Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 21 June 2021. Draw Key Ĭhampionship match statistics Category Ekaterina Alexandrova (second round)Ĭlick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section. Johanna Konta (withdrew due to close contact with positive COVID-19 test) 28. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round) 17. Serena Williams (first round, retired) 0 7. Jabeur became the first Tunisian player and the first Arabian woman in history to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Raducanu became the youngest British woman to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon in the Open Era. Additionally, this was the first major in the Open Era where two wildcards, Liudmila Samsonova and Emma Raducanu (who made her first major appearance overall), reached the fourth round. This was the first edition of Wimbledon since 2009 that saw the top two seeds progress to the semifinals. It marked the first time since 2014 that the Wimbledon final did not feature one of the Williams sisters, as Venus Williams lost to Ons Jabeur in the second round, as well as the first time since 1997 that neither sister progressed beyond the second round. This marked only the second time that she lost in the first round of a major, following her defeat at the 2012 French Open to Virginie Razzano. Serena Williams retired from her first-round match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich due to injury. Halep was the reigning champion from when the tournament was last held in 2019, but she withdrew from the competition due to a calf injury. 1 singles ranking by reaching the semifinals, with Aryna Sabalenka having also been in contention for the top ranking.

Barty's victory made her the fourth player, following Ann Jones, Martina Hingis and Amélie Mauresmo, to win the women's singles title after previously winning the girls' singles title.

She became the first Australian to win the title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980, the first top seed to win the title since Serena Williams in 2016 and the first to do so at any major since Simona Halep at the 2018 French Open. Main article: 2021 Wimbledon ChampionshipsĪshleigh Barty defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–3, 6–7 (4–7), 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.

Wimbledon tennis results 2021