2021 Western & Southern Open WTA Entry List including Osaka, Azarenka and Barty (Last Update - 11-08-2021)

The entry list has been released ahead of the Western & Southern Open which is due to return to Cincinnati after its year hiatus due to Coronavirus between August 14-22, 2021.

A Premier Mandatory tournament, it sees most of the top names on the WTA side entered into the provisional entry list.

This includes Ashleigh Barty fresh from her Wimbledon triumph, Naomi Osaka on the road to her US Open title defence, as well as fellow top names such as Bianca Andreescu, Iga Swiatek and Garbine Muguruza.

Defending champion, Victoria Azarenka will also defend her title with the Belarusian using this hard court swing last year to return towards her best.

This entry list is without Kiki Bertens who will retire after the Olympics as well as Svetlana Kuznetsova with all over initially entered names involved. This is a provisional entry list and will be updated like the Men's before the event as and when.

1 BARTY, ASHLEIGH (AUS) 1

2 OSAKA, NAOMI (JPN) 2

3 SABALENKA, ARYNA (BLR) 3

4 ANDREESCU, BIANCA (CAN) 5

5 SVITOLINA, ELINA (UKR) 6

6 PLISKOVA, KAROLINA (CZE) 7

7 SWIATEK, IGA (POL) 8

8 MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE (ESP) 9

9 HALEP, SIMONA (ROU) 10

10 KREJCIKOVA, BARBORA (CZE) 11

11 BENCIC, BELINDA (SUI) 12

12 KVITOVA, PETRA (CZE) 13

13 AZARENKA, VICTORIA (BLR) 14

14 BRADY, JENNIFER (USA) 15

15 MERTENS, ELISE (BEL) 17

16 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA (RUS) 18

17 SAKKARI, MARIA (GRE) 19

18 RYBAKINA, ELENA (KAZ) 20

19 KERBER, ANGELIQUE (GER) 22

20 JABEUR, ONS (TUN) 23

21 MUCHOVA, KAROLINA (CZE) 24

22 GAUFF, CORI (USA) 25

23 KEYS, MADISON (USA) 26

24 PEGULA, JESSICA (USA) 27

25 KONTAVEIT, ANETT (EST) 28

26 BADOSA, PAULA (ESP) 29

27 OSTAPENKO, JELENA (LAT) 30

28 KASATKINA, DARIA (RUS) 31

29 MARTIC, PETRA (CRO) 32

30 KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA (RUS) 33

31 ALEXANDROVA, EKATERINA (RUS) 34

32 PUTINTSEVA, YULIA (KAZ) 35

33 RISKE, ALISON (USA) 36

34 ZIDANSEK, TAMARA (SLO) 37

35 PODOROSKA, NADIA (ARG) 38

36 CIRSTEA, SORANA (ROU) 39

37 KONTA, JOHANNA (GBR) 40

38 VONDROUSOVA, MARKETA (CZE) 41

39 ROGERS, SHELBY (USA) 42

40 COLLINS, DANIELLE (USA) 44

41 LINETTE, MAGDA (POL) 45

42 YASTREMSKA, DAYANA (UKR) 46

Main Draw Alternates

1 VEKIC, DONNA (CRO) 47

2 SHVEDOVA, YAROSLAVA (KAZ) 47 SR

3 SORRIBES TORMO, SARA (ESP) 48

4 GOLUBIC, VIKTORIJA (SUI) 50

5 TOMLJANOVIC, AJLA (AUS) 51