WTA Nottingham Open 2021 Draw Analysis, Preview and Prediction for Viking Open 2021


WTA Nottingham Open 2021 Draw Analysis, Preview and Prediction for Viking Open 2021

WTA Nottingham Open 2021

The WTA Nottingham Open 2021 will kick start the grass season on the WTA tour and will be the first WTA-250 tournament to be played in England before the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.

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The tournament was not held last year due to the Pandemic which had a big impact on the Grass season on both the ATP and WTA tours. Caroline Garcia will enter as the defending champion who won the title in 2019.

Tournament Details:

  • Tournament: Nottingham Open 2021
  • Date: June 6-20, 2021
  • Venue: Nottingham, England
  • Surface: Grass
  • Prize Money: $235,238
  • Defending champion: Caroline Garcia (2019)

Top seeds at the Nottingham Open 2021

  • Johanna Konta
  • Alison Riske
  • Donna Vekic
  • Shuai Zhang
  • Danielle Collins

Women’s Singles Draw Analysis and Prediction

Top Half

First Quarter

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Johanna Konta vs Viktorija Golubic
Johanna Konta vs Viktorija Golubic

The first quarter of the draw consists of 4 seeds in the form of 1st seed Johanna Konta, 8th seeded Alison Van Uytvanck, 10th seeded Viktorija Golubic and the 13th seed Madison Brengle. All of the four seeds have a bye in the first round . Konta will have an easy outing till the quarters where she is most likely to meet Golubic.

Quarter-Final Prediction: Johanna Konta vs Viktorija Golubic

Second Quarter

Donna Vekic vs Danielle Collins
Donna Vekic vs Danielle Collins

The second quarter has 3rd seeded Donna Vekic, 5th seeded Danielle Collins, 11th seeded Camila Giorgi and 15th seeded Nina Stojanovic as it’s share of the seeds in the quarter. Young Australian Astra Sharma can surprise a few and will be a dark horse in the second quarter.

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Quarter-Final Prediction: Donna Vekic vs Danielle Collins

Bottom Half

Third Quarter

Kristina Mladenovic vs Zarina Diyas
Kristina Mladenovic vs Zarina Diyas

4th seeded Shuai Zhang, 7th seeded Kristina Mladenovic, 12th seeded Nao Hibino and 16th seeded Zarina Diyas will be the 4 seeds of the quarter with Kristina and Zarina being the favourites to set up the quarter-final clash.

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Quarter-final Prediction: Kristina Mladenovic vs Zarina Diyas

Fourth Quarter

Alison Riske vs Marie Bouzkova
Alison Riske vs Marie Bouzkova

2nd seeded Alison Riske, 6th seede Marie Bouzkova, 9th seeded Heather Watson and 14th seeded Lauren Davis are the seeds in the last quarter of the draw which will give the 4th semi-finalist of the competiton.

Quarter-Final Prediction: Alison Riske vs Marie Bouzkova

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Semi-Finals:

Alison Riske
Alison Riske

The first semi-final can see local girl Konta taking on in-form Danielle Collins who has improved a lot this season. If they meet it will be their first meeting on the tour on Grass having previously met on Clay in 2012 with Konta coming out as the winner.

As for the second semi-final, Riske looks the favourite to make it and will probably face Kristina Mladenovic who is known to have a good record on Grass.

Finals :

Johanna Konta
Johanna Konta

While it seems to be a battle of the top seeds, Konta and Riske look the favourite to make it to the finals unless any late entrant or the wildcards cause an upset. Konta seems to be the favourite at her home turf winning her 7th title on the WTA circuit.

Winner: Johanna Konta to win the WTA Nottingham Open 2021

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