| 2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 19–25 April | |||
| Edition | 43rd | |||
| Category | WTA 500 | |||
| Draw | 28S / 16D | |||
| Prize money | $565,530 | |||
| Surface | Clay (indoor) | |||
| Location | Stuttgart, Germany | |||
| Venue | Porsche-Arena | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Ashleigh Barty | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
Ashleigh Barty / Jennifer Brady | ||||
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The2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women'stennis tournament played on indoorclay courts. It was the 43rd edition of thePorsche Tennis Grand Prix and was classified as aWTA 500 tournament on the2021 WTA Tour. It was held at thePorsche Arena inStuttgart, Germany from 19 to 25 April 2021.[1]
Ashleigh Barty won both the singles title and doubles title (alongside partnerJennifer Brady). The feat earned Barty her 11th career WTA Tour singles title and made her the first reigning world No. 1 to win the singles tournament sinceJustine Henin in2007. By winning her 12th career WTA Tour doubles title, she also became the first player to sweep both tournaments sinceLindsay Davenport in2001. It was Brady's maiden career WTA Tour doubles title.[2]
Ashleigh Barty defeated
Aryna Sabalenka, 3–6, 6–0, 6–3.Ashleigh Barty /Jennifer Brady defeatedDesirae Krawczyk /Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 6–4, 5–7, [10–5].| 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 | — | — | — | — |
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $55,300 | $41,141 | $26,130 | $12,500 | $6,612 | $5,362 | $4,032 | $2,068 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | $20,346 | $14,314 | $8,064 | $4,436 | $2,824 | — | — | — |
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | Ashleigh Barty | 1 | 1 |
 ROU | Simona Halep | 3 | 2 |
| USA | Sofia Kenin | 4 | 3 |
 UKR | Elina Svitolina | 5 | 4 |
| BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 7 | 5 |
 CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 9 | 6 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 10 | 7 |
 SUI | Belinda Bencic | 12 | 8 |
The following player received a wildcard into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Victoria Azarenka → replaced by
Zhang Shuai
Kiki Bertens → replaced by
Ekaterine Gorgodze
Johanna Konta → replaced by
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Elena Rybakina → replaced by
Tamara Korpatsch
Iga Świątek → replaced byAngelique Kerber| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Desirae Krawczyk | USA | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 40 | 1 |
| CHN | Xu Yifan | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 47 | 2 |
| USA | Hayley Carter |  BRA | Luisa Stefani | 52 | 3 |
| UKR | Lyudmyla Kichenok |  LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 65 | 4 |
The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:
The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:
Chan Hao-ching /Latisha Chan → replaced byMona Barthel /Anna-Lena FriedsamEllen Perez /Storm Sanders → replaced by
Ulrikke Eikeri /Ekaterine Gorgodze