2021 WTA Top Seed Open Live Stream and TV Options

The WTA Lexington Open in Kentucky, also called the Top Seed Open, made its first appearance as a WTA International tennis tournament in 2020 and had Serena Williams leading the action for them. Get all the information related to the WTA Lexington Open live streaming options and how to watch the Kentucky Open live on television as well.

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*Geo-restrictions apply & pre-funded account needed

With the WTA tennis schedule having gone haywire because of the pandemic in 2020, the Lexington Open in Kentucky was added to the calendar to help players get started. Played on the hard court surfaces at the Top Seed Tennis Club, this tournament is also called the Top Seed Open.

It has both, the singles and doubles competition with 32 players featuring in the former and 16 teams participating in the latter draw.

2021 Lexington Open Schedule & Dates

We are still awaiting the schedule for the 2021 Lexington Open.

The 2020 edition of the Lexington Open in Kentucky was played between August 10 and 16. The first round matches were held on Monday, August 10, leading up to the quarterfinals, semifinals and final on August 14, 15 and 16.

Player List for the 2021 Lexington Open

The player list for the 2021 Lexington Open will be released closer to the start of the tournament.

In 2020, Americans and former Grand Slam winners Serena Williams and Sloane Stephens signed up to participate in the Lexington Open this year. Other than these, the draw was choc-a-bloc with other players from USA and some of the top players from other countries who are looking to participate in the US Open as well.

Women’s Singles

  • Serena Williams
  • Aryna Sabalenka
  • Johanna Konta
  • Amanda Anisimova (withdrew)
  • Yulia Putintseva
  • Magda Linette
  • Sloane Stephens
  • Ons Jabeur

What Happened at the 2020 WTA Lexington Open?

The tournament saw all the seeded players get knocked out before reaching the semifinal stage with Jennifer Brady beating Jil Teichmann in the final to lift the trophy.

Earlier Brady had knocked out teenage sensation Cori Gauff and Teichmann overcame Shelby Rogers in straight sets in the semifinals to set up the title-decider. Serena Williams needed three-setters in both her first two rounds, including a win over sister Venus before she fell away to a close defeat to Rogers.

This is the second edition of the WTA Lexington Open as a part of the WTA International circuit. Till the previous season, the Lexington Open was played as an ITF circuit competition. Last season, South Korea’s Kim Da-bin had won the title defeating Ann Li in the final.

Interestingly, Ann Li was the losing finalist in 2018 as well, going down to Asia Muhammad in the final, while Sofia Kenin was a runner-up in 2017 after she lost to Grace Min.

Previous WTA Lexington Open Winners

  • 2020: Serena Williams
  • 2019: Kim Da-bin
  • 2018: Asia Muhammad
  • 2017: Grace Min
  • 2016: Michaella Krajicek
  • 2015: Nao Hibino
  • 2014: Madison Brengle
  • 2013: Shelby Rogers
  • 2012: Julia Glushko
  • 2011: Chichi Scholl

Watch the 2021 WTA Lexington Open Live Streaming

This might be the second edition of the Lexington Open as a part of the WTA International circuit as mentioned earlier and with Serena Williams putting her name in the hat, things could get exciting. Watch it live using the options mentioned below.

And it is not just the Lexington Open that can be live streamed using the options mentioned below. The entire 2021 WTA tennis calendar which includes multiple other tennis competitions including the Grand Slams and other higher-ranked tournaments along with more than 100,000 sports events are live streamed using this method.

All that you need is to open an account with bet365, fund it with a small amount of $10 and watch tennis live streaming including Top Seed live from Kentucky for 2021. Here’s the exact process to watch the Lexington Open live streamed on any device.

  • Go to www.bet365.com
  • Register with www.bet365.com (or log in to your account)
  • Pre-fund your account by depositing $10 (or equivalent currency). You can either let that remain in your account or should have bet in the 24 hours before the live streaming
  • Select the Lexington Open live streaming option by clicking on Live Streaming on the top

As mentioned earlier, bet365 requires a pre-funded account and there could be geo-restrictions based on which region you are from.

Other Options

Other than bet365, there are other bookmakers too which provide similar tennis live streaming services but obviously bet365 is the most comprehensive of the lot. In case you want to try out other options, you could try to watch the Lexington Open with Unibet.com as well.

Unibet.com also covers a broad spectrum of sports and tennis events like the Lexington Open live. You can follow the event live on their page by creating an account and making a small deposit of $10 or more. Alternately, you must have bet in the last 24 hours of the stream using the same account to access the live streaming link.

Again, the conditions remain the same – register, pre-fund and there is a chance of geo-restrictions.

The third option is to sign up and become a member of WTA TV, which is the official partner of the WTA World Tour. They live stream almost the entire WTA calendar including this tournament in Lexington but there is a subscription fee of $9.99/month.

2021 WTA Lexington Open Live on TV

The 2021 edition of the Lexington Open or the Top Seed Open in Kentucky will be telecast live on television as well but for more information on that will be released closer to the start of the tournament.