WTA - Istanbul

The WTA Tour continues in Turkey.

2021 TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship Istanbul - a WTA 250 tournament, on Clay, in Istanbul, Turkey, 19-25 April 2021.

2020 champion (not defending):

Patricia Maria Tig who defeated qualifier Eugenie Bouchard 2-6 6-1 7-6(4)

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

- Alizé Cornet replaced by Zarina Diyas 

- Svetlana Kuznetsova replaced by Katerina Siniakova 

- Magda Linette replaced by Nao Hibino 

- Yulia Putintseva replaced by Sara Errani  

- Anastasija Sevastova replaced by Marta Kostyuk  

- Sara Sorribes Tormo replaced by Anastasia Potapova 

- Jil Teichmann replaced by Viktorija Golubic 

- Patricia Maria Tig replaced by Ana Bogdan 

Elise Mertens, world number 17, is top seed.

The other 7 seeds are all in the top 50

There are no byes.