WTA Championships 2020

WTA Finals 2020
date	01/11/2020 - 08/11/2020
Edition	50
navigation	2019  ◄  2020
WTA tour
venue	Shenzhen People's Republic of China
Tournament number	808
category	WTA Tour Championships
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	8E / 8D
Prize money	US $ 14,000,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Ashleigh Barty
Last year's winner (double)	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
As of February 25, 2020

The WTA Championships in 2020 were in the tournament calendar of the ladies after the four Grand Slam tournaments with the highest prize for points and prize money tennis tournament . The hard court tournament of the WTA Tour 2020 should take place from November 1st to 8th, 2020 at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in the People's Republic of China . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China , it was canceled on July 23, 2020.

The defending champions were Ashleigh Barty in singles and Kristina Mladenovic and Tímea Babos in doubles.

Prize money and points

The total prize money would have been $ 14 million. In doubles, the prize money mentioned would have been paid out per team.

round	Prize money singles	Prize money double	Points
Tournament winner	+ $ 3,505,000	+ $ 700,000	+ 750
Semi-final winner	+ $ 1,180,000	+ $ 225,000	+ 330
Semi-finalist	+ $ 80,000	+ $ 15,000	-
Group stage per win	+ $ 305,000	+ $ 50,000	+ 250
Group stage per loss	-	-	+ 125
Entry fees round robin
Qualified player	3 games = $ 305,000 2 games = $ 265,000 1 game = $ 220,000	3 games = $ 150,000 2 games = $ 130,000 1 game = $ 110,000	-
Substitute player	2 games = $ 210,000 1 game = $ 165,000 no game = $ 125,000	2 games = $ 90,000 1 game = $ 70,000 no game = $ 50,000	-

singles

qualification

The eight best placed women of the WTA Tour 2020 have qualified . In addition, the two next best points would have been reservists.

WTA race in singles (as of March 16, 2020)
#	Player	Points	Tournaments	Qualification date
1	Sofia Kenin	2392	6th
2	Garbiñe Muguruza	1760	5
3	Ashleigh Barty	1601	4th
4th	Simona Halep	1350	3
5	Jelena Rybakina	1305	6th
6th	Petra Kvitová	1300	4th
7th	Aryna Sabalenka	1225	5
8th	Kiki Bertens	915	4th
9	Karolína Plíšková	805	4th
10	Ekaterina Alexandrowa	756	5
11	Ons Jabeur	724	5
12	Anett Kontaveit	646	5
13	Maria Sakkari	587	6th
14th	Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	541	4th
15th	Belinda Bencic	522	6th
16	Zhang Shuai	494	6th
17th	Heather Watson	492	5
18th	Dajana Jastremska	482	5
19th	Svetlana Kuznetsova	476	4th
20th	Elise Mertens	475	5
21st	Elina Switolina	473	6th
22nd	Madison Keys	435	2
23	Jennifer Brady	421	6th
24	Serena Williams	410	2
25th	Arantxa Rus	392	9
26th	Danielle Collins	365	5
27	Wang Qiang	363	6th
28	Irina-Camelia Begu	348	6th
29	Zhu Lin	347	8th
30th	Alison Riske	342	4th

Competition mode

In the round- robin phase , four players in two groups each played against each other (round robin) . The top two in each group would have qualified for the semi-finals, which should have been played in the knockout system . The winner of each group should have played the final against the second in the other group and the winners of these games.

Double

qualification

The eight best-placed doubles pairings of the WTA Tour 2020 would have qualified for the tournament.

WTA race in doubles (as of March 16, 2020)
#	pairing	Points	Tournaments	Qualification date
1	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	3140	4th
2	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	2350	2
3	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	1410	3
4th	Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko	1015	2
5	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan	888	5
6th	Xu Yifan Nicole Melichar	870	5
7th	Shūko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	813	6th
8th	Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka	680	3
9	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	583	7th
10	Lucie Hradecká Andreja Klepač	551	6th
11	Catherine McNally Cori Gauff	540	2
12	Alexa Guarachi Kaitlyn Christian	536	4th
13	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sofia Kenin	525	3
14th	Kateryna Bondarenko Sharon Fichman	520	3
15th	Georgina García Pérez Sara Sorribes Tormo	520	3

Competition mode

In doubles a group stage would have (as a round-robin tournament English Round Robin) should be resolved. The subsequent knockout round should have been carried out in the same way as the individual competition.

See also

• WTA Tour Championships
• WTA Tournament of Champions
• WTA Elite Trophy

Web links

• Website of the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships (English)
• Race to the WTA Championships Standings
• Tournament schedule single as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Tournament schedule doubles as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tournament information Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen 2020 (wtatennis.com, accessed on February 25, 2020, English)
2. ↑ WTA tournaments in China canceled for 2020. In: wtatennis.com. July 23, 2020, accessed on July 30, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Road To Shenzehn - Singles Leaderboard In: wtafinals.com
4. ↑ Road To Shenzhen - Doubles Leaderboard In: wtafinals.com