The women's singles

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tournament at the

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is held at the Ariake Tennis Park in Kōtō, Tokyo from 28 August and 3 September 2021. The reigning champion was

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, who was not defending her title, having retired in 2017. Diede de Groot succeeded in the fourth leg of a

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, having won the

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and

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earlier in the year.

Seeds

Draw

* BPC = Bipartite Invitation

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

References

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