Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-best ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March ...
defeated
Elise Mertens
Elise Mertens (; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She became List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles on 10 May 2021, the third Belgian to hold the top ranking in either singles or ...
in the final, 6–1, 7–6
(7–3) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2021
Ä°stanbul Cup
The Ä°stanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship Ä°stanbul for sponsorship reasons) was a Women's Tennis Association, WTA tennis tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey, organised for professional female tennis players. It was ...
. This was Cîrstea's first title since
2008
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. Cîrstea did not drop a set throughout the tournament.
Patricia Maria Èšig
Patricia Maria Èšig (born 27 July 1994) is a Romanian tennis player.
Èšig has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 56, achieved on 26 October 2020. Her best doubles ranking of No. 155 was achieved on 14 November 2016. Èšig has won one ...
was the defending champion,
but she chose not to participate this year.
Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
Qualifying
Seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky loser
Draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
References
External links
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2021 in Turkish tennis
2021 WTA Tour
2021 in Istanbul