The 2021 Adelaide International was a tennis tournament on the

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. It was played on outdoor hard courts in

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, Australia. The Adelaide International is a

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. It was the second time this tournament was held and it took place at the

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from the 22nd to the 27th of February, 2021. For 2021, with the COVID-19 pandemic causing travel chaos, the ATP event was moved to Melbourne. It was held alongside another 250 tournament called Melbourne 2 and the ATP Cup. Adelaide was temporarily renamed the Great Ocean Road Open. The WTA event will be held the week after the Australian Open, in Adelaide.

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of Australia won the 2020 edition and sought to defend her domestic title. The tournament was eventually won by

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, who claimed her second career title, defeating Belinda Bencic in two sets.

Champions

Women's singles

* Iga Świątek def. Belinda Bencic, 6–2, 6–2

Women's doubles

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def. Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 0–3

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

_{*per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 5 March 2005.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

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* Samantha Stosur *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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* Liudmila Samsonova *

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The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Misaki Doi * Christina McHale

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 8 February 2021.

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Anna Blinkova /

Veronika Kudermetova Veronika Eduardovna Kudermetova; ; tt-Cyrl, Вероника Эдуард кызы Кадыйрмәтова, translit=Veronika Edward qızı Qadıyrmätova. (born 24 April 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high si ...

→ replaced by Sharon Fichman /

Chan Hao-ching Chan Hao-ching (; ; born September 19, 1993), also known as Angel Chan, is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. She is primarily a doubles specialist, having won 18 WTA, 2 WTA Challenger and 6 ITF titles in that discipline. Chan reached the ...

/ Latisha Chan → replaced by Arina Rodionova /

* Gabriela Dabrowski /

Bethanie Mattek-Sands Bethanie Mattek-Sands ( Bethanie Lynn Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. She has won nine Grand Slam titles (five in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles), and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former wo ...

→ replaced by

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* Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs → replaced by Kaitlyn Christian / Sabrina Santamaria * Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai → replaced by Ellen Perez / Samantha Stosur

References

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Adelaide International 2021: Belinda Bencic vs Misaki Doi preview, head-to-head & prediction
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Drama as Ash Barty crashes out in Adelaide shock defeat
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Barty to defend Adelaide International title

External links

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WTA tournament Official websiteAshleigh Barty vs Danielle Collins. 2021 Adelaide International video
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