WTA - Chicago 2

The WTA tour continues in the USA.

2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic - a WTA 500 tournament, on Hard, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 27 September - 3 October 2021.

No defending champion:

This is a new tournament on the WTA calendar.

The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

- Sorana Cirstea replaced by Hsieh Su-wei 

- CoCo Gauff replaced by Ann Li

- Daria Kasatkina replaced by Amanda Anisimova  

- Sofia Kenin replaced by Andrea Petkovic  

- Johanna Konta replaced by Madison Brengle 

- Petra Kvitová replaced by Misaki Doi 

- Petra Martic replaced by Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 

- Jelena Ostapenko replaced by Lauren Davis 

- Karolina Pliskova replaced by Kaia Kanepi 

- Alison Riske replaced by Jasmine Paolini 

- Aryna Sabalenka replaced by Sloane Stephens 

- Maria Sakkari replaced by lucky loser Olga Govortsova 

- Elena Vesnina replaced by Marie Bouzkova 

Elina Svitolina, world number 6, is top seed.

The other 15 seeds are all in the top 38

The top eight seeds have first round byes.