2021 Chicago Women's Open

2021 Chicago Women's Open
Date	22–28 August
Edition	1st
Category	WTA 250
Draw	32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	$235,238
Surface	Hard
Location	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Venue	XS Tennis Village
Champions
Singles
Elina Svitolina
Doubles
Nadiia Kichenok / Raluca Olaru

The 2021 Chicago Women's Open was a tennis tournament held in Chicago, Illinois for female professional tennis players, and part of the 2021 WTA Tour.^[1] It was played on outdoor hard courts in the week prior to the 2021 U.S. Open. This marked the first time since 1997 that a WTA tournament was held in Chicago.^[2]

• Elina Svitolina def. Alizé Cornet, 7–5, 6–4.

This was Svitolina's sixteenth WTA Tour singles title, and first of the year.

• Nadiia Kichenok / Raluca Olaru def. Lyudmyla Kichenok / Makoto Ninomiya, 7–6^(8–6), 5–7, [10–8].

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
UKR	Elina Svitolina	6	1
ITA	Camila Giorgi	33	2
ROU	Sorana Cîrstea	38	3
SLO	Tamara Zidanšek	40	4
CZE	Markéta Vondroušová	41	5
SUI	Viktorija Golubic	47	6
FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	54	7
UKR	Marta Kostyuk	56	8
FRA	Alizé Cornet	57	9

• Rankings are as of August 16, 2021.

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Françoise Abanda
• Katherine Sebov
• Elina Svitolina
• Venus Williams

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Ana Bogdan
• Zarina Diyas
• Quinn Gleason
• Aldila Sutjiadi

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Clara Burel

Before the tournament

• Camila Giorgi → replaced by Clara Burel
• Andrea Petkovic → replaced by Varvara Gracheva
• Elena Rybakina → replaced by Misaki Doi
• Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by Fiona Ferro

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Nicole Melichar	NED	Demi Schuurs	23	1
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Latisha Chan	42	2
UKR	Nadiia Kichenok	ROU	Raluca Olaru	80	3
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	JPN	Makoto Ninomiya	100	4

• Rankings are as of August 16, 2021.

Before the tournament

• Anastasia Potapova / Heather Watson → replaced by Bárbara Gatica / Rebeca Pereira

• Official website