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2021 Tennis in the Land

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2021 Tennis in the Land
DateAugust 22–28
Edition1st
CategoryWTA 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$236,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationCleveland, United States
VenueJacobs Pavilion
Champions
Singles
Estonia Anett Kontaveit
Doubles
Japan Shuko Aoyama / Japan Ena Shibahara
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The 2021 Tennis in the Land event was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Jacobs Pavilion. It was the first edition of the tournament held in the city of Cleveland in the United States and was a part of the WTA 250 category of the 2021 WTA Tour.[1][2]

Champions

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Singles

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This was Kontaveit's second WTA Tour title, and first since 2017.

Doubles

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Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Women's singles 280 180 110 60 30 1 18 12 1
Women's doubles 1

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q2 Q1
Women's singles $29,200 $16,398 $10,100 $5,800 $4,000 $2,770 $2,305 $1,700
Women's doubles* $10,300 $6,000 $3,800 $2,300 $1,750

1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
 RUS Daria Kasatkina 26 1
 EST Anett Kontaveit 28 2
 RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova 34 3
 GBR Johanna Konta 36 4
 ARG Nadia Podoroska 37 5
 POL Magda Linette 43 6
 ESP Sara Sorribes Tormo 44 7
 USA Shelby Rogers 45 8
 CHN Zhang Shuai 50 9
  • Rankings are as of August 16, 2021.[3]

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

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Doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 JPN Shuko Aoyama  JPN Ena Shibahara 18 1
 CHI Alexa Guarachi  USA Desirae Krawczyk 35 2
 CZE Lucie Hradecká  CHN Zhang Shuai 79 3
 USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands  USA Shelby Rogers 89 4
  • Rankings are as of August 16, 2021.

Other entrants

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

The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis in the Land brings WTA to Cleveland in August for first time". news-herald.com.
  2. ^ "Tennis in the Land Overview". wtatennis.com.
  3. ^ Tennis in the Land Player Field
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