2021 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy
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| 2021 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy | |
|---|---|
| Date | 15 – 21 March |
| Edition | 12th |
| Category | WTA 500 |
| Prize money | $565,530 |
| Surface | Hard (indoor) |
| Location | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Venue | Sibur Arena |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Daria Kasatkina | |
| Doubles | |
 Nadiia Kichenok /  Raluca Olaru | |
The 2021 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is the 12th edition of the tournament and a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. The tournament is held between 15 and 21 March 2021.[1]
Champions
[edit]Singles
[edit]- Daria Kasatkina def. Margarita Gasparyan, 6–3, 2–1, ret.
Doubles
[edit]- Nadiia Kichenok / Raluca Olaru def.
Kaitlyn Christian / Sabrina Santamaria, 2–6, 6–3, [10–8].
Point distribution
[edit]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
[edit]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $68,570 | $51,000 | $32,400 | $15,500 | $8,200 | $6,650 | $5,000 | $2,565 |
| Doubles* | $25,230 | $17,750 | $10,000 | $5,500 | $3,500 | — | — | — |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team
Singles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUS
|
Ekaterina Alexandrova | 33 | 1 |
| RUS
|
Veronika Kudermetova | 34 | 2 |
 FRA
|
Fiona Ferro | 39 | 3 |
| RUS
|
Svetlana Kuznetsova | 41 | 4 |
| RUS
|
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 43 | 5 |
 LAT
|
Jeļena Ostapenko | 51 | 6 |
| FRA
|
Kristina Mladenovic | 53 | 7 |
| RUS
|
Daria Kasatkina | 58 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of March 8, 2021.[2]
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
Belinda Bencic → replaced by 
Kirsten Flipkens- Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by
Aliaksandra Sasnovich - Elise Mertens → replaced by
Çağla Büyükakçay 
Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Daria Kasatkina- Alison Riske → replaced by Katarina Zavatska
- Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Vera Lapko
- Jil Teichmann → replaced by
Viktoriya Tomova - Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Ana Bogdan
Donna Vekić → replaced by 
Paula Badosa
Retirements
[edit]- Vera Lapko (cramping)
- Margarita Gasparyan (lower-back injury)
Doubles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UKR
|
Nadiia Kichenok | ROU
|
Raluca Olaru | 98 | 1 |
| USA
|
Kaitlyn Christian | USA
|
Sabrina Santamaria | 130 | 2 |
 JPN
|
Makoto Ninomiya |  CZE
|
Renata Voráčová | 132 | 3 |
| BLR
|
Lidziya Marozava | BLR
|
Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 134 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of March 8, 2021.
Other entrants
[edit]The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
The following pairs received entry using protected rankings:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
- Georgina García Pérez /
Bibiane Schoofs → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova / Yana Sizikova - Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Jeļena Ostapenko / Valeria Savinykh
- Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens → replaced by Laura Ioana Paar /
Julia Wachaczyk - Lidziya Marozava / Andreea Mitu → replaced by Lidziya Marozava / Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Vera Lapko /
Cornelia Lister → replaced by Çağla Büyükakçay / 
Magdalena Fręch
References
[edit]- ^ "St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Overview". wtatennis.com.
- ^ "На подаче только девушки. Кто примет участие в St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy?". spbvedomosti.ru.