2021 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Singles

Singles
2021 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy
Final
ChampionRussia Daria Kasatkina
Runner-upRussia Margarita Gasparyan
Score6–3, 2–1, ret.
Details
Draw28 (6 Q / 4 WC )
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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2021 tennis event results

Daria Kasatkina won the women's singles title at the 2021 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, after Margarita Gasparyan retired from the final with the scoreline at 6–3, 2–1.

Kiki Bertens was the two-time defending champion,[1] but she chose not to participate.

This was the first tournament since Oakland in 1993 in which seven of the eight quarterfinalists were all from the same country. It was also the first tournament in WTA history in which all four semifinalists represented Russia.[2][3]

Seeds

  1. Russia Ekaterina Alexandrova (quarterfinals)
  2. Russia Veronika Kudermetova (quarterfinals)
  3. France Fiona Ferro (second round)
  4. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova (semifinals)
  5. Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (second round)
  6. Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)
  7. France Kristina Mladenovic (first round)
  8. Russia Daria Kasatkina (champion)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
WC Russia Margarita Gasparyan 6 711
WC Russia Vera Zvonareva 3 69
WC Russia Margarita Gasparyan 3 1r
8 Russia Daria Kasatkina 6 2
4 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 0 2
8 Russia Daria Kasatkina 1 6 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Russia E Alexandrova 6 6
  Switzerland S Vögele 0 6 4 Czech Republic T Martincová 3 4
  Czech Republic T Martincová 6 4 6 1 Russia E Alexandrova 2 5
  Czech Republic K Siniaková 6 6 WC Russia M Gasparyan 6 7
  Belgium K Flipkens 1 2 Czech Republic K Siniaková 4 4
WC Russia M Gasparyan 61 6 6 WC Russia M Gasparyan 6 6
7 France K Mladenovic 77 1 1 WC Russia M Gasparyan 6 711
WC Russia V Zvonareva 3 69
3 France F Ferro 78 5 62
Q Australia Ar Rodionova 1 3 WC Russia V Zvonareva 66 7 77
WC Russia V Zvonareva 6 6 WC Russia V Zvonareva 6 6
  Ukraine K Zavatska 2 78 5 Q Russia A Gasanova 3 1
Q Russia A Gasanova 6 66 7 Q Russia A Gasanova 1 710 77
LL Turkey Ç Büyükakçay 4 4 5 Russia A Pavlyuchenkova 6 68 64
5 Russia A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 Latvia J Ostapenko 6 6
  Spain P Badosa 2 2 6 Latvia J Ostapenko 3 69
Q Romania J Cristian 63 6 2 Q Romania J Cristian 6 711
PR Belarus V Lapko 77 4 1r Q Romania J Cristian 77 3 3
Q China Xin Wang 6 5 7 4 Russia S Kuznetsova 65 6 6
  Bulgaria V Tomova 1 7 5 Q China Xin Wang 1 5
4 Russia S Kuznetsova 6 7
4 Russia S Kuznetsova 6 0 2
8 Russia D Kasatkina 6 77 8 Russia D Kasatkina 1 6 6
Q Denmark C Tauson 4 60 8 Russia D Kasatkina 5 6 77
  Romania A Bogdan 6 2 1 Belarus A Sasnovich 7 3 62
  Belarus A Sasnovich 2 6 6 8 Russia D Kasatkina 1 6 6
WC Russia D Mishina 1 77 1 2 Russia V Kudermetova 6 1 2
Q Russia K Rakhimova 6 62 6 Q Russia K Rakhimova 5 6 65
2 Russia V Kudermetova 7 3 77

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Denmark Clara Tauson (qualified)
  2. Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova (moved to main draw)
  3. Romania Monica Niculescu (first round)
  4. Russia Natalia Vikhlyantseva (first round)
  5. Russia Kamilla Rakhimova (qualified)
  6. China Wang Xinyu (qualified)
  7. Romania Jaqueline Cristian (qualified)
  8. Poland Magdalena Fręch (qualifying competition)
  9. Australia Arina Rodionova (qualified)
  10. Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  11. Netherlands Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (qualifying competition)
  12. Romania Laura Ioana Paar (first round)

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Denmark Clara Tauson 7 6
WC Russia Ekaterina Shalimova 5 3
1 Denmark Clara Tauson 7 6
11 Netherlands Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 5 2
  Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze 6 60 3
11 Netherlands Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 0 77 6

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Alt Russia Sofya Lansere 3 0
WC Russia Alina Charaeva 6 6
WC Russia Alina Charaeva 6 1 2
7 Romania Jaqueline Cristian 4 6 6
  Serbia Natalija Kostić 1 3
7 Romania Jaqueline Cristian 6 6

Third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Romania Monica Niculescu 3 4
WC Croatia Ana Konjuh 6 6
WC Croatia Ana Konjuh 4 3
  Russia Anastasia Gasanova 6 6
  Russia Anastasia Gasanova 6 6
12 Romania Laura Ioana Paar 4 3

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Russia Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6 4 1
  Russia Valeria Savinykh 2 6 6
  Russia Valeria Savinykh 3 4
9 Australia Arina Rodionova 6 6
  Liechtenstein Kathinka von Deichmann 4 4
9 Australia Arina Rodionova 6 6

Fifth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
5 Russia Kamilla Rakhimova 6 4 6
  Serbia Aleksandra Krunić 2 6 4
5 Russia Kamilla Rakhimova 6 2 6
8 Poland Magdalena Fręch 3 6 2
WC Russia Polina Kudermetova 1 3
8 Poland Magdalena Fręch 6 6

Sixth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
6 China Wang Xinyu 6 6
  Russia Marina Melnikova 2 3
6 China Wang Xinyu 6 6
10 Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay 2 3
  Croatia Jana Fett 3 6 5
10 Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay 6 4 7

References

  1. ^ "Back-to-back: Bertens rolls to second straight St. Petersburg title". wtatennis.com. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Kasatkina, Kudermetova lead historic Russian charge in St. Petersburg". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  3. ^ "Kasatkina, Gasparyan dazzle to set all-Russian final in St. Petersburg". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-03-22.

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