WTA - Phillip Island Trophy

While the Australian Open continues, the WTA is staging another tournament, which is allowing players not participating in the Open, and those already defeated, to have some competition.

2021 Phillip Island Trophy - a WTA 250 tournament, on Hard, in Melbourne, Australia, 13-19 February 2021.

No defending champion:

This is a new event.

Sofia Kenin, world number 4, is top seed.

The other 15 seeds are all in the top 55

The top 8 seeds all have first round byes.

First round results:

- Wildcard Olivia Gadecki defeated wildcard Destanee Aiava 6-4 6-4

- Greet Minnen defeated Timea Babos 6-2 6-2

- Misaki Doi defeated Caroline Garcia (10) 7-5 6-3

- Sara Sorribes Tormo defeated Liudmila Samsonova 6-7(6) 6-1 7-6(4)

- Varvara Gracheva defeated Sloane Stephens (9) 6-2 6-2

- Daria Kasatkina defeated Katie Boulter 6-4 6-2

- Marie Bouzkova (13) defeated Danka Kovinic 3-6 5-0 (retired)

- Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeated Lauren Davis 6-3 6-2

- Anna Blinkova defeated Andrea Petkovic 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4

- Irina-Camelia Begu defeated Nadia Podoroska (12) 6-3 6-3

- Ana Bogdan defeated Anastasija Sevastova (14) 4-6 6-3 6-3

- Madison Brengle defeated Wang Yafan 6-3 6-4