2021 Adelaide International

The 2021 Adelaide International was a tennis tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The Adelaide International is a WTA 500 Tournament.

It was the second time this tournament was held and it took place at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre from the 22nd to the 27th of February, 2021. For 2021, with the COVID-19 pandemic causing travel chaos, the ATP event was moved to Melbourne. It was held alongside another 250 tournament called Melbourne 2 and the ATP Cup. Adelaide was temporarily renamed the Great Ocean Road Open. The WTA event will be held the week after the Australian Open, in Adelaide. Ashleigh Barty of Australia won the 2020 edition and sought to defend her domestic title. The tournament was eventually won by Iga Swiatek, who claimed her second career title, defeating Belinda Bencic in two sets.

Champions

Women's singles

Iga Świątek def. Belinda Bencic, 6–2, 6–2

Women's doubles

Alexa Guarachi / Desirae Krawczyk def. Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [10–3]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

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Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

¹ Rankings are as of 5 March 2005.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

Ashleigh Barty
Olivia Gadecki
Samantha Stosur
Ajla Tomljanović

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Madison Brengle
Coco Gauff
Maddison Inglis
Jasmine Paolini
Liudmila Samsonova
Storm Sanders

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Misaki Doi
Christina McHale

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

¹ Rankings are as of 8 February 2021.

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Anna Blinkova / Veronika Kudermetova → replaced by Sharon Fichman / Coco Gauff
Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan → replaced by Arina Rodionova / Storm Sanders
Gabriela Dabrowski / Bethanie Mattek-Sands → replaced by Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Asia Muhammad
Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs → replaced by Kaitlyn Christian / Sabrina Santamaria
Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai → replaced by Ellen Perez / Samantha Stosur