# 2021 Tennis in the Land

The 2021 Tennis in the Land event was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Jacobs Pavilion. It was the first edition of the tournament held in the city of Cleveland in the United States and was a part of the WTA 250 category of the 2021 WTA Tour.

## Champions
### Singles

* Anett Kontaveit def. Irina-Camelia Begu, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4.
This was Kontaveit's second WTA Tour title, and first since 2017.

### Doubles

* Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara def. Christina McHale / Sania Mirza, 7–5, 6–3.

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32$^1$ | Q2 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | $29,200 | $16,398 | $10,100 | $5,800 | $4,000 | $2,770 | $2,305 | $1,700 |
| Women's doubles* | $10,300 | $6,000 | $3,800 | $2,300 | $1,750 | — | — | — |
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## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| RUS | Daria Kasatkina | 26 | 1 |
| EST | Anett Kontaveit | 28 | 2 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 34 | 3 |
| GBR | Johanna Konta | 36 | 4 |
| ARG | Nadia Podoroska | 37 | 5 |
| POL | Magda Linette | 43 | 6 |
| ESP | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 44 | 7 |
| USA | Shelby Rogers | 45 | 8 |
| CHN | Zhang Shuai | 50 | 9 |
* Rankings are as of August 16, 2021.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
* Daria Kasatkina
* Maria Mateas
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Emina Bektas
* Ulrikke Eikeri
* Alexa Glatch
* Catherine Harrison
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Linda Fruhvirtová
* Nagi Hanatani
* Tara Moore
* Ena Shibahara

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Jennifer Brady → replaced by Kaja Juvan
* Johanna Konta → replaced by Linda Fruhvirtová
* Jessica Pegula → replaced by Caty McNally
* Storm Sanders → replaced by Tara Moore
* Alison Riske → replaced by Christina McHale
* Arantxa Rus → replaced by Lauren Davis
* Liudmila Samsonova → replaced by Ena Shibahara
* Jil Teichmann → replaced by Nagi Hanatani
* Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Vera Zvonareva
* Elena Vesnina → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich

#### During the tournament

* Vera Zvonareva

### Retirements

* Anna Blinkova

## Doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| JPN | Shuko Aoyama | JPN | Ena Shibahara | 18 | 1 |
| CHI | Alexa Guarachi | USA | Desirae Krawczyk | 35 | 2 |
| CZE | Lucie Hradecká | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 79 | 3 |
| USA | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | USA | Shelby Rogers | 89 | 4 |
* Rankings are as of August 16, 2021.

### Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
* Maria Mateas / Yaroslava Shvedova
The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:
* Anastasia Rodionova / Galina Voskoboeva

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Kaja Juvan / Galina Voskoboeva → replaced by Anastasia Rodionova / Galina Voskoboeva