 Ashleigh Barty finished the year as world No. 1 for the third time in her career. She won five tournaments during the season, including a major at the Wimbledon Championships. She also won two WTA 1000 events. | |
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| Duration | 6 January – 17 November 2021 |
| Edition | 51st |
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| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most titles |  Ashleigh Barty (5) |
| Most finals |  Anett Kontaveit (7) |
| Prize money leader | Ashleigh Barty ($3,945,182) |
| Points leader | Ashleigh Barty (6,411) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Ashleigh Barty |
| Doubles team of the year |  Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková |
| Most improved player of the year | Barbora Krejčíková |
| Newcomer of the year |  Emma Raducanu |
| Comeback player of the year |  Carla Suárez Navarro |
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Naomi Osaka won her fourth major title and second Australian Open title, defeating Jennifer Brady in the final. Barbora Krejčíková won her first major singles title at the French Open, defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final. Ashleigh Barty won her second major singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Karolína Plíšková in the final. Belinda Bencic won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, defeating Markéta Vondroušová in the final. Emma Raducanu won her first major title at the US Open, defeating Leylah Fernandez in the final and becoming the first qualifier, man or woman, to win a major title.
The 2021 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2021 tennis season. The 2021 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Finals and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2021 calendar are the Summer Olympic Games, which were rescheduled from 2020.