2021 WTA German Open – Singles
# 2021 WTA German Open – Singles

Liudmila Samsonova defeated Belinda Bencic in the final, 1–6, 6–1, 6–3, to win the singles tennis title at the 2021 WTA German Open. Samsonova was contesting her first career final on the WTA Tour and had entered the main draw as a qualifier. Her win made her the 10th maiden titlist on the 2021 WTA Tour and the second qualifier of the season to claim a title.

Dinara Safina was the defending champion from when the event was last held in 2008 on clay courts, but she retired from professional tennis in 2014. As the inaugural edition of the tournament following its relaunch, this marked the first year the tournament was played on grass.

## Seeds

* Aryna Sabalenka (second round)
* Elina Svitolina (second round)
* Bianca Andreescu (second round)
* Karolína Plíšková (second round)
* Belinda Bencic (final)
* Garbiñe Muguruza (quarterfinals)
* Victoria Azarenka (semifinals)
* Karolína Muchová (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Q | Liudmila Samsonova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 7 | Victoria Azarenka | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| 7 | Victoria Azarenka | 4 | 2 | Q | Liudmila Samsonova | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 5 | Belinda Bencic | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| | Alizé Cornet | 5 | 4 | 5 | Belinda Bencic | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Belinda Bencic | 7 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | A Sabalenka | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Fręch | 3 | 4 | | | M Keys | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Keys | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Keys | $6^4$ | 6 | $6^0$ | | | | |
| | M Vondroušová | 4 | $6^6$ | | | | | | | Q | L Samsonova | $7^7$ | 2 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| Q | L Samsonova | 6 | $7^8$ | | Q | L Samsonova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Kudermetova | $7^7$ | 5 | 6 | | V Kudermetova | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | K Muchová | $6^5$ | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | L Samsonova | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | V Azarenka | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | 4 | Ka Plíšková | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Pegula | 6 | | | | J Pegula | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | H Baptiste | $6^r$ | | | | | | | | | J Pegula | 2 | 7 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Kerber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | V Azarenka | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | M Doi | 2 | 1 | | | A Kerber | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Petkovic | 4 | $6^2$ | | 7 | V Azarenka | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | V Azarenka | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | G Muguruza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cîrstea | 3 | 2 | | 6 | G Muguruza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Rybakina | 2 | 6 | 6 | | E Rybakina | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Rogers | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | 6 | G Muguruza | 6 | 3 | $6^5$ | | | | |
| | A Anisimova | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | A Cornet | 4 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| | A Cornet | 6 | 6 | | | A Cornet | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | B Andreescu | $6^2$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Cornet | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | B Bencic | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | B Bencic | 7 | 6 |
| Q | J Niemeier | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | B Bencic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Martić | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | P Martić | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Muhammad | $6^0$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | 5 | B Bencic | 6 | 4 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| | E Alexandrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | E Alexandrova | 4 | 6 | $6^4$ | | | | |
| WC | A Kalinskaya | 3 | 2 | | | E Alexandrova | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | E Svitolina | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Ann Li (first round)
* Anna Blinkova (first round)
* Misaki Doi (qualified)
* Kaja Juvan (first round)
* Aliaksandra Sasnovich (first round)
* Liudmila Samsonova (qualified)
* Anna-Lena Friedsam (qualifying competition)
* Claire Liu (qualifying competition)
* Stefanie Vögele (qualifying competition)
* Ana Konjuh (qualifying competition)
* Tamara Korpatsch (first round)
* Jaqueline Cristian (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Jule Niemeier
* Magdalena Fręch
* Misaki Doi
* Asia Muhammad
* Hailey Baptiste
* Liudmila Samsonova

### Qualifying draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ann Li | 3 | $6^2$ | | | | |
| WC | Jule Niemeier | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| WC | Jule Niemeier | 6 | $7^7$ | WC | Jule Niemeier | $7^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | 8 | Claire Liu | $6^3$ | 1 |
| | Varvara Flink | 2 | 3 | 8 | Claire Liu | $6^3$ | 1 |
| 8 | Claire Liu | 6 | 6 | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Anna Blinkova | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| PR | Mandy Minella | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| PR | Mandy Minella | 7 | 6 | | PR | Mandy Minella | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | | Magdalena Fręch | 6 | 6 |
| | Magdalena Fręch | 3 | 6 | 6 | | Magdalena Fręch | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | Tamara Korpatsch | 6 | 1 | 0 | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Misaki Doi | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | |
| | Mona Barthel | $6^2$ | 5 | | | | | |
| | Mona Barthel | $6^2$ | 5 | 3 | Misaki Doi | 6 | $6^4$ | $7^7$ |
| | | | | 7 | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 3 | $7^7$ | $6^3$ |
| | Varvara Lepchenko | 3 | $4^r$ | 7 | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 3 | $7^7$ | $6^3$ |
| 7 | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 6 | 3 | | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Kaja Juvan | 3 | 7 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Asia Muhammad | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Asia Muhammad | 6 | 5 | 7 | | Asia Muhammad | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| | | | | | 9 | Stefanie Vögele | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| WC | Julia Middendorf | 1 | 2 | | 9 | Stefanie Vögele | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 9 | Stefanie Vögele | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

**Fifth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 3 | $6^4$ | | | |
| | Priscilla Hon | 6 | $7^7$ | | | |
| | Priscilla Hon | 6 | $7^7$ | Priscilla Hon | 3 | 5 |
| | | | | Hailey Baptiste | 6 | 7 |
| | Hailey Baptiste | 6 | 6 | Hailey Baptiste | 6 | 7 |
| 12 | Jaqueline Cristian | 3 | 1 | | | |

**Sixth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Liudmila Samsonova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Noma Noha Akugue | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | Noma Noha Akugue | 3 | 1 | 6 | Liudmila Samsonova | 4 | 6 | $7^7$ |
| | | | | 10 | Ana Konjuh | 6 | 1 | $6^4$ |
| WC | Nicole Rivkin | 4 | 0 | 10 | Ana Konjuh | 6 | 1 | $6^4$ |
| 10 | Ana Konjuh | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
