The 2021 Bad Homburg Open was a women's

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the 1st edition of the Bad Homburg Open, and part of the

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series of the

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. The event took place at the TC Bad Homburg in Bad Homburg, Germany, from 20 until 26 June 2021.

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is historically significant in the development and popularity of tennis in Europe.

Champions

Singles

Angelique Kerber Angelique Kerber (; born 18 January 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 34 wee ...

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Kateřina Siniaková Kateřina Siniaková (; born 10 May 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is the current List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. She also has a best singles WTA rankings, ranking of No. 27 by the W ...

, 6–3, 6–2.

Doubles

Darija Jurak Darija Jurak Schreiber (née Jurak; ; born 5 April 1984) is a Croatian former tennis player. Her career-high doubles ranking is world No. 9, achieved on 15 November 2021. Her best WTA ranking in singles is 188 which she reached in April 2004. ...

Andreja Klepač Andreja Klepač (born 13 March 1986) is a Slovenian former tennis player. On 14 July 2008, she reached her career-high singles rankings of world No. 99. On 11 April 2022, she peaked at No. 11 in the WTA doubles rankings. She qualified also with ...

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Nadiia Kichenok Nadiia Viktorivna Kichenok (, born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 31 January 2022, she reached a career-high of No. 29 in the WTA doubles rankings. Kichenok has won nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including fo ...

Raluca Olaru Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. The winner of eleven singles and fifteen doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies,WTA ...

, 6–3, 6–1.

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of June 14, 2021.

Other entrants

The following players received

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s into the main draw: *

Victoria Azarenka Victoria Fiodaraŭna Azarenka (born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), having held the position for a total of 51 weeks ...

Mona Barthel Mona Barthel (born 11 July 1990) is a German tennis player. On 18 March 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 23. On 14 September 2015, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings. Barthel has won four singles and three double ...

Mara Guth Mara Guth (born 24 June 2003) is a German professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 451, achieved in June 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 472, reached in December 2023. Career She made her WTA To ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Yuliya Hatouka Yuliya Uladzimiraŭna Hatouka (; ; born 24 April 2000) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Hatouka has career-high WTA rankings of 180 in singles and 384 in doubles. She has won eleven singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's C ...

Katarzyna Piter Katarzyna Piter (; born 16 February 1991) is a Polish professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. In May 2014, she reached her career-high ranking of No. 95 in singles and in July 2022, No. 66 in doubles. She has won three doubles ti ...

Ekaterina Yashina Ekaterina Yuryevna Yashina ( rus, Екатерина Юрьевна Яшина, , jɪkətʲɪˈrʲinə ˈjaʂɨnə; born 6 August 1993) is a professional Russian tennis player. On 7 January 2019, she reached her career-high singles ranking of wo ...

Anna Zaja Anna Zaja (born 25 June 1991) is a retired German tennis player. Zaja has won six singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of profess ...

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

Riya Bhatia Riya Bhatia (; born 24 September 1997) is an Indian professional tennis player. Formerly ranked No. 2 in India, Bhatia has career-high WTA rankings of 338 in singles, achieved on 2 March 2020, and 331 in doubles, reached on 23 December 2024. S ...

Withdrawals

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Irina-Camelia Begu Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA ranking, WTA singles ranking of world No. 22 , in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest ranking in doubles, also No. 22. She is ...

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Andrea Petkovic Andrea Petkovic (, ; born 9 September 1987) is a German former professional tennis player. Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mother Amira, she moved to Germany at six months old and turned professional in 2006 ...

Jennifer Brady Jennifer Elizabeth Brady (born April 12, 1995) is an inactive American tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA ranking of No. 13 on 22 February 2021, and a career-high doubles ranking of 44 on 19 August 2019. Brady has won one WTA ...

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Varvara Gracheva Varvara Andreyevna Gracheva ( rus, Варвара Андреевна Грачёва, , vɐrˈvarə ɡrɐˈtɕɵvə, Ru-Varvara Gracheva.ogg; born 2 August 2000) is a Russian-born French professional tennis player. Gracheva has a career-high W ...

Caroline Garcia Caroline Garcia (, born 16 October 1993) is a French professional tennis player. She had a career-high WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 4 in singles and world No. 2 in doubles. Garcia was the 2022 WTA Finals – Singles, 2022 WTA Finals champi ...

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Misaki Doi is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Her highest WTA rankings are No. 30 in singles and No. 77 in doubles. Doi reached two junior Grand Slam doubles finals – at Wimbledon in 2007 with Kurumi Nara, and at the Australian Open in ...

Barbora Krejčíková Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles by the Wome ...

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Tamara Korpatsch Tamara Korpatsch (born 12 May 1995) is a German tennis player. She has a career-high singles WTA ranking of No. 71, achieved on 23 October 2023, and doubles ranking of No. 290, achieved on 21 October 2024. Korpatsch owns one singles title on the W ...

Maria Sakkari Maria Sakkari (, ; born 25 July 1995) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, which she first achieved on 21 March 2022, making her the highest-ranked Greek player ...

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Clara Tauson Clara Tauson (born 21 December 2002) is a Danish professional tennis player. Her career-high rankings are world No. 21 in singles, achieved on 3 March 2025 and No. 124 in doubles, on 16 June same year. Tauson has won three WTA Tour titles, all o ...

Sloane Stephens Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Stephens has won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles, including the 2 ...

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Jil Teichmann Jil Belén Teichmann (born 15 July 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as No. 21 in singles and No. 73 in doubles. She is the current No. 3 Swiss player. Teichmann has won two titles in singles ...

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Arantxa Rus Arantxa Rus (; born 13 December 1990) is a Dutch professional tennis player. She won one WTA Tour singles title at the 2023 Hamburg European Open – Women's singles, 2023 Hamburg Open and four in doubles. Her biggest singles successes to date ...

Alison Van Uytvanck Alison Van Uytvanck (; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. In August 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 37. Van Uytvanck has won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and three Chall ...

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Martina Trevisan Martina Trevisan (; born 3 November 1993) is an Italian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 18 by the WTA, achieved in May 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 138. For Italy, she was finalist in the 2023 ...

;During the tournament *

(back injury)

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of June 14, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

Julia Middendorf Julia Middendorf (born 31 January 2003) is a German tennis player. Middendorf has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 347, achieved in August 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 610, reached in November 2022. She made her WTA Tour main-dr ...

Withdrawals

Amanda Anisimova Amanda Kay Victoria Anisimova ( ; ; born August 31, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles WTA rankings, WTA ranking of world No. 13, achieved on 16 June 2025. Anisimova has won three WTA Tour titles, inc ...

(Stephens – right foot injury)

References

External links

Official website
Bad Homburg Open Bad Homburg Open 2021 in German tennis Porsch Bad Homburg Open