2021 Volvo Car Open

The 2021 Charleston Open (branded as the 2021 Volvo Car Open for sponsorship reasons) tournament was a women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Daniel Island in Charleston, South Carolina. It was the 48th edition of the event on the WTA Tour and was classified as a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It was the first of two Charleston Open tournaments in consecutive weeks at the same facility (the second was the 2021 MUSC Health Women's Open),^[1] and were the only events of the annual tour's clay court season to be played on green clay. The first tournament of the 2021 doubleheader was the last to be sponsored by Chinese automaker Geely, the owner of Volvo Cars.

2021 Volvo Car Open
Date	April 5 – 11
Edition	48th
Category	WTA 500
Draw	56S / 16D
Prize money	$565,530
Surface	Green clay
Location	Charleston, United States
Venue	Family Circle Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Veronika Kudermetova
Doubles
Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and local health guidelines impacting the facility's construction timeline, tournament organizers held the event behind closed doors for the second consecutive year after the preceding year's exhibition tournament was held under similar conditions. The main stadium was demolished in 2020 and tournament organizers had originally planned to host the event for up to 3,000 fans on a smaller temporary stadium on the secondary court, named the Althea Gibson Court.^[2][3]

Veronika Kudermetova won her maiden career WTA title in the singles tournament.^[4] Nicole Melichar and Demi Schuurs won their third title as a team in the doubles tournament.^[5]

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2021 Volvo Car Open – Singles

• Veronika Kudermetova def. Danka Kovinić, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Main article: 2021 Volvo Car Open – Doubles

• Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs def. Marie Bouzková / Lucie Hradecká, 6–2, 6–4

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	—	—	—	—	—

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	—	—	—	—

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.^[6]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Hailey Baptiste
• Belinda Bencic
• Petra Kvitová
• Emma Navarro
• Markéta Vondroušová

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

• Andrea Petkovic
• Anastasia Potapova
• Yaroslava Shvedova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Magdalena Fręch
• Desirae Krawczyk
• Grace Min
• Asia Muhammad
• Kurumi Nara
• Storm Sanders
• Gabriela Talabă
• Natalia Vikhlyantseva

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Harriet Dart
• Caroline Dolehide
• Whitney Osuigwe
• Wang Xinyu

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Leylah Annie Fernandez
• Kiki Bertens → replaced by Wang Xinyu
• Anna Blinkova → replaced by Tímea Babos
• Danielle Collins → replaced by Martina Trevisan
• Fiona Ferro → replaced by Anastasia Potapova
• Polona Hercog → replaced by Nao Hibino
• Kaia Kanepi → replaced by Caroline Dolehide
• Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Harriet Dart
• Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by Danka Kovinić
• Ann Li → replaced by Misaki Doi
• Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Christina McHale
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova
• Jessica Pegula → replaced by Zarina Diyas
• Rebecca Peterson → replaced by Renata Zarazúa
• Maria Sakkari → replaced by Francesca Di Lorenzo
• Laura Siegemund → replaced by Liudmila Samsonova
• Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Lauren Davis
• Jil Teichmann → replaced by Madison Brengle
• Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Whitney Osuigwe
• Heather Watson → replaced by Caty McNally

Retirements

• Garbiñe Muguruza
• Elena Rybakina

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:

• Caroline Dolehide / Emma Navarro

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

• Oksana Kalashnikova / Alla Kudryavtseva
• Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova
• Ellen Perez / CoCo Vandeweghe

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Ashleigh Barty / Storm Sanders → replaced by Misaki Doi / Nao Hibino
• Anna Blinkova / Lucie Hradecká → replaced by Oksana Kalashnikova / Alla Kudryavtseva

During the tournament

• Tímea Babos / Veronika Kudermetova
• Coco Gauff / Caty McNally