the St. Petersburg Trophy, where she reached the semifinals losing in three sets to defending champion and eventual champion, Kiki Bertens. At the Qatar Open, she suffered a first-round exit at the hands of Amanda Anisimova. The WTA Tour was suspended from March through July due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When the WTA resumed tournament play in August, Alexandrova competed at the Palermo Ladies Open. Seeded eighth, she lost in the second round to eventual champion Fiona Ferro. Seeded fifth at the Prague Open, she was defeated in the first round by qualifier Lesia Tsurenko. At the Western & Southern Open, she lost in the second round to American qualifier Christina McHale. The tournament was held at the USTA BJK National Tennis Center for the first time, lowering the risk of the transmission of the virus behind closed doors. At the same competition ground, she stunned the returning former world No. 1 and three-time champion, Kim Clijsters, in the first round of the US Open after recovering from a set down. However, she failed to back up her good win as she fell short to Caty McNally in the second round. At the Italian Open in Rome, Alexandrova was defeated in the first round by tenth seed Elena Rybakina. Seeded seventh at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, she lost in the second round to Kateřina Siniaková. Seeded 27th at the French Open, she made it to the third round in which she was defeated by third seed Elina Svitolina. At the first edition of the J&T Banka Ostrava Open, Alexandrova lost in the first round to eighth seed Anett Kontaveit. Her final tournament of the year was the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. Seeded fourth, she reached the semifinals where she was defeated by second seed Elise Mertens. Alexandrova ended the season ranked 33. 2021: Olympics debut, BJK Cup champion, biggest career final at home Alexandrova started her season at the first edition of the Abu Dhabi Open. Seeded 17th, she lost in the third round to second seed Elina Svitolina. Seeded ninth at the first edition of the Gippsland Trophy, she upset top seed Simona Halep in her quarterfinal match after defeating French Open champion Iga Świątek. She was defeated in the semifinal by Kaia Kanepi. Seeded 29th at the Australian Open, she lost in the third round to top seed Ashleigh Barty. As the top seed in Lyon, Alexandrova was