2021 Astana Open

2021 Astana Open
2021 Astana Open
Date	20 September – 26 September (ATP) ; 27 September – 2 October (WTA)
Edition	2nd (ATP) ; 1st (WTA)
Category	ATP Tour 250 ; WTA 250
Prize money	$541,800 (ATP) ; $235,238 (WTA)
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Location	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Venue	Daulet National Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
	Kwon Soon-woo
Women's singles
	Alison Van Uytvanck
Men's doubles
	Santiago González / Andrés Molteni
Women's doubles
	Anna-Lena Friedsam / Monica Niculescu

The 2021 Astana Open was a tennis tournament organized for professional tennis players, held in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2021 on indoor hard courts. It was primarily organized due to the cancellation of many tournaments during the 2021 ATP Tour and 2021 WTA Tour, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] It is the second edition of the tournament for the men and the first for the women. The tournament took place in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from 20–26 September for the men, and from 27 September to 2 October for the women.^[2]^[3]

Champions

Men's singles

Kwon Soon-woo def. James Duckworth, 7–6^(8–6), 6–3

This was Kwon's first ever career ATP title.

Women's singles

Alison Van Uytvanck def. Yulia Putintseva, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3.

This was Van Uytvanck's fifth singles title, and first of the year.

Men's doubles

Santiago González / Andrés Molteni def. Jonathan Erlich / Andrei Vasilevski, 6–1, 6–2

Women's doubles

Anna-Lena Friedsam / Monica Niculescu def. Angelina Gabueva / Anastasia Zakharova 6–2, 4–6, [10–5]

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
RUS	Aslan Karatsev	25	1
KAZ	Alexander Bublik	34	2
SRB	Dušan Lajović	36	3
SRB	Filip Krajinović	37	4
AUS	John Millman	43	5
FRA	Benoît Paire	48	6
SRB	Laslo Đere	50	7
BLR	Ilya Ivashka	53	8

Rankings are as of September 13, 2021.

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

Cristian Garín → replaced by Ričardas Berankis
Adrian Mannarino → replaced by Daniel Elahi Galán
Mackenzie McDonald → replaced by Carlos Taberner

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
MEX	Santiago González	ARG	Andrés Molteni	112	1
KAZ	Andrey Golubev	KAZ	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	117	2
BRA	Marcelo Demoliner	BRA	Rafael Matos	126	3
SWE	André Göransson	ITA	Andrea Vavassori	143	4

Rankings are as of September 13, 2021

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Nathaniel Lammons / Mackenzie McDonald → replaced by Andre Begemann / Nathaniel Lammons

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	49	1
BEL	Alison Van Uytvanck	55	2
FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	65	3
BEL	Greet Minnen	75	4
CRO	Ana Konjuh	77	5
SWE	Rebecca Peterson	78	6
RUS	Varvara Gracheva	82	7
FRA	Clara Burel	91	8

Rankings are as of September 20, 2021.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry using protected rankings:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Ekaterine Gorgodze
Polona Hercog → replaced by Jaqueline Cristian
Nao Hibino → replaced by Vitalia Diatchenko
Anhelina Kalinina → replaced by Stefanie Vögele
Nuria Párrizas Díaz → replaced by Mandy Minella
Liudmila Samsonova → replaced by Jule Niemeier
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
Nina Stojanović → replaced by Anna-Lena Friedsam
Clara Tauson → replaced by Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
Vera Zvonareva → replaced by Vera Lapko

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
BEL	Greet Minnen	BEL	Alison Van Uytvanck	138	1
RUS	Anna Blinkova	KAZ	Anna Danilina	149	2
GER	Anna-Lena Friedsam	ROU	Monica Niculescu	160	3
RUS	Varvara Gracheva	GEO	Oksana Kalashnikova	235	4