Ashleigh Barty defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. It was her first Wimbledon title and second major singles title overall. Barty was the first Australian to win the title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980, and the fifth player (following Karen Susman, Ann Jones, Martina Hingis and Amélie Mauresmo) to win the women's singles title after previously winning the girls' singles title. She retained the world No. 1 singles ranking by reaching the semifinals, with Aryna Sabalenka also in contention for the top ranking.

Simona Halep was the reigning champion from when the tournament was last held in 2019, but withdrew before the tournament due to a calf injury.

Serena Williams retired from her first-round match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich due to injury. This marked the first time since 2014 that the Wimbledon final did not feature one of the Williams sisters (as Venus Williams lost to Ons Jabeur in the second round), as well as the first time since 1997 that neither sister progressed beyond the second round.

This was the first edition of Wimbledon since 2009 that saw the top two seeds progress to the semifinals. Additionally, this was the first major in the Open Era where two wildcards, Liudmila Samsonova and Emma Raducanu (making her first major appearance), reached the fourth round. Raducanu was the youngest British woman to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon in the Open Era. Jabeur was the first Tunisian and the first Arab woman to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals.

This tournament marked the first Wimbledon appearances of 2024 champion Barbora Krejčíková, and 2022 champion, future world No. 1 and three-time major champion Elena Rybakina. Both players lost in the fourth round, to Barty and Sabalenka respectively.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Championship match statistics Category Barty Ka. Plíšková 1st serve % 54/89 (61%) 54/77 (70%) 1st serve points won 36 of 54 = 67% 36 of 54 = 67% 2nd serve points won 19 of 35 = 54% 8 of 23 = 35% Total service points won55 of 89 = 61.79% 44 of 77 = 57.14% Aces 7 6 Double faults 7 5 Winners 30 27 Unforced errors29 32 Net points won 8 of 15 = 53% 13 of 21 = 62% Break points converted 6 of 8 = 75% 4 of 5 = 80% Return points won 33 of 77 = 42% 34 of 89 = 38% Total points won 88 78

Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 21 June 2021. Rankings and points are as of 28 June 2021.

SeedRankPlayerPoints before Points defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Ashleigh Barty 7,875 240 2,000 9,635 Champion, defeated Karolína Plíšková 2 4 Aryna Sabalenka 6,195 10 780 6,965 Semifinals lost to Karolína Plíšková 3 5 Elina Svitolina 5,835 780 70 5,135 Second round lost to Magda Linette 4 6 Sofia Kenin 5,640 70 70 5,640 Second round lost to Madison Brengle 5 7 Bianca Andreescu 5,321 0 10 5,331 First round lost to Alizé Cornet 6 8 Serena Williams 4,931 1,300 10 3,641 First round retired against Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7 9 Iga Świątek 4,465 10 240 4,695 Fourth round lost to Ons Jabeur 8 13 Karolína Plíšková 3,915 240 1,300 4,975 Runner-up, lost to Ashleigh Barty 9 11 Belinda Bencic 4,205 130 10 4,085 First round lost to Kaja Juvan 10 10 Petra Kvitová 4,215 240 10 3,985 First round lost to Sloane Stephens 11 12 Garbiñe Muguruza 4,045 10 130 4,165 Third round lost to Ons Jabeur 12 14 Victoria Azarenka 3,905 130 70 3,845 Second round lost to Sorana Cîrstea 13 16 Elise Mertens 3,685 240 130 3,575 Third round lost to Madison Keys 14 17 Barbora Krejčíková 3,683 (30)† 240 3,893 Fourth round lost to Ashleigh Barty 15 18 Maria Sakkari 3,480 130 70 3,420 Second round lost to Shelby Rogers 16 19 3,300 10 130 3,420 Third round lost to Karolína Muchová 17 21 Kiki Bertens 3,095 130 10 2,975 First round lost to Marta Kostyuk 18 20 Elena Rybakina 3,123 (100)† 240 3,263 Fourth round lost to Aryna Sabalenka 19 22 Karolína Muchová 2,876 430 430 2,876 Quarterfinals lost to Angelique Kerber 20 23 Coco Gauff 2,805 280 240 2,765 Fourth round lost to Angelique Kerber 21 24 Ons Jabeur 2,510 10 430 2,930 Quarterfinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka 22 26 Jessica Pegula 2,410 10 70 2,460 Second round lost to Liudmila Samsonova [WC] 23 27 Madison Keys 2,405 70 240 2,575 Fourth round lost to Viktorija Golubic 24 25 Anett Kontaveit 2,505 130 10 2,385 First round lost to Markéta Vondroušová 25 28 Angelique Kerber 2,240 70 780 2,950 Semifinals lost to Ashleigh Barty 26 30 Petra Martić 2,230 240 70 2,060 Second round lost to Irina-Camelia Begu 27 31 Johanna Konta 2,157 430 0 1,727 Withdrew due to close contact with COVID-19 positive test 28 29 Alison Riske 2,235 430 10 1,815 First round lost to Tereza Martincová 29 32 Veronika Kudermetova 2,100 70 10 2,040 First round lost to Viktorija Golubic 30 33 Paula Badosa 2,060 40 240 2,260 Fourth round lost to Karolína Muchová 31 35 Daria Kasatkina 2,030 10 70 2,090 Second round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko 32 36 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1,940 10 70 2,000 Second round lost to Camila Osorio [Q]

†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

Withdrawn players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason 2 Naomi Osaka 7,346 10 7,336 Personal reasons 3 Simona Halep 6,330 2,000 4,330 Calf injury 15 Jennifer Brady 3,840 10 3,830 Foot injury

Other entry information

Wild card entries The following players were awarded wild cards into the main draw.

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Protected ranking

Withdrawals

† – not included on entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began @ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began § – withdrew from main draw

See also 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries

References

External links Ladies' Singles draw 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation