WTA - Gippsland Trophy 1R complete

First round completed and second round commenced in the Gippsland Trophy.

2021 Gippsland Trophy - a WTA 500 tournament, on Hard, in Melbourne, Australia, 31 January - 6 February 2021.

No defending champion:

This is a new event.

Zarina Diyas withdrew after the draw was published due to illness, and was replaced by alternate Monica Niculescu.

First round results:

- Wildcard Destanee Aiava defeated Chloe Paquet 6-1 4-6 6-4

- Laura Siegemund (16) defeated alternate Monica Niculescu 7-5 6-4

- Mayo Hibi defeated Varvara Lepchenko 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1

- CoCo Gauff (14) defeated Jil Teichmann 6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(5)

- Katie Boulter defeated Anna Kalinskaya 6-1 6-3

- Alizé Cornet defeated Ajla Tomljanovic 5-7 6-1 6-3

Second round results:

- Simona Halep (1) defeated Anastasia Potapova 6-4 6-4

- Ekaterina Alexandrova (9) defeated Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 4-6 6-4 6-2

- Jasmine Paolini defeated Wang Qiang (10) 3-6 7-5 6-4

- Karolina Muchova (8) defeated alternate Caty McNally 6-1 6-1

- Jelena Ostapenko (13) defeated Danka Kovinic 6-4 7-5

- Elina Svitolina (3) defeated Andrea Petkovic 6-1 6-4