2021 İstanbul Cup – Singles

Sorana Cîrstea defeated Elise Mertens in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–3) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2021 İstanbul Cup. This was Cîrstea's first title since 2008, thus achieving the longest gap between titles in WTA history at 12 years, 6 months. Cîrstea did not drop a set throughout the tournament.

Singles
2021 İstanbul Cup
Champion Sorana Cîrstea
Runner-up Elise Mertens
Final score6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Draw32 (6 Q / 4 WC)
Seeds8
Main article: 2021 İstanbul Cup

Patricia Maria Țig was the defending champion,[1] but she chose not to participate this year.

Seeds
  1. Elise Mertens (final)
  2. Petra Martić (first round)
  3. Veronika Kudermetova (semifinals)
  4. Daria Kasatkina (second round)
  5. Barbora Krejčíková (second round)
  6. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (first round)
  7. Zheng Saisai (withdrew)
  8. Wang Qiang (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final
          
1/WC Elise Mertens 6 6
3 Veronika Kudermetova 1 4
1/WC Elise Mertens 1 63
Sorana Cîrstea 6 77
  Marta Kostyuk 4 4
  Sorana Cîrstea 6 6

Top half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1/WC E Mertens 6 6
Q L Arruabarrena 2 0 1/WC E Mertens 6 4 6
Q N Párrizas Díaz 4 6 3 V Golubic 4 6 1
V Golubic 6 2 6 1/WC E Mertens 6 6
K Siniaková 77 3 6 K Siniaková 4 4
Q C Bucșa 65 6 3 K Siniaková 6 3 6
K Mladenovic 6 6 K Mladenovic 4 6 4
LL B Haas 4 3 1/WC E Mertens 6 6
3 V Kudermetova 6 3 77 3 V Kudermetova 1 4
B Pera 4 6 64 3 V Kudermetova 6 6
Z Diyas 4 4 K Kanepi 4 3
K Kanepi 6 6 3 V Kudermetova 2 6 6
N Hibino 3 3 A Bogdan 6 3 3
A Bogdan 6 6 A Bogdan 6 6
WC Ç Büyükakçay 710 2 0 5 B Krejčíková 3 3
5 B Krejčíková 68 6 6

Bottom half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 Q Wang 4 6 6
Q A Gasanova 6 1 2 8 Q Wang 1 4
WC A Konjuh 7 6 WC A Konjuh 6 6
S Errani 5 2 WC A Konjuh 5 6 3
Q K Rakhimova 4 3 M Kostyuk 7 4 6
M Kostyuk 6 6 M Kostyuk 6 7
Q T Mrdeža 1 0 4 D Kasatkina 3 5
4 D Kasatkina 6 6 M Kostyuk 4 4
6 A Pavlyuchenkova 62 710 4 S Cîrstea 6 6
A Potapova 77 68 6 A Potapova 66 4
K Kozlova 4 66 S Cîrstea 78 6
S Cîrstea 6 78 S Cîrstea 6 0
WC V Zvonareva 6 6 F Ferro 4 0r
P Hercog 3 3 WC V Zvonareva 3 3
F Ferro 7 6 F Ferro 6 6
2 P Martić 5 2

Qualifying

Seeds
  1. Océane Dodin (first round)
  2. Kamilla Rakhimova (qualified)
  3. Jaqueline Cristian (qualifying competition)
  4. Leonie Küng (first round)
  5. Barbara Haas (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  6. Harmony Tan (qualifying competition)
  7. Nuria Párrizas Díaz (qualified)
  8. Cristina Bucșa (qualified)
  9. Lara Arruabarrena (qualified)
  10. Anastasia Gasanova (qualified)
  11. Mariam Bolkvadze (qualifying competition)
  12. Liang En-shuo (first round)

Qualifiers
  1. Tereza Mrdeža
  2. Kamilla Rakhimova
  3. Cristina Bucșa
  4. Anastasia Gasanova
  5. Nuria Párrizas Díaz
  6. Lara Arruabarrena

Lucky loser
  1. Barbara Haas

First qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Océane Dodin 63 6 0
  Tereza Mrdeža 77 3 6
  Tereza Mrdeža 6 6
  Irene Burillo Escorihuela 4 2
  Irene Burillo Escorihuela 6 6
12 Liang En-shuo 1 4

Second qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
2 Kamilla Rakhimova 6 1 6
  Tessah Andrianjafitrimo 2 6 1
2 Kamilla Rakhimova 6 6
11 Mariam Bolkvadze 4 3
  Yuliya Hatouka 4 4
11 Mariam Bolkvadze 6 6

Third qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Jaqueline Cristian 6 6
  Pemra Özgen 4 3
3 Jaqueline Cristian 1 3
8 Cristina Bucșa 6 6
  Dalila Jakupović 1 2
8 Cristina Bucșa 6 6

Fourth qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Leonie Küng 3 6 3
WC Nikola Bartůňková 6 4 6
WC Nikola Bartůňková 4 7 3
10 Anastasia Gasanova 6 5 6
  Irina Fetecău 2 3
10 Anastasia Gasanova 6 6

Fifth qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
5 Barbara Haas 6 7
WC Zeynep Sönmez 3 5
5 Barbara Haas 6 1 0
7 Nuria Párrizas Díaz 2 6 6
WC İpek Öz 3 4
7 Nuria Párrizas Díaz 6 6

Sixth qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
6 Harmony Tan 61 6 6
  Dalma Gálfi 77 3 1
6 Harmony Tan 3 3
9 Lara Arruabarrena 6 6
WC Berfu Cengiz 5 3
9 Lara Arruabarrena 7 6

References
  1. "Tig seals Istanbul title after Bouchard thriller". WTA Tennis. 2020-09-13.
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