu73
Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková104
Belinda Bencic115
SpainGarbiñe Muguruza136
BelarusVictoria Azarenka167
Czech RepublicKarolína Muchová198

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Nicole MelicharDemi Schuurs191
JapanShuko Aoyama JapanEna Shibahara262
Alexa GuarachiDesirae Krawczyk323
BelarusAryna Sabalenka BelarusVictoria Azarenka524

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 20 May 2021 . Barty, Osaka lead strong field at new Berlin WTA 500 on grass . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211207232018/https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2152244/barty-osaka-lead-strong-field-at-new-berlin-wta-500-on-grass . 7 December 2021 . 11 June 2022 . .
  2. News: 14 January 2009 . German Open cancelled, says WTA . . live . 11 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220612050652/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-women-berlin/german-open-cancelled-says-wta-idUSTRE50D3ZI20090114 . 12 June 2022 .
  3. Web site: 18 September 2019 . The AELTC announces strategic investment in the grass court season from 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220612045913/https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2019-09-18/the_aeltc_announces_strategic_investment_in_the_grass_court_season_from_2020.html . 12 June 2022 . 11 June 2022 . .
  4. Web site: 24 April 2020 . Cancellation of bett1open 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200516170652/https://bett1open.de/en/11864/ . 16 May 2020 . 11 June 2022 . .
  5. Web site: 20 June 2021 . Qualifier Samsonova stuns Bencic, charges to first title in Berlin . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220609060341/https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2175444/qualifier-samsonova-stuns-bencic-charges-to-first-title-in-berlin . 9 June 2022 . 11 June 2022 . .
  6. Web site: Players. 2021-06-08. bett1open. de-DE. 2021-06-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20210608104553/https://www.bett1open.de/en/players. dead.
  7. Web site: bett1open: Ashleigh Barty und Naomi Osaka kommen nach Berlin. Tennis Net. 21 May 2021.
  8. Web site: Naomi Osaka, Ashleigh Barty, and Others Lead a Star-Studded Line Up at WTA Berlin 2021. Essentially Sports. 21 May 2021.