2021 Volvo Car Open
DateApril 5 – 11
Edition48th
CategoryWTA 500
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$565,530
SurfaceGreen clay
LocationCharleston, United States
VenueFamily Circle Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Russia Veronika Kudermetova
Doubles
United States Nicole Melichar / Netherlands Demi Schuurs

The 2021 Charleston Open (branded as the 2021 Volvo Car Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Daniel Island in Charleston, South Carolina. It was the 48th edition of the event on the WTA Tour and was classified as a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. For 2021, it and the 2021 MUSC Health Women's Open held consecutively at the same facility[1] were the only events of the annual tour's clay court season to be played on green clay. The 2021 edition of the event was the last to be sponsored by Chinese automaker Geely, the owner of Volvo Cars.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and local health guidelines impacting the facility's construction timeline, tournament organizers held the event behind closed doors for the second consecutive year after the preceding year's exhibition tournament was held under similar conditions. The main stadium was demolished in 2020 and tournament organizers had originally planned to host the event for up to 3,000 fans on a smaller temporary stadium on the secondary court, named the Althea Gibson Court.[2][3]

Veronika Kudermetova won her maiden career WTA title in the singles tournament.[4] Nicole Melichar and Demi Schuurs won their third title as a team in the doubles tournament.[5]

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Women's singles 470 305 185 100 55 30 1 25 13 1
Women's doubles 1 — — — — —

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
Women's singles $68,570 $50,130 $26,745 $12,670 $6,480 $4,100 $3,330 $2,000 $1,020
Women's doubles $25,230 $17,750 $10,000 $5,500 $3,500 — — — —

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Ranking1 Seed
 AUS Ashleigh Barty 1 1
 USA Sofia Kenin 4 2
 CZE Petra Kvitová 10 3
 NED Kiki Bertens 11 4
  SUI Belinda Bencic 12 5
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 13 6
 BEL Elise Mertens 17 7
 USA Madison Keys 19 8
 CZE Markéta Vondroušová 21 9
 KAZ Elena Rybakina 24 10
 TUN Ons Jabeur 28 11
 USA Amanda Anisimova 31 12
 KAZ Yulia Putintseva 33 13
 USA Coco Gauff 36 14
 RUS Veronika Kudermetova 37 15
 CHN Zhang Shuai 43 16
 CZE Marie Bouzková 47 17
  • 1 Rankings as of March 22, 2021.[6]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Nicole Melichar  NED Demi Schuurs 23 1
 HUN Tímea Babos  RUS Veronika Kudermetova 30 2
 CHN Xu Yifan  CHN Zhang Shuai 39 3
 CHI Alexa Guarachi  USA Desirae Krawczyk 39 4
  • 1 Rankings as of March 22, 2021.

Other entrants

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

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using protected rankings:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Charleston Tennis to host WTA 250 tournament following Volvo Car Open". Volvo Car Open. March 18, 2021. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  2. ↑ Dillane, Matt (January 5, 2021). "WTA sets April 5 start date for Volvo Car Open". ABC News 4. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  3. ↑ ""Made-for-TV tournament": 2021 Volvo Car Open will not include fans". Tennis. February 6, 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-02-19. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Veronika Kudermetova wins Charleston's Volvo Car Open to claim 1st career WTA title". ESPN. Associated Press. April 11, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  5. ↑ Nguyen, Courtney (April 12, 2021). "Champions Corner: Melichar, Schuurs forging a partnership to last". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2021-04-12. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Defending champion Madison Keys, World #1 Ashleigh Barty headline Volvo Car Open field". live5news.com.
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