2021 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Ladies' singles
Ladies' singles
2021 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Ashleigh Barty
Runner-up	Karolína Plíšková
Score	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Details
Draw	128 (16 Q / 7 WC)
Seeds	32
Events

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]

Seeds

01. Ashleigh Barty (champion)

02.

Aryna Sabalenka (semifinals)

03.

Elina Svitolina (second round)

04.

Sofia Kenin (second round)

05.

Bianca Andreescu (first round)

06.

Serena Williams (first round, retired)

07.

Iga Świątek (fourth round)

08.

Karolína Plíšková (final)

09.

Belinda Bencic (first round)

10.

Petra Kvitová (first round)

11.

Garbiñe Muguruza (third round)

12.

Victoria Azarenka (second round)

13.

Elise Mertens (third round)

14.

Barbora Krejčíková (fourth round)

15.

Maria Sakkari (second round)

16.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round)

17.

Kiki Bertens (first round)

18.

Elena Rybakina (fourth round)

19.

Karolína Muchová (quarterfinals)

20.

Coco Gauff (fourth round)

21.

Ons Jabeur (quarterfinals)

22.

Jessica Pegula (second round)

23.

Madison Keys (fourth round)

24.

Anett Kontaveit (first round)

25.

Angelique Kerber (semifinals)

26.

Petra Martić (second round)

27.

Johanna Konta (withdrew due to close contact with positive COVID-19 test)

28.

Alison Riske (first round)

29.

Veronika Kudermetova (first round)

30.

Paula Badosa (fourth round)

31.

Daria Kasatkina (second round)

32.

Ekaterina Alexandrova (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

1	Ashleigh Barty	6	6

	Ajla Tomljanović	1	3
				1	Ashleigh Barty	6	7⁷

				25	Angelique Kerber	3	6³
19	Karolína Muchová	2	3

25	Angelique Kerber	6	6
									1	Ashleigh Barty	6	6⁴	6

									8	Karolína Plíšková	3	7⁷	3
8	Karolína Plíšková	6	6

	Viktorija Golubic	2	2
				8	Karolína Plíšková	5	6	6

				2	Aryna Sabalenka	7	4	4
21	Ons Jabeur	4	3

2	Aryna Sabalenka	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

1	A Barty	6	6¹	6
PR	C Suárez Navarro	1	7⁷	1	1	A Barty	6	6
	A Blinkova	6	6			A Blinkova	4	3
	T Babos	2	2							1	A Barty	6	7
Q	O Govortsova	4	2								K Siniaková	3	5
PR	C Vandeweghe	6	6		PR	C Vandeweghe	6	2	2
	K Siniaková	6	6			K Siniaková	4	6	6
LL	Y Wang	1	0												1	A Barty	7	6
17	K Bertens	3	4												14	B Krejčíková	5	3
	M Kostyuk	6	6			M Kostyuk	6	4	3
	A Sevastova	6	6			A Sevastova	1	6	6
	Z Diyas	4	1								A Sevastova	6¹	6	5
PR	A Petkovic	6	6							14	B Krejčíková	7⁷	3	7
	J Paolini	4	3		PR	A Petkovic	5	4
	C Tauson	3	2		14	B Krejčíková	7	6
14	B Krejčíková	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

12	V Azarenka	6	6
PR	K Kozlova	1	3		12	V Azarenka	6⁵	6	4
	S Cîrstea	6	6			S Cîrstea	7⁷	3	6
WC	S Murray Sharan	3	3								S Cîrstea	3	5
WC	E Raducanu	7⁷	6							WC	E Raducanu	6	7
Q	V Diatchenko	6⁴	0		WC	E Raducanu	6	6
	M Vondroušová	2	6	6		M Vondroušová	2	4
24	A Kontaveit	6	4	2											WC	E Raducanu	4	0^r
31	D Kasatkina	6	3	6												A Tomljanović	6	3
	PM Țig	0	6	3	31	D Kasatkina	1	6	6
	L Fernandez	1	2			J Ostapenko	6	3	8
	J Ostapenko	6	6								J Ostapenko	6	4	2
Q	G Minnen	2	6⁵								A Tomljanović	4	6	6
	A Tomljanović	6	7⁷			A Tomljanović	6	0	6
	A Cornet	6	6			A Cornet	4	6	3
5	B Andreescu	2	1

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

3	E Svitolina	6	2	6
	A Van Uytvanck	3	6	3	3	E Svitolina	3	4
	M Linette	2	6	6		M Linette	6	6
	A Anisimova	6	3	1							M Linette	7	2	4
LL	T Pironkova	3	1							30	P Badosa	5	6	6
	Y Putintseva	6	6			Y Putintseva	4	1
	A Bolsova	2	7	2	30	P Badosa	6	6
30	P Badosa	6	5	6											30	P Badosa	6⁶	4
19	K Muchová	6	6												19	K Muchová	7⁸	6
	S Zhang	3	3		19	K Muchová	6	5	6
	J Teichmann	2	2			C Giorgi	3	7	3
	C Giorgi	6	6							19	K Muchová	7	6
	Kr Plíšková	3	6	6						16	A Pavlyuchenkova	5	3
LL	A Sharma	6	4	4		Kr Plíšková	3	3
	A Bogdan	2	2		16	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	6
16	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

9	B Bencic	3	3
	K Juvan	6	6			K Juvan	6	6
Q	E Perez	2	2		Q	C Burel	3	4
Q	C Burel	6	6								K Juvan	3	3
PR	E Vesnina	7	6							20	C Gauff	6	6
	M Trevisan	5	1		PR	E Vesnina	4	3
WC	F Jones	5	4		20	C Gauff	6	6
20	C Gauff	7	6												20	C Gauff	4	4
25	A Kerber	6	6												25	A Kerber	6	6
	N Stojanović	4	3		25	A Kerber	7	5	6
	S Sorribes Tormo	6	3	6		S Sorribes Tormo	5	7	4
Q	A Konjuh	3	6	3						25	A Kerber	2	6	6
	N Hibino	6	5	6							A Sasnovich	6	0	1
	B Pera	1	7	3		N Hibino	4	6⁴
	A Sasnovich	3				A Sasnovich	6	7⁷
6	S Williams	3^r

Bottom half

Section 5

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

8	Ka Plíšková	7	6
	T Zidanšek	5	4		8	Ka Plíšková	6	6
	D Vekić	6	6			D Vekić	2	2
	A Potapova	1	4							8	Ka Plíšková	6	6
	A Li	4	6¹								T Martincová	3	3
	N Podoroska	6	7⁷			N Podoroska	3	6⁵
	T Martincová	6	4	6		T Martincová	6	7⁷
28	A Riske	2	6	1											8	Ka Plíšková	6	6
22	J Pegula	6	6												WC	L Samsonova	2	3
	C Garcia	3	1		22	J Pegula	4	6	3
WC	L Samsonova	6	6		WC	L Samsonova	6	3	6
	K Kanepi	4	2							WC	L Samsonova	6	2	6
LL	K Ahn	2	7⁷	8							S Stephens	2	6	4
	H Watson	6	6³	6	LL	K Ahn	5	3
	S Stephens	6	6			S Stephens	7	6
10	P Kvitová	3	4

Section 6

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

13	E Mertens	6	6
WC	H Dart	1	3		13	E Mertens	6	6
	L Zhu	6²	6	6		L Zhu	2	0
PR	M Barthel	7⁷	3	3					13	E Mertens	5	3
WC	J Burrage	2	1						23	M Keys	7	6
	L Davis	6	6			L Davis	1	4
Q	K Swan	3	4		23	M Keys	6	6
23	M Keys	6	6										23	M Keys	6³	3
29	V Kudermetova	6	1	9										V Golubic	7⁷	6
	V Golubic	3	6	11		V Golubic	6	6
	P Hercog	6	3	2		D Collins	2	0
	D Collins	4	6	6						V Golubic	6	6
	M Brengle	3	7	10						M Brengle	2	1
	C McHale	6	5	8		M Brengle	6	6
Q	Xin Wang	4	2		4	S Kenin	2	4
4	S Kenin	6	6

Section 7

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

7	I Świątek	6	6
	S-w Hsieh	4	4		7	I Świątek	6	6
	M Bouzková	5	4			V Zvonareva	1	3
	V Zvonareva	7	6							7	I Świątek	6	6
	I-C Begu	6	7								I-C Begu	1	0
Q	K Volynets	4	5			I-C Begu	7	6⁷	6
	V Gracheva	7⁷	4	3	26	P Martić	5	7⁹	3
26	P Martić	6³	6	6											7	I Świątek	7	1	1
21	O Jabeur	6	6												21	O Jabeur	5	6	6
	R Peterson	2	1		21	O Jabeur	7	6
PR	M Buzǎrnescu	5	6	3		V Williams	5	0
	V Williams	7	4	6						21	O Jabeur	5	6	6
	S Kuznetsova	3	3							11	G Muguruza	7	3	2
Q	L Pattinama Kerkhove	6	6		Q	L Pattinama Kerkhove	1	4
	F Ferro	0	1		11	G Muguruza	6	6
11	G Muguruza	6	6

Section 8

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

15	M Sakkari	6	6
	A Rus	1	1		15	M Sakkari	5	4
	S Rogers	6	5	6		S Rogers	7	6
PR	S Stosur	1	7	3							S Rogers	1	4
	M Doi	6	3	7						18	E Rybakina	6	6
Q	C Liu	2	6	9	Q	C Liu	4	4
	K Mladenovic	4	0		18	E Rybakina	6	6
18	E Rybakina	6	6											18	E Rybakina	3	6	3
32	E Alexandrova	6	6											2	A Sabalenka	6	4	6
	L Siegemund	1	3		32	E Alexandrova	5	2
Q	C Osorio	1	6	6	Q	C Osorio	7	6
Q	A Kalinskaya	6	0	4						Q	C Osorio	0	3
Q	D Lao	7⁸	3	4						2	A Sabalenka	6	6
WC	K Boulter	6⁶	6	6	WC	K Boulter	6	3	3
Q	M Niculescu	1	4		2	A Sabalenka	4	6	6
2	A Sabalenka	6	6

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	88	78
[1]

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	First round lost to Sloane Stephens
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	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	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]

†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

Withdrawn players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
2	Naomi Osaka	7,346	10	7,336	Personal reasons
3	Simona Halep	6,330	2,000	4,330	Calf injury
15	Jennifer Brady	3,840	10	3,830	Foot injury

Other entry information

Wild card entries

The following players were awarded wild cards into the main draw.^[12]

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Protected ranking

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Jennifer Brady → replaced by Tímea Babos
Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by Kateryna Kozlova
Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by Ana Bogdan
Simona Halep → replaced by Kristie Ahn
Johanna Konta → replaced by Wang Yafan
Danka Kovinić^[14] → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova
Naomi Osaka^[15] → replaced by Venus Williams
Barbora Strýcová → replaced by CoCo Vandeweghe
Wang Qiang^[16] → replaced by Mona Barthel
Dayana Yastremska → replaced by Mihaela Buzărnescu
Zheng Saisai → replaced by Aliona Bolsova

During the tournament

Lesia Tsurenko^[17] → replaced by Astra Sharma

References

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^ "Ashleigh Barty beats Karolina Pliskova to win title". BBC Sport. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Flawless Simona Halep beats Serena Williams to win first Wimbledon". CNN. 14 July 2019.
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^ "Ons Jabeur continues trailblazing Wimbledon run". espn.com.au. ESPN. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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External links

Preceded by 2021 French Open – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 2021 US Open – Women's singles

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[2] "Ashleigh Barty beats Karolina Pliskova to win title". BBC Sport. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[3] "Flawless Simona Halep beats Serena Williams to win first Wimbledon". CNN. 14 July 2019.

[4] "Halep withdraws from Championships 2021". www.wimbledon.com. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[5] "Wimbledon 2021: Defending champion Simona Halep pulls out with calf injury". India Today. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[6] "'Heartbroken' Serena forced to retire from Wimbledon opener after injury". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[7] "Ladies' Singles". wimbledon.org. All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[8] Zagoria, Adam (6 July 2021). "Top Seeds Ash Barty, Aryna Sabalenka, 2018 Champion Angelique Kerber Advance to Wimbledon Semifinals". Forbes. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[9] "WTA Insider on Twitter". 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

[10] Cambers, Simon (3 July 2021). "Emma Raducanu's Wimbledon dream goes on after win over Sorana Cîrstea". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

[11] "Ons Jabeur continues trailblazing Wimbledon run". espn.com.au. ESPN. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[12] "WIMBLEDON 2021 - Andy Murray and Venus Williams Have Both Been Handed Wildcards for This Summer's Tournament". EuroSport. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

[LadiesEntryList-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "The Championships 2021 Ladies' Singles Entry List" (PDF). wimbledon. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

[14] "LL Pironkova moves into the main draw at Wimbledon 2021". 30 June 2021.

[15] Fitzsimmons, Tim (17 June 2021). "Tennis champ Naomi Osaka withdraws from Wimbledon". NBC News. Retrieved 19 June 2021.

[16] "Chinese ace Wang Qiang to skip Wimbledon to focus on Olympic Games preparation". 6 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

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