2021 MUSC Health Women's Open

2021 MUSC Health Women's Open
Date	12–18 April
Edition	49th
Category	WTA 250
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	US$235,238
Surface	Green clay
Location	Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Venue	Family Circle Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Astra Sharma
Doubles
Hailey Baptiste / Caty McNally
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The second 2021 Charleston Open (branded as the MUSC Health Women's Open for commercial reasons) was a tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor green clay courts in Daniel Island. It was held one day after the 48th edition ended and was a replacement tournament for other tournaments that were not held because of travel restrictions, and organised by Charleston Tennis with a single-year licence in 2021, held at Family Circle Tennis Center from April 12 to 18, 2021.^[1]

Champions

Singles

• Astra Sharma def. Ons Jabeur, 2–6, 7–5, 6–1

Doubles

• Hailey Baptiste / Caty McNally def. Ellen Perez / Storm Sanders, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [10–6]

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TUN	Ons Jabeur	28	1
POL	Magda Linette	51	2
USA	Shelby Rogers	52	3
FRA	Alizé Cornet	59	4
JPN	Misaki Doi	77	5
AUS	Ajla Tomljanović	78	6
USA	Lauren Davis	79	7
USA	Madison Brengle	81	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of April 5, 2021 ^[2]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Linda Fruhvirtová
• Emma Navarro
• CoCo Vandeweghe

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

• Camila Osorio

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Claire Liu
• Grace Min
• Alycia Parks
• Storm Sanders

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Amanda Anisimova → replaced by Caty McNally
• Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Wang Yafan
• Anna Blinkova → replaced by Liudmila Samsonova
• Danielle Collins → replaced by Francesca Di Lorenzo
• Coco Gauff → replaced by Viktoriya Tomova
• Madison Keys → replaced by Sara Errani
• Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by Tereza Martincová
• Ann Li → replaced by Danka Kovinić
• Jessica Pegula → replaced by Clara Tauson
• Rebecca Peterson → replaced by Christina McHale
• Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Renata Zarazúa
• Anastasia Potapova → replaced by Stefanie Vögele
• Laura Siegemund → replaced by Kristie Ahn
• Sloane Stephens → replaced by Natalia Vikhlyantseva

Retirements

• Alizé Cornet
• Misaki Doi
• Tereza Martincová

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUS	Ellen Perez	AUS	Storm Sanders	117	1
USA	Kaitlyn Christian	USA	Sabrina Santamaria	123	2
JPN	Misaki Doi	JPN	Nao Hibino	158	3
AUS	Arina Rodionova	NED	Rosalie van der Hoek	167	4

• Rankings are as of April 5, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Sophie Chang / Emma Navarro

The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking:

• Oksana Kalashnikova / Alla Kudryavtseva

The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw as an alternate:

• Linda Fruhvirtová / Tereza Martincová

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Anna Blinkova / Lucie Hradecká → replaced by Elixane Lechemia / Ingrid Neel
• Misaki Doi / Nao Hibino → replaced by Linda Fruhvirtová / Tereza Martincová
• Coco Gauff / Caty McNally → replaced by Beatrice Gumulya / Jessy Rompies
• Makoto Ninomiya / Yang Zhaoxuan → replaced by Jamie Loeb / Erin Routliffe

During the tournament

• Linda Fruhvirtová / Tereza Martincová

Retirements

• Arina Rodionova / Rosalie van der Hoek

References

External links

• ITF tournament details