The 2021 İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship İstanbul for sponsorship reasons) is a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is the 14th edition of the İstanbul Cup, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2021 WTA Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 19 through 25 April 2021.[1]

2021 İstanbul Cup
Date19–25 April
Edition14th
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$235,238
SurfaceClay
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
VenueIstanbul Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Romania Sorana Cîrstea
Doubles
Russia Veronika Kudermetova / Belgium Elise Mertens
← 2020 · İstanbul Cup · 2022 →

Points and prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Women's singles 280 180 110 60 30 1 18 12 1
Women's doubles 1

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q2 Q1
Women's singles $29,200 $16,398 $10,100 $5,800 $3,675 $2,675 $1,950 $1,270
Women's doubles $10,300 $6,000 $3,800 $2,300 $1,750

Champions

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Singles

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Doubles

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Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
  BEL Elise Mertens 17 1
  CRO Petra Martić 21 2
  RUS Veronika Kudermetova 29 3
  RUS Daria Kasatkina 37 4
  CZE Barbora Krejčíková 38 5
  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 40 6
  CHN Zheng Saisai 49 7
  CHN Wang Qiang 50 8
  • Rankings are as of April 12, 2021.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Retirements

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Doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  RUS Veronika Kudermetova   BEL Elise Mertens 31 1
  JPN Nao Hibino   JPN Makoto Ninomiya 144 2
  ESP Lara Arruabarrena   CZE Renata Voráčová 158 3
  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova   RUS Anastasia Potapova 194 4
  • 1 Rankings as of April 12, 2021.

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry using protected rankings:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

References

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  1. ^ "TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup Overview". wtatennis.com.
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