The 2021

Columbus Challenger The Columbus Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and WTA 125K series. The ATP event is held annually in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. The United States of America (USA ...

was a professional challenger level

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tournament played on indoor

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s. It was the tenth edition of the men's tournament which was part of the

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and the first edition of the women's event, that was part of

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. It took place in

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between 20 and 26 September 2021.

Champions

Men's singles

Stefan Kozlov Stefan Kozlov (, ; born February 1, 1998) is an American professional tennis player of Russian descent. He has a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 103 achieved on 18 July 2022 and doubles ranking of world No. 180 on 19 June 2017. Kozlov ma ...

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Max Purcell Max Purcell (born 3 April 1998) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 40 on 16 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 8 on 9 September 2024. In doubles, he won his first Gran ...

4–6, 6–2, 6–4.

Women's singles

Nuria Párrizas Díaz Nuria Párrizas Díaz (born 15 July 1991) is a Spanish people, Spanish professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 45 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved in March 2 ...

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Wang Xinyu Wang Xinyu (, ; born 26 September 2001) is a Chinese professional tennis player. Wang reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 on 9 October 2023, and set a doubles ranking of No. 16 on 20 May 2024. Partnering with Hsieh Su-wei, s ...

, 7–6^(7–2), 6–3

Men's doubles

Peter Polansky Peter Polansky ( ; born June 15, 1988) is a Canadian professional tennis player of Czech origin. He was Canada's top singles player from June 21, 2010, until January 17, 2011, in the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP rankings. He was also ...

def. Andrew Lutschaunig / James Trotter 7–5, 7–6^(7–5).

Women's doubles

Zheng Saisai Zheng Saisai or Zheng Sai-Sai (; born 5 February 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 34, achieved on 2 March 2020, and a doubles ranking of No. 15, achieved on 11 July 2016. In her career, she wo ...

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Dalila Jakupović Dalila Jakupović (born 24 March 1991) is a Slovenian tennis player of Bosnian descent. Jakupović to date has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with five WTA Challenger doubles titles. She also has won eight singles and sixteen dou ...

, 6–1, 6–1

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of September 13, 2021.

Other entrants

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

Cannon Kingsley Cannon Kingsley (born 6 May 2001) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 404 achieved on 12 February 2024, and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of 293 achieved on 22 July 2024. Kingsley won ATP Challenger doub ...

* James Tracy *

Matěj Vocel Matěj Vocel (born 20 May 1997) is a Czech tennis player. Vocel has a career high ATP singles ranking of 641 achieved on 24 December 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 163 achieved on 25 November 2024. Vocel has won one ATP ...

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

Nick Chappell Nick Chappell (born September 19, 1992) is a Canadian-born American tennis player. Chappell has a career high ATP singles ranking of 329 achieved on November 8, 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 416 achieved on June 27, 2 ...

Dayne Kelly Dayne Kelly (born 23 July 1990) is an Australian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's professional tennis tou ...

The following players received entry into the singles main draw from the qualifying draw: *

Gijs Brouwer Gijs Brouwer (; born 14 March 1996) is a Dutch tennis player. Brouwer has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 114 achieved on 27 February 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 148 achieved on 22 August 2022. Br ...

Chung Yun-seong Chung Yun-seong (; born 27 March 1998) is a South Korean 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 ...

Evan King Evan King (born March 25, 1992) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 18, achieved on May 5, 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 185, achieved on April 23, 2018 ...

* Aleksandar Kovacevic The following players received entry as lucky losers: *

Alexis Galarneau Alexis Galarneau (; born 2 March 1999) is a Canadian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking by the ATP of world No. 155, achieved on May 6, 2024. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 311, achieved on June 11, 2023. Coll ...

Shintaro Mochizuki Shintaro Mochizuki (Japanese: 望月慎太郎, ''Mochizuki Shintarō'', born 2 June 2003) is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has an ATP career-high singles ranking of world No. 129 achieved on 6 November 2023 and a doubles ranking of ...

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of September 13, 2021.

Other entrants

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

Elsa Jacquemot Elsa Jacquemot (born 3 May 2003) is a French tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 113 in singles achieved on 9 June 2025 and No. 325 in doubles. Career 2020: WTA and Major debuts, Roland Garros Junior champion Jacquemot ...

Elvina Kalieva Elvina Kalieva (born July 27, 2003) is an American tennis player. Kalieva has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA of No. 168, achieved on 26 June 2023. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 194, r ...

Katrina Scott Katrina Scott (born 11 June 2004) is an American tennis player. Career Juniors Brought up in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, in 2019 and already 5'11 as a 15 year old, Scott reached the quarterfinals as a wildcard at the junior 2019 US Open, losi ...

Peyton Stearns Peyton Mckenzie Stearns (born October 8, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as No. 28 in singles, achieved on 19 May 2025, and No. 62 in doubles, achieved on 5 May 2025. She has won one WTA ...

The following player was accepted directly into the main draw using a protected or a special ranking: *

Liang En-shuo Liang En-shuo (; ; in Chinese mainland born 2 October 2000) is a tennis player from Taiwan. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 150, achieved on 13 May 2019. On 9 September 2024, she peaked at No. 136 in the WTA doubles ranking ...

The following players received entry into the singles main draw from the qualifying draw: *

Louisa Chirico Louisa Chirico (born May 16, 1996) is an American tennis player. On 24 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 58. On 6 March 2017, she peaked at No. 184 in the WTA doubles rankings. Chirico has won seven singles titles ...

Alexa Glatch Alexa Glatch (born September 10, 1989) is an American former tennis player. Junior career She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls-14s and Girls-18s divisions and ...

Priscilla Hon Priscilla Hon (Chinese: 韓天遇; born 10 May 1998) is an Australian tennis player. She reached career-high WTA rankings in singles of No. 118 in October 2019, and No. 91 in doubles in April 2018. Personal life Hon was born in Brisbane in 19 ...

Danielle Lao Danielle Marie Lao (born May 28, 1991) is an inactive American tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of 152 by the WTA on April 1, 2019, and has won four singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. ...

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser: *

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Marie Bouzková Marie Bouzková (, born 21 July 1998) is a Czech professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 24 on 12 December 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 15 on 6 May 2024. She has won one singles title (at the 2022 P ...

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Beatriz Haddad Maia Beatriz "Bia" Haddad Maia (; born 30 May 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high of world No. 10 in singles and in doubles, becoming the first Brazilian woman to enter the top 10 in singles in the history of t ...

Christina McHale Christina Maria McHale (born May 11, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are world No. 24 in singles and No. 35 in doubles. Known for an aggressive baseline game, McHale was recognized by ''The New Yor ...

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Kurumi Nara is a Japanese former professional tennis player. In her career, she won one singles title on the WTA Tour, with seven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 August 2014, she achieved he ...

Caty McNally Catherine "Caty" McNally (born November 20, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 54 on 22 May 2023 and her best WTA doubles ranking of No. 11 on 4 April 2022. She has won ei ...

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Katie Volynets Katie Volynets (born December 31, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 56 by the WTA, achieved on July 29, 2024. Early life Volynets was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her paren ...

Grace Min Grace Min (born May 6, 1994) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 97, achieved on 2 March 2015, and she peaked at No. 308 in the doubles rankings, on 17 September 2012. Min won the 2011 US Open girls ...

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Francesca Di Lorenzo Francesca Di Lorenzo (; born July 22, 1997) is an American former tennis player. She currently assistant coach of the University of Central Florida women's tennis team. She played collegiately for the ''Ohio State University''. On May 29, 2017, ...

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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Kateryna Kozlova Kateryna Baindl (, née Kozlova ; born 20 February 1994) is a Ukrainian inactive tennis player. On 19 February 2018, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 62. On 22 October 2012, she peaked at No. 139 in the doubles rankings. Ko ...

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Hailey Baptiste Hailey Baptiste (born November 3, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 70 on 19 May 2025. She has won one WTA Tour and two WTA Challenger Tour doubles titles. Her highest doubles rank ...

Claire Liu Claire Liu (born May 25, 2000) is an American professional tennis player. On 30 January 2023, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 52. Liu has won one singles title and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well ...

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Asia Muhammad Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in doubles by the WTA, achieved on March 17, 2025. Muhammad has won 13 doubles titles on the WT ...

Emma Raducanu Emma Raducanu ( , ; born 13 November 2002) is a British professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 10 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, and is the current British No. 1. Raducanu was the 2021 US Ope ...

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Rebecca Marino Rebecca Catherine Marino (born December 16, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. On 11 July 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 38. Marino was awarded ''Female Player of the Year'' by Tennis Canada two times ...

Donna Vekić Donna Vekić (; born 28 June 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 17 on 27 January 2025. Her best performance at a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major is reachin ...

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Jamie Loeb Jamie Loeb (born March 8, 1995) is an American tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 132 in singles, achieved in February 2018, and No. 117 in doubles, achieved in July 2023. Loeb has won eleven singles and 17 doubles titl ...

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of September 13, 2021

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Luna Dormet / Lucía Marzal Martínez *

Eleana Yu Eleana Yu (born November 8, 2004) is an American tennis player. Yu has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 646 achieved on January 9, 2023, and a career-high doubles ranking of 935, achieved on April 11, 2022. Early life Eleana was born i ...

References

External links

Official website
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