WTA - Cleveland 1R complete

First round completed in Cleveland.

2021 Tennis in the Land - a WTA 250 tournament, on Hard, in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 22-28 August 2021.

No defending champion:

This is a new tournament on the WTA calendar.

Fourth seed Johanna Konta withdrew after the main draw was published and was replaced by lucky loser Linda Fruhvirtova

Zhang Shuai was instated as ninth seed and moved in the draw to the place previously occupied by Konta

Storm Sanders withdrew after the main draw was published and was replaced by lucky loser Tara Moore

Jil Teichmann withdrew after the main draw was published and was replaced by lucky loser Nagi Hanatani

Liudmila Samsonova withdrew after the main draw was published and was replaced by lucky loser Ena Shibahara

First round results:

- Wildcard Daria Kasatkina (1) defeated Kaja Juvan 6-3 6-3

- Lucky loser Linda Fruhvirtova defeated lucky loser Tara Moore 6-4 7-5

- Magda Linette (6) defeated qualifier Emina Bektas 7-6(6) 6-4

- Polona Hercog defeated wildcard Maria Mateas 6-3 6-2

- Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeated Christina McHale 6-4 7-5

- Sara Sorribes Tormo (7) defeated qualifier Alexa Glatch 6-2 6-1

- Vera Zvonareva defeated qualifier Ulrikke Eikeri 6-4 6-2

- Wildcard Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated lucky loser Ena Shibahara 6-4 3-6 6-1

- Zhang Shuai (9) defeated Martina Trevisan 7-5 6-1

- Katerina Siniakova defeated Shelby Rogers (8) 7-5 6-1

- Lucky loser Nagi Hanatani defeated Anna Blinkova 1-0 (retired)

- Caroline Garcia defeated qualifier Catherine Harrison 6-1 6-2

- Anett Kontaveit (2) defeated Lauren Davis 1-6 6-0 6-0