2021 Birmingham Classic – Singles

The 2021 Birmingham Classic (also known as the Viking Classic Birmingham for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament being played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 39th edition of the event, and a WTA 250 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 14–20 June 2021.[1]

Singles
2021 Birmingham Classic
Champion Ons Jabeur
Runner-up Daria Kasatkina
Final score7–5, 6–4
Main article: 2021 Birmingham Classic

Ashleigh Barty was the defending champion from when the event was last held in 2019, but she chose to play in Berlin instead; however, she had to withdraw from Berlin before the beginning of the tournament due to injury.

Ons Jabeur won her first WTA Tour singles title, defeating Daria Kasatkina in the final, 7–5, 6–4. Jabeur became the first Tunisian and Arab woman to win a singles title on the WTA Tour.

Seeds
  1. Elise Mertens (first round)
  2. Ons Jabeur (champion)
  3. Donna Vekić (quarterfinals)
  4. Daria Kasatkina (final)
  5. Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)
  6. Zhang Shuai (second round, retired)
  7. Fiona Ferro (first round)
  8. Marie Bouzková (quarterfinals)

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Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final
          
Q CoCo Vandeweghe 2 4
4 Daria Kasatkina 6 6
4 Daria Kasatkina 5 4
2 Ons Jabeur 7 6
  Heather Watson 3 3
2 Ons Jabeur 6 6

Top half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 E Mertens 65 77 64
A Tomljanović 77 65 77 A Tomljanović 6 4 3
Q C Vandeweghe 6 77 Q C Vandeweghe 4 6 6
Kr Plíšková 4 61 Q C Vandeweghe 6 6
WC H Dart 5 6 4 8 M Bouzková 4 4
C Garcia 7 4 6 C Garcia 3 0
S-w Hsieh 6 1 2 8 M Bouzková 6 6
8 M Bouzková 3 6 6 Q C Vandeweghe 2 4
4 D Kasatkina 4 6 6 4 D Kasatkina 6 6
P Hercog 6 3 3 4 D Kasatkina 6 7
M Brengle 6 5 3 M Kostyuk 2 5
M Kostyuk 4 7 6 4 D Kasatkina 6 2 6
WC S Stosur 3 4 Q T Martincová 4 6 0
Q T Martincová 6 6 Q T Martincová 77 4 6
L Davis 4 1 5 J Ostapenko 64 6 2
5 J Ostapenko 6 6

Bottom half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 S Zhang 6 7
Q V Diatchenko 2 5 6 S Zhang 2r
V Golubic 6 2 2 H Watson 5
H Watson 3 6 6 H Watson 6 6
C Giorgi 6 6 3 D Vekić 4 2
Q G Gatto-Monticone 3 0 C Giorgi 6 3 4
WC F Jones 1 3 3 D Vekić 2 6 6
3 D Vekić 6 6 H Watson 3 3
7 F Ferro 6 3 4 2 O Jabeur 6 6
K Mladenovic 3 6 6 K Mladenovic 3 3
N Stojanović 7 68 4 A Potapova 6 6
A Potapova 5 710 6 A Potapova 4 0
LA Fernandez 7 6 2 O Jabeur 6 6
Q Y Wang 5 3 LA Fernandez 4 6 63
Q C McNally 4 2 2 O Jabeur 6 3 77
2 O Jabeur 6 6

Qualifying

Seeds
  1. Tereza Martincová (qualified)
  2. María Camila Osorio Serrano (withdrew)
  3. Caty McNally (qualified)
  4. Wang Yafan (qualified)
  5. Astra Sharma (first round)
  6. Vitalia Diatchenko (qualified)
  7. Kurumi Nara (qualifying competition)
  8. Kateryna Kozlova (qualifying competition)
  9. Giulia Gatto-Monticone (qualified)
  10. Georgina García Pérez (qualifying competition)
  11. Marina Melnikova (qualifying competition)
  12. Francesca Jones (Received main draw wildcard)

Qualifiers
  1. Tereza Martincová
  2. CoCo Vandeweghe
  3. Caty McNally
  4. Wang Yafan
  5. Giulia Gatto-Monticone
  6. Vitalia Diatchenko

First qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Tereza Martincová 4
  Dalila Jakupović 2r
1 Tereza Martincová 6 6
10 Georgina García Pérez 3 2
  Ellen Perez 65 5
10 Georgina García Pérez 77 7

Second qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
Alt Gabriela Dabrowski 2 2
PR CoCo Vandeweghe 6 6
PR CoCo Vandeweghe 6 61 6
8/PR Kateryna Kozlova 4 77 4
Emily Webley-Smith 2 0
8/PR Kateryna Kozlova 6 6

Third qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Caty McNally 6 77
WC Tara Moore 2 64
3 Caty McNally 6 6
7 Kurumi Nara 3 0
WC Naomi Broady 3 4
7 Kurumi Nara 6 6

Fourth qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
4/PR Wang Yafan 6 6
  Valeria Savinykh 1 4
4/PR Wang Yafan 6 7
11 Marina Melnikova 3 5
WC Sarah Beth Grey 2 6 3
11 Marina Melnikova 6 2 6

Fifth qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
5 Astra Sharma 2 66
WC Eden Silva 6 78
WC Eden Silva 0 1
9 Giulia Gatto-Monticone 6 6
  Martina Di Giuseppe 4 4
9 Giulia Gatto-Monticone 6 6

Sixth qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
6 Vitalia Diatchenko 6 1 7
  Katie Volynets 3 6 5
6 Vitalia Diatchenko 77 6
WC Naiktha Bains 61 3
WC Naiktha Bains 6 77
Alt Ingrid Neel 4 63

References
  1. "Nature Valley Open Overview". www.wtatennis.com. WTA Tour.
  2. "Viking Classic Birmingham". WTA Tour. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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