2021 MUSC Health Women's Open

The second 2021 Charleston Open (branded as the MUSC Health Women's Open for commercial reasons) was a tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor green clay courts in Daniel Island. It was held one day after the 48th edition ended and was a replacement tournament for other tournaments that were not held because of travel restrictions, and organised by Charleston Tennis with a single-year licence in 2021, held at Family Circle Tennis Center from April 12 to 18, 2021.

2021 MUSC Health Women's Open
Date	12–18 April
Edition	49th
Category	WTA 250
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	US$235,238
Surface	Green clay
Location	Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Venue	Family Circle Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Astra Sharma
Doubles
Hailey Baptiste / Caty McNally

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2021 MUSC Health Women's Open – Singles

• Astra Sharma def. Ons Jabeur, 2–6, 7–5, 6–1

Doubles

Main article: 2021 MUSC Health Women's Open – Doubles

• Hailey Baptiste / Caty McNally def. Ellen Perez / Storm Sanders, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [10–6]

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TUN	Ons Jabeur	28	1
POL	Magda Linette	51	2
USA	Shelby Rogers	52	3
FRA	Alizé Cornet	59	4
JPN	Misaki Doi	77	5
AUS	Ajla Tomljanović	78	6
USA	Lauren Davis	79	7
USA	Madison Brengle	81	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of April 5, 2021

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Linda Fruhvirtová
• Emma Navarro
• CoCo Vandeweghe

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

• Camila Osorio

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Claire Liu
• Grace Min
• Alycia Parks
• Storm Sanders

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Amanda Anisimova → replaced by Caty McNally
• Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Wang Yafan
• Anna Blinkova → replaced by Liudmila Samsonova
• Danielle Collins → replaced by Francesca Di Lorenzo
• Coco Gauff → replaced by Viktoriya Tomova
• Madison Keys → replaced by Sara Errani
• Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by Tereza Martincová
• Ann Li → replaced by Danka Kovinić
• Jessica Pegula → replaced by Clara Tauson
• Rebecca Peterson → replaced by Christina McHale
• Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Renata Zarazúa
• Anastasia Potapova → replaced by Stefanie Vögele
• Laura Siegemund → replaced by Kristie Ahn
• Sloane Stephens → replaced by Natalia Vikhlyantseva

Retirements

• Alizé Cornet
• Misaki Doi
• Tereza Martincová

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUS	Ellen Perez	AUS	Storm Sanders	117	1
USA	Kaitlyn Christian	USA	Sabrina Santamaria	123	2
JPN	Misaki Doi	JPN	Nao Hibino	158	3
AUS	Arina Rodionova	NED	Rosalie van der Hoek	167	4

• Rankings are as of April 5, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Sophie Chang / Emma Navarro

The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking:

• Oksana Kalashnikova / Alla Kudryavtseva

The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw as an alternate:

• Linda Fruhvirtová / Tereza Martincová

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Anna Blinkova / Lucie Hradecká → replaced by Elixane Lechemia / Ingrid Neel
• Misaki Doi / Nao Hibino → replaced by Linda Fruhvirtová / Tereza Martincová
• Coco Gauff / Caty McNally → replaced by Beatrice Gumulya / Jessy Rompies
• Makoto Ninomiya / Yang Zhaoxuan → replaced by Jamie Loeb / Erin Routliffe

During the tournament

• Linda Fruhvirtová / Tereza Martincová

Retirements

• Arina Rodionova / Rosalie van der Hoek

External links

• ITF tournament details