The 2021
Abierto Zapopan
The Abierto Zapopan, also known as Abierto Akron Zapopan for sponsorship reasons, was a WTA 250-level professional women's tennis tournament. It used to take place on outdoor hardcourts, around the month of March at the Panamerican Tennis Cente ...
was a professional
tennis
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tournament played on outdoor
hard court
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s. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament and part of the
2021 WTA Tour
The 2021 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2021 tennis season. The 2021 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Fe ...
.
Originally scheduled for 16–21 March 2020 in
Guadalajara
Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico and was part of the
125K series during the 2020 tennis season, but was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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due to local restrictions, and the suspension of play on the WTA tour.
It took place in
Guadalajara
Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico from 8 to 13 March 2021 and it was a part of the
WTA 250 tournaments
WTA 250 tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021. Earlier these events were classified as WTA International tournaments, WTA Internationa ...
, offering a total of $235,238 in prize money.
Champions
Singles
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Sara Sorribes Tormo
Sara Sorribes Tormo (; born 8 October 1996) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Sorribes Tormo has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. On the ITF Circuit, ...
def.
Eugenie Bouchard
Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; french: Eugénie Bouchard, ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian tennis player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam t ...
6–2, 7–5
Doubles
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Ellen Perez
Ellen Perez (born 10 October 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player.
Perez has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as two singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. ...
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Astra Sharma
Astra Sharma (born 11 September 1995) is a Singaporean-born Australian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 84 in singles and world No. 91 in doubles. Sharma has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the W ...
def.
Desirae Krawczyk
Desirae Marie Krawczyk (; born January 11, 1994) is an American professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
Krawczyk has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 10, achieved in July 2022, and has won seven titles on the WTA Tour, ...
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Giuliana Olmos
Giuliana Marion Olmos Dick (born 4 March 1993) is a Mexican professional tennis player.
Olmos, who graduated from the University of Southern California in 2016, has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 343 by the Women's Tennis Association ...
6–4, 6–4.
Point distribution and prize money
Point distribution
Prize money
*per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of 1 March 2021
Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:
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Eugenie Bouchard
Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; french: Eugénie Bouchard, ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian tennis player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam t ...
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Katie Volynets
Katie Volynets (born December 31, 2001) is an American tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 92 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on February 27, 2023. She won her first singles title in May 2021 on the ITF Circ ...
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Renata Zarazúa
Renata Zarazúa Ruckstuhl (; born 30 September 1997) is a Mexican tennis player. She reached a best singles ranking of world No. 117 in September 2021, and she peaked at No. 135 in the doubles rankings on 8 October 2018. Zarazúa made her WTA To ...
The following players received entry using a
protected ranking
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology.
A
* Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the '' service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces are usually powerful and ge ...
into the main draw:
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Mihaela Buzărnescu
Mihaela Buzărnescu (born 4 May 1988) is a Romanian professional tennis player.
She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 20, achieved on 6 August 2018. Her best doubles ranking of world No. 24, she reached on 22 October 2018. She has ...
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Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (; born 13 September 1994) is a Slovak tennis player.
She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 12 singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 October 201 ...
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CoCo Vandeweghe
Colleen "CoCo" Vandeweghe ( ) (born Colleen Mullarkey; December 6, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. A former Junior US Open champion and top 10 singles player, she has also won two WTA titles, both at the Rosmalen Grass Court C ...
The following players qualified into the singles main draw:
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Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (born 25 January 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player.
She has been ranked by the WTA as high as world No. 43 in singles, achieved on 22 May 2023, and No. 244 in doubles, which she attained on 10 August 2020.
C ...
*
Lauren Davis
Lauren Davis (born October 9, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. Known for her aggressive backhand, speed, and clay-court strength, she won her first title on the WTA Tour at the Auckland Open and reached a career-high singles ra ...
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Caroline Dolehide
Caroline Dolehide ( ; born September 5, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 102 in July 2018. Her best performances on the WTA Tour came in doubles at the 2019 and the 2022 US Opens ...
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Leonie Küng
Leonie Küng (born 21 October 2000) is a Swiss tennis player. As a qualifier, she reached the singles final at the Junior Wimbledon Championships in 2018.
Küng has career-high WTA rankings of 144 in singles, achieved on 14 September 2020, and ...
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Giuliana Olmos
Giuliana Marion Olmos Dick (born 4 March 1993) is a Mexican professional tennis player.
Olmos, who graduated from the University of Southern California in 2016, has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 343 by the Women's Tennis Association ...
*
Astra Sharma
Astra Sharma (born 11 September 1995) is a Singaporean-born Australian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 84 in singles and world No. 91 in doubles. Sharma has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the W ...
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
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Harriet Dart
Harriet Dart (born 28 July 1996) is a British professional tennis player.
Dart entered the WTA top 100 for the first time in March 2022 and achieved her career-high singles ranking of 84 on 25 July 2022. She also has a career-high doubles ran ...
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
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Kristie Ahn
Kristie Hyerim Ahn (born June 15, 1992) is an American former professional tennis player.
She has won seven singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 30 September 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 87. He ...
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Anna Kalinskaya
Anna Nikolayevna Kalinskaya ( rus, Анна Николаевна Калинская, , ˈanːə kɐˈlʲinskəjə, Ru-Anna_Kalinskaya.ogg; born 2 December 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. Ranked by the Women's Tennis Association (WT ...
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Daria Gavrilova
Daria Saville (née Gavrilova, born 5 March 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. She represented Russia until 2015, before emigrating to Australia. She competed under her maiden name until her marriage to Luke Saville in 20 ...
→ replaced by
Greet Minnen
Greet Minnen (born 14 August 1997) is a Belgian tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of World No. 69 in singles, achieved on 18 October 2021, and World No. 50 in doubles, attained on 6 June 2022.
Career
Minnen made her WTA Tour mai ...
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Viktorija Golubic
Viktorija Golubic ( sr, Викторија Голубић, Viktorija Golubić; ; born 16 October 1992) is a Swiss professional tennis player. Golubic has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, two singles WTA Challenger titles, as well as ten s ...
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Harriet Dart
Harriet Dart (born 28 July 1996) is a British professional tennis player.
Dart entered the WTA top 100 for the first time in March 2022 and achieved her career-high singles ranking of 84 on 25 July 2022. She also has a career-high doubles ran ...
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Kateryna Kozlova
Kateryna Baindl ( uk, Катерина Ігорівна Баіндль, née Kozlova; born 20 February 1994) is a Ukrainian tennis player. On 19 February 2018, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 62. On 22 October 2012, she ...
→ replaced by
Anna-Lena Friedsam
Anna-Lena Friedsam (born 1 February 1994) is a German tennis player.
She has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one WTA 125 singles title as well as 12 singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. She played also ...
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Jasmine Paolini
Jasmine Paolini (; born 4 January 1996) is an Italian tennis player. She reached career-high WTA rankings of No. 44 in singles and 122 in doubles. Paolini has won one singles title (at the 2021 Slovenian Open) and one doubles title on the WTA To ...
→ replaced by
Wang Xiyu
Wang Xiyu (; ; born 28 March 2001) is a Chinese tennis player. On 7 November 2022, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 50. On 27 May 2019, she peaked at No. 240 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Junior career Junior Grand Slam ...
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Sloane Stephens
Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 after Wimbledon in 2018. Stephens was the 2017 US Open champion, and has won seven WTA Tour singles titles in t ...
→ replaced by
Katarzyna Kawa
Katarzyna Kawa (; born 17 November 1992) is a Polish professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 112 in singles, achieved November 2020, and world No. 70 in doubles, set on 26 September 2022. She has won one WTA Challenger doubl ...
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Arantxa Rus
Arantxa Rus (; born 13 December 1990) is a Dutch tennis player. In 2008, she won the girl's singles title at the 2008 Australian Open – Girls' singles, Australian Open, defeating Jessica Moore (tennis), Jessica Moore from Australia in the final ...
→ replaced by
Eugenie Bouchard
Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; french: Eugénie Bouchard, ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian tennis player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam t ...
Doubles entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of 1 March 2021.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
*
Eugenie Bouchard
Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; french: Eugénie Bouchard, ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian tennis player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam t ...
/
CoCo Vandeweghe
Colleen "CoCo" Vandeweghe ( ) (born Colleen Mullarkey; December 6, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. A former Junior US Open champion and top 10 singles player, she has also won two WTA titles, both at the Rosmalen Grass Court C ...
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Leylah Annie Fernandez
Leylah Annie Fernandez (born 6 September 2002) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 8 August 2022. Fernandez won her first WTA Tour title at the 20 ...
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Renata Zarazúa
Renata Zarazúa Ruckstuhl (; born 30 September 1997) is a Mexican tennis player. She reached a best singles ranking of world No. 117 in September 2021, and she peaked at No. 135 in the doubles rankings on 8 October 2018. Zarazúa made her WTA To ...
The following pair received entry as alternates into the doubles main draw:
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Ingrid Neel
Ingrid Neel (born June 16, 1998) is an American tennis player.
She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour with two singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 8 June 2015, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 50 ...
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Tamara Zidanšek
Tamara Zidanšek (; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 22 in singles and No. 54 in doubles, and is the current number-one Slovene tennis player in singles. She has won one singles title an ...
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
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Arantxa Rus
Arantxa Rus (; born 13 December 1990) is a Dutch tennis player. In 2008, she won the girl's singles title at the 2008 Australian Open – Girls' singles, Australian Open, defeating Jessica Moore (tennis), Jessica Moore from Australia in the final ...
/
Tamara Zidanšek
Tamara Zidanšek (; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 22 in singles and No. 54 in doubles, and is the current number-one Slovene tennis player in singles. She has won one singles title an ...
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Aliona Bolsova
Aliona Vadimovna Bolsova Zadoinova ( ro, Aliona Bolșova; russian: Алёна Вадимовна Большова, Alyona Vadimovna Bolshova; born 6 November 1997) is a Spanish-Moldovan tennis player.
On the ITF Junior Circuit, Bolsova had a c ...
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Danka Kovinić
Danka Kovinić ( cnr, Данка Ковинић; born 18 November 1994) is a Montenegrin professional tennis player.
On 22 February 2016, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 46, and on 20 June 2016, she peaked at No. 67 in th ...
Retirements
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Aliona Bolsova
Aliona Vadimovna Bolsova Zadoinova ( ro, Aliona Bolșova; russian: Алёна Вадимовна Большова, Alyona Vadimovna Bolshova; born 6 November 1997) is a Spanish-Moldovan tennis player.
On the ITF Junior Circuit, Bolsova had a c ...
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Danka Kovinić
Danka Kovinić ( cnr, Данка Ковинић; born 18 November 1994) is a Montenegrin professional tennis player.
On 22 February 2016, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 46, and on 20 June 2016, she peaked at No. 67 in th ...
(lower back injury)
References
External links
Official website
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