The 2021 WTA Poland Open (also known as the BNP Paribas Poland Open for sponsorship purposes) was a women's

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tournament played on outdoor

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. It was the first edition of the WTA Poland Open, and part of the WTA 250 series of the

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. It was held at the Arka Tennis Club in

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, Poland, from 19 July until 25 July 2021. Unseeded

Maryna Zanevska Maryna Volodymyrivna Zanevska (; born 24 August 1993) is a Ukrainian-born Belgian former professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 62, achieved on 23 May 2022, and a WTA doubles ranking of 86, reached on 16 ...

won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

defeated

Kristína Kučová Kristína Kučová (; born 23 May 1990) is a Slovak tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 71. On 5 October 2009, she peaked at No. 168 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles title on ...

6–4, 7–6^(7–4)

Doubles

Anna Danilina Anna Sergeyevna Danilina (; born 20 August 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 9 in doubles by the WTA. She is a Grand Slam mixed-doubles champion, having won the 2023 US Open with Harri Heliö ...

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 ...

defeated

Kateryna Bondarenko Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko (née Bondarenko; ; born 8 August 1986) is a tennis player from Ukraine. Her career-high rankings are world No. 29 in singles and No. 9 in doubles. She was the doubles champion at the 2008 Australian Open, partneri ...

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 ...

6–3, 6–2

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

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Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Weronika Baszak * Valeriia Olianovskaia *

Urszula Radwańska Urszula Radwańska (; born 7 December 1990) is a Polish professional tennis player. Radwańska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 October 2012, she reac ...

* Katie Volynets The following player received entry as a special exempt: *

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Anna Bondár Anna Bondár (born 27 May 1997) is a Hungarian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 50 in singles, achieved on 18 July 2022, and No. 43 in doubles, achieved on 30 January 2023. She is currently the No. 1 Hungarian player. Pla ...

* Federica Di Sarra *

Ekaterine Gorgodze Ekaterine Gorgodze ( ka, ეკატერინე გორგოძე, tr, ; born 3 December 1991) is a Georgian professional tennis player. On 23 May 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 108. On 15 August 2022, she peak ...

The following players received entry as lucky losers: *

Amina Anshba Amina Vladikovna Anshba (; born 9 September 1999) is a Russian tennis player. Anshba has career-high WTA rankings of 278 in singles and 71 in doubles, achieved August 2021 and July 2024, respectively. She has won two doubles titles on the WTA ...

Weronika Falkowska Weronika Falkowska (born 17 June 2000) is a Polish tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings of 240 in singles, reached in January 2023, and 83 in doubles, achieved on 28 August 2023. Career Falkowska made her WTA Tour main-draw debut ...

* Jamie Loeb *

Marina Melnikova Marina Anatolyevna Melnikova (; born 5 February 1989) is a Russian tennis player. She has won seven singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 4 May 2015, Melnikova reached her best singles ranking of world No. 170. On 20 June 2016, s ...

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 ...

Anastasia Zakharova Anastasia Vladimirovna Zakharova (; born 18 January 2002) is a Russian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 93 in singles and No. 93 in doubles. Zakharova has won sixteen singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women ...

Withdrawals

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Clara Burel Clara Burel (; born 24 March 2001) is a French professional tennis player. On 10 June 2024, she peaked at No. 42 in the WTA singles rankings. Career Juniors In 2018, Burel reached the junior singles final at three major events, the Australian ...

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Harriet Dart Harriet Dart (born 28 July 1996) is a British professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 70 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 59, on 14 October 2024. She reached the final of the 2021 Wimbledon Ch ...

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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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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 ...

Anna-Lena Friedsam Anna-Lena Friedsam (born 1 February 1994) is a German professional tennis player. In August 2016, Friedsam reached her best singles ranking of world No. 45. In doubles, she peaked at world No. 34 in September 2020. In her career, she has won fo ...

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Anhelina Kalinina Anhelina Serhiyivna Kalinina ( ; born 7 February 1997) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 22 May 2023, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 25. She peaked at No. 92 in the doubles rankings in January 2025. She has ...

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Tereza Martincová Tereza Martincová (; born 24 October 1994) is a Czech professional tennis player. Martincová has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and four singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 February 2022, she reached her best WTA singles ranking ...

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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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Varvara Lepchenko Varvara Petrivna Lepchenko (born May 21, 1986) is an Uzbekistani-born American professional tennis player. She is of Ukrainian descent and played for Uzbekistan before relocating to the United States. Lepchenko won a singles title on the WT ...

Yulia Putintseva Yulia Antonovna Putintseva (, ; born 7 January 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 on 27 January 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 76 on 17 March 2025. Puti ...

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Nina Stojanović Nina Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Нина Стојановић, ; born 30 July 1996) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 2 March 2020, Stojanović reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 81. On 17 January 2022, she peake ...

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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 ...

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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Tamara Zidanšek Tamara Zidanšek (; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 22 in singles and No. 47 in doubles by the WTA, and has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tou ...

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Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of 12 July 2021.

Other entrants

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

Varvara Flink Varvara Alexandrovna Flink (; born 13 December 1996) is an inactive Russian tennis player. Flink achieved a career-high WTA singles ranking of 122 on 15 July 2019, and a doubles ranking of 372 on 31 October 2022. She owns one doubles title on ...

Paula Kania-Choduń Paula Maria Kania-Choduń (; born 6 November 1992) is a former professional Polish tennis player. Kania-Choduń won one title in doubles on the WTA Tour, as well as five titles in singles and fourteen in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Irina Bara Irina Maria Bara (born 18 March 1995) is a professional tennis player from Romania. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 104, achieved on 18 April 2022. On 13 May 2019, she peaked at No. 56 in the WTA doubles rankings. She won her ...

Mihaela Buzărnescu Mihaela Buzărnescu (born 4 May 1988) is a Romanian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 20, achieved on 6 August 2018. Her best doubles ranking of world No. 24, she reached on 22 October 2018. She won one singles tit ...

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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 ...

Tereza Mihalíková Tereza Mihalíková (; born 2 June 1998) is a Slovak tennis player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 33 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, reached on 17 March 2025. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and three ...

Fanny Stollár Fanny Stollár (born 12 November 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player. On 19 May 2025, she peaked at world No. 50 in the WTA doubles rankings. On 19 November 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 114. Stollár has won four doubles tit ...

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Ania Hertel Anna Hertel (born 27 October 2000) is a Polish tennis player. Hertel has a career-high WTA ranking of 691 in singles, achieved on 22 July 2024. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 285, achieved on 2 August 2021. Hertel made her W ...

Martyna Kubka Martyna Kubka (born 19 April 2001) is a Polish tennis player. She has a career-high WTA ranking of 305 in singles, achieved on 22 July 2024, and a career-high WTA ranking of 123 in doubles, achieved on 21 April 2025. Career Kubka made her WTA ...

;During the tournament *

References

External links

Official website
{{2021 WTA Tour

WTA Poland Open The WTA Poland Open is a tennis event located in Warsaw, Poland. The first edition of the tournament was held in July 2021 in Gdynia but in 2022 it was relocated to Warsaw. In 2023, the tournament was held on hardcourts for the first time. Star ...

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