2021 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

Belinda Bencic was the defending champion, having won the previous edition in 2019,[1] but she withdrew before the tournament began.

Women's singles
2021 Kremlin Cup
Champion Anett Kontaveit
Runner-up Ekaterina Alexandrova
Final score4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Draw28
Seeds8
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Anett Kontaveit won the title, defeating Ekaterina Alexandrova in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 7–5.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. Aryna Sabalenka (quarterfinals)
  2. Garbiñe Muguruza (quarterfinals)
  3. Maria Sakkari (semifinals, retired)
  4. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (quarterfinals)
  5. Ons Jabeur (first round, retired)
  6. Angelique Kerber (withdrew)
  7. Elena Rybakina (first round)
  8. Simona Halep (quarterfinals)
  9. Anett Kontaveit (champion)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final
          
  Ekaterina Alexandrova 4
3 Maria Sakkari 1r
Ekaterina Alexandrova 6 4 5
9/WC Anett Kontaveit 4 6 7
  Markéta Vondroušová 3 4
9/WC Anett Kontaveit 6 6

Top half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1/WC A Sabalenka 77 4 6
L Samsonova 2 4 A Tomljanović 62 6 1
A Tomljanović 6 6 1/WC A Sabalenka 3 4
D Kasatkina 2 3 E Alexandrova 6 6
A Kalinina 6 6 A Kalinina 4 1
E Alexandrova 6 1 E Alexandrova 6 6
5 O Jabeur 1 0r E Alexandrova 4
3 M Sakkari 1r
3 M Sakkari 6 1
D Yastremska 65 4 Q A Kalinskaya 2 0r
Q A Kalinskaya 77 6 3 M Sakkari 6 6
V Kudermetova 4 77 6 8/WC S Halep 4 4
Q O Selekhmeteva 6 63 4 V Kudermetova 1 64
WC A Potapova 1 4 8/WC S Halep 6 77
8/WC S Halep 6 6

Bottom half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 E Rybakina 4 4
M Vondroušová 6 6 M Vondroušová 6 6
Q Q Zheng 4 3 Q L Tsurenko 3 3
Q L Tsurenko 6 6 M Vondroušová 6 6
Q A Krunić 63 3 4 A Pavlyuchenkova 4 2
Q B Pera 77 6 Q B Pera 2 5
4 A Pavlyuchenkova 6 7
M Vondroušová 3 4
9/WC A Kontaveit 6 6 9/WC A Kontaveit 6 6
K Siniaková 3 3 9/WC A Kontaveit 6 6
J Ostapenko 6 0 0r A Petkovic 1 4
A Petkovic 2 6 2 9/WC A Kontaveit 6 6
LL I Bara 0 5 2 G Muguruza 1 1
T Martincová 6 7 T Martincová 4 6 3
2 G Muguruza 6 4 6

Qualifying

Seeds
  1. Bernarda Pera (qualified)
  2. Kamilla Rakhimova (first round)
  3. Irina Bara (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  4. Viktoriya Tomova (first round)
  5. Anna-Lena Friedsam (qualifying competition)
  6. Vitalia Diatchenko (qualifying competition)
  7. Anastasia Gasanova (first round)
  8. Aleksandra Krunić (qualified)
  9. Lesia Tsurenko (qualified)
  10. Lucia Bronzetti (first round)
  11. Anna Kalinskaya (qualified)
  12. Arina Rodionova (first round)

Qualifiers
  1. Bernarda Pera
  2. Oksana Selekhmeteva
  3. Zheng Qinwen
  4. Aleksandra Krunić
  5. Lesia Tsurenko
  6. Anna Kalinskaya

Lucky loser
  1. Irina Bara

First qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Bernarda Pera 6 6
WC Erika Andreeva 2 3
1 Bernarda Pera 6 6
PR Vera Lapko 1 4
PR Vera Lapko 6 6
10 Lucia Bronzetti 3 1

Second qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
2 Kamilla Rakhimova 4 2
WC Diana Shnaider 6 6
WC Diana Shnaider 4 62
WC Oksana Selekhmeteva 6 77
WC Oksana Selekhmeteva 6 3 6
12 Arina Rodionova 3 6 4

Third qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Irina Bara 6 6
  Natalia Vikhlyantseva 2 4
3 Irina Bara 0 1
  Zheng Qinwen 6 6
  Zheng Qinwen 6 6
7 Anastasia Gasanova 4 2

Fourth qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Viktoriya Tomova 6 4 65
WC Anastasia Tikhonova 4 6 77
WC Anastasia Tikhonova 1 1
8 Aleksandra Krunić 6 6
  Katie Boulter 610 2
8 Aleksandra Krunić 712 6

Fifth qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
5 Anna-Lena Friedsam 6 6
  Valentini Grammatikopoulou 3 0
5 Anna-Lena Friedsam 1 1
9 Lesia Tsurenko 6 6
  Rebecca Šramková 2 5
9 Lesia Tsurenko 6 7

Sixth qualifier
First round Qualifying competition
          
6/PR Vitalia Diatchenko 6 7
  Ekaterine Gorgodze 3 5
6/PR Vitalia Diatchenko 4 2
11 Anna Kalinskaya 6 6
  Viktória Kužmová 3 77 1
11 Anna Kalinskaya 6 62 6

References
  1. "Bencic battles past Pavlyuchenkova to win Moscow: 'This is the cherry on top'". WTA Tennis. 20 October 2019.
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