WTA - Abu Dhabi 1st round complete

First round complete in Abu Dhabi.

2021 Abu Dhabi Women’s Tennis Open - a WTA 500 tournament, on Hard, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 5-13 January 2021.

No defending champion:

This is a new event

The following players withdrew before their first round matches:

- Elise Mertens, seeded seventh, due to a shoulder injury - her replacement was lucky loser Valentini Grammatikopoulou.

- Sorana Cirstea due to an abdominal injury - her replacement was lucky loser Despina Papamichail.

First round results:

- Sofia Kenin (1) defeated qualifier Yang Zhaoxuan 7-6(4) 6-2

- CoCo Gauff defeated Ulrikke Eikeri 6-0 6-1

- Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeated qualifier Anna Bondar 6-2 6-3

- Garbiñe Muguruza (5) defeated Kristina Mladenovic 6-2 6-4

- Aryna Sabalenka (4) defeated Polona Hercog 7-6(5) 6-2

- Qualifier Katerina Bondarenko defeated Wang Yafan 6-3 3-6 7-5

- Karolina Muchova (12) defeated Danka Kovinic 6-4 6-1

- Wang Xiyu defeated Arantxa Rus 6-3 3-6 6-4

- Elena Rybakina (6) defeated qualifier Lucrezia Stefanini 6-1 6-3

- Hsieh Su-Wei defeated Marketa Vondrousova (8) 3-6 6-3 7-6(3)

- Marta Kostyuk defeated qualifier Lucie Hradecka 6-2 6-4

- Tamara Zidansek defeated Jennifer Brady (11) 0-6 6-3 6-4

- Sara Sorribes Tormo defeated Nadia Podoroska 6-3 6-3

- Qualifier Anastasia Gasanova defeated Mona Barthel 6-2 6-4

- Karolina Pliskova (3) defeated lucky loser Despina Papamichail 6-2 7-6(4)

- Alizé Cornet defeated lucky loser Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6-2 6-2

- Qualifier Bianca Turati defeated Yaroslava Shvedova 6-1 6-2

- Heather Watson defeated lucky loser Jodie Burrage 4-6 6-2 7-5

- Vera Zvonareva defeated qualifier Amandine Hesse 6-3 6-4

- Elina Svitolina (2) defeated Jessica Pegula 6-4 6-3