2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic

The 2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic was a WTA tournament organised for female professional tennis players on outdoor hard courts due to the cancellation of the Asian tournaments because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It was the 1st edition of the event and took place at XS Tennis and Education Foundation in Chicago, United States from 27 September to 3 October 2021.^[1]

2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic
Date	27 September–3 October
Edition	1st
Category	WTA 500
Draw	56S / 32Q / 28D
Prize money	$565,530
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Chicago, United States
Venue	XS Tennis Village
Champions
Singles
Garbiñe Muguruza
Doubles
Květa Peschke / Andrea Petkovic

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic – Singles

• Garbiñe Muguruza def. Ons Jabeur, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0

Doubles

Main article: 2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic – Doubles

• Květa Peschke / Andrea Petkovic def. Caroline Dolehide / CoCo Vandeweghe, 6–3, 6–1

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
UKR	Elina Svitolina	4	1
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	9	2
SUI	Belinda Bencic	11	3
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	13	4
KAZ	Elena Rybakina	16	5
TUN	Ons Jabeur	17	6
BEL	Elise Mertens	18	7
CAN	Bianca Andreescu	20	8
USA	Jessica Pegula	23	9
USA	Danielle Collins	26	10
EST	Anett Kontaveit	30	11
RUS	Veronika Kudermetova	31	12
SLO	Tamara Zidanšek	33	13
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	35	14
ITA	Camila Giorgi	39	15
SUI	Jil Teichmann	42	16

• Rankings are as of September 20, 2021.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Hailey Baptiste
• Kim Clijsters^[2]
• Caroline Dolehide
• CoCo Vandeweghe

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Lizette Cabrera
• Kirsten Flipkens
• Magdalena Fręch
• Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Mai Hontama
• Maddison Inglis
• Anna Kalinskaya
• Kateryna Kozlova

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Harriet Dart
• Olga Govortsova

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei
• Coco Gauff → replaced by Ann Li
• Daria Kasatkina → replaced by Amanda Anisimova
• Sofia Kenin → replaced by Andrea Petkovic
• Johanna Konta → replaced by Madison Brengle
• Petra Kvitová → replaced by Misaki Doi
• Petra Martić → replaced by Camila Osorio
• Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Harriet Dart
• Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Kaia Kanepi
• Alison Riske → replaced by Jasmine Paolini
• Aryna Sabalenka → replaced by Sloane Stephens
• Maria Sakkari → replaced by Olga Govortsova
• Elena Vesnina → replaced by Marie Bouzková

During the tournament

• Victoria Azarenka
• Anett Kontaveit
• Markéta Vondroušová

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	BEL	Elise Mertens	5	1
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	JPN	Ena Shibahara	16	2
CHI	Alexa Guarachi	USA	Desirae Krawczyk	31	3
RUS	Veronika Kudermetova	USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	32	4
USA	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	NED	Demi Schuurs	34	5
CRO	Darija Jurak	SLO	Andreja Klepač	47	6
CAN	Sharon Fichman	MEX	Giuliana Olmos	57	7
CZE	Marie Bouzková	CZE	Lucie Hradecká	72	8

• ¹ Rankings as of September 20, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Hailey Baptiste / Whitney Osuigwe
• Kim Clijsters / Kirsten Flipkens
• Caroline Dolehide / CoCo Vandeweghe

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

• Ingrid Neel / Anastasia Rodionova

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Magdalena Fręch / Katarzyna Kawa
• Marta Kostyuk / Dayana Yastremska → replaced by Lyudmyla Kichenok / Marta Kostyuk
• Jamie Loeb / Tereza Mihalíková → replaced by Harriet Dart / Tereza Mihalíková