2020 WTA Tour
The 2020 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2020 tennis season. The 2020 WTA Tour calendar originally comprised the Grand Slam tournaments supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy).[2]
Ashleigh Barty finished the year as the no. 1 player for the second consecutive year. She won one title, at Adelaide. | |
Details | |
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Duration | 5 January – 15 November 2020 |
Edition | 50th |
Tournaments | 24 |
Categories | Grand Slam (3) WTA Premier 5 (3) WTA Premier (5) WTA International (13) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Simona Halep Aryna Sabalenka (3) |
Most tournament finals | Elena Rybakina (5) |
Prize money leader | Sofia Kenin ($4,302,970)[1] |
Points leader | Sofia Kenin (3,934) |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Sofia Kenin |
Doubles team of the year | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic |
Most improved player of the year | Iga Świątek |
Newcomer of the year | Nadia Podoroska |
Comeback player of the year | Victoria Azarenka |
← 2019 2021 → |
Many tournaments were cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Tokyo Summer Olympics.[3][4][5][6][7]
Schedule edit
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2020 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.
- Key
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
WTA Premier Mandatory |
WTA Premier 5 |
WTA Premier |
WTA International |
Team events |
January edit
February edit
March edit
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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2 Mar | Lyon Open Lyon, France WTA International Hard (i) – $275,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles | Sofia Kenin 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 | Anna-Lena Friedsam | Alison Van Uytvanck Daria Kasatkina | Océane Dodin Caroline Garcia Camila Giorgi Viktória Kužmová |
Laura Ioana Paar Julia Wachaczyk 7–5, 6–4 | Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove Bibiane Schoofs | ||||
Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International Hard – $275,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles | Elina Svitolina 7–5, 4–6, 6–4 | Marie Bouzková | Arantxa Rus Johanna Konta | Leylah Annie Fernandez Rebecca Peterson Wang Yafan Anastasia Potapova | |
Kateryna Bondarenko Sharon Fichman 4–6, 6–3, [10–7] | Miyu Kato Wang Yafan | ||||
Rest of March |
April – July edit
No tournaments were played due to the COVID-19 pandemic, see affected tournaments below.
August edit
September edit
October edit
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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12 Oct | No tournaments scheduled | ||||
19 Oct | Ostrava Open Ostrava, Czech Republic WTA Premier Hard (i) – $528,500 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles | Aryna Sabalenka 6–2, 6–2 | Victoria Azarenka | Maria Sakkari Jennifer Brady | Ons Jabeur Elise Mertens Sara Sorribes Tormo Veronika Kudermetova |
Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka 6–1, 6–3 | Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani | ||||
26 Oct | No tournaments scheduled |
November edit
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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2 Nov | No tournaments scheduled | ||||
9 Nov | Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA International Hard (i) – $225,500 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles | Aryna Sabalenka 7–5, 6–2 | Elise Mertens | Barbora Krejčíková Ekaterina Alexandrova | Océane Dodin Aliaksandra Sasnovich Nadia Podoroska Veronika Kudermetova |
Arantxa Rus Tamara Zidanšek 6–3, 6–4 | Lucie Hradecká Kateřina Siniaková |
Affected tournaments edit
The COVID-19 pandemic affected many tournaments on the WTA Tour. The following tournaments were suspended or postponed.
Week | Tournament | Status | |||
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17 Feb | Hungarian Ladies Open Debrecen, Hungary WTA International Hard (i) – 32S/24Q/16D | Cancelled due to organiser disagreements | |||
9 Mar 16 Mar | Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $ – 96S/48Q/32D | Cancelled | |||
23 Mar 30 Mar | Miami Open Miami Gardens, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $ – 96S/48Q/32D | ||||
6 Apr | Charleston Open Charleston, United States WTA Premier Clay – $848,000 (Green) – 56S/32Q/16D | Played as a team exhibition tournament from 22 to 28 June | |||
Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International Clay (red) – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | Cancelled[3][4][6] | ||||
13 Apr | Fed Cup Finals Budapest, Hungary Clay (red) (i) – 12 teams | Postponed to 13–18 April 2021[12] | |||
20 Apr | Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier Clay (red) (i) – € – 28S/32Q/16D | Cancelled[3][4][6] | |||
İstanbul Open Istanbul, Turkey WTA International Clay (red) – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | Rescheduled to 7 September | ||||
April 27 | Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International Clay (red) – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | Rescheduled to 10 August | |||
4 May | Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay (red) – € – 64S/32Q/28D | Initially rescheduled to September, but later cancelled[13] | |||
11 May | Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay (red) – $3,528,000 – 56S/32Q/28D | Rescheduled to September | |||
18 May | Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International Clay (red) – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | ||||
Morocco Open Rabat, Morocco WTA International Clay (red) – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | Cancelled[3][4][6] | ||||
25 May 1 Jun | French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) | Rescheduled to 28 September[10] | |||
8 Jun | Nottingham Open Nottingham, United Kingdom WTA International Grass – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | Cancelled[3][4][6][14] | |||
Rosmalen Grass Court Championships 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA International Grass – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | |||||
15 Jun | German Open Berlin, Germany WTA Premier Grass – $1,088,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | ||||
Birmingham Classic Birmingham, United Kingdom WTA International Grass – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | |||||
22 Jun | Eastbourne International Eastbourne, United Kingdom WTA Premier Grass – $1,122,000 – 48S/16Q/16D | ||||
Bad Homburg Open Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany WTA International Grass – $275,000 – 32S/8Q/16D | |||||
29 Jun 6 Jul | Wimbledon London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass | ||||
13 Jul | Bucharest Open Bucharest, Romania WTA International Clay (red) – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | ||||
Swiss Open Lausanne, Switzerland WTA International Clay (red) – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | |||||
20 Jul | Baltic Open Jūrmala, Latvia WTA International Clay (red) – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | ||||
Palermo Open Palermo, Italy WTA International Clay (red) | Rescheduled to 3 August | ||||
27 Jul | Summer Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan Olympic Games Hard | Rescheduled to 26 July 2021[5] | |||
3 Aug | Silicon Valley Classic San Jose, United States WTA Premier Hard – $ – 28S/16Q/16D | Cancelled[15] | |||
Washington Open Washington, D.C., United States WTA International Hard – $275,000 – 32S/16Q/16D | |||||
10 Aug | Canadian Open Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – 56S/32Q/28D | ||||
17 Aug | Cincinnati Open Mason, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard | Rescheduled to 22 August and moved from Mason, Ohio to New York City | |||
24 Aug | Albany Open Albany, United States WTA International Hard – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | Cancelled[7][16] | |||
14 Sep | Zhengzhou Open Zhengzhou, China WTA Premier Hard – $ – 28S/24Q/16D | Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled[7][16] | |||
Jiangxi Open Nanchang, China WTA International Hard – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | |||||
Japan Women's Open Hiroshima, Japan WTA International Hard – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | Cancelled[7][16] | ||||
21 Sep | Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier Hard (i) – $ – 28S/24Q/16D | Initially rescheduled to November, but later cancelled[7][16] | |||
Guangzhou Open Guangzhou, China WTA International Hard – $525,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | |||||
Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International Hard – $225,500 – 32S/24Q/16D | Cancelled[7][16] | ||||
28 Sep | Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA Premier 5 Hard – $ – 56S/32Q/28D | Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled[7][16] | |||
5 Oct | China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $ – 60S/32Q/28D | Cancelled[7][16] | |||
12 Oct | Hong Kong Open Hong Kong WTA International Hard – $525,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | ||||
Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA International Hard – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | |||||
Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA International Hard – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | Rescheduled to 9 November | ||||
19 Oct | Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $528,500 – 28S/24Q/16D | Initially provisionally rescheduled to 2 November,[17] but later cancelled (postponed to 2021)[18] | |||
Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg WTA International Hard (i) – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D | Cancelled[7][16] | ||||
26 Oct | WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Year-end championships Hard – $2,600,000 – 12S(RR)/6D(RR) | ||||
2 Nov | WTA Finals Shenzhen, China Year-end championships Hard (i) – $14,000,000 – 8S(RR)/8D(RR) |
Statistical information edit
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2019 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by:
- total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
- cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Premier win equalling two International wins);
- a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
- alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Key edit
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
WTA Premier Mandatory |
WTA Premier 5 |
WTA Premier |
WTA International |
Titles won by player edit
Total | Player | Grand Slam | Year-end | Premier Mandatory | Premier 5 | Premier | International | Total | |||||||||
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S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X | ||
4 | Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) | ● | ● | ● | ● | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
4 | Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) | ● ● | ● ● | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | Barbora Strýcová (CZE) | ● ● | ● ● | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Simona Halep (ROU) | ● | ● | ● | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
2 | Sofia Kenin (USA) | ● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Tímea Babos (HUN) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Elina Svitolina (UKR) | ● ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) | ● | ● | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | Demi Schuurs (NED) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Nicole Melichar (USA) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Desirae Krawczyk (USA) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Arantxa Rus (NED) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Tamara Zidanšek (SLO) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Naomi Osaka (JPN) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Iga Świątek (POL) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Laura Siegemund (GER) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Vera Zvonareva (RUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Victoria Azarenka (BLR) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Květa Peschke (CZE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Kiki Bertens (NED) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Karolína Plíšková (CZE) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Shuko Aoyama (JPN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Elise Mertens (BEL) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Ena Shibahara (JPN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Xu Yifan (CHN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Jennifer Brady (USA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Fiona Ferro (FRA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Magda Linette (POL) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Elena Rybakina (KAZ) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Patricia Maria Țig (ROU) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Heather Watson (GBR) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Serena Williams (USA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Hayley Carter (USA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Sharon Fichman (CAN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Alexa Guarachi (CHI) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Lucie Hradecká (CZE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Sania Mirza (IND) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Asia Muhammad (USA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Giuliana Olmos (MEX) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Laura Ioana Paar (ROU) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Kristýna Plíšková (CZE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Arina Rodionova (AUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Storm Sanders (AUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Luisa Stefani (BRA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Taylor Townsend (USA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Julia Wachaczyk (GER) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Titles won by nation edit
Total | Nation | Grand Slam | Year-end | Premier Mandatory | Premier 5 | Premier | International | Total | |||||||||
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S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X | ||
10 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
9 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||
5 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
4 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Slovenia (SLO) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Chile (CHI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | India (IND) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Titles information edit
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
- Singles
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (25 years, 57 days) – Shenzhen (draw)
- Jennifer Brady (25 years, 126 days) – Lexington (draw)
- Patricia Maria Țig (26 years, 48 days) – İstanbul (draw)
- Iga Świątek (19 years, 132 days) – French Open (draw)
- Doubles
- Taylor Townsend – Auckland (draw)
- Arina Rodionova – Hua Hin (draw)
- Laura Ioana Paar – Lyon (draw)
- Julia Wachaczyk – Lyon (draw)
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
- Singles
- Doubles
- Hsieh Su-wei – Dubai (draw)
- Barbora Strýcová – Dubai (draw)
- Tímea Babos – French Open (draw)
- Kristina Mladenovic – French Open (draw)
- Mixed doubles
Best ranking edit
The following players achieved their career high ranking in this season inside top 50 (in bold the players who entered the top 10 for the first time).
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- Singles
- Petra Martić (reached place No. 14 on January 13)
- Dayana Yastremska (reached place No. 21 on January 20)
- Veronika Kudermetova (reached place No. 38 on February 3)
- Belinda Bencic (reached place No. 4 on February 17)
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (reached place No. 25 on February 17)
- Magda Linette (reached place No. 33 on February 17)
- Elena Rybakina (reached place No. 17 on February 24)
- Maria Sakkari (reached place No. 20 on February 24)
- Zheng Saisai (reached place No. 34 on March 2)
- Sofia Kenin (reached place No. 4 on March 9)
- Ons Jabeur (reached place No. 31 on August 31)
- Marie Bouzková (reached place No. 46 on August 31)
- Iga Świątek (reached place No. 17 on October 12)
- Fiona Ferro (reached place No. 42 on October 12)