Women's singles
2021 US Open
Final
Champion	Emma Raducanu
Runner-up	Leylah Fernandez
Score	6–4, 6–3
Details
Draw	128 (16Q / 8WC)
Seeds	32
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Emma Raducanu defeatedLeylah Fernandez in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the2021 US Open. It was her firstmajor title. Raducanu became the firstqualifier to win a major. She was the first British woman to win a singles major sinceVirginia Wade at the1977 Wimbledon Championships, and the second player to win the US Open on her tournament debut (afterBianca Andreescu in2019).^[1][2][3] Aged 18, Raducanu was the youngest major champion sinceMaria Sharapova at the2004 Wimbledon Championships, and with aranking of world No. 150, the lowest-ranked player to win a major sinceKim Clijsters at the2009 US Open. Shedid not lose a set during the tournament, including during her three qualification matches, and was not taken to a tiebreak in any set. It was her firstWTA Tour-level singles title, making her the fourth woman in theOpen Era to win a major as her first singles title. Raducanu won the title on only her second major main-draw appearance, an Open Era record.

Naomi Osaka was the defending champion,^[4] but was defeated by Fernandez in the third round.

The final marked the first all-teenage major final sinceSerena Williams defeatedMartina Hingis at the1999 US Open, and the first women's singles major final in the Open Era to feature two unseeded players.^[5] Raducanu and Fernandez both made their top 30 debuts following the tournament. Fernandez was the youngest player to defeat three top-five seeded players in the same major since Williams at the 1999 US Open.^[6][7] She was the first player of Southeast Asian descent (Filipino) to reach the final.

This was the first major since the2011 French Open and first US Open since2003 where neither of theWilliams sisters participated.^[8]

None of the top 20 seeds lost prior to the third round, the first time this occurred since the introduction of the 32-seed format in2001.^[9] The defeats ofKarolína Plíšková andBarbora Krejčíková in the quarterfinals guaranteed two first-time major finalists; Raducanu and Fernandez emerged to become those players. This also ensured that, for the first time since2014, eight different players contested the four major finals in a season.

This marked the final US Open appearance of2016 champion and former world No. 1Angelique Kerber; she lost to Fernandez in the fourth round. Kerber subsequently went on maternity leave in 2023 and retired from professional tennis in 2024.

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Key

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	Q	Emma Raducanu	6	6
	11	Belinda Bencic	3	4
								Q	Emma Raducanu	6	6
								17	Maria Sakkari	1	4
	4	Karolína Plíšková	4	4
	17	Maria Sakkari	6	6
															Q	Emma Raducanu	6	6
																Leylah Fernandez	4	3
	5	Elina Svitolina	3	6	65
		Leylah Fernandez	6	3	77
									Leylah Fernandez	77	4	6
								2	Aryna Sabalenka	63	6	4
	8	Barbora Krejčíková	1	4
	2	Aryna Sabalenka	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	1	A Barty	6	79
		V Zvonareva	1	67				1	A Barty	6	7
		C Burel	5	0					C Tauson	1	5
		C Tauson	7	6											1	A Barty	2	6	65
		S Rogers	6	6												S Rogers	6	1	77
		M Brengle	4	0					S Rogers	7	6
		S Cîrstea	77	3	6				S Cîrstea	5	2
	29	V Kudermetova	65	6	0																		S Rogers	2	1
	22	K Muchová	2	63																		Q	E Raducanu	6	6
		S Sorribes Tormo	6	77					S Sorribes Tormo	6	6
		S-w Hsieh	6	6					S-w Hsieh	1	3
		C Liu	1	4												S Sorribes Tormo	0	1
	WC	H Baptiste	3	4											Q	E Raducanu	6	6
		S Zhang	6	6					S Zhang	2	4
	Q	E Raducanu	6	6				Q	E Raducanu	6	6
	LL	S Vögele	2	3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	11	B Bencic	6	6
		A Rus	4	4				11	B Bencic	6	6
		M Trevisan	6	7					M Trevisan	3	1
	WC	C Vandeweghe	1	5											11	B Bencic	6	6
		M Doi	77	6											23	J Pegula	2	4
	WC	S Sanders	63	3					M Doi	3	2
		A Potapova	2	2				23	J Pegula	6	6
	23	J Pegula	6	6																		11	B Bencic	714	6
	28	A Kontaveit	6	6																		7	I Świątek	612	3
	PR	S Stosur	3	0				28	A Kontaveit	6	6
	Q	C Bucșa	3	4					J Teichmann	4	1
		J Teichmann	6	6											28	A Kontaveit	3	6	3
		F Ferro	6	6											7	I Świątek	6	4	6
		N Hibino	1	4					F Ferro	6	63	0
	Q	J Loeb	3	4				7	I Świątek	3	77	6
	7	I Świątek	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	4	Ka Plíšková	6	6
	WC	C McNally	3	4				4	Ka Plíšková	7	65	79
		Z Diyas	5	2					A Anisimova	5	77	67
		A Anisimova	7	6											4	Ka Plíšková	6	6
		A Tomljanović	6	6												A Tomljanović	3	2
	WC	K Volynets	3	1					A Tomljanović	78	6
	Q	D Gálfi	3	2				30	P Martić	66	4
	30	P Martić	6	6																		4	Ka Plíšková	7	6
	24	P Badosa	6	6																		14	A Pavlyuchenkova	5	4
		A Van Uytvanck	4	3				24	P Badosa	4	4
		V Gracheva	5	6	6				V Gracheva	6	6
	Q	N Párrizas Díaz	7	0	2											V Gracheva	1	4
	Q	AK Schmiedlová	7	63	6										14	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	6
	WC	A Krueger	5	77	3			Q	AK Schmiedlová	2	7	2
		A Riske	4	2				14	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	5	6
	14	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	10	P Kvitová	6	6
		P Hercog	1	2				10	P Kvitová	77	6
		D Kovinić	4	3				Q	Kr Plíšková	64	2
	Q	Kr Plíšková	6	6											10	P Kvitová	4	3
		A Sevastova	66	3											17	M Sakkari	6	6
		K Siniaková	78	6					K Siniaková	4	2
		M Kostyuk	4	3				17	M Sakkari	6	6
	17	M Sakkari	6	6																		17	M Sakkari	62	78	6
	LL	G Minnen	6	1	6																	6	B Andreescu	77	66	3
		N Podoroska	4	6	3			LL	G Minnen	6	6
		L Samsonova	6	6					L Samsonova	4	4
	Q	K Boulter	3	2											LL	G Minnen	1	2
		L Davis	6	2	6										6	B Andreescu	6	6
	LL	V Tomova	2	6	3				L Davis	4	4
		V Golubic	5	6	5			6	B Andreescu	6	6
	6	B Andreescu	7	4	7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	5	E Svitolina	6	6
	Q	R Marino	2	3				5	E Svitolina	6	7
	Q	R Masarova	69	77	711			Q	R Masarova	2	5
		A Bogdan	711	62	69										5	E Svitolina	6	6
		M Vondroušová	7	6											25	D Kasatkina	4	2
	Q	E-G Ruse	5	0					M Vondroušová	6	4	4
		T Pironkova	2	1				25	D Kasatkina	3	6	6
	25	D Kasatkina	6	6																		5	E Svitolina	6	6
	19	E Rybakina	6	6																		12	S Halep	3	3
		A Sasnovich	2	3				19	E Rybakina	6	6
		C Garcia	66	6	6				C Garcia	1	4
	Q	H Dart	78	4	2										19	E Rybakina	611	6	3
		A Li	5	1											12	S Halep	713	4	6
	LL	K Kučová	7	6				LL	K Kučová	3	1
		C Giorgi	4	63				12	S Halep	6	6
	12	S Halep	6	77

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	16	A Kerber	3	6	77
		D Yastremska	6	4	63			16	A Kerber	6	6
	LL	M Sherif	6	1	1				A Kalinina	3	2
		A Kalinina	4	6	6										16	A Kerber	5	6	6
		M Keys	3	6	67											S Stephens	7	2	3
		S Stephens	6	1	79				S Stephens	6	6
		M Linette	7	3	4			21	C Gauff	4	2
	21	C Gauff	5	6	6																	16	A Kerber	6	65	2
	31	Y Putintseva	6	64	2																		L Fernandez	4	77	6
		K Kanepi	2	77	6				K Kanepi	5	5
		L Fernandez	77	6					L Fernandez	7	7
	Q	A Konjuh	63	2												L Fernandez	5	77	6
	WC	A Parks	3	5											3	N Osaka	7	62	4
	Q	O Danilović	6	7				Q	O Danilović
		M Bouzková	4	1				3	N Osaka	w/o
	3	N Osaka	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	8	B Krejčíková	6	6
	Q	A Sharma	0	4				8	B Krejčíková	6	6
	WC	E Navarro	1	65					C McHale	3	1
		C McHale	6	77											8	B Krejčíková	6	6
		K Mladenovic	6	2	3										LL	K Rakhimova	4	2
	LL	K Rakhimova	2	6	6			LL	K Rakhimova	6	6
		S Errani	3	2				32	E Alexandrova	4	1
	32	E Alexandrova	6	6																		8	B Krejčíková	6	77
	18	V Azarenka	6	6																		9	G Muguruza	3	64
		T Martincová	4	0				18	V Azarenka	6	77
		J Paolini	6	6					J Paolini	3	61
	PR	Y Shvedova	3	4											18	V Azarenka	4	6	2
		A Petkovic	6	77											9	G Muguruza	6	3	6
		I-C Begu	2	63					A Petkovic	4	2
		D Vekić	64	65				9	G Muguruza	6	6
	9	G Muguruza	77	77

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	15	E Mertens	3	77	77
		R Peterson	6	65	65			15	E Mertens	6	6
	Q	V Grammatikopoulou	6	6				Q	V Grammatikopoulou	2	2
		A Blinkova	3	2											15	E Mertens	6	7
	PR	I Jorović	2	2											20	O Jabeur	3	5
		C Osorio	6	6					C Osorio	0	1
		A Cornet	5	5				20	O Jabeur	6	6
	20	O Jabeur	7	7																		15	E Mertens	4	1
	26	D Collins	6	6																		2	A Sabalenka	6	6
	PR	C Suárez Navarro	2	4				26	D Collins	6	6
		H Watson	1	4					K Juvan	4	2
		K Juvan	6	6											26	D Collins	3	3
		B Pera	4	64											2	A Sabalenka	6	6
		T Zidanšek	6	77					T Zidanšek	3	1
		N Stojanović	4	77	0			2	A Sabalenka	6	6
	2	A Sabalenka	6	64	6

Category	Raducanu	Fernandez
1st serve %	49/71 (69%)	45/78 (58%)
1st serve points won	33 of 49 = 67%	25 of 45 = 56%
2nd serve points won	10 of 22 = 45%	15 of 33 = 45%
Total service points won	43 of 71 = 57.33%	40 of 78 = 51.28%
Aces	3	2
Double faults	2	5
Winners	22	18
Unforced errors	25	26
Net points won	11 of 15 = 73%	9 of 12 = 75%
Break points converted	4 of 18 = 22%	2 of 9 = 22%
Return points won	38 of 78 = 49%	28 of 71 = 43%
Total points won	81	68
Source

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of August 23, 2021. Rank and points before are as of August 30, 2021.

As a result of pandemic-related adjustments to the ranking system, players are defending the greater of their points from the 2019 and 2020 tournaments.^[10] In addition, points from tournaments held during the weeks ofSeptember 9, 2019 andSeptember 7, 2020 will be dropped at the end of the tournament and replaced by the player's next best result.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending from2019 or2020	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Ashleigh Barty	10,185	240	130	10,075	Third round lost toShelby Rogers
2	2	Aryna Sabalenka	7,010	70	780	7,720	Semifinals lost toLeylah Fernandez
3	3	Naomi Osaka	6,666	2,000	130	4,796	Third round lost toLeylah Fernandez
4	4	Karolína Plíšková	5,530	240+470	430+65	5,315	Quarterfinals lost toMaria Sakkari [17]
5	5	Elina Svitolina	5,210	780	430	4,860	Quarterfinals lost toLeylah Fernandez
6	7	Bianca Andreescu	4,537	2,000	240	2,777	Fourth round lost toMaria Sakkari [17]
7	8	Iga Świątek	4,461	130	240	4,571	Fourth round lost toBelinda Bencic [11]
8	9	Barbora Krejčíková	4,273	(35)†	430	4,668	Quarterfinals lost toAryna Sabalenka [2]
9	10	Garbiñe Muguruza	4,210	70	240	4,380	Fourth round lost toBarbora Krejčíková [8]
10	11	Petra Kvitová	4,170	240	130	4,060	Third round lost toMaria Sakkari [17]
11	12	Belinda Bencic	4,170	780	430	3,820	Quarterfinals lost toEmma Raducanu [Q]
12	13	Simona Halep	3,881	70	240	4,051	Fourth round lost toElina Svitolina [5]
13	14	Jennifer Brady	3,489	780+29	0+15	2,695	Withdrew due to injury
14	15	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	3,420	70	240	3,590	Fourth round lost toKarolína Plíšková [4]
15	16	Elise Mertens	3,330	430	240	3,140	Fourth round lost toAryna Sabalenka [2]
16	17	Angelique Kerber	3,245	240	240	3,245	Fourth round lost toLeylah Fernandez
17	18	Maria Sakkari	3,210	240	780	3,750	Semifinals lost toEmma Raducanu [Q]
18	19	Victoria Azarenka	3,160	1,300	130	1,990	Third round lost toGarbiñe Muguruza [9]
19	20	Elena Rybakina	3,083	70+180	130+105	3,068	Third round lost toSimona Halep [12]
20	21	Ons Jabeur	2,975	130	130	2,975	Third round lost toElise Mertens [15]
21	23	Coco Gauff	2,875	130	70	2,815	Second round lost toSloane Stephens
22	24	Karolína Muchová	2,862	240	10	2,632	First round lost toSara Sorribes Tormo
23	25	Jessica Pegula	2,425	130	130	2,425	Third round lost toBelinda Bencic [11]
24	26	Paula Badosa	2,343	30+110	70+30	2,303	Second round lost toVarvara Gracheva
25	27	Daria Kasatkina	2,340	10	130	2,460	Third round lost toElina Svitolina [5]
26	29	Danielle Collins	2,270	70	130	2,330	Third round lost toAryna Sabalenka [2]
27	30	Jeļena Ostapenko	2,170	130	0	2,040	Withdrew for medical reasons
28	28	Anett Kontaveit	2,315	240	130	2,205	Third round lost toIga Świątek [7]
29	31	Veronika Kudermetova	2,040	10+110	10+100	2,030	First round lost toSorana Cîrstea
30	32	Petra Martić	2,005	240+305	70+55	1,585	Second round lost toAjla Tomljanović
31	33	Yulia Putintseva	1,910	430	10	1,490	First round lost toKaia Kanepi
32	34	Ekaterina Alexandrova	1,866	70	70	1,866	Second round lost toKamilla Rakhimova [LL]

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019 or 2020. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending from2019 or2020	Points after	Withdrawal reason
6	Sofia Kenin	5,030	240+100	4,691	Positive COVID-19 test
22	Serena Williams	2,891	1,300	1,591	Hamstring injury in right leg

‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began
@ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began
§ – withdrew from main draw

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