The 2021 WTA Romanian Open, known as the Winners Open due to sponsorship reasons, was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor

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s at the Winners Sports Club. It was the 1st edition of the tournament held in the city of

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and was a 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 ...

Finals

Singles

* Andrea Petkovic def. Mayar Sherif, 6–1, 6–1. This was Petkovic's seventh WTA Tour singles title, and first since

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Doubles

* Natela Dzalamidze / Kaja Juvan def. Katarzyna Piter / Mayar Sherif, 6–3, 6–4. This was the maiden WTA Tour title won by both Dzalamidze and Juvan.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of July 26, 2021.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Alex Eala *

Elena-Gabriela Ruse Elena-Gabriela Ruse (born 6 November 1997) is a Romanian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 51 in singles and 55 in doubles. She won her maiden WTA Tour singles title at the 2021 Hamburg European Open. She has also won six singl ...

* Briana Szabó * Evelyne Tiron The following player received entry using a protected ranking: * Andrea Petkovic The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Alexandra Dulgheru * Jana Fett *

Aleksandra Krunić Aleksandra Krunić ( sr-Cyrl, Александра Крунић; born 15 March 1993) is a Serbian professional tennis player. She has won one singles title and six doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with one singles title on WTA 125 tournament ...

* Seone Mendez * Paula Ormaechea * Panna Udvardy

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Tímea Babos → replaced by Katarzyna Kawa *

Irina-Camelia Begu Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 22 in the world, in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking, also No. 22. Begu ...

→ replaced by Viktória Kužmová * Elisabetta Cocciaretto → replaced by Mihaela Buzărnescu *

Zarina Diyas Zarina Diyas ( kk, Зари́на Ди́ас; born 18 October 1993) is a Kazakh professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 31 in the world by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Diyas has won one WTA singles title, at the ...

→ replaced by Jaqueline Cristian * Sara Errani → replaced by Kristína Kučová * Viktorija Golubic → replaced by Mayar Sherif * Polona Hercog → replaced by

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 ...

* Tereza Martincová → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko *

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 Réka Luca Jani *

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 Çağla Büyükakçay *

Patricia Maria Țig Patricia Maria Țig (born 27 July 1994) is a Romanian tennis player. Țig has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 56, achieved on 26 October 2020. Her best doubles ranking of world No. 155, she achieved on 14 November 2016. Țig has won o ...

→ replaced by Lara Arruabarrena

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*Rankings are as of July 26, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Ana Bogdan / Jaqueline Cristian *

Miriam Bulgaru Miriam Bianca Bulgaru (born 8 October 1998) is a Romanian tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 183 on 18 September 2023. Career Bulgaru made her WTA Tour debut at the 2018 Bucharest Open, after having rece ...

Irina Fetecău Irina Fetecău (born 17 April 1996) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In her career, Fetecău has won three singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 29 November 2021, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of ...

The following pair received entry using a protected ranking: * Alexandra Panova / Julia Wachaczyk

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

/ Andreea Mitu → replaced by Lara Arruabarrena / Andreea Mitu *

Anna Bondár Anna Bondár (born 27 May 1997) is a Hungarian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 50 in singles, achieved on 18 July 2022, and world No. 47 in doubles, achieved on 24 October 2022. She is the current No. 1 Hungarian WTA player ...

Fanny Stollár Fanny Stollár (born 12 November 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player. Stollár has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as one singles title and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women' ...

→ replaced by Katarzyna Piter / Mayar Sherif * Anna Danilina / Ulrikke Eikeri → replaced by

/ Ulrikke Eikeri * Viktória Kužmová /

→ replaced by

Alena Fomina Alena Sergeyevna Fomina-Klotz (née Fomina; russian: Алёна Сергеевна Фомина; born 5 July 1989) is a Russian tennis player. From 2005 to October 2017, she represented Ukraine. Career She has won one singles title and 25 double ...

/ Ekaterina Yashina *

Vivian Heisen Vivian Heisen (born 27 December 1993) is a German professional tennis player. She is a doubles specialist who reached her career-high WTA doubles ranking of world No. 61 in April 2022. Career Heisen made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 201 ...

/ Alicja Rosolska → replaced by Viktória Kužmová / Alicja Rosolska * Ekaterine Gorgodze /

Paula Kania-Choduń Paula Maria Kania-Choduń (; born 6 November 1992) is a professional Polish tennis player. Kania-Choduń has won one title in doubles on the WTA Tour, as well as five titles in singles and fourteen in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 J ...

→ replaced by

Oana Georgeta Simion Oana Georgeta Simion (born 8 March 1996) is a Romanian tennis player. Simion has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 380, achieved 26 July 2021. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 272, set on 2 ...

Gabriela Talabă Gabriela Lee (née Talabă; born 23 August 1995) is a Romanian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 136, achieved on 1 August 2022, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 229, also set on 1 August 2022. To date, she has ...

References

External links

Official WTA tournament profile

Official website
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