2020 US Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2020 US Open
Final
Champion	Naomi Osaka
Runner-up	Victoria Azarenka
Score	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw	128 (8 WC)
Seeds	32
Events

Naomi Osaka defeated Victoria Azarenka in the final, 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2020 US Open.^[1] It was her second US Open title and third major title overall.^[2] Osaka became the first player from an Asian country (excluding Russia) to win three major singles titles, the first player since Jennifer Capriati to win her first three majors in three finals appearances and, at 22 years of age, the youngest player to win three major titles since Maria Sharapova at the 2008 Australian Open. Azarenka, who was contesting her first major final since the 2013 US Open, was aiming to become the first mother to win a major singles title since Kim Clijsters won the 2011 Australian Open.

Bianca Andreescu was the reigning champion, but withdrew before the tournament due to travel concerns caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Citing safety reasons, five other top-ten players (including reigning major champions Ashleigh Barty and Simona Halep) also withdrew from the event.^[3]^[4] In all, 24 players ranked inside the top 100 were absent from the tournament.^[5] The absences of Barty and Halep, respectively world No. 1 and 2, made this the first major since the 2004 Wimbledon Championships not to feature either of the world's top two ranked players.

29 of the 32 seeded women progressed to the second round; the most since the US Open changed from 16 seeds to 32 seeds in 2001.^[6]

With her first round win over Kristie Ahn, Serena Williams surpassed Chris Evert for the most match wins (102) in US Open history. Williams was attempting to equal Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 major singles titles and was also trying to set a new Open Era record by winning a seventh US Open singles title, but lost to Azarenka in the semifinals. Williams became the first player in history to reach a major semifinal in four decades: the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. With Williams, Azarenka and Tsvetana Pironkova in the quarterfinals, it marked the first time in major history that three mothers did so. The semifinal between Williams and Azarenka was the first semifinal between two mothers in major history. This was Kim Clijsters' first (and only) major appearance since the 2012 US Open, due to her return to the sport in February 2020. Clijsters was awarded a wildcard into the main draw, but she lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova in three sets, and would retire from tennis once again in 2022.

There were no qualifiers this year. The WTA rankings valid on August 3 (also being the rankings from March 16) were used to determine the main-draw entry list.

Seeds

Seeding per WTA rankings.^[7]

01.

Karolína Plíšková (second round)

02.

Sofia Kenin (fourth round)

03.

Serena Williams (semifinals)

04.

Naomi Osaka (champion)

05.

Aryna Sabalenka (second round)

06.

Petra Kvitová (fourth round)

07.

Madison Keys (third round, retired)

08.

Petra Martić (fourth round)

09.

Johanna Konta (second round)

10.

Garbiñe Muguruza (second round)

11.

Elena Rybakina (second round)

12.

Markéta Vondroušová (second round)

13.

Alison Riske (second round)

14.

Anett Kontaveit (fourth round)

15.

Maria Sakkari (fourth round)

16.

Elise Mertens (quarterfinals)

17.

Angelique Kerber (fourth round)

18.

Donna Vekić (third round)

19.

Dayana Yastremska (second round)

20.

Karolína Muchová (fourth round)

21.

Ekaterina Alexandrova (second round)

22.

Amanda Anisimova (third round)

23.

Yulia Putintseva (quarterfinals)

24.

Magda Linette (third round)

25.

Zhang Shuai (first round)

26.

Sloane Stephens (third round)

27.

Ons Jabeur (third round)

28.

Jennifer Brady (semifinals)

29.

Veronika Kudermetova (first round)

30.

Kristina Mladenovic (second round)

31.

Anastasija Sevastova (second round)

32.

Rebecca Peterson (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

28	Jennifer Brady	6	6

23	Yulia Putintseva	3	2
					28	Jennifer Brady	6¹	6	3

					4	Naomi Osaka	7⁷	3	6
4	Naomi Osaka	6	6

	Shelby Rogers	3	4
										4	Naomi Osaka	1	6	6

											Victoria Azarenka	6	3	3
PR	Tsvetana Pironkova	6	3	2

3	Serena Williams	4	6	6
					3	Serena Williams	6	3	3

						Victoria Azarenka	1	6	6
	Victoria Azarenka	6	6

16	Elise Mertens	1	0

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

1	Ka Plíšková	6	6
	A Kalinina	4	0		1	Ka Plíšková	1	6²
	J Paolini	3	2			C Garcia	6	7⁷
	C Garcia	6	6							C Garcia	3	3
WC	C Bellis	6¹³	6	6					28	J Brady	6	6
	T Korpatsch	7¹⁵	3	2	WC	C Bellis	1	2
	A Blinkova	3	2		28	J Brady	6	6
28	J Brady	6	6										28	J Brady	6	6
17	A Kerber	6	6										17	A Kerber	1	4
	A Tomljanović	4	4		17	A Kerber	6	7⁸
	C Dolehide	2	2			A-L Friedsam	3	6⁶
	A-L Friedsam	6	6						17	A Kerber	6	6
	A Li	6	2	6						A Li	3	4
	A Rus	4	6	1		A Li	6	6
	T Maria	3	2		13	A Riske	0	3
13	A Riske	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

12	M Vondroušová	6	6
	G Minnen	1	4		12	M Vondroušová	1	2
	F Di Lorenzo	6	6⁶	0		A Sasnovich	6	6
	A Sasnovich	2	7⁸	6							A Sasnovich	6	2	1
	V Golubic	6	6²	2						23	Y Putintseva	3	6	6
PR	V Lapko	1	7⁷	6	PR	V Lapko	3	3
WC	R Montgomery	1	3		23	Y Putintseva	6	6
23	Y Putintseva	6	6												23	Y Putintseva	6	2	6
30	K Mladenovic	7	6												8	P Martić	3	6	4
WC	H Baptiste	5	2		30	K Mladenovic	6	6²	0
	V Gracheva	6	7			V Gracheva	1	7⁷	6
	P Badosa	4	5								V Gracheva	3	3
PR	K Bondarenko	3	6	6						8	P Martić	6	6
WC	A Kiick	6	3	1	PR	K Bondarenko	3	4
	T Martincová	7	2	4	8	P Martić	6	6
8	P Martić	5	6	6

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

4	N Osaka	6	5	6
	M Doi	2	7	2	4	N Osaka	6	6
	C Giorgi	2	6	7		C Giorgi	1	2
	A Van Uytvanck	6	1	5						4	N Osaka	6	6⁴	6
	M Kostyuk	6	6								M Kostyuk	3	7⁷	2
	D Kasatkina	1	2			M Kostyuk	6	7⁷
	C Gauff	3	7	4	31	A Sevastova	3	6⁵
31	A Sevastova	6	5	6											4	N Osaka	6	6
24	M Linette	6	4	6											14	A Kontaveit	3	4
	M Inglis	1	6	4	24	M Linette	6	6²	7⁷
	D Kovinić	6	3	6		D Kovinić	1	7⁷	6⁴
	L Cabrera	4	6	2						24	M Linette	3	2
	UM Arconada	4	6²							14	A Kontaveit	6	6
	K Juvan	6	7⁷			K Juvan	4	1
	D Collins	7	2	2	14	A Kontaveit	6	6
14	A Kontaveit	5	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

11	E Rybakina	6	6
	K Zavatska	3	0		11	E Rybakina	5	1
PR	I Khromacheva	2	2			S Rogers	7	6
	S Rogers	6	6								S Rogers	6	6
	M Brengle	6	6								M Brengle	2	4
Alt	Ar Rodionova	2	2			M Brengle	6	6
	A Sharma	3	7⁷	6²	19	D Yastremska	2	3
19	D Yastremska	6	6⁴	7⁷											S Rogers	7⁷	3	7⁸
32	R Peterson	6¹	4											6	P Kvitová	6⁵	6	6⁶
	K Flipkens	7⁷	6			K Flipkens	6¹	7⁷	3
	M Bouzková	6	2	6³		J Pegula	7⁷	6³	6
	J Pegula	3	6	7⁷							J Pegula	4	3
	K Kozlova	6	7							6	P Kvitová	6	6
	W Osuigwe	3	5			K Kozlova	6³	2
	I-C Begu	3	2		6	P Kvitová	7⁷	6
6	P Kvitová	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

7	M Keys	6	6
	T Babos	1	1		7	M Keys	6	6
	J Teichmann	6³	2			A Bolsova	2	1
	A Bolsova	7⁷	6						7	M Keys	6⁴	2^r
	L Davis	3	6	0						A Cornet	7⁷	3
	A Cornet	6	1	6		A Cornet	7⁷	6
	Y Bonaventure	4	6	6		Y Bonaventure	6⁴	3
25	S Zhang	6	3	2										A Cornet	4	7⁷	3
18	D Vekić	3	7⁸	6									PR	T Pironkova	6	6⁵	6
	Kr Plíšková	6	6⁶	4	18	D Vekić	6	6
	PM Țig	6	6			PM Țig	2	1
	K Nara	1	0						18	D Vekić	4	1
PR	T Pironkova	6	6						PR	T Pironkova	6	6
	L Samsonova	2	3		PR	T Pironkova	7	6
	N Hibino	4	4		10	G Muguruza	5	3
10	G Muguruza	6	6

Section 6

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

15	M Sakkari	6	3	7
	S Vögele	3	6	5	15	M Sakkari	2	6	6
	B Pera	7⁷	6			B Pera	6	3	2
	Z Diyas	6⁴	0							15	M Sakkari	6	6
	N Vikhlyantseva	6³	2							22	A Anisimova	3	1
WC	K Scott	7⁷	6		WC	K Scott	6	4	1
	V Tomova	5	5		22	A Anisimova	4	6	6
22	A Anisimova	7	7												15	M Sakkari	3	7⁸	3
26	S Stephens	6	6												3	S Williams	6	6⁶	6
	M Buzărnescu	3	3		26	S Stephens	6	6
Alt	A Muhammad	1	2			O Govortsova	2	2
	O Govortsova	6	6							26	S Stephens	6	2	2
	M Gasparyan	6	6⁰	6						3	S Williams	2	6	6
	M Puig	3	7⁷	0		M Gasparyan	2	4
	K Ahn	5	3		3	S Williams	6	6
3	S Williams	7	6

Section 7

First round				Second round					Third round					Fourth round

5	A Sabalenka	7⁷	6
	O Dodin	6¹	4	5	A Sabalenka	1	3
	V Azarenka	6	6		V Azarenka	6	6
	B Haas	1	2							V Azarenka	6	6
WC	S Vickery	6	6							I Świątek	4	2
	T Townsend	2	4	WC	S Vickery	7⁷	3	4
	I Świątek	6	6		I Świątek	6⁵	6	6
29	V Kudermetova	3	3												V Azarenka	5	6	6
20	K Muchová	6	7											20	K Muchová	7	1	4
	V Williams	3	5	20	K Muchová	6	7⁷
	A Kalinskaya	6	6		A Kalinskaya	3	6⁴
	N Stojanović	4	3						20	K Muchová	6	2	7⁹
	S Cîrstea	6	7							S Cîrstea	3	6	6⁷
	C McHale	4	5		S Cîrstea	2	7⁷	6
	H Watson	6⁷	1	9	J Konta	6	6⁵	4
9	J Konta	7⁹	6

Section 8

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

16	E Mertens	6	6
	L Siegemund	2	2		16	E Mertens	6	7
WC	C Liu	2	4			S Sorribes Tormo	3	5
	S Sorribes Tormo	6	6							16	E Mertens	7	6
	V Kužmová	4	1								C McNally	5	1
	C McNally	6	6			C McNally	4	6	7⁷
WC	K Clijsters	6	5	1	21	E Alexandrova	6	3	6²
21	E Alexandrova	3	7	6										16	E Mertens	6	6
27	O Jabeur	6	7⁸											2	S Kenin	3	3
	K Kawa	2	6⁶		27	O Jabeur	7¹⁰	6
	K Siniaková	1	2			K Kanepi	6⁸	0
	K Kanepi	6	6							27	O Jabeur	6⁴	3
PR	V Zvonareva	4	5							2	S Kenin	7⁷	6
	L Fernandez	6	7			L Fernandez	4	3
	Y Wickmayer	2	2		2	S Kenin	6	6
2	S Kenin	6	6

Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Alternates

Withdrawals

Bianca Andreescu^[8] → replaced by Olga Govortsova
Ashleigh Barty^[9] → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Belinda Bencic^[8] → replaced by Barbara Haas
Kiki Bertens^[8] → replaced by Francesca Di Lorenzo
Ana Bogdan^[10] → replaced by Katarzyna Kawa
Vitalia Diatchenko^[11] → replaced by Asia Muhammad
Fiona Ferro^[8] → replaced by Caroline Dolehide
Julia Görges^[12] → replaced by Ysaline Bonaventure
Simona Halep^[8] → replaced by Irina Khromacheva
Polona Hercog^[8] → replaced by Yanina Wickmayer
Hsieh Su-wei^[8] → replaced by Usue Maitane Arconada
Barbora Krejčíková^[8] → replaced by Viktoriya Tomova
Svetlana Kuznetsova^[13] → replaced by Tereza Martincová
Jeļena Ostapenko^[8] → replaced by Whitney Osuigwe
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova^[14] → replaced by Vera Lapko
Peng Shuai^[15] → replaced by Lizette Cabrera
Andrea Petkovic^[8] → replaced by Marta Kostyuk
Anastasia Potapova^[16] → replaced by Caty McNally
Samantha Stosur^[17] → replaced by Astra Sharma
Barbora Strýcová^[8] → replaced by Ann Li
Carla Suárez Navarro^[8] → replaced by Kurumi Nara
Elina Svitolina^[8] → replaced by Natalia Vikhlyantseva
Wang Qiang^[18] → replaced by Mihaela Buzărnescu
Wang Xiyu^[8] → replaced by Arina Rodionova^[a]^[b]
Wang Yafan^[16] → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova
Zheng Saisai^[16] → replaced by Kaja Juvan
Zhu Lin^[16] → replaced by Viktorija Golubic
Tamara Zidanšek^[8] → replaced by Anhelina Kalinina

† – not included on entry list
& – withdrew from entry list

Notes

^ Priscilla Hon was the next player initially entered into the main draw, but she later withdrew due to a hip injury.^[19]
^ After Hon's withdrawal from the event, Lesia Tsurenko was the next player initially entered into the main draw, but withdrew citing injury setbacks.

Championship match statistics

Category	Osaka	Azarenka
1st serve %	51/79 (65%)	68/91 (75%)
1st serve points won	31 of 51 = 61%	40 of 68 = 59%
2nd serve points won	13 of 27 = 48%	9 of 23 = 39%
Total service points won	45 of 79 = 56.96%	49 of 91 = 53.85%
Aces	6	3
Double faults	2	2
Winners	34	30
Unforced errors	26	23
Net points won	6 of 12 = 50%	11 of 16 = 69%
Break points converted	5 of 12 = 42%	5 of 10 = 50%
Return points won	42 of 91 = 46%	34 of 79 = 43%
Total points won	87	83
Source

References

^ "US Open 2020: Naomi Osaka beats Victoria Azarenka to win third Grand Slam title". BBC Sport. September 12, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
^ "Naomi Osaka fights back to sink Victoria Azarenka and regain US Open". Guardian. September 12, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
^ "Simona Halep Opts Out of Playing U.S. Open". Sports Illustrated. August 17, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
^ "Two more top-10 players pull out of U.S. Open tennis due to coronavirus concerns". The Tampa Bay Times. August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
^ Christopher Clarey (August 31, 2020). "Attach an Asterisk to This U.S. Open? Tennis History Mocks That Idea". The New York Times. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
^ "Top-seeded Pliskova falls to Garcia at US Open". ESPN. September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
^ "Seeding per WTA rulebook" (PDF). Retrieved February 17, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "2020 US Open player withdrawal information". www.usopen.org.
^ "World number 1. Ash Barty withdraws from U.S. Open". Xinhua News.
^ "US Open: consulte a lista de todos os jogadores que não vão". Bola Amarela (in Portuguese).
^ "Russia's Diatchenko retires from US Open with knee injury". tass.com.
^ "Coronavirus : Julia Goerges confirme son forfait à l'US Open". L'Équipe (in French).
^ "Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova withdraws from US Open". The Week.
^ "Pavlyuchenkova opts out of U.S. Open due to COVID-19 'insecurity'". Reuters.
^ "US Open: consulte a lista de todos os jogadores que não vão". Bola Amarela (in Portuguese).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Tennis: Wimbledon champion Simona Halep opts out of playing at US Open". NZ Herald.
^ "New mum Stosur to skip rest of 2020 but vows to return". Sportstar.
^ "Serena Williams' AO nightmare Qiang Wang withdraws from US Open". Retrieved October 6, 2020.
^ "Untimely hip injury stops Hon heading to the United States". www.smh.com.au.

External links

2020 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

Preceded by 2020 Australian Open – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 2020 French Open – Women's singles

[20] Priscilla Hon was the next player initially entered into the main draw, but she later withdrew due to a hip injury.^[19]

[21] After Hon's withdrawal from the event, Lesia Tsurenko was the next player initially entered into the main draw, but withdrew citing injury setbacks.

[1] "US Open 2020: Naomi Osaka beats Victoria Azarenka to win third Grand Slam title". BBC Sport. September 12, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2020.

[2] "Naomi Osaka fights back to sink Victoria Azarenka and regain US Open". Guardian. September 12, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2020.

[3] "Simona Halep Opts Out of Playing U.S. Open". Sports Illustrated. August 17, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2020.

[4] "Two more top-10 players pull out of U.S. Open tennis due to coronavirus concerns". The Tampa Bay Times. August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2020.

[5] Christopher Clarey (August 31, 2020). "Attach an Asterisk to This U.S. Open? Tennis History Mocks That Idea". The New York Times. Retrieved September 3, 2020.

[6] "Top-seeded Pliskova falls to Garcia at US Open". ESPN. September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.

[7] "Seeding per WTA rulebook" (PDF). Retrieved February 17, 2021.

[US_Open_Withdrawals-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "2020 US Open player withdrawal information". www.usopen.org.

[9] "World number 1. Ash Barty withdraws from U.S. Open". Xinhua News.

[10] "US Open: consulte a lista de todos os jogadores que não vão". Bola Amarela (in Portuguese).

[11] "Russia's Diatchenko retires from US Open with knee injury". tass.com.

[12] "Coronavirus : Julia Goerges confirme son forfait à l'US Open". L'Équipe (in French).

[13] "Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova withdraws from US Open". The Week.

[14] "Pavlyuchenkova opts out of U.S. Open due to COVID-19 'insecurity'". Reuters.

[15] "US Open: consulte a lista de todos os jogadores que não vão". Bola Amarela (in Portuguese).

[Potapova,_Wang,_Zheng,_Zhu_withdrawals-16] "Tennis: Wimbledon champion Simona Halep opts out of playing at US Open". NZ Herald.

[17] "New mum Stosur to skip rest of 2020 but vows to return". Sportstar.

[18] "Serena Williams' AO nightmare Qiang Wang withdraws from US Open". Retrieved October 6, 2020.

[19] "Untimely hip injury stops Hon heading to the United States". www.smh.com.au.

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