2021 Volvo Car Open

The 2021 Charleston Open (branded as the 2021 Volvo Car Open for sponsorship reasons) is a women's tennis event being held April 5–11, 2021. It is the 49th edition of the Charleston Open, a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. The event takes place at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, United States. It is the only event of the clay court season played on green clay.[1] It was the last time the tournament was sponsored by Chinese automaker Geely, which has an automobile plant in Berkley County, where the tournament is held, as Credit One Bank, which sponsored the previous year's repurposed tournament, will take over sponsorship in 2022. The event was held behind closed doors for the second consecutive year because of construction issues, as after last year's tournament, the main court stadium was demolished as a new stadium, to be known as Credit One Stadium, is scheduled to open in 2022. The main court was the Althea Gibson Court, and originally a 3,000-seat stadium was to be constructed with approximately 1,500 fans (at the time, the state had successfully hosted up to 20,000 spectators at events), but construction forced the event to be held behind closed doors.

2021 Volvo Car Open
DateApril 5 – 11
Edition49th
CategoryWTA 500
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$565,530
SurfaceGreen clay
LocationCharleston, United States
VenueFamily Circle Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Veronika Kudermetova
Doubles
Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2021 Volvo Car Open – Singles

Doubles
Main article: 2021 Volvo Car Open – Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Women's Singles 470 305 185 100 55 30 1 25 13 1
Women's Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
Women's Singles $68,570 $50,130 $26,745 $12,670 $6,480 $4,100 $3,330 $2,000 $1,020
Women's Doubles $25,230 $17,750 $10,000 $5,500 $3,500 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Ranking1 Seed
 AUS Ashleigh Barty 1 1
 USA Sofia Kenin 4 2
 CZE Petra Kvitová 10 3
 NED Kiki Bertens 11 4
  SUI Belinda Bencic 12 5
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 13 6
 BEL Elise Mertens 17 7
 USA Madison Keys 19 8
 CZE Markéta Vondroušová 21 9
 KAZ Elena Rybakina 24 10
 TUN Ons Jabeur 28 11
 USA Amanda Anisimova 31 12
 KAZ Yulia Putintseva 33 13
 USA Coco Gauff 36 14
 RUS Veronika Kudermetova 37 15
 CHN Zhang Shuai 43 16
 CZE Marie Bouzková 47 17
  • 1 Rankings as of March 22, 2021.[2]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Nicole Melichar  NED Demi Schuurs 23 1
 HUN Tímea Babos  RUS Veronika Kudermetova 30 2
 CHN Xu Yifan  CHN Zhang Shuai 39 3
 CHI Alexa Guarachi  USA Desirae Krawczyk 39 4
  • 1 Rankings as of March 22, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using protected rankings:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
During the tournament

References
  1. "Volvo Car Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. "Defending champion Madison Keys, World #1 Ashleigh Barty headline Volvo Car Open field". live5news.com.
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