WTA Tour 2020

◄ WTA Tour 2020
Period:	January 2020 - November 2020
Edition:	50
Number of tournaments:	59
Categories:	Grand Slam (4) Summer Olympic Games (1) WTA Championships (2) WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (31)
successes
Most tournament victories:
Most of the finals:
Most prize money:
Most points:
Awards
Player of the year:
Double team of the year:
Newcomer of the year:
Newcomer of the year:
Returner of the year:

The WTA Tour 2020 is the 50th year of the women 's tennis tournament series hosted by the Women's Tennis Association .

Like the Grand Slam tournaments, the Fed Cup team competition is not organized by the WTA but by the ITF . It is listed here anyway, as the top players usually play this tournament too.

There was a major interruption in gaming operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic . From mid-March to the end of July, all tournaments were either canceled or postponed. On June 17, 2020, the WTA presented a provisionally revised tournament calendar for the rest of the season, which provided for the resumption of play with the tournaments in Palermo at the beginning of August.

Tour information

Changes

Compared to 2019, the tournament calendar has undergone the following changes:

• The tournaments WTA Budapest , WTA Sydney , WTA Tashkent , WTA Lugano , WTA Nuremberg and WTA Mallorca are no longer part of the tour.
• The tournaments WTA Bad Homburg and WTA Lyon are new to the tournament calendar.
• The tournaments WTA Adelaide and WTA Berlin are back in the tournament calendar.
• The WTA Doha and WTA Dubai tournaments are again swapping categories.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , several WTA Tour tournaments have been canceled, including Indian Wells, the Miami Open, the tournament in Charleston and the one in Bogotá.

Tournament schedule

category Grand Slam Year-end event Premier Mandatory Premier 5 premier International

Others Fed Cup Olympic games

Explanations
The string of z. B. 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M has the following meaning:
128E = 128 players play in single
96Q = 96 players play the qualification in single
64D = 64 pairings play in double
32M = 32 pairings play in mixed

January

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
06.01.	Brisbane International Brisbane , Australia Premier - $ 1,434,900 Hard Court - 30E / 32Q / 16D	Karolína Plíšková	Madison Keys	6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 5
		Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	Ashleigh Barty Kiki Bertens	3: 6, 7: 6 7 , [10: 8]
	Shenzhen Open Shenzhen , People's Republic of China International - $ 651,750 Hard Court - 32E / 16Q / 16D	Ekaterina Alexandrowa	Jelena Rybakina	6: 4, 6: 2
		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	Duan Yingying Zheng Saisai	6: 2, 3: 6, [10: 4]
	ASB Classic Auckland , New Zealand International - $ 251,750 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Serena Williams	Jessica Pegula	6: 3, 6: 4
		Asia Muhammad Taylor Townsend	Serena Williams Caroline Wozniacki	6: 4, 6: 4
13.01.	Adelaide International Adelaide , Australia Premier - $ 782,900 Hard Court - 30E / 24Q / 16D	Ashleigh Barty	Dajana Jastremska	6: 2, 7: 5
		Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan	Gabriela Dabrowski Darija Jurak	2: 6, 7: 5, [10: 5]
	Hobart International Hobart , Australia International - $ 251,750 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D	Jelena Rybakina	Zhang Shuai	7: 6 7 , 6: 3
		Nadija Kitschenok Sania Mirza	Peng Shuai Zhang Shuai	6: 4, 6: 4
January 20	Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam - AU $ 71,000,000 Hard Court - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M	Sofia Kenin	Garbiñe Muguruza	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	6: 2, 6: 1
		Barbora Krejčíková Nikola Mektić	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jamie Murray	5: 7, 6: 4, [10: 1]

February

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
03.02.	Fed Cup , Everett qualification , United States The Hague , Netherlands Cluj-Napoca , Romania Florianópolis , Brazil Cartagena , Spain Biel / Bienne , Switzerland Kortrijk , Belgium Bratislava , Slovakia	United States Belarus Russia Germany Spain Switzerland Belgium Slovakia	Latvia Netherlands Romania Brazil Japan Canada Kazakhstan United Kingdom	3: 2 3: 2 3: 2 4: 0 3: 1 3: 1 3: 1 3: 1
02/10	St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy St. Petersburg , Russia Premier - $ 782,900 Hard Court (indoor) - 28E / 32Q / 16D	Kiki Bertens	Jelena Rybakina	6: 1, 6: 3
		Shūko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	Kaitlyn Christian Alexa Guarachi	4: 6, 6: 0, [10: 3]
	GSB Thailand Open Hua Hin , Thailand International - $ 251,750 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D	Magda Linette	Leonie Küng	6: 3, 6: 2
		Arina Rodionova Storm Sanders	Barbara Haas Ellen Perez	6: 3, 6: 3
02/17	Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Dubai , United Arab Emirates Premier - $ 2,643,670 Hard Court - 30E / 48Q / 28D	Simona Halep	Jelena Rybakina	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 5
		Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	Barbora Krejčíková Zheng Saisai	7: 5, 3: 6, [10: 5]
24.02.	Qatar Total Open Doha , Qatar Premier 5 - $ 2,939,695 Hard Court - 56E / 32Q / 28D	Aryna Sabalenka	Petra Kvitová	6: 3, 6: 3
		Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko	6: 2, 5: 7, [10: 2]
	Abierto Mexicano TELCEL Acapulco , Mexico International - $ 251,750 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D	Heather Watson	Leylah Annie Fernandez	6: 4, 6: 7 8 , 6: 1
		Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	Kateryna Bondarenko Sharon Fichman	6: 3, 7: 6 5

March

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
02.03.	Open 6ème Sens Lyon , France International - $ 251,750 Hard court (indoor) - 32E / 24Q / 16D	Sofia Kenin	Anna-Lena Friedsam	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 4
		Laura-Ioana couple Julia Wachaczyk	Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove Bibiane Schoofs	7: 5, 6: 4
	Abierto GNP Seguros Monterrey , Mexico International - $ 251,750 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D	Elina Switolina	Marie Bouzková	7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 4
		Kateryna Bondarenko Sharon Fichman	Miyu Katō Wang Yafan	4: 6, 6: 3, [10: 7]
The remaining tournaments in March were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic , see canceled or postponed tournaments .

April - July

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , no tournaments were played, see canceled or postponed tournaments .

August

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
03.08.	31 ° Palermo Ladies Open Palermo , Italy International - $ 163,103 Clay Court (red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Fiona Ferro	Anett Kontaveit	6: 2, 7: 5
		Arantxa Rus Tamara Zidanšek	Elisabetta Cocciaretto Martina Trevisan	7: 5, 7: 5
08/10	Prague Open Prague , Czech Republic International - $ 225,500 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Simona Halep	Elise Mertens	6: 2, 7: 5
		Lucie Hradecká Kristýna Plíšková	Monica Niculescu Raluca Olaru	6: 2, 6: 2
	Top Seed Open Lexington , United States International - $ 225,500 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D	Jennifer Brady	Jil Teichmann	6: 3, 6: 4
		Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	Marie Bouzková Jil Teichmann	6: 1, 7: 5
08/24	Western & Southern Open New York City , United States Premier 5 - $ Hard Court - 56E / 48Q / 28D	Viktoriya Azaranka	Naomi Osaka	without a fight
		Květa Peschke Demi Schuurs	Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan	6: 1, 4: 6, [10: 4]
08/31	US Open New York City , United States Grand Slam - $ Hard Court - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M

September

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
07.09.	İstanbul Open Istanbul , Turkey International - $ 251,750 Clay Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D
09/21	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome , Italy Premier 5 - $ Clay Court (Red) - 56E / 32Q / 28D
	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg , France International - $ 251,750 Clay (red) - 32E / 24Q / 16D
27.09.	Roland Garros Paris , France Grand Slam - € clay court (red) - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M

TBD tournaments

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
TBD	Korea Open Seoul , South Korea International - $ 251,750 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D
TBD	Upper Austria Ladies Linz Linz , Austria International - $ Hard Court (Indoor) - 32E / 24Q / 16D
TBD	VTB Kremlin Cup Moscow , Russia Premier - $ Hard Court (Indoor) - 28E / 24Q / 16D

Canceled or postponed tournaments

Many WTA tournaments were also affected by the COVID-19 pandemic . The following tournaments have therefore been postponed or canceled.

Date 1	competition	status
09.03.	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells , United States Premier Mandatory - $ Hard - 96E / 48Q / 32D	called off
23.03.	Miami Open Miami , United States Premier Mandatory - $ Hard Court - 96E / 48Q / 32D	called off
06.04.	Volvo Car Open Charleston , United States Premier - $ 782,900 Clay (Green) - 56E / 32Q / 16D	called off
	Claro Open Colsanitas Bogotá , Colombia International - $ 251,750 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 24Q / 14D	called off
April 13th	Fed Cup , Final Budapest , Hungary Clay Court (red) (indoor)	to take place from April 13th to 18th, 2021
April 20	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart , Germany Premier - $ Clay Court (red) (indoor) - 28E / 32Q / 16D	called off
	İstanbul Open Istanbul , Turkey International - $ 251,750 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 24Q / 16D
04.05.	Mutua Madrid Open Madrid , Spain Premier Mandatory - $ Clay (red) - 64E / 32Q / 28D	First it was postponed and then moved to mid-September. On August 4, 2020, it was finally canceled.
05/11	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome , Italy Premier 5 - $ Clay Court (Red) - 56E / 32Q / 28D	canceled or postponed
May 18	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg , France International - $ 251,750 Clay (red) - 32E / 24Q / 16D
	Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Rabat , Morocco International - $ 251,750 Clay Court (red) - 32E / 24Q / 16D
25.05.	Roland Garros Paris , France Grand Slam - € clay court (red) - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M
08.06.	Nature Valley Open Nottingham , UK International - $ 251,750 Lawn - 32E / 24Q / 16D	called off
	Libéma Open ’s-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands International - $ 251,750 Turf - 32E / 24Q / 16D
15.06.	Bett1 Open Berlin , Germany Premier - $ Turf - 32E / 24Q / 16D
	Nature Valley Classic Birmingham , UK International - $ 251,750 Lawn - 32E / 24Q / 16D
22.06.	Nature Valley International Eastbourne , UK Premier - $ Lawn - E / Q / D
	Bad Homburg Open Bad Homburg , Germany International - $ 251,750 Turf - E / Q / D
29.06.	Wimbledon Championships London , Great Britain Grand Slam - £ Lawn - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M
07/13	Bucharest Open Bucharest , Romania International - $ 251,750 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 24Q / 16D	called off
	Ladies Open Lausanne Lausanne , Switzerland International - $ 251,750 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 24Q / 16D
07/20	Baltic Open Jūrmala , Latvia International - $ 251,750 Clay Court (red) - 32E / 24Q / 16D
07/29	Olympic Games Tokyo Tokyo , Japan Olympic Games Hard Court - 64E / 32D / 16M	postponed to July 2021
03.08.	Citi Open Washington DC , United States International - $ 251,750 Hard Court - 32E / 16Q / 16D	called off
	Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic San Jose , United States Premier - $ Hard - 28E / 16Q / 16D
08/10	Rogers Cup Montreal , Canada Premier 5 - $ Hard Court - 56E / 48Q / 28D	called off
08/24	Albany Open Albany , United States International - $ 251,750 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D	called off
14.09.	Hana-cupid Japan Women's Open Hiroshima , Japan International - $ 251,750 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D
12.10.	Upper Austria Ladies Linz Linz , Austria International - $ 251,750 Hard court (indoor) - 32E / 24Q / 16D	postponed, TBA 2020
	Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open Hong Kong , China International - $ 251,750 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D	called off
	Tianjin Open Tianjin , China International - $ 251,750 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D
	China Open Beijing , China Premier Mandatory - $ Hard Court - 60E / 32Q / 28D
19.10.	BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open Luxembourg City , Luxembourg International - $ 251,750 Hard court (indoor) - 32E / 24Q / 16D
19.10.	Wuhan Open Wuhan , People's Republic of China Premier 5 - $ Hard - 56E / 32Q / 16D
	Jiangxi Open Nanchang , People's Republic of China International - $ 251,750 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D
10/26	Zhengzhou Open Zhengzhou , China Premier - $ Hard Court - 28E / 24Q / 16D
11/02	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo , Japan Premier - $ Hard Court - 28E / 24Q / 16D
09.11.	WTA Finals Shenzhen Shenzhen , China Year End Event - $ 14,000,000 Hard Court ( Indoor ) - 8E / 8D
11/16	WTA Elite Trophy TBD Year Ending Event - $ Hard Court - 12E / 6D
11/23	Guangzhou Open Guangzhou , China International - $ 451,750 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D

¹ the date marks the beginning of each week

Resignations

The following players resigned in 2020 or announced the end of their careers in 2020:

•  Jessica Moore - January 2020
•  Caroline Wozniacki - January 24, 2020
•  Ekaterina Makarova - January 28, 2020
•  Johanna Larsson - February 8, 2020
•  Maria Sharapova - February 26, 2020
•  Rika Fujiwara - March 4th 2020
•  Vania King - during the corona-related break
•  Anna Tatishvili - March 26, 2020
•  Jamie Hampton - May 19, 2020
•  Magdaléna Rybáriková - after the Fed Cup Finals in April 2020
•  Carla Suárez Navarro - 2020

See also

• WTA Challenger Series 2020
• ITF Women's World Tennis Tour 2020
• ATP Tour 2020
• ATP Challenger Tour 2020
• DTB German Pro Series

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2020 calendar. wtatennis.com, accessed on November 23, 2019 . 
2. ↑ WTA announces updated 2020 provisional calendar. In: wtatennis.com. June 17, 2020, accessed June 20, 2020 . 
3. ↑ WTA tournaments in Bogota, Guadalajara canceled due to COVID-19. In: wtatennis.com. March 12, 2020, accessed March 13, 2020 . 
4. ↑ 2020 BNP Paribas Open will not be held at this time. In: wta.com. March 8, 2020, accessed March 9, 2020 . 
5. ↑ 2020 Miami Open will not take place due to Covid-19. In: wtatennis.com. March 12, 2020, accessed on March 12, 2020 . 
6. ↑ 2020 Volvo Car Open will not be held due to COVID-19 concerns. In: wtatennis.com. March 12, 2020, accessed on March 12, 2020 . 
7. ↑ WTA tournaments in Bogota, Guadalajara canceled due to COVID-19. In: wtatennis.com. March 12, 2020, accessed on March 13, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Fed Cup Finals and Play-offs postponed. In: fedcup.com. March 11, 2020, accessed on March 12, 2020 . 
9. ↑ 2020 Fed Cup Finals rescheduled for 2021. In: fedcup.com. June 26, 2020, accessed June 27, 2020 (English). 
10. ↑ ^{a b c} WTA Tour suspended until May 2. In: wtatennis.com. March 16, 2020, accessed on March 16, 2020 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b c} WTA and ATP announce further suspension of tennis through June 7. In: wtatennis.com. March 18, 2020, accessed on March 18, 2020 . 
12. ^ WTA and ATP statement on Madrid cancellation. In: wtatennis.com. August 4, 2020, accessed on August 4, 2020 . 
13. ^ WTA and ATP announce further suspension of tours. In: wtatennis.com. April 1, 2020, accessed on April 1, 2020 . 
14. ^ WTA announces further suspension of four tournaments. In: wtatennis.com. May 15, 2020, accessed on May 23, 2020 . 
15. ^ Tokyo Olympic Games postponed to 2021. In: wtatennis.com. March 24, 2020, accessed on March 31, 2020 . 
16. ↑ WTA statement on postponement of 2020 Montreal event. In: wtatennis.com. April 11, 2020, accessed on April 17, 2020 . 
17. ↑ Ash Barty: Fun ant team spirit are No.1. In: tennis.com.au. January 23, 2020, accessed on March 11, 2020 . 
18. ^ Wozniacki to retire following Australian Open. In: wtatennis.com. December 6, 2019, accessed December 6, 2019 . 
19. ^ WTA celebrates career of Caroline Wozniacki. In: wtatennis.com. January 24, 2020, accessed on January 24, 2020 . 
20. ^ Ekaterina Makarova announces retirement from tennis. In: wtatennis.com. January 28, 2020, accessed on January 29, 2020 . 
21. ^ Johanna Larsson announces retirement from tennis. In: wtatennis.com. February 28, 2020, accessed on March 11, 2020 . 
22. ↑ "Tennis, I say goodbye!" Sharapova is ending her career. In: eurosport.de. February 26, 2020, accessed February 26, 2020 . 
23. ↑ I'm officially retiring from competitive tennis. In: instagram.com. March 4, 2020, accessed on March 11, 2020 . 
24. ↑ Vania King Goes Quietly Into Retirement, Now Serving Up Hope. tennis-tourtalk.com, April 8, 2020, accessed on August 10, 2020 (English). 
25. ^ Anna Tatishvili announces retirement from tennis. In: wtatennis.com. March 26, 2020, accessed on March 27, 2020 . 
26. ↑ Jamie Hampton says goodbye to 'first love' as she announces retirement. In: wtatennis.com. May 19, 2020, accessed on May 23, 2020 . 
27. ↑ Rybarikova to retire after Fed Cup Finals. In: wtatennis.com. March 5, 2020, accessed on March 11, 2020 . 
28. ↑ Suárez Navarro to end career in 2020. In: wtatennis.com. December 3, 2019, accessed December 4, 2019 .