2021 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
Tennis tournament
2021 tennis event results
Ashleigh Barty defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–3, 6–7(4–7) , 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.[ 1] [ 2] It was her first Wimbledon title and second major singles title overall. She became the first Australian to win the title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980 , the first top seed to win the title since Serena Williams in 2016 and the first to do so at any major since Simona Halep at the 2018 French Open . Barty's victory made her the fourth player (following Ann Jones , Martina Hingis and Amélie Mauresmo ) to win the women's singles title after previously winning the girls' singles title. She retained the world No. 1 ranking by reaching the semifinals, with Aryna Sabalenka having also been in contention for the top ranking.
Halep was the reigning champion from when the tournament was last held in 2019 ,[ 3] but she withdrew before the tournament due to a calf injury.[ 4] [ 5]
Serena Williams retired from her first-round match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich due to injury.[ 6] This marked only the second time that she lost in the first round of a major, and the first time since 2014 that the Wimbledon final did not feature one of the Williams sisters (as Venus Williams lost to Ons Jabeur in the second round), as well as the first time since 1997 that neither sister progressed beyond the second round.[ 7]
This was the first edition of Wimbledon since 2009 that saw the top two seeds progress to the semifinals.[ 8] Additionally, this was the first major in the Open Era where two wildcards, Liudmila Samsonova and Emma Raducanu (who made her first major appearance overall), reached the fourth round.[ 9] Raducanu became the youngest British woman to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon in the Open Era.[ 10] Jabeur became the first Tunisian player and the first Arabian woman in history to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.[ 11]
Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Draw
Key
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Championship match statistics
Category
Barty
Ka. Plíšková
1st serve %
54/89 (61%)
54/77 (70%)
1st serve points won
36 of 54 = 67%
36 of 54 = 67%
2nd serve points won
19 of 35 = 54%
8 of 23 = 35%
Total service points won
55 of 89 = 61.79%
44 of 77 = 57.14%
Aces
7
6
Double faults
7
5
Winners
30
27
Unforced errors
29
32
Net points won
8 of 15 = 53%
13 of 21 = 62%
Break points converted
6 of 8 = 75%
4 of 5 = 80%
Return points won
33 of 77 = 42%
34 of 89 = 38%
Total points won
88
78
[1]
Seeded players
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 21 June 2021. Rankings and points are as of 28 June 2021.
Seed
Rank
Player
Points before
Points defending
Points won
Points after
Status
1
1
Ashleigh Barty
7,875
240
2,000
9,635
Champion , defeated Karolína Plíšková [8]
2
4
Aryna Sabalenka
6,195
10
780
6,965
Semifinals lost to Karolína Plíšková [8]
3
5
Elina Svitolina
5,835
780
70
5,135
Second round lost to Magda Linette
4
6
Sofia Kenin
5,640
70
70
5,640
Second round lost to Madison Brengle
5
7
Bianca Andreescu
5,321
0
10
5,331
First round lost to Alizé Cornet
6
8
Serena Williams
4,931
1,300
10
3,641
First round retired against Aliaksandra Sasnovich
7
9
Iga Świątek
4,465
10
240
4,695
Fourth round lost to Ons Jabeur [21]
8
13
Karolína Plíšková
3,915
240
1,300
4,975
Runner-up, lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
9
11
Belinda Bencic
4,205
130
10
4,085
First round lost to Kaja Juvan
10
10
Petra Kvitová
4,215
240
10
3,985
First round lost to Sloane Stephens
11
12
Garbiñe Muguruza
4,045
10
130
4,165
Third round lost to Ons Jabeur [21]
12
14
Victoria Azarenka
3,905
130
70
3,845
Second round lost to Sorana Cîrstea
13
16
Elise Mertens
3,685
240
130
3,575
Third round lost to Madison Keys [23]
14
17
Barbora Krejčíková
3,683
(30)†
240
3,893
Fourth round lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
15
18
Maria Sakkari
3,480
130
70
3,420
Second round lost to Shelby Rogers
16
19
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
3,300
10
130
3,420
Third round lost to Karolína Muchová [19]
17
21
Kiki Bertens
3,095
130
10
2,975
First round lost to Marta Kostyuk
18
20
Elena Rybakina
3,123
(100)†
240
3,263
Fourth round lost to Aryna Sabalenka [2]
19
22
Karolína Muchová
2,876
430
430
2,876
Quarterfinals lost to Angelique Kerber [25]
20
23
Coco Gauff
2,805
280
240
2,765
Fourth round lost to Angelique Kerber [25]
21
24
Ons Jabeur
2,510
10
430
2,930
Quarterfinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka [2]
22
26
Jessica Pegula
2,410
10
70
2,460
Second round lost to Liudmila Samsonova [WC]
23
27
Madison Keys
2,405
70
240
2,575
Fourth round lost to Viktorija Golubic
24
25
Anett Kontaveit
2,505
130
10
2,385
First round lost to Markéta Vondroušová
25
28
Angelique Kerber
2,240
70
780
2,950
Semifinals lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
26
30
Petra Martić
2,230
240
70
2,060
Second round lost to Irina-Camelia Begu
27
31
Johanna Konta
2,157
430
0
1,727
Withdrew due to close contact with COVID-19 positive test
28
29
Alison Riske
2,235
430
10
1,815
First round lost to Tereza Martincová
29
32
Veronika Kudermetova
2,100
70
10
2,040
First round lost to Viktorija Golubic
30
33
Paula Badosa
2,060
40
240
2,260
Fourth round lost to Karolína Muchová [19]
31
35
Daria Kasatkina
2,030
10
70
2,090
Second round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko
32
36
Ekaterina Alexandrova
1,940
10
70
2,000
Second round lost to Camila Osorio [Q]
†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.
Withdrawn players
The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.
Other entry information
Wild card entries
The following players were awarded wild cards into the main draw.[ 12]
Qualifiers
Lucky losers
Protected ranking
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
During the tournament
See also
References
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