2021 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

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. She became the first Australian to win the title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980, the first top seed to win the title since Serena Williams in 2016 and the first to do so at any major since Simona Halep at the 2018 French Open. Barty's victory made her the fourth player (following 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 ranking by reaching the semifinals, with Aryna Sabalenka having also been in contention for the top ranking.

Halep was the reigning champion from when the tournament was last held in 2019, but she 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 only the second time that she lost in the first round of a major, and 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 (who made her first major appearance overall), reached the fourth round. Raducanu became the youngest British woman to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon in the Open Era. Jabeur became the first Tunisian player and the first Arabian woman in history to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.

Seeds
• 🇦🇺 Ashleigh Barty (champion)

• 🇧🇾 Aryna Sabalenka (semifinals)

• 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina (second round)

• 🇺🇸 Sofia Kenin (second round)

• 🇨🇦 Bianca Andreescu (first round)

• 🇺🇸 Serena Williams (first round, retired)

• 🇵🇱 Iga Świątek (fourth round)

• 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková (final)

• Belinda Bencic (first round)

• 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová (first round)

• 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza (third round)

• 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka (second round)

• 🇧🇪 Elise Mertens (third round)

• 🇨🇿 Barbora Krejčíková (fourth round)

•  Maria Sakkari (second round)

• 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round)

•  Kiki Bertens (first round)

• 🇰🇿 Elena Rybakina (fourth round)

• 🇨🇿 Karolína Muchová (quarterfinals)

• 🇺🇸 Coco Gauff (fourth round)

• 🇹🇳 Ons Jabeur (quarterfinals)

• 🇺🇸 Jessica Pegula (second round)

• 🇺🇸 Madison Keys (fourth round)

• 🇪🇪 Anett Kontaveit (first round)

• 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber (semifinals)

•  Petra Martić (second round)

• 🇬🇧 Johanna Konta (withdrew due to close contact with positive COVID-19 test)

• 🇺🇸 Alison Riske (first round)

• 🇷🇺 Veronika Kudermetova (first round)

• 🇪🇸 Paula Badosa (fourth round)

• 🇷🇺 Daria Kasatkina (second round)

• 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Alexandrova (second round)

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.

†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.

Wild card entries
The following players were awarded wild cards into the main draw. • 🇬🇧 Katie Boulter

• 🇬🇧 Jodie Burrage

• 🇬🇧 Harriet Dart

• 🇬🇧 Francesca Jones

• 🇬🇧 Samantha Murray Sharan

• 🇬🇧 Emma Raducanu

• 🇷🇺 Liudmila Samsonova

Qualifiers
• 🇫🇷 Clara Burel

• 🇷🇺 Vitalia Diatchenko

• 🇧🇾 Olga Govortsova

• 🇷🇺 Anna Kalinskaya

• Ana Konjuh

• 🇺🇸 Danielle Lao

• 🇺🇸 Claire Liu

• 🇧🇪 Greet Minnen

• 🇷🇴 Monica Niculescu

• 🇨🇴 Camila Osorio

•  Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove

• 🇦🇺 Ellen Perez

• 🇬🇧 Katie Swan

• 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko

• 🇺🇸 Katie Volynets

• 🇨🇳 Wang Xinyu

Lucky losers
• 🇺🇸 Kristie Ahn

• 🇧🇬 Tsvetana Pironkova

• 🇦🇺 Astra Sharma

• 🇨🇳 Wang Yafan

Protected ranking
• 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel (101)

• 🇷🇴 Mihaela Buzărnescu (104)

• 🇺🇦 Kateryna Kozlova (104)

• 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic (80)

• 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur (97)

• 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro (68)

• 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe (100)

• 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina (52)

Withdrawals
• 🇺🇸 Jennifer Brady → replaced by 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos
 * Before the tournament

• 🇧🇪 Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by 🇺🇦 Kateryna Kozlova

• 🇷🇺 Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by 🇷🇴 Ana Bogdan

• 🇷🇴 Simona Halep → replaced by 🇺🇸 Kristie Ahn

• 🇬🇧 Johanna Konta → replaced by 🇨🇳 Wang Yafan

• 🇲🇪 Danka Kovinić → replaced by 🇧🇬 Tsvetana Pironkova

• 🇯🇵 Naomi Osaka → replaced by 🇺🇸 Venus Williams

• 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová → replaced by 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe

• 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang → replaced by 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel

• 🇺🇦 Dayana Yastremska → replaced by 🇷🇴 Mihaela Buzărnescu

• 🇨🇳 Zheng Saisai → replaced by 🇪🇸 Aliona Bolsova


 * During the tournament
 * 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by 🇦🇺 Astra Sharma