2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic

The 2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic was a WTA tournament organised for female professional tennis players on outdoor hard courts due to the cancellation of the Asian tournaments because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It was the 1st edition of the event and took place at XS Tennis and Education Foundation in Chicago, United States from 27 September to 3 October 2021.[1]

2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic
Date27 September–3 October
Edition1st
CategoryWTA 500
Draw56S / 32Q / 28D
Prize money$565,530
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationChicago, United States
VenueXS Tennis Village
Champions
Singles
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
Doubles
Czech Republic Květa Peschke / Germany Andrea Petkovic

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic – Singles

Doubles
Main article: 2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic – Doubles

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 UKR Elina Svitolina 4 1
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 9 2
  SUI Belinda Bencic 11 3
 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 13 4
 KAZ Elena Rybakina 16 5
 TUN Ons Jabeur 17 6
 BEL Elise Mertens 18 7
 CAN Bianca Andreescu 20 8
 USA Jessica Pegula 23 9
 USA Danielle Collins 26 10
 EST Anett Kontaveit 30 11
 RUS Veronika Kudermetova 31 12
 SLO Tamara Zidanšek 33 13
 BLR Victoria Azarenka 35 14
 ITA Camila Giorgi 39 15
  SUI Jil Teichmann 42 16
  • Rankings are as of September 20, 2021.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
During the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 TPE Hsieh Su-wei  BEL Elise Mertens 5 1
 JPN Shuko Aoyama  JPN Ena Shibahara 16 2
 CHI Alexa Guarachi  USA Desirae Krawczyk 31 3
 RUS Veronika Kudermetova  USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 32 4
 USA Nicole Melichar-Martinez  NED Demi Schuurs 34 5
 CRO Darija Jurak  SLO Andreja Klepač 47 6
 CAN Sharon Fichman  MEX Giuliana Olmos 57 7
 CZE Marie Bouzková  CZE Lucie Hradecká 72 8
  • 1 Rankings as of September 20, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

References
  1. "Chicago Fall Tennis Classic Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. "Kim Clijsters returns to tour in Chicago!". www.tennisnet.com.
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