2021 Phillip Island Trophy
# 2021 Phillip Island Trophy

The 2021 Phillip Island Trophy is a tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour, one of six events in the 2021 Melbourne Summer Series. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Melbourne, Australia. It was organised as a lead-up tournament to the 2021 Australian Open, and was held at the same venue, due to other tournaments in Australia being cancelled as a result from the COVID-19 pandemic. This tournament took place simultaneously with the second week of the 2021 Australian Open.

## Champions

### Singles

* Daria Kasatkina def. Marie Bouzková 4–6, 6–2, 6–2

### Doubles

* Ankita Raina / Kamilla Rakhimova def. Anna Blinkova / Anastasia Potapova 2–6, 6–4, [10–7]

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $28,500 | $20,850 | $11,100 | $5,250 | $2,700 | $1,900 | $1,400 | $1,211 |
| Doubles* | $8,000 | $5,000 | $3,000 | $1,500 | $1,300 | $1,000 | — | — |

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## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^a$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| USA | Sofia Kenin | 4 | 1 |
| CAN | Bianca Andreescu | 9 | 2 |
| GBR | Johanna Konta | 15 | 3 |
| CRO | Petra Martić | 19 | 4 |
| CHN | Wang Qiang | 34 | 5 |
| CHN | Zhang Shuai | 35 | 6 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 39 | 7 |
| USA | Danielle Collins | 40 | 8 |
| USA | Sloane Stephens | 41 | 9 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | 43 | 10 |
| CHN | Zheng Saisai | 44 | 11 |
| ARG | Nadia Podoroska | 45 | 12 |
| CZE | Marie Bouzková | 50 | 13 |
| LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 53 | 14 |
| FRA | Alizé Cornet | 54 | 15 |
| SWE | Rebecca Peterson | 55 | 16 |

$^a$ Rankings are as of 8 February 2021

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Destanee Aiava
* Bianca Andreescu
* Kimberly Birrell
* Olivia Gadecki
* Sofia Kenin

The following players used a protected ranking to enter the singles main draw:

* Katie Boulter
* Zhu Lin

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Mona Barthel
* Mihaela Buzărnescu
* Lizette Cabrera
* Francesca Jones
* Varvara Lepchenko
* Rebecca Marino
* Ankita Raina
* Kamilla Rakhimova

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Gabriella Da Silva-Fick
* Monica Niculescu
* Lesia Tsurenko

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Ekaterina Alexandrova → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko
* Amanda Anisimova → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
* Catherine Bellis → replaced by Daria Kasatkina
* Belinda Bencic → replaced by Nao Hibino
* Jennifer Brady → replaced by Zhu Lin
* Fiona Ferro → replaced by Lauren Davis
* Coco Gauff → replaced by Danka Kovinić
* Polona Hercog → replaced by Irina-Camelia Begu
* Madison Keys → replaced by Anna Blinkova
* Johanna Konta → replaced by Gabriella Da Silva-Fick
* Veronika Kudermetova → replaced by Zarina Diyas
* Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Christina McHale
* Ons Jabeur → replaced by Madison Brengle
* Magda Linette → replaced by Misaki Doi
* Elise Mertens → replaced by Katie Boulter
* Kristina Mladenovic → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich
* Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Ana Bogdan
* Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Varvara Gracheva
* Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Wang Yafan
* Alison Riske → replaced by Anastasia Potapova
* Elena Rybakina → replaced by Andrea Petkovic
* Laura Siegemund → replaced by Greet Minnen
* Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Tímea Babos
* Iga Świątek → replaced by Liudmila Samsonova
* Donna Vekić → replaced by Maddison Inglis
* Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Sara Errani
* Heather Watson → replaced by Elisabetta Cocciaretto
* Dayana Yastremska → replaced by Sara Sorribes Tormo
* Zhang Shuai → replaced by Monica Niculescu

**During the tournament**

* Sara Sorribes Tormo

### Retirements

* Zarina Diyas
* Danka Kovinić
* Patricia Maria Țig

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^b$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Latisha Chan | 32 | 1 |
| ROU | Monica Niculescu | CHN | Yang Zhaoxuan | 108 | 2 |
| USA | Kaitlyn Christian | USA | Sabrina Santamaria | 132 | 3 |
| ROU | Andreea Mitu | ROU | Raluca Olaru | 138 | 4 |
| GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | SWE | Cornelia Lister | 143 | 5 |
| BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | BEL | Greet Minnen | 145 | 6 |
| JPN | Makoto Ninomiya | CHN | Wang Yafan | 147 | 7 |
| JPN | Misaki Doi | JPN | Nao Hibino | 151 | 8 |

$^b$ Rankings are as of 8 February 2021.

### Other entrants

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

* Destanee Aiava / Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz

### Withdrawals

**During the tournament**

* Kimberly Birrell / Olivia Gadecki
* Misaki Doi / Nao Hibino
* Marie Bouzková / Sara Sorribes Tormo
