2021 Adelaide International

2021 Adelaide International
2021 Adelaide International
Date	22–27 February
Edition	2nd
Category	WTA 500
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	$535,530
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Adelaide, Australia
Venue	Memorial Drive Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
	Iga Świątek
Doubles
	Alexa Guarachi / Desirae Krawczyk

The 2021 Adelaide International was a tennis tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.^[1]^[2] The Adelaide International is a WTA 500 Tournament.^[3]

It was the second time this tournament was held and it took place at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre from the 22nd to the 27th of February, 2021. For 2021, with the COVID-19 pandemic causing travel chaos, the ATP event was moved to Melbourne. It was held alongside another 250 tournament called Melbourne 2 and the ATP Cup. Adelaide was temporarily renamed the Great Ocean Road Open. The WTA event will be held the week after the Australian Open, in Adelaide. Ashleigh Barty of Australia won the 2020 edition and sought to defend her domestic title.^[4] The tournament was eventually won by Iga Swiatek, who claimed her second career title, defeating Belinda Bencic in two sets.^[3]

Champions

Women's singles

Iga Świątek def. Belinda Bencic, 6–2, 6–2^[5]

Women's doubles

Alexa Guarachi / Desirae Krawczyk def. Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [10–3]

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	470	305	185	100	1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	$68,570	$51,000	$32,400	$15,500	$8,200	$6,650	$5,000	$2,565
Women's doubles *	$25,230	$17,750	$10,000	$5,500	$3,500	—	—	—

_{*per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	1	1
SUI	Belinda Bencic	12	2
GBR	Johanna Konta	15	3
~~BEL~~	~~Elise Mertens~~	16	4
POL	Iga Świątek	17	5
CRO	Petra Martić	19	6
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	28	7
CHN	Wang Qiang	34	8

¹ Rankings are as of 5 March 2005.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:^[6]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

List of replacements
Former	Replacement
Ekaterina Alexandrova	Danielle Collins
Bianca Andreescu	Jil Teichmann
Victoria Azarenka	Zhang Shuai
Marie Bouzková	Anna Blinkova
Jennifer Brady	Shelby Rogers
Anett Kontaveit	Caroline Garcia
Elise Mertens	Christina McHale
Rebecca Peterson	Misaki Doi
Alison Riske	Veronika Kudermetova
Elena Rybakina	Laura Siegemund
Maria Sakkari	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Donna Vekić	Kristina Mladenovic
Markéta Vondroušová	Zheng Saisai
Dayana Yastremska	Wang Qiang

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	JPN	Ena Shibahara	32	1
CHN	Duan Yingying	CHN	Zheng Saisai	47	2
CHI	Alexa Guarachi	USA	Desirae Krawczyk	51	3
USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	USA	Asia Muhammad	60	4