2021 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles explained

Event:	Ladies' singles
Type:	grandslamwc
Champ:	Ashleigh Barty
Runner:	Karolína Plíšková
Score:	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3
Draw:	128 (16 / 7)
Seeds:	32
Before Year:	2019
Before Name:	Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
After Name:	Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

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Ashleigh Barty defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] ^[2] It was her first Wimbledon title and second major singles title overall. She became the first Australian to win the title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980, the first top seed to win the title since Serena Williams in 2016 and the first to do so at any major since Simona Halep at the 2018 French Open. Barty's victory made her the fourth player (following Ann Jones, Martina Hingis and Amélie Mauresmo) to win the women's singles title after previously winning the girls' singles title. She retained the world No. 1 ranking by reaching the semifinals, with Aryna Sabalenka having also been in contention for the top ranking.

Halep was the reigning champion from when the tournament was last held in 2019,^[3] but she withdrew before the tournament due to a calf injury.^[4] ^[5]

Serena Williams retired from her first-round match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich due to injury.^[6] This marked only the second time that she lost in the first round of a major, and the first time since 2014 that the Wimbledon final did not feature one of the Williams sisters (as Venus Williams lost to Ons Jabeur in the second round), as well as the first time since 1997 that neither sister progressed beyond the second round.^[7]

This was the first edition of Wimbledon since 2009 that saw the top two seeds progress to the semifinals.^[8] Additionally, this was the first major in the Open Era where two wildcards, Liudmila Samsonova and Emma Raducanu (who made her first major appearance overall), reached the fourth round.^[9] Raducanu became the youngest British woman to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon in the Open Era.^[10] Jabeur became the first Tunisian player and the first Arabian woman in history to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.^[11]

Draw

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Championship match statistics

Category	Barty	Ka. Plíšková
1st serve %	54/89 (61%)	54/77 (70%)
1st serve points won	36 of 54 = 67%	36 of 54 = 67%
2nd serve points won	19 of 35 = 54%	8 of 23 = 35%
Total service points won	55 of 89 = 61.79%	44 of 77 = 57.14%
Aces	7	6
Double faults	7	5
Winners	30	27
Unforced errors	29	32
Net points won	8 of 15 = 53%	13 of 21 = 62%
Break points converted	6 of 8 = 75%	4 of 5 = 80%
Return points won	33 of 77 = 42%	34 of 89 = 38%
Total points won	bgcolor=98FB989	88	78
https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/stats/2701.html

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 21 June 2021. Rankings and points are as of 28 June 2021.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Ashleigh Barty	7,875	240	2,000	9,635	Champion, defeated Karolína Plíšková [8]
2	4	Aryna Sabalenka	6,195	10	780	6,965	Semifinals lost to Karolína Plíšková [8]
3	5	Elina Svitolina	5,835	780	70	5,135	Second round lost to Magda Linette
4	6	Sofia Kenin	5,640	70	70	5,640	Second round lost to Madison Brengle
5	7	Bianca Andreescu	5,321	0	10	5,331	First round lost to Alizé Cornet
6	8	Serena Williams	4,931	1,300	10	3,641	First round retired against Aliaksandra Sasnovich
7	9	Iga Świątek	4,465	10	240	4,695	Fourth round lost to Ons Jabeur [21]
8	13	Karolína Plíšková	3,915	240	1,300	4,975	Runner-up, lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
9	11	Belinda Bencic	4,205	130	10	4,085	First round lost to Kaja Juvan
10	10	Petra Kvitová	4,215	240	10	3,985
11	12	Garbiñe Muguruza	4,045	10	130	4,165	Third round lost to Ons Jabeur [21]
12	14	Victoria Azarenka	3,905	130	70	3,845	Second round lost to Sorana Cîrstea
13	16	Elise Mertens	3,685	240	130	3,575	Third round lost to Madison Keys [23]
14	17	Barbora Krejčíková	3,683	(30)^†	240	3,893	Fourth round lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
15	18	Maria Sakkari	3,480	130	70	3,420	Second round lost to Shelby Rogers
16	19		3,300	10	130	3,420	Third round lost to Karolína Muchová [19]
17	21	Kiki Bertens	3,095	130	10	2,975	First round lost to Marta Kostyuk
18	20	Elena Rybakina	3,123	(100)^†	240	3,263	Fourth round lost to Aryna Sabalenka [2]
19	22	Karolína Muchová	2,876	430	430	2,876	Quarterfinals lost to Angelique Kerber [25]
20	23	Coco Gauff	2,805	280	240	2,765	Fourth round lost to Angelique Kerber [25]
21	24	Ons Jabeur	2,510	10	430	2,930	Quarterfinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka [2]
22	26	Jessica Pegula	2,410	10	70	2,460	Second round lost to Liudmila Samsonova [WC]
23	27	Madison Keys	2,405	70	240	2,575	Fourth round lost to Viktorija Golubic
24	25	Anett Kontaveit	2,505	130	10	2,385	First round lost to Markéta Vondroušová
25	28	Angelique Kerber	2,240	70	780	2,950	Semifinals lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
26	30	Petra Martić	2,230	240	70	2,060	Second round lost to Irina-Camelia Begu
27	31	~~Johanna Konta~~	2,157	430	0	1,727	Withdrew due to close contact with COVID-19 positive test
28	29	Alison Riske	2,235	430	10	1,815	First round lost to Tereza Martincová
29	32	Veronika Kudermetova	2,100	70	10	2,040	First round lost to Viktorija Golubic
30	33	Paula Badosa	2,060	40	240	2,260	Fourth round lost to Karolína Muchová [19]
31	35	Daria Kasatkina	2,030	10	70	2,090	Second round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko
32	36	Ekaterina Alexandrova	1,940	10	70	2,000	Second round lost to Camila Osorio [Q]