# 2021 Yarra Valley Classic

The 2021 Yarra Valley Classic was a tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour, one of six events in the 2021 Melbourne Summer Series. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Melbourne, Australia. It was organised as a lead-up tournament to the 2021 Australian Open, and was held at the same venue, due to other tournaments in Australia being cancelled as a result from the COVID-19 pandemic. This tournament took place simultaneously with the 2021 Gippsland Trophy and the 2021 Grampians Trophy. Players who had originally intended to participate in this tournament or the Gippsland Trophy, but were forced to undergo strict quarantine measures upon arrival in Australia, were able to participate in the 2021 Grampians Trophy. The entry list of 2021 Australian Open was used to determine the entry list of this tournament; with half the players (selected randomly) playing the Yarra Valley Classic, and the other half playing the 2021 Gippsland Trophy.
In the women's singles final, Ashleigh Barty defeated Garbiñe Muguruza in straight sets, while Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara won in women's doubles.

## Champions
### Singles

* Ashleigh Barty def. Garbiñe Muguruza 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–4

### Doubles

* Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara def. Anna Kalinskaya / Viktória Kužmová, 6–3, 6–4

## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| AUS | Ashleigh Barty | 1 | 1 |
| USA | Sofia Kenin | 4 | 2 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 6 | 3 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 9 | 4 |
| USA | Serena Williams | 11 | 5 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 15 | 6 |
| CRO | Petra Martić | 18 | 7 |
| CZE | Markéta Vondroušová | 21 | 8 |
| CRO | Donna Vekić | 32 | 9 |
| CHN | Zhang Shuai | 35 | 10 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 39 | 11 |
| FRA | Fiona Ferro | 43 | 12 |
| USA | Danielle Collins | 46 | 13 |
| ARG | Nadia Podoroska | 47 | 14 |
| FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 50 | 15 |
| CZE | Marie Bouzková | 52 | 16 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 25 January 2021

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
* Kimberly Birrell
* Lizette Cabrera
* Daria Gavrilova
* Maddison Inglis
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the Australian Open singles main draw, and hence this tournament as well:
* Mona Barthel
* Yaroslava Shvedova
* Zhu Lin
* Vera Zvonareva
The following players received entry from the Australian Open qualifying draw:
* Clara Burel
* Elisabetta Cocciaretto
* Olga Danilović
* Francesca Jones
* Greet Minnen
* Tsvetana Pironkova
* Liudmila Samsonova
* Mayar Sherif
The following players received entry into this tournament as they were potential lucky losers for the Australian Open singles main draw:
* Ysaline Bonaventure
* Ankita Raina
* Kamilla Rakhimova
The following players received entry as an alternate:
* Caroline Dolehide
* Vera Lapko

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by Vera Lapko
* Zhang Shuai → replaced by Caroline Dolehide

#### During the tournament

* Serena Williams

### Retirements

* Camila Giorgi

## Doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 7 | 1 |
| USA | Nicole Melichar | NED | Demi Schuurs | 23 | 2 |
| JPN | Shuko Aoyama | JPN | Ena Shibahara | 38 | 3 |
| CHN | Duan Yingying | CHN | Zheng Saisai | 47 | 4 |
| CHI | Alexa Guarachi | USA | Desirae Krawczyk | 51 | 5 |
| CHN | Xu Yifan | CHN | Yang Zhaoxuan | 64 | 6 |
| UKR | Lyudmyla Kichenok | LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 67 | 7 |
| AUS | Ashleigh Barty | USA | Jennifer Brady | 80 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of 25 January 2021

### Other entrants

The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
* Lizette Cabrera / Maddison Inglis
* Jaimee Fourlis / Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz
* Olivia Gadecki / Belinda Woolcock
The following pair received entry as alternates:
* Leylah Annie Fernandez / Anastasia Potapova
* Danka Kovinić / Jasmine Paolini
* Aleksandra Krunić / Martina Trevisan

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic → replaced by Leylah Annie Fernandez / Anastasia Potapova
* Misaki Doi / Nao Hibino → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić / Martina Trevisan
* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Danka Kovinić / Jasmine Paolini

#### During the tournament

* Marta Kostyuk / Aliaksandra Sasnovich

### Retirements

* Karolína Muchová / Markéta Vondroušová

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 |
| Doubles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 |
| Singles | $50,000 | $33,520 | $18,610 | $8,770 | $5,500 | $4,250 | $3,000 |
| Doubles* | $20,890 | $13,370 | $8,350 | $4,310 | $2,670 | $2,020 | — |
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