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.

Champions

Singles

Garbiñe Muguruza Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (; born 8 October 1993) is a Spanish-Venezuelan professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. ...

def. Ons Jabeur, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0

Doubles

* Květa Peschke / Andrea Petkovic def. Caroline Dolehide / CoCo Vandeweghe, 6–3, 6–1

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of September 20, 2021.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Hailey Baptiste * Kim Clijsters * Caroline Dolehide * CoCo Vandeweghe The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Lizette Cabrera * Kirsten Flipkens *

Magdalena Fręch Magdalena Fręch (; born 15 December 1997) is a Polish tennis player. She has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won five singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 25 July 2022, she reached her be ...

* Beatriz Haddad Maia *

Mai Hontama Mai Hontama (本玉真唯) (born 30 August 1999) is a Japanese tennis player. Hontama has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 126, achieved March 2022. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 157, set on 22 May 2023. Car ...

Maddison Inglis Maddison Inglis (born 14 January 1998) is an Australian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of 112, achieved on 2 March 2020. Inglis has won five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circu ...

* Anna Kalinskaya *

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 ...

The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Harriet Dart *

Olga Govortsova Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( be, Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranki ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei *

Coco Gauff Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauff (born March 13, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles, reached on October 24, 2022, and world No. 1 in doubles, achieved on August 15, 2022. Gauff won h ...

→ replaced by

Ann Li Ann Louie Li (born January 17, 1995 in Bangkok, Thailand), popularly known as Ann Li, is a Filipino–Taiwanese businesswoman, fashion influencer, former actress, model, photographer, and television personality. She splits her time between Ma ...

Daria Kasatkina Daria Sergeyevna Kasatkina (born 7 May 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. She is currently the Russian No. 1 player in singles. She made her top-ten debut in the WTA rankings towards the end of the 2018 season and has been ranked ...

→ replaced by Amanda Anisimova *

Sofia Kenin Sofia Anna "Sonya" Kenin (born November 14, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of No. 4 in the world, which she achieved on March 9, 2020. She was the 2020 WTA ...

→ replaced by Andrea Petkovic * Johanna Konta → replaced by

Madison Brengle Madison Brengle (born April 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. Her biggest success she had in early 2015, reaching her first WTA Tour final in January, followed by a fourth round major event appearance at the Australian Open. I ...

* Petra Kvitová → replaced by Misaki Doi *

Petra Martić Petra Martić (; born 19 January 1991) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14, achieved in January 2020. Martić has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles tou ...

→ replaced by María Camila Osorio Serrano *

Jeļena Ostapenko Jeļena Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997), also known as Aļona Ostapenko, is a Latvian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 5 in singles, achieved on 19 March 2018, and world No. 9 in doubles, reached on 22 Augus ...

→ replaced by Harriet Dart *

Karolína Plíšková Karolína Hrdličková ( née Plíšková; ; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in singles, reaching the top of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings on 17 July 2017 and holding the pos ...

→ replaced by Kaia Kanepi * Alison Riske → replaced by

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 ...

* Aryna Sabalenka → replaced by Sloane Stephens * Maria Sakkari → replaced by

Elena Vesnina Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Cha ...

→ replaced by

Marie Bouzková Marie Bouzková (, born 21 July 1998) is a Czech professional tennis player. She attained her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 26 on 31 October 2022. On 9 May 2022, she peaked at No. 24 in the WTA doubles rankings. So far, she has won one ...

;During the tournament * Victoria Azarenka * Anett Kontaveit * Markéta Vondroušová

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of September 20, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Hailey Baptiste / Whitney Osuigwe * Kim Clijsters / Kirsten Flipkens * Caroline Dolehide / CoCo Vandeweghe The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking: * Ingrid Neel / Anastasia Rodionova

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Lyudmyla Kichenok /

→ replaced by

/ Katarzyna Kawa * Marta Kostyuk / Dayana Yastremska → replaced by Lyudmyla Kichenok / Marta Kostyuk * Jamie Loeb / Tereza Mihalíková → replaced by Harriet Dart / Tereza Mihalíková

References

External links

Tournament profileOfficial website
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