2021 Chicago Women's Open

2021 Chicago Women's Open
2021 Chicago Women's Open
Date	22–28 August
Edition	1st
Category	WTA 250
Draw	32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	$235,238
Surface	Hard
Location	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Venue	XS Tennis Village
Champions
Singles
	Elina Svitolina
Doubles
	Nadiia Kichenok / Raluca Olaru

The 2021 Chicago Women's Open was a tennis tournament held in Chicago, Illinois for female professional tennis players, and part of the 2021 WTA Tour.^[1] It was played on outdoor hard courts in the week prior to the 2021 U.S. Open. This marked the first time since 1997 that a WTA tournament was held in Chicago.^[2]

Champions

Singles

Elina Svitolina def. Alizé Cornet, 7–5, 6–4.

This was Svitolina's sixteenth WTA Tour singles title, and first of the year.

Doubles

Nadiia Kichenok / Raluca Olaru def. Lyudmyla Kichenok / Makoto Ninomiya, 7–6^(8–6), 5–7, [10–8].

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
UKR	Elina Svitolina	6	1
~~ITA~~	~~Camila Giorgi~~	33	2
ROU	Sorana Cîrstea	38	3
SLO	Tamara Zidanšek	40	4
CZE	Markéta Vondroušová	41	5
SUI	Viktorija Golubic	47	6
FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	54	7
UKR	Marta Kostyuk	56	8
FRA	Alizé Cornet	57	9