2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open

The 2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural professional edition of the tournament and a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It took place at the Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre in Abu Dhabi, from 6 January to 13 January 2021. Fourth-seeded Aryna Sabalenka won the singles title.^[1]

• Aryna Sabalenka def. Veronika Kudermetova, 6–2, 6–2

• Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara def. Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4

• ¹ Rankings are as of December 21, 2020

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

• Yaroslava Shvedova
• Zhu Lin

The following player received entry as an alternate:

• Ulrikke Eikeri

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kateryna Bondarenko
• Anna Bondár
• Anastasia Gasanova
• Amandine Hesse
• Lucie Hradecká
• Lucrezia Stefanini
• Bianca Turati
• Yang Zhaoxuan

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Jodie Burrage
• Valentini Grammatikopoulou
• Despina Papamichail

before the tournament

• Amanda Anisimova → replaced by Ulrikke Eikeri
• Belinda Bencic → replaced by Vera Zvonareva
• Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by Despina Papamichail
• Danielle Collins → replaced by Tamara Zidanšek
• Fiona Ferro → replaced by Jodie Burrage
• Caroline Garcia → replaced by Jasmine Paolini
• Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Wang Xiyu
• Elise Mertens → replaced by Valentini Grammatikopoulou
• Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Marta Kostyuk
• Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Anastasia Potapova
• Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by Jamie Loeb
• Zheng Saisai → replaced by Leylah Fernandez

during the tournament

• Karolína Muchová

• Kirsten Flipkens

• Rankings are as of December 21, 2020

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

• Kateryna Bondarenko / Nadiia Kichenok
• Elena Rybakina / Yaroslava Shvedova

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw as alternates:

• Jasmine Paolini / Martina Trevisan
• Nadia Podoroska / Sara Sorribes Tormo

Before the tournament

• Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka → replaced by Nadia Podoroska / Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Kirsten Flipkens / Kristina Mladenovic → replaced by Jasmine Paolini / Martina Trevisan

During the tournament

• Karolína Muchová / Markéta Vondroušová

• ITF tournament draws