The 2021 Belgrade Challenger was a professional

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tournament played on

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s. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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between 12 and 18 April 2021. For the first time, a women's tournament was also held between 26 and 31 July, categorized as a

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event at the same venue, which was part of

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ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 5 April 2021.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Peđa Krstin Peđa Krstin ( sr-Cyrl, Пеђа Крстин; born 3 September 1994) is a Serbian professional tennis player and coach.4 Krstin has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 159, which he achieved on 9 May 2016. He also achieved a career high A ...

Hamad Međedović Hamad Medjedovic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Хамад Међедовић, Hamad Međedović, separator=" / "; ; born 18 July 2003) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 21 April 2025, Medjedovic reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world ...

Marko Miladinović Marko Miladinović (, ; born 7 December 2000) is a Serbian tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players ...

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts: *

Gonçalo Oliveira Gonzalo Oliveira (born 17 February 1995 as Gonçalo Oliveira) is a Portuguese-born tennis player who currently represents Venezuela and plays on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 194 achieved on 25 D ...

Blaž Rola Blaž Rola (born 5 October 1990) is a Slovenian tennis player. His highest career ranking is No. 78 in singles and No. 186 in doubles. In his career, he has won one ATP 250 series doubles title, nine singles and six doubles ITF Futures tourname ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Matthias Bachinger Matthias Bachinger (born 2 April 1987) is a German former tennis player who played professionally from 2005 to 2023. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 85, achieved in August 2011. Professional career In 2007, Bachinger qualified for ...

Elliot Benchetrit Elliot Benchetrit (born 2 October 1998) is a Moroccan tennis player who formerly represented France. Since 1 January 2021 Benchetrit started to represent Morocco. His highest singles ranking was No. 198 on 10 February 2020, and his highest doubl ...

Alessandro Giannessi Alessandro Giannessi (born 30 May 1990) is an Italian former professional tennis player. On 24 July 2017 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 84 while his best doubles ranking was No. 171 on 14 October 2013. Career Giannessi ...

Marco Trungelliti Marco Trungelliti (; born 31 January 1990) is an Argentine professional tennis player and competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. On 4 March 2019, Trungelliti achieved his best singles rankings of ...

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 19 July 2021.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Tena Lukas Tena Lukas (; born 10 May 1995) is a Croatian tennis player. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with twelve singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 September 2022, she reached a career-high singles r ...

Lola Radivojević Lola Radivojević ( sr-Cyrl, Лола Радивојевић; born 2 January 2005) is a Serbian tennis player. Radivojević has won seven singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 June 2025, she reached her best singles ran ...

* Iva Šepa * Draginja Vuković The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Jessika Ponchet Jessika Ponchet (born 26 September 1996) is a French professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 104 in singles, achieved on 9 September 2024, and No. 101 in doubles, reached on 28 November 2022. Career Ponchet did ...

Camilla Rosatello Camilla Rosatello (born 28 May 1995) is an Italian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 225, achieved on 7 August 2017 and peaked at No. 72 in doubles on 27 May 2024. Rosatello has won two doubles titles on the WTA ...

Tara Würth Tara Würth (born 30 September 2002) is a Croatian tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (d ...

* Ekaterina Yashina

Withdrawals

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Ana Bogdan Ana Bogdan (born 25 November 1992) is a Romanian professional tennis player. Having made her tour debut in 2009, she peaked at No. 39 in the WTA rankings in July 2023. Bogdan had a successful junior career, reaching world No. 2 on 5 January 20 ...

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Tereza Mrdeža Tereza Mrdeža (born 14 November 1990) is a Croatian former tennis player.https://www.wtatennis.com/players/314333/- She won eight titles in singles and four in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 12 October 2015, she achieved her best single ...

Elisabetta Cocciaretto Elisabetta Cocciaretto (; born 25 January 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA as high as No. 29 in singles, achieved on 21 August 2023, and No. 141 in doubles, ...

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Lesia Tsurenko Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko (; born 30 May 1989) is a Ukrainian inactive professional tennis player. Tsurenko has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and eight doubles tournaments on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 Febr ...

Zarina Diyas Zarina Diyas (; ; born 18 October 1993) is a Kazakh professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as No. 31 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Diyas has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2017 Japan Women' ...

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Olga Govortsova Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 29 August 2011, she peaked at No. 2 ...

Océane Dodin Océane Dodin (, born 24 October 1996) is a French professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 46 and in doubles of No. 375 in 2017, by the WTA. Dodin has won one WTA Tour singles title at the 2016 Coupe B ...

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Amandine Hesse Amandine Hesse (; born 16 January 1993) is a French professional tennis player. Hesse has won six singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 May 2016, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 154. On 2 May ...

Sara Errani Sara Errani (; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. Errani is one of only seven women who have completed a career Grand Slam (tennis)#Golden Slam, Golden Slam in doubles. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, a former ...

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Jaqueline Cristian Jaqueline Adina Cristian (born 5 June 1998) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 49 in singles and No. 108 in doubles. She is currently the No. 1 Romanian player. Cristian has won one WTA 125 tit ...

Viktorija Golubic Viktorija Golubic (; ; born 16 October 1992) is a Swiss professional tennis player. On 28 February 2022, she reached her career-high singles WTA ranking of No. 35. On 17 April 2023, she peaked at No. 61 in the doubles rankings. She is the curre ...

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Rebecca Šramková Rebecca Šramková (; born 19 October 1996) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, singles ranking of world No. 36, achieved on 31 March 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 209, reached on 9 June 2025. Sh ...

Polona Hercog Polona Hercog (, born 20 January 1991) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 35 in singles and 56 in doubles. She has won five titles on the WTA Tour, three in singles and two in doubles. Hercog also has had ...

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Jule Niemeier Jule Niemeier (born 12 August 1999) is a German professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 7 November 2022. Career 2018–2019: WTA debut She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcar ...

Anna Kalinskaya Anna Nikolayevna Kalinskaya ( rus, Анна Николаевна Калинская, , ˈanːə kɐˈlʲinskəjə, Ru-Anna_Kalinskaya.ogg; born 2 December 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world ...

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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 ...

Jasmine Paolini Jasmine Paolini (; born 4 January 1996) is an Italian professional tennis player. She is ranked world No. 4 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), the joint-highest-ranked Italian woman in singles (alongside Francesca Schiavone). Sh ...

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Jana Fett Jana Fett (; born 2 November 1996) is a Croatian tennis player. On 30 October 2017, Fett reached her best singles ranking of world No. 97, and on 21 May 2018, she reached her best doubles ranking of No. 348. Fett has won nine singles and five dou ...

Elena-Gabriela Ruse Elena-Gabriela Ruse (born 6 November 1997) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 51 and a doubles ranking of No. 32 achieved in May 2022 and 2023 respectively. She is currently the No. ...

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Panna Udvardy Panna Udvardy (; born 28 September 1998) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 76 in singles and 65 in doubles. Udvardy has won one singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has a ...

Aliaksandra Sasnovich Aliaksandra Aliaksandraŭna Sasnovich (born 22 March 1994) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She achieved her best singles ranking of world No. 29 on 19 September 2022, and peaked at No. 39 in the WTA doubles rankings on 23 August 2021 ...

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Isabella Shinikova Isabella Shinikova () (born 25 October 1991) is a Bulgarian tennis player. On 20 February 2017, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 133. On 20 May 2019, she peaked at No. 159 in the WTA rankings, WTA doubles rankings. She also ...

Patricia Maria Țig Patricia Maria Țig (born 27 July 1994) is a Romanian tennis player. Țig has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 56, achieved on 26 October 2020. Her best doubles ranking of No. 155 was achieved on 14 November 2016. Țig has won one ...

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Susan Bandecchi Susan Bandecchi (born 1 July 1998) is a Swiss tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 164 on 7 March 2022, and her best doubles ranking of No. 141 on 11 July 2022. Career 2013–2017: Professional debut She started ...

Stefanie Vögele Stefanie Vögele (born 10 March 1990) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 11 November 2013. Her highest WTA rankings, WTA ranking in doubles is 100, which she reached on 5 January ...

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Olga Danilović Olga Danilović ( sr-Cyrl, Олга Даниловић, ; born 23 January 2001) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 5 May 2025, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 33. On 24 April 2023, she peaked at No. 104 in the WTA double ...

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of 19 July 2021.

Other entrants

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

Elena Milovanović Elena Milovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Елена Миловановић; born 31 January 2001) is a Serbian tennis player. Milovanović has career-high WTA rankings of No. 487 in singles, set on 8 April 2024, and No. 409 in doubles, achieved on 10 June ...

Champions

Men's singles

Roberto Carballés Baena Roberto Carballés Baena (; born 23 March 1993) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 49 on 10 April 2023 and a career-high doubles ranking of wo ...

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Damir Džumhur Damir Džumhur ( ; born 20 May 1992) is a Bosnian professional tennis player. His career-best singles ATP ranking of World No. 23, achieved on 2 July 2018, makes him the highest-ranked tennis player from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently Bos ...

6–4, 7–5.

Women's singles

Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (; born 13 September 1994) is a Slovak inactive professional tennis player. On 12 October 2015, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of world No. 26. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, two singles t ...

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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 ...

6–3, 6–3

Men's doubles

Guillermo Durán Guillermo Durán (; born 6 June 1988) is an Argentine tennis player, who specializes in doubles. He competes mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour. His highest Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP doubles ranking of world No. 48 was achieved on ...

Andrés Molteni Andrés Molteni (, ; born 15 March 1988) is an Argentine professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 7 on 21 August 2023 and his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 181 in May 2011. He h ...

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Tomislav Brkić Tomislav Brkić (; born 9 March 1990) is a Bosnian professional tennis player. Brkić achieved a career-high in doubles of World No. 40 on 17 January 2022. He has won two ATP doubles titles one with Nikola Ćaćić and one with Francisco Cabral ...

Nikola Ćaćić Nikola Ćaćić ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Ћаћић, ; born 7 December 1990) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of World No. 35 in doubles achieved on 8 November 2021. He has won three doubles titles in th ...

6–4, 6–4.

Women's doubles

Lidziya Marozava Lidziya Marozava (, , ''Lidiya Aleksandrovna Morozova''; born 8 October 1992) is a professional tennis player from Belarus who has specialized in doubles. On 1 October 2018, Marozava reached her career-high of No. 37 in the WTA doubles ranking ...

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Alena Fomina Alena Sergeyevna Fomina-Klotz (née Fomina; ; born 5 July 1989) is a Russian tennis player. From 2005 to October 2017, she represented Ukraine. Career She has won one singles title and 27 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 3 April 201 ...

/ Ekaterina Yashina 6–2, 6–2

References

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