2021 Gippsland Trophy

2021 Gippsland Trophy
Date	31 January – 7 February
Edition	1st
Category	WTA 500
Draw	54S / 28D
Prize money	$447,620
Surface	Hard
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Venue	Melbourne Park
Champions
Singles
Elise Mertens
Doubles
Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
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The 2021 Gippsland Trophy was a tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. 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 2021 Yarra Valley Classic and the 2021 Grampians Trophy. Players who had originally intended to participate in this tournament or the Yarra Valley Classic, but were forced to undergo strict quarantine measures upon arrival in Australia, were able to participate in the 2021 Grampians Trophy. The entry list of 2021 Australian Open was used to determine the entry list of this tournament; with half the players (selected randomly) playing the Gippsland Trophy, and the other half playing the 2021 Yarra Valley Classic.^[1]

• Elise Mertens def. Kaia Kanepi, 6–4, 6–1

• Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková def. Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64
Singles	470	305	185	100	55	30	1
Doubles						1	—

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64
Singles	$50,000	$33,520	$18,610	$8,770	$5,500	$4,250	$3,000
Doubles*	$20,890	$13,370	$8,350	$4,310	$2,670	$2,020	—

_{*per team}

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Simona Halep	2	1
JPN	Naomi Osaka	3	2
UKR	Elina Svitolina	5	3
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	7	4
GBR	Johanna Konta	14	5
POL	Iga Świątek	17	6
BEL	Elise Mertens	20	7
CZE	Karolína Muchová	27	8
RUS	Ekaterina Alexandrova	33	9
CHN	Wang Qiang	34	10
CHN	Zheng Saisai	42	11
FRA	Caroline Garcia	44	12
LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	45	13
USA	Cori Gauff	48	14
SLO	Polona Hercog	49	15
GER	Laura Siegemund	51	16

• ¹ Rankings are as of 25 January 2021

The following players received wildcards:

• Destanee Aiava
• Olivia Gadecki
• Arina Rodionova
• Astra Sharma

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the Australian Open singles main draw, and hence this tournament as well:

• Katie Boulter
• Anastasia Potapova
• Wang Yafan

The following players received entry from the Australian Open qualifying draw:

• Tímea Babos
• Sara Errani
• Mayo Hibi
• Kaja Juvan
• Rebecca Marino
• Whitney Osuigwe
• Chloé Paquet
• Valeria Savinykh

The following players received entry into this tournament as they were potential lucky losers for the Australian Open singles main draw:

• Mihaela Buzărnescu
• Margarita Gasparyan
• Varvara Lepchenko
• Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
• Lesia Tsurenko

The following players received entry as an alternate:

• Caty McNally
• Monica Niculescu

Before the tournament

• Zarina Diyas → replaced by Monica Niculescu
• Nao Hibino → replaced by Caty McNally

During the tournament

• Karolína Muchová
• Naomi Osaka

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	15	1
TPE	Chan Hao-Ching	TPE	Latisha Chan	30	2
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	32	3
SLO	Andreja Klepač	BEL	Elise Mertens	46	4
AUS	Samantha Stosur	CHN	Zhang Shuai	60	5
USA	Hayley Carter	BRA	Luisa Stefani	64	6
GER	Laura Siegemund	RUS	Vera Zvonareva	75	7
RUS	Anna Blinkova	RUS	Veronika Kudermetova	75	8

• Rankings are as of 25 January 2021

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

• Destanee Aiava / Astra Sharma
• Daria Gavrilova / Simona Halep
• Abbie Myers / Ivana Popovic

The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:

• Mona Barthel / Zhu Lin

During the tournament

• Daria Gavrilova / Simona Halep