2021 WTA Tour
The 2021 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association for the 2021 tennis season. The 2021 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup, and the year-end championships. Also included in the 2021 calendar are the Summer Olympic Games, which were rescheduled from 2020.
Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2021 calendar.;Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Summer Olympics |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA 1000 |
| WTA 1000 |
| WTA 500 |
| WTA 250 |
| Team events |
August
Affected tournaments
The COVID-19 pandemic affected tournaments on both the ATP and WTA tours. The following tournaments were cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.| Week of | Tournament | Status |
| January 4 | Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA 500 Hard | Cancelled |
| January 4 | Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled |
| January 4 | Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled |
| January 11 | Adelaide International Adelaide, Australia WTA 500 Hard | Postponed to 22 February |
| January 11 | Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled |
| January 18 January 25 | Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard | Postponed to 8 February |
| February 8 | St. Petersburg Trophy Saint Petersburg, Russia WTA 500 Hard | Postponed to 15 March due to Australian Open reschedule |
| February 8 | Thailand Open Hua Hin, Thailand WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled |
| February 15 | Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA 500 Hard | Postponed to 1 March due to Australian Open reschedule |
| February 22 | Mexican Open Acapulco, Mexico WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled |
| March 8 March 15 | Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA 1000 Hard | Postponed to 4 October |
| April 12 | Billie Jean King Cup Finals Budapest, Hungary Clay – 12 teams | Postponed to 1 November and moved to Prague, Czech Republic |
| April 12 | Kunming Open Anning, China WTA 250 Clay | Postponed |
| May 17 | Morocco Open Rabat, Morocco WTA 250 Clay | Cancelled |
| May 17 | Cologne, Germany WTA 250 Clay | Cancelled |
| May 24 | French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay | Postponed to 31 May |
| June 7 | Rosmalen Grass Court Championships Rosmalen, Netherlands WTA 250 Grass | Cancelled |
| September 13 | Zhengzhou Open Zhengzhou, China WTA 500 Hard | Cancelled |
| September 13 | Japan Open Hiroshima, Japan WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled |
| September 20 | Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA 500 Hard | Cancelled |
| September 20 | Guangzhou Open Guangzhou, China WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled |
| September 20 | Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA 250 Hard | Postponed to 20 December as WTA 125 tournament |
| September 27 | Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA 1000 Hard | Cancelled |
| October 4 | China Open Beijing, China WTA 1000 Hard | Cancelled |
| October 11 | Hong Kong Open Hong Kong, China WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled |
| October 11 | Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled |
| October 11 | Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA 250 Hard | Postponed to 8 November |
| October 18 | Jiangxi Open Nanchang, China WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled |
| November 1 | WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Year-end championships Hard | Cancelled |
| November 8 | WTA Finals Shenzhen, China Year-end championships Hard | Moved to Guadalajara, Mexico |
Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles, doubles, and doubles (tennis)|mixed doubles] titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2019 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships, the WTA Premier tournaments, and the WTA 250. The players/nations are sorted by:- total number of titles ;
- cumulated importance of those titles ;
- a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
- alphabetical order.
Titles information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:;Singles
- Clara Tauson – Lyon
- Sara Sorribes Tormo – Guadalajara
- Leylah Fernandez – Monterrey
- Camila Osorio – Bogotá
- Veronika Kudermetova – Charleston 1
- Astra Sharma – Charleston 2
- Paula Badosa – Belgrade
- Barbora Krejčíková – Strasbourg
- Ons Jabeur – Birmingham
- Liudmila Samsonova – Berlin
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse – Hamburg
- Tamara Zidanšek – Lausanne
- Maryna Zanevska – Gdynia
- Danielle Collins – Palermo
- Emma Raducanu – US Open (tennis)|US Open]
- Jasmine Paolini – Portorož
- Ann Li – Tenerife
- Ankita Raina – Melbourne 4
- Kamilla Rakhimova – Melbourne 4
- Caroline Dolehide – Monterrey
- Elixane Lechemia – Bogotá
- Ingrid Neel – Bogotá
- Hailey Baptiste – Charleston 2
- Jennifer Brady – Stuttgart
- Marie Bouzková – Birmingham
- Jasmine Paolini – Hamburg
- Jil Teichmann – Hamburg
- Susan Bandecchi – Lausanne
- Simona Waltert – Lausanne
- Anna Danilina – Gdynia
- Erin Routliffe – Palermo
- Kimberley Zimmermann – Palermo
- Natela Dzalamidze – Cluj-Napoca
- Kaja Juvan – Cluj-Napoca
- Tereza Mihalíková – Portorož
- Andrea Petkovic – Chicago
- Ulrikke Eikeri – Tenerife
- Irina Bara – Cluj-Napoca 2
- Ekaterine Gorgodze – Cluj-Napoca 2
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
;Singles
;Doubles
;Mixed doubles
- Barbora Krejčíková – '''Australian Open '''
Best ranking
The following players achieved their career high ranking in this season inside top 50.;Singles
;Doubles