2021 İstanbul Cup

Tennis tournament

2021 İstanbul Cup

Date| 19–25 April
Edition| 14th
Category| WTA International
Draw| 32S / 16D
Prize money| $235,238
Surface| Clay
Location| Istanbul, Turkey
Venue| Istanbul Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Sorana Cîrstea
Doubles
Veronika Kudermetova /  Elise Mertens
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The 2021 İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship İstanbul for sponsorship reasons) is a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is the 14th edition of the İstanbul Cup, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2021 WTA Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 19 through 25 April 2021.[1]

## Points and prize money

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Women's singles  | 280  | 180  | 110  | 60  | 30  | 1  | 18  | 12  | 1
Women's doubles  | 1  | —  | —  | —  | —

### Prize money

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Event | W | F  | SF  | QF  | Round of 16  | Round of 32  | Q2  | Q1

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Women's singles  | $29,200  | $16,398  | $10,100  | $5,800  | $3,675  | $2,675  | $1,950  | $1,270
Women's doubles  | $10,300  | $6,000  | $3,800  | $2,300  | $1,750  | —  | —  | —

## Champions

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### Singles

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Main article: 2021 İstanbul Cup – Singles

* Sorana Cîrstea def.  Elise Mertens, 6–1, 7–6(7-3)

### Doubles

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Main article: 2021 İstanbul Cup – Doubles

* Veronika Kudermetova /  Elise Mertens def.  Nao Hibino /  Makoto Ninomiya, 6–1, 6–1.

## Singles main-draw entrants

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### Seeds

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Country  | Player  | Rank1 | Seed

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BEL | Elise Mertens | 17  | 1
CRO | Petra Martić | 21  | 2
RUS | Veronika Kudermetova | 29  | 3
RUS | Daria Kasatkina | 37  | 4
CZE | Barbora Krejčíková | 38  | 5
RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 40  | 6
~~CHN~~ | ~~Zheng Saisai~~ | ~~49~~ | ~~7~~
CHN | Wang Qiang | 50  | 8

* Rankings are as of April 12, 2021.

### Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Çağla Büyükakçay
* Ana Konjuh
* Elise Mertens
* Vera Zvonareva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Lara Arruabarrena
* Cristina Bucșa
* Anastasia Gasanova
* Tereza Mrdeža
* Nuria Párrizas Díaz
* Kamilla Rakhimova

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Barbara Haas

### Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

* Alizé Cornet → replaced by  Zarina Diyas
* Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by  Kateřina Siniaková
* Magda Linette → replaced by  Nao Hibino
* Yulia Putintseva → replaced by  Sara Errani
* Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by  Marta Kostyuk
* Sara Sorribes Tormo → replaced by  Anastasia Potapova
* Jil Teichmann → replaced by  Viktorija Golubic
* Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by  Ana Bogdan
* Zheng Saisai → replaced by  Barbara Haas

### Retirements

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* Fiona Ferro

## Doubles main-draw entrants

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### Seeds

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Country  | Player  | Country  | Player  | Rank1 | Seed

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RUS | Veronika Kudermetova |  BEL | Elise Mertens | 31  | 1
JPN | Nao Hibino |  JPN | Makoto Ninomiya | 144  | 2
ESP | Lara Arruabarrena |  CZE | Renata Voráčová | 158  | 3
RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova |  RUS | Anastasia Potapova | 194  | 4

* 1 Rankings as of April 12, 2021.

### Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Çağla Büyükakçay /  Pemra Özgen
* Elena Vesnina /  Vera Zvonareva

The following pairs received entry using protected rankings:

* Viktorija Golubic /  Alexandra Panova
* Beatrice Gumulya /  Jessy Rompies

### Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

* Arantxa Rus /  Tamara Zidanšek → replaced by  Beatrice Gumulya /  Jessy Rompies

## References

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1. ^ "TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup Overview". wtatennis.com.

## External links

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* Official page Archived 2021-04-16 at the Wayback Machine

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