2021 Phillip Island Trophy

The 2021 Phillip Island Trophy is a tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour, one of six events in the 2021 Melbourne Summer Series. It is played on outdoor hard courts in Melbourne, Australia. It was organised as a lead-up tournament to the 2021 Australian Open, and will be held at the same venue, due to other tournaments in Australia being cancelled as a result from the COVID-19 pandemic. This tournament will take place simultaneously with the second week of the 2021 Australian Open.[1]

2021 Phillip Island Trophy
Date	15–21 February
Edition	1st
Category	WTA 250
Draw	54S / 28D
Prize money	$235,238
Surface	Hard
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Venue	Melbourne Park
Champions
Singles
new event
Doubles
new event

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64
Singles	250	180	110	60		1	1
Doubles						1	N/A

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64
Singles	$	$	$	$	$	$	$
Doubles*	$	$	$	$	$	$	N/A

_{*per team}

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^a	Seed
SUI	Belinda Bencic	12	1
GBR	Johanna Konta	14	2
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	15	3
POL	Iga Świątek	16	4
CRO	Petra Martić	18	5
KAZ	Elena Rybakina	19	6
BEL	Elise Mertens	20	7
CZE	Markéta Vondroušová	21	8
USA	Jennifer Brady	23	9
USA	Alison Riske	26	10
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	28	11
TUN	Ons Jabeur	30	12
CRO	Donna Vekić	32	13
RUS	Ekaterina Alexandrova	33	14
CHN	Wang Qiang	34	15
CHN	Zhang Shuai	35	16

^a Rankings are as of 8 February 2021

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards:

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

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Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Amanda Anisimova → replaced by Shelby Rogers
• Dayana Yastremska → replaced by Jessica Pegula
• Madison Keys → replaced by Anna Blinkova

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^b	Seed
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[[|]]		[[|]]			2
[[|]]		[[|]]			3
[[|]]		[[|]]			4
[[|]]		[[|]]			5
[[|]]		[[|]]			6
[[|]]		[[|]]			7
[[|]]		[[|]]			8

^b Rankings are as of 8 February 2021.

Other entrants

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

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Champions

Singles

• TBD vs. TBD

Doubles

• TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

References

1. https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/2027/melbourne-250/2021/order-of-play

External links