The 2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic was a WTA tournament organised for female professional tennis players on outdoor hard courts due to the cancellation of the Asian tournaments because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It was the 1st edition of the event and took place at XS Tennis and Education Foundation in Chicago, United States from 27 September to 3 October 2021.[1]
| 2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic | |
|---|---|
| Date | 27 September–3 October |
| Edition | 1st |
| Category | WTA 500 |
| Draw | 56S / 32Q / 28D |
| Prize money | $565,530 |
| Surface | Hard / outdoor |
| Location | Chicago, United States |
| Venue | XS Tennis Village |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Garbiñe Muguruza | |
| Doubles | |
 Květa Peschke /  Andrea Petkovic | |
Champions
editSingles
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Garbiñe Muguruza def. 
Ons Jabeur, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Doubles
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Květa Peschke / 
Andrea Petkovic def. 
Caroline Dolehide / CoCo Vandeweghe, 6–3, 6–1
Singles main draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 UKR
|
Elina Svitolina | 4 | 1 |
| ESP
|
Garbiñe Muguruza | 9 | 2 |
 SUI
|
Belinda Bencic | 11 | 3 |
 RUS
|
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 13 | 4 |
 KAZ
|
Elena Rybakina | 16 | 5 |
 TUN
|
Ons Jabeur | 17 | 6 |
 BEL
|
Elise Mertens | 18 | 7 |
 CAN
|
Bianca Andreescu | 20 | 8 |
 USA
|
Jessica Pegula | 23 | 9 |
| USA
|
Danielle Collins | 26 | 10 |
 EST
|
Anett Kontaveit | 30 | 11 |
| RUS
|
Veronika Kudermetova | 31 | 12 |
 SLO
|
Tamara Zidanšek | 33 | 13 |
 BLR
|
Victoria Azarenka | 35 | 14 |
 ITA
|
Camila Giorgi | 39 | 15 |
| SUI
|
Jil Teichmann | 42 | 16 |
- Rankings are as of September 20, 2021.
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Lizette Cabrera
Kirsten Flipkens
Magdalena Fręch
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Mai Hontama- Maddison Inglis
Anna Kalinskaya
Kateryna Kozlova
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
edit- Before the tournament
Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by 
Hsieh Su-wei- Coco Gauff → replaced by Ann Li
- Daria Kasatkina → replaced by Amanda Anisimova
- Sofia Kenin → replaced by Andrea Petkovic
Johanna Konta → replaced by Madison Brengle- Petra Kvitová → replaced by Misaki Doi
Petra Martić → replaced by 
Camila Osorio
Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Harriet Dart- Karolína Plíšková → replaced by
Kaia Kanepi - Alison Riske → replaced by
Jasmine Paolini 
Aryna Sabalenka → replaced by Sloane Stephens
Maria Sakkari → replaced by Olga Govortsova- Elena Vesnina → replaced by Marie Bouzková
- During the tournament
Doubles main draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TPE
|
Hsieh Su-wei | BEL
|
Elise Mertens | 5 | 1 |
 JPN
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Shuko Aoyama | JPN
|
Ena Shibahara | 16 | 2 |
 CHI
|
Alexa Guarachi | USA
|
Desirae Krawczyk | 31 | 3 |
| RUS
|
Veronika Kudermetova | USA
|
Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 32 | 4 |
| USA
|
Nicole Melichar-Martinez |  NED
|
Demi Schuurs | 34 | 5 |
 CRO
|
Darija Jurak | SLO
|
Andreja Klepač | 47 | 6 |
| CAN
|
Sharon Fichman |  MEX
|
Giuliana Olmos | 57 | 7 |
| CZE
|
Marie Bouzková | CZE
|
Lucie Hradecká | 72 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of September 20, 2021.
Other entrants
editThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Hailey Baptiste / Whitney Osuigwe
- Kim Clijsters / Kirsten Flipkens
- Caroline Dolehide / CoCo Vandeweghe
The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking:
Withdrawals
edit- Before the tournament
- Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Magdalena Fręch / Katarzyna Kawa
- Marta Kostyuk / Dayana Yastremska → replaced by Lyudmyla Kichenok / Marta Kostyuk
- Jamie Loeb /
Tereza Mihalíková → replaced by Harriet Dart / Tereza Mihalíková
References
edit- ^ "Chicago Fall Tennis Classic Overview". wtatennis.com.
- ^ "Kim Clijsters returns to tour in Chicago!". www.tennisnet.com.