# 2021 Abierto Zapopan

The 2021 Abierto Zapopan was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament and part of the 2021 WTA Tour.
Originally scheduled for 16–21 March 2020 in Guadalajara, Mexico and was part of the 125K series during the 2020 tennis season, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic due to local restrictions, and the suspension of play on the WTA tour.
It took place in Guadalajara, Mexico from 8 to 13 March 2021 and it was a part of the WTA 250 tournaments, offering a total of $235,238 in prize money.

## Champions
### Singles

* Sara Sorribes Tormo def. Eugenie Bouchard 6–2, 7–5

### Doubles

* Ellen Perez / Astra Sharma def. Desirae Krawczyk / Giuliana Olmos 6–4, 6–4.

## Point distribution and prize money
### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| Doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $29,200 | $16,398 | $10,100 | $5,800 | $3,675 | $2,675 | $1,950 | $1,270 |
| 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 |
| ARG | Nadia Podoroska | 45 | 1 |
| CZE | Marie Bouzková | 50 | 2 |
| RUS | Anna Blinkova | 69 | 3 |
| ESP | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 70 | 4 |
| JPN | Nao Hibino | 78 | 5 |
| MNE | Danka Kovinić | 84 | 6 |
| CAN | Leylah Annie Fernandez | 87 | 7 |
| SLO | Kaja Juvan | 91 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 1 March 2021

### Other entrants

The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:
* Eugenie Bouchard
* Katie Volynets
* Renata Zarazúa
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
* Mihaela Buzărnescu
* Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
* CoCo Vandeweghe
The following players qualified into the singles main draw:
* Elisabetta Cocciaretto
* Lauren Davis
* Caroline Dolehide
* Leonie Küng
* Giuliana Olmos
* Astra Sharma
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
* Harriet Dart

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Kristie Ahn → replaced by Anna Kalinskaya
* Daria Gavrilova → replaced by Greet Minnen
* Viktorija Golubic → replaced by Harriet Dart
* Kateryna Kozlova → replaced by Anna-Lena Friedsam
* Jasmine Paolini → replaced by Wang Xiyu
* Sloane Stephens → replaced by Katarzyna Kawa
* Arantxa Rus → replaced by Eugenie Bouchard

## Doubles entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Desirae Krawczyk | MEX | Giuliana Olmos | 75 | 1 |
| USA | Caroline Dolehide | USA | Vania King | 128 | 2 |
| AUS | Ellen Perez | AUS | Astra Sharma | 165 | 3 |
| ROU | Mihaela Buzărnescu | GER | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 185 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of 1 March 2021.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Eugenie Bouchard / CoCo Vandeweghe
* Leylah Annie Fernandez / Renata Zarazúa
The following pair received entry as alternates into the doubles main draw:
* Ingrid Neel / Tamara Zidanšek

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Arantxa Rus / Tamara Zidanšek → Aliona Bolsova / Danka Kovinić

### Retirements

* Aliona Bolsova / Danka Kovinić (lower back injury)