2020 WTA Tour

2020 WTA Tour

Ashleigh Barty finished the year as WTA world No. 1 for the second time in her career, though Sofia Kenin was named the Player of the Year. Barty won one tournament during the season. Kenin won three tournaments during the season, including a major at the Australian Open, and finished runner-up at another major, the French Open.
Details
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 titles	Simona Halep Aryna Sabalenka (3)
Most finals	Elena Rybakina (5)
Prize money leader	Sofia Kenin ($4,302,970)
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 →

Sofia Kenin won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open by defeating Garbiñe Muguruza in the final. Season suspended for five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic including the cancellation of Wimbledon. The season resumed in Palermo in August due to calendar changes in the season where Naomi Osaka won her third Grand Slam title, her second at the US Open, defeating Victoria Azarenka in the final. Iga Świątek won her first Grand Slam title at the French Open defeating Kenin in the final. Świątek was the first Polish player and first player born in the 21st century, male or female, to win a Grand Slam singles title.

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).

Many tournaments were cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Tokyo Summer Olympics and the Wimbledon Championships.

Schedule

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

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Jan	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $1,500,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	Karolína Plíšková 6–4, 4–6, 7–5	Madison Keys	Petra Kvitová Naomi Osaka	Jennifer Brady Danielle Collins Kiki Bertens Alison Riske
		Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 3–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–8]	Ashleigh Barty Kiki Bertens
	Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA International Hard – $775,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Ekaterina Alexandrova 6–2, 6–4	Elena Rybakina	Garbiñe Muguruza Kristýna Plíšková	Zarina Diyas Wang Qiang Elise Mertens Kateryna Bondarenko
		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 6–2, 3–6, [10–4]	Duan Yingying Zheng Saisai
	Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand WTA International Hard – $275,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 6–3, 6–4	Jessica Pegula	Amanda Anisimova Caroline Wozniacki	Laura Siegemund Eugenie Bouchard Julia Görges Alizé Cornet
		Asia Muhammad Taylor Townsend 6–4, 6–4	Serena Williams Caroline Wozniacki
13 Jan	Adelaide International Adelaide, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $848,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	Ashleigh Barty 6–2, 7–5	Dayana Yastremska	Danielle Collins Aryna Sabalenka	Markéta Vondroušová Belinda Bencic Donna Vekić Simona Halep
		Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan 2–6, 7–5, [10–5]	Gabriela Dabrowski Darija Jurak
	Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International Hard – $275,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Elena Rybakina 7–6(9–7), 6–3	Zhang Shuai	Heather Watson Veronika Kudermetova	Elise Mertens Lizette Cabrera Lauren Davis Garbiñe Muguruza
		Nadiia Kichenok Sania Mirza 6–4, 6–4	Peng Shuai Zhang Shuai
20 Jan 27 Jan	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard – A$32,846,000 128S/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Sofia Kenin 4–6, 6–2, 6–2	Garbiñe Muguruza	Ashleigh Barty Simona Halep	Petra Kvitová Ons Jabeur Anett Kontaveit Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 6–2, 6–1	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová
		Barbora Krejčíková Nikola Mektić 5–7, 6–4, [10–1]	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jamie Murray

February

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Feb	Fed Cup qualifying round Everett, United States – hard (i) The Hague, Netherlands – Clay (i) Cluj-Napoca, Romania – hard (i) Florianópolis, Brazil – Clay Cartagena, Spain – Clay Biel/Bienne, Switzerland – hard (i) Kortrijk, Belgium – hard (i) Bratislava, Slovakia – Clay (i)	Qualifying round winners United States 3–2 Belarus 3–2 Russia 3–2 Germany 4–0 Spain 3–1 Switzerland 3–1 Belgium 3–1 Slovakia 3–1	Qualifying round losers Latvia Netherlands Romania Brazil Japan Canada Kazakhstan Great Britain
10 Feb	St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Saint Petersburg, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $848,000 – 28S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Kiki Bertens 6–1, 6–3	Elena Rybakina	Maria Sakkari Ekaterina Alexandrova	Belinda Bencic Océane Dodin Petra Kvitová Anastasia Potapova
		Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara 4–6, 6–0, [10–3]	Kaitlyn Christian Alexa Guarachi
	Thailand Open Hua Hin, Thailand WTA International Hard – $275,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Magda Linette 6–3, 6–2	Leonie Küng	Nao Hibino Patricia Maria Țig	Elina Svitolina Wang Qiang Zheng Saisai Wang Xiyu
		Arina Rodionova Storm Sanders 6–3, 6–3	Barbara Haas Ellen Perez
17 Feb	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier Hard – $2,908,770 – 30S/28D Singles – Doubles	Simona Halep 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)	Elena Rybakina	Jennifer Brady Petra Martić	Aryna Sabalenka Garbiñe Muguruza Anett Kontaveit Karolína Plíšková
		Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 7–5, 3–6, [10–5]	Barbora Krejčíková Zheng Saisai
24 Feb	Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier 5 Hard – $3,240,445 – 56S/28D Singles – Doubles	Aryna Sabalenka 6–3, 6–3	Petra Kvitová	Ashleigh Barty Svetlana Kuznetsova	Garbiñe Muguruza Ons Jabeur Belinda Bencic Zheng Saisai
		Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 6–2, 5–7, [10–2]	Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko
	Mexican Open Acapulco, Mexico WTA International Hard – $275,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Heather Watson 6–4, 6–7(8–10), 6–1	Leylah Annie Fernandez	Renata Zarazúa Wang Xiyu	Tamara Zidanšek Anastasia Potapova Christina McHale Zhu Lin
		Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos 6–3, 7–6(7–5)	Kateryna Bondarenko Sharon Fichman

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
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

No tournaments were played due to the COVID-19 pandemic, see affected tournaments below.

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Aug	Palermo Open Palermo, Italy WTA International Clay (red) – €163,103 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Fiona Ferro 6–2, 7–5	Anett Kontaveit	Petra Martić Camila Giorgi	Aliaksandra Sasnovich Elisabetta Cocciaretto Sara Errani Dayana Yastremska
		Arantxa Rus Tamara Zidanšek 7–5, 7–5	Elisabetta Cocciaretto Martina Trevisan
10 Aug	Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International Clay (red) – $225,500 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Simona Halep 6–2, 7–5	Elise Mertens	Irina-Camelia Begu Kristýna Plíšková	Magdalena Fręch Sara Sorribes Tormo Eugenie Bouchard Ana Bogdan
		Lucie Hradecká Kristýna Plíšková 6–2, 6–2	Monica Niculescu Raluca Olaru
	Top Seed Open Lexington, United States WTA International Hard – $225,500 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Jennifer Brady 6–3, 6–4	Jil Teichmann	Shelby Rogers Coco Gauff	Serena Williams Catherine Bellis Marie Bouzková Ons Jabeur
		Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani 6–1, 7–5	Marie Bouzková Jil Teichmann
17 Aug	No tournaments scheduled
24 Aug	Cincinnati Open New York City, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,250,829 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka Walkover	Naomi Osaka	Elise Mertens Johanna Konta	Jessica Pegula Anett Kontaveit Maria Sakkari Ons Jabeur
		Květa Peschke Demi Schuurs 6–1, 4–6, [10–4]	Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan
31 Aug 7 Sep	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $21,656,000 128S/32D Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Naomi Osaka 1–6, 6–3, 6–3	Victoria Azarenka	Jennifer Brady Serena Williams	Yulia Putintseva Shelby Rogers Tsvetana Pironkova Elise Mertens
		Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 6–4	Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan

September

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Sep	İstanbul Open Istanbul, Turkey WTA International Clay (red) – $225,500 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	Patricia Maria Țig 2–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)	Eugenie Bouchard	Paula Badosa Tereza Martincová	Danka Kovinić Polona Hercog Aliaksandra Sasnovich Rebecca Peterson
		Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk 6–1, 6–3	Ellen Perez Storm Sanders
14 Sep	Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay (red) – €1,692,169 – 56S/28D Singles – Doubles	Simona Halep 6–0, 2–1, ret.	Karolína Plíšková	Garbiñe Muguruza Markéta Vondroušová	Yulia Putintseva Victoria Azarenka Elina Svitolina Elise Mertens
		Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 6–2, 6–2	Anna-Lena Friedsam Raluca Olaru
21 Sep	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International Clay (red) – $225,500 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	Elina Svitolina 6–4, 1–6, 6–2	Elena Rybakina	Nao Hibino Aryna Sabalenka	Jeļena Ostapenko Zhang Shuai Kateřina Siniaková Jil Teichmann
		Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs 6–4, 6–3	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani
28 Sep 5 Oct	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) – € 128S/96Q/64D Singles – Doubles − Mixed doubles	Iga Świątek 6–4, 6–1	Sofia Kenin	Nadia Podoroska Petra Kvitová	Martina Trevisan Elina Svitolina Danielle Collins Laura Siegemund
		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 7–5	Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
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

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
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

The COVID-19 pandemic affected many tournaments on the WTA Tour. The following tournaments were suspended or postponed.

Week	Tournament	Status
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
13 Apr	Fed Cup Finals Budapest, Hungary Clay (red) (i) – 12 teams	Postponed to 13–18 April 2021
20 Apr	Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier Clay (red) (i) – € – 28S/32Q/16D	Cancelled
	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
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
25 May 1 Jun	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red)	Rescheduled to 28 September
8 Jun	Nottingham Open Nottingham, United Kingdom WTA International Grass – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D	Cancelled
	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
3 Aug	Silicon Valley Classic San Jose, United States WTA Premier Hard – $ – 28S/16Q/16D	Cancelled
	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
14 Sep	Zhengzhou Open Zhengzhou, China WTA Premier Hard – $ – 28S/24Q/16D	Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled
	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
21 Sep	Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier Hard (i) – $ – 28S/24Q/16D	Initially rescheduled to November, but later cancelled
	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
28 Sep	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA Premier 5 Hard – $ – 56S/32Q/28D	Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled
5 Oct	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $ – 60S/32Q/28D	Cancelled
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, but later cancelled (postponed to 2021)
	Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg WTA International Hard (i) – $275,000 – 32S/24Q/16D	Cancelled
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

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:

1. total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
2. 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);
3. a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4. alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

Titles won by player

Total	Player	Grand Slam			Year-end		Premier Manda­tory		Premier 5		Premier		Inter­national		Total
		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

Total	Nation	Grand Slam			Year-end		Premier Manda­tory		Premier 5		Premier		Inter­national		Total
		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

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

• Karolína Plíšková – Brisbane (draw)
• Kiki Bertens – St. Petersburg (draw)

Doubles

• Hsieh Su-wei – Dubai (draw)
• Barbora Strýcová – Dubai (draw)
• Tímea Babos – French Open (draw)
• Kristina Mladenovic – French Open (draw)

Mixed doubles

• Barbora Krejčíková – Australian Open (draw)

Best ranking

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).

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)
• Nadia Podoroska (reached place No. 48 on October 12)
• Jennifer Brady (reached place No. 24 on October 26)
• Coco Gauff (reached place No. 47 on October 26)

Doubles

• Xu Yifan (reached place No. 7 on January 13)
• Lyudmyla Kichenok (reached place No. 32 on January 13)
• Alison Riske (reached place No. 40 on January 13)
• Nadiia Kichenok (reached place No. 32 on January 20)
• Duan Yingying (reached place No. 16 on February 3)
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (reached place No. 40 on February 3)
• Anna-Lena Friedsam (reached place No. 41 on February 3)
• Coco Gauff (reached place No. 42 on February 3)
• Shuko Aoyama (reached place No. 21 on February 17)
• Kaitlyn Christian (reached place No. 50 on February 17)
• Caroline Dolehide (reached place No. 30 on February 24)
• Jeļena Ostapenko (reached place No. 17 on March 2)
• Caty McNally (reached place No. 38 on March 9)
• Kristýna Plíšková (reached place No. 45 on August 17)
• Sofia Kenin (reached place No. 31 on August 31)
• Ellen Perez (reached place No. 40 on August 31)
• Veronika Kudermetova (reached place No. 22 on September 14)
• Laura Siegemund (reached place No. 33 on September 14)
• Anna Blinkova (reached place No. 45 on September 14)
• Hayley Carter (reached place No. 31 on September 21)
• Luisa Stefani (reached place No. 32 on September 28)
• Ena Shibahara (reached place No. 23 on October 12)
• Desirae Krawczyk (reached place No. 25 on October 12)
• Alexa Guarachi (reached place No. 26 on October 12)
• Asia Muhammad (reached place No. 35 on October 12)
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (reached place No. 43 on October 12)

Points distribution

Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	70	10	40	30	20	2
Grand Slam (D)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	10	–	40	–	–	–
WTA Finals (S)	1500*	1080*	750*	(+125 per round robin match; +125 per round robin win)
WTA Finals (D)	1500	1080	750	375	–
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	35	10	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	10	–	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D)	1000	650	390	215	120	10	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (56S, 64Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	22	15	1
WTA Premier 5 (56S, 48/32Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier 5 (28D)	900	585	350	190	105	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (16D)	900	585	350	190	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier (56S)	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	–	25	–	13	1
WTA Premier (32/30/28S)	470	305	185	100	55	1	–	–	25	18	13	1
WTA Premier (16D)	470	305	185	100	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Elite Trophy (S)	700*	440*	240*	(+40 per round robin match; +80 per round robin win)
WTA International (32S, 32Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	14	10	1
WTA International (32S, 24/16Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	-	12	1
WTA International (16D)	280	180	110	60	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record.

WTA rankings

These are the WTA rankings and yearly WTA Race rankings of the top 20 singles and doubles players at the current date of the 2020 season. Rankings were frozen due to the COVID-19 pandemic from 16 March 2020 up until the resumption of the season on 3 August 2020. The 2020 WTA Finals was then cancelled on 24 July 2020 due to the pandemic, so below are the unofficial WTA Singles and Doubles Race rankings for only 2020 events.

Singles

Unofficial Final Singles race rankings
No.	Player	Points	Move†	Tourn
1	Sofia Kenin (USA)	3,934		10
2	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	2,900		4
3	Simona Halep (ROU)	2,770		6
4	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	2,767		7
5	Iga Świątek (POL)	2,432		6
6	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	2,420	2	12
7	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	2,321	1	7
8	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	2,310	1	8
9	Elise Mertens (BEL)	2,036		13
10	Elena Rybakina (KAZ)	1,732		12
11	Jennifer Brady (USA)	1,677		11
12	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	1,601		4
13	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	1,532		9
14	Ons Jabeur (TUN)	1,445		11
15	Serena Williams (USA)	1,425		6
16	Anett Kontaveit (EST)	1,381		11
17	Elina Svitolina (UKR)	1,374		10
18	Maria Sakkari (GRE)	1,333		11
19	Nadia Podoroska (ARG)	1,275		13
20	Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS)	1,189	2	14

  Player would have qualified for the 2020 WTA Finals

†Change since previous week's rankings

WTA Singles Year-End Rankings
No.	Player	Points	#Trn	'19 Rk	High	Low	'19→'20
1	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	8,717	17	1	1	1
2	Simona Halep (ROU)	7,255	17	4	2	4	2
3	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	5,780	16	3	3	10
4	Sofia Kenin (USA)	5,760	25	14	4	15	10
5	Elina Svitolina (UKR)	5,260	26	6	5	7	1
6	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	5,205	21	2	2	6	4
7	Bianca Andreescu (CAN)	4,555	10	5	4	7	2
8	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	4,516	16	7	7	12	1
9	Kiki Bertens (NED)	4,505	26	9	6	10
10	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	4,220	27	11	10	13	1
11	Serena Williams (USA)	4,080	13	10	8	11	1
12	Belinda Bencic (SUI)	4,010	25	8	4	12	4
13	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	3,426	18	50	13	59	37
14	Johanna Konta (GBR)	3,152	18	12	12	16	2
15	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	3,016	17	35	15	35	20
16	Madison Keys (USA)	2,962	16	13	11	16	3
17	Iga Świątek (POL)	2,960	16	60	17	60	43
18	Petra Martić (CRO)	2,850	24	15	14	18	3
19	Elena Rybakina (KAZ)	2,696	29	36	17	36	17
20	Elise Mertens (BEL)	2,650	30	17	17	23	3

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	Year end 2019	Year end 2020

Doubles

Unofficial Final Doubles team race rankings
No.	Team	Points	Move†	Tourn
1	Tímea Babos (HUN) Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	4,470		4
2	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) Barbora Strýcová (CZE)	4,280		6
3	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)	2,485		6
4	Nicole Melichar (USA) Xu Yifan (CHN)	2,105		7
5	Hayley Carter (USA) Luisa Stefani (BRA)	1,951		11
6	Shuko Aoyama (JPN) Ena Shibahara (JPN)	1,928		11
7	Alexa Guarachi (CHI) Desirae Krawczyk (USA)	1,807		7
8	Květa Peschke (CZE) Demi Schuurs (NED)	1,641		7
9	Elise Mertens (BEL) Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	1,600		7
10	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT)	1,365		4

  Team would have qualified for the 2020 WTA Finals

†Change since previous week's rankings

WTA Doubles Year-End Rankings
No.	Team	Points	#Trn	'19 Rk	High	Low	'19→'20
1	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	9,010	19	4	1	4	3
2	Barbora Strýcová (CZE)	8,945	19	1	1	4	1
3	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	8,115	13	2	1	3	1
4	Tímea Babos (HUN)	7,955	14	3	2	4	1
5	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	7,575	17	5	5	5
6	Elise Mertens (BEL)	7,490	16	6	6	6
7	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	5,955	16	13	7	14	6
8	Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)	5,865	20	7	7	10	1
9	Xu Yifan (CHN)	5,820	22	8	7	10	1
10	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)	5,675	26	8	7	10	2
11	Nicole Melichar (USA)	4,730	28	20	11	20	9
12	Demi Schuurs (NED)	4,730	24	14	11	14	2
13	Anna-Lena Grönefeld (GER)	4,495	17	11	11	13	2
14	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	4,060	12	19	13	19	5
15	Latisha Chan (TPE)	3,905	21	15	12	15
	Chan Hao-ching (TPE)
17	Květa Peschke (CZE)	3,820	24	21	17	24	4
18	Duan Yingying (CHN)	3,810	24	17	16	18	1
19	Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT)	3,680	18	22	17	23	3
20	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)	3,640	16	24	19	25	4

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Barbora Strýcová (CZE)	Year end 2019	2 February 2020
Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	3 February 2020	23 February 2020
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	24 February 2020	1 March 2020
Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	2 March 2020	Year end 2020

Prize money leaders

Prize money in US$ as of 9 November 2020
#	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Year-to-date
1	Sofia Kenin (USA)	$4,187,581	$115,389	$0	$4,302,970
2	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	$3,352,755	$0	$0	$3,352,755
3	Iga Świątek (POL)	$2,179,271	$73,626	$8,316	$2,261,213
4	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	$1,959,453	$32,330	$0	$1,991,783
5	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	$1,942,072	$0	$0	$1,942,072
6	Simona Halep (ROU)	$1,928,119	$9,771	$0	$1,937,890
7	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	$1,505,967	$0	$0	$1,505,967
8	Jennifer Brady (USA)	$1,245,741	$74,215	$0	$1,319,956
9	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	$1,087,700	$126,984	$0	$1,214,684
10	Elise Mertens (BEL)	$985,904	$123,654	$0	$1,109,558

Retirements

Former world no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki retired after her third round defeat at the 2020 Australian Open.

Former world no. 1 and career Grand Slam holder Maria Sharapova retires at the age of 32.

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 in singles or doubles, for at least one week; and wheelchair players) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2020 season:

• Marjolein Buis (born 11 January 1988 in Nijmegen, Netherlands)
• Estrella Cabeza Candela (born 20 February 1987 in Los Palacios y Villafranca, Spain) turned professional in 2004 and reached a career high ranking of 95 in singles and 176 in doubles. Cabeza Candela also won 13 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2020, Cabeza Candela announced her retirement on the tour.
• Rika Fujiwara (born 19 September 1981 in Tokyo, Japan) turned professional in 1997 and reached a career high ranking of 84 in singles and 13 in doubles. Fujiwara reached six WTA doubles finals during her career, winning one of them at the Danish Open in 2012. Fujiwara also won 9 singles and 36 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Fujiwara's biggest highlight was at the 2002 French Open, where she reached the women's doubles semifinals partnering her compatriot Ai Sugiyama. In March 2020, Fujiwara announced her retirement after 23 years on the tour.
• Julia Görges (born 2 November 1988 in Bad Oldesloe, West Germany) (modern day Germany) turned professional in 2005 and reached a career high ranking of 9 in singles and 12 in doubles. Görges won 7 WTA singles titles in her career, including 2 premier level events and the 2017 WTA Elite Trophy. She scored multiple career top ten wins in her career including back to back wins against the then World no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki during the clay season in 2011. Her best grand slam result was a semifinal at 2018 Wimbledon Championships. Görges announced her retirement via social media on 21 October.
• Jamie Hampton (born 8 January 1990 in Frankfurt, West Germany) turned professional in 2009 and reached a career high ranking of 24 in singles and 74 in doubles. Hampton reached one WTA singles final during her career, losing to Elena Vesnina at the 2013 Aegon International. She reached the fourth round at the 2013 French Open, and scored wins over multiple current and former top-10 players during her short-lived career, including Petra Kvitová, Agnieszka Radwańska and Caroline Wozniacki. She had not played since January 2014 and, after undergoing six surgery attempts, decided to retire in May.
• Johanna Larsson (born 17 August 1988 in Boden, Sweden) turned professional in 2006 and reached a career high ranking of 45 in singles and 20 in doubles. Larsson won two WTA singles titles during her career, including at her home event in Båstad in 2015, and enjoyed considerable success in doubles, winning 14 titles and reaching the year-end championships final in 2017 alongside Kiki Bertens. Larsson decided to retire in February.
• Ekaterina Makarova (born 7 June 1988 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) (modern-day Russia) turned professional in 2004 and reached a career high ranking of 8 in singles in 2015 and number 1 in doubles in 2018. A six-time Grand Slam singles quarterfinalist with two semifinal appearances at the 2014 US Open and 2015 Australian Open, Makarova also won three WTA singles titles during her career. She achieved phenomenal success in doubles, with 3 Grand Slam women's doubles titles alongside Elena Vesnina at the 2013 French Open, the 2014 US Open and at Wimbledon in 2017, as well as the mixed doubles title at the 2012 US Open alongside Bruno Soares. She also partnered Vesnina to gold in the women's doubles at the 2016 Olympics, and to the title at the WTA Finals, also in 2016. Makarova announced her retirement at the 2020 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy.
• María José Martínez Sánchez (born 12 August 1982 in Murcia, Spain) turned professional in 1998 and reached a career-high ranking of 19 in singles in 2010 and 4 in doubles, also in 2010. Through her career she won a total of 5 WTA titles in singles but focused primarily in doubles later in her career winning a total of 21 titles in that discipline. In doubles she reached the semi-finals of Grand Slams 3 times; at the French Open in 2010 and 2012 and at the US Open in 2012. She reached the quarter-finals of all slams in doubles. In 2009 she won the Tour Finals with long time doubles partner Nuria Llagostera Vives. In January 2020 she announced her retirement.
• Jessica Moore (born 16 August 1990 in Perth, Australia) turned professional in 2008 and reached a career-high ranking of 132 in singles in 2008 and 55 in doubles in 2019. Moore won two WTA titles in doubles, as well as 4 singles and 31 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She also won silver at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the women's doubles, partnering Olivia Rogowska. Moore announced her retirement at the Australian Open.
• Aleksandrina Naydenova (born 29 February 1992 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria), a former world number 95 in doubles. Was given a lifetime ban from competition by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU).
• Romina Oprandi (born 29 March 1986 in Jegenstorf, Switzerland) turned professional in 2005 and reached career-high rankings of 32 in singles in 2013, and 112 in doubles in 2007. Oprandi won one WTA title in doubles, as well as 26 singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In May 2020 she announced her retirement.
• Pauline Parmentier (born 31 January 1986 in Cucq, France) turned professional in 2000 and reached a career-high ranking of 40 in singles, in July 2008, and 121 in doubles in October 2019. Winner of 4 singles titles on the main tour and a total of 13 ITF titles. Her best result at Grand Slam level came in reaching the fourth round at her home slam the French Open in 2014. She announced in January 2019 that this would be her last year on the tour.
• Teliana Pereira (born 20 July 1988 in Águas Belas, Brazil) turned professional in 2005 and reached a career-high ranking of 43 in singles, in October 2015, and 117 in doubles, in September 2013. Winner of 2 singles titles on the main tour and a 22 ITF titles in single and 10 in doubles. Her best result at Grand Slam level came in reaching the second round at the French Open in 2014, 2015 and 2016. In September 2020, she announced her retirement.
• Magdaléna Rybáriková (born 4 October 1988 in Piešťany, Slovakia) turned professional in 2005, and reached career-high rankings of 17 in singles in 2018, and 50 in doubles in 2011. Winner of 4 singles titles and 1 doubles title on the main tour (with Janette Husárová), Rybáriková's best result is reaching the singles semifinals at 2017 Wimbledon Championships. At first she has announced the retirement from tennis after the 2020 Fed Cup finals in Budapest, but later she announced her official retirement via social media on 29 October.
• Maria Sharapova (born 19 April 1987 in Nyagan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) (modern day Russia) turned professional in 2001 and reached the world No. 1 spot for the first time in 2005. A five-time Grand Slam singles winner (she completed the career Grand Slam in 2012), Sharapova won 36 WTA singles titles and 3 doubles titles during her career. She won also the WTA Finals in 2004 and the Fed Cup in 2008. She also won the silver medal in the women's singles at the 2012 Olympics. Sharapova announced her retirement through social media in 2020.
• Sílvia Soler Espinosa (born 19 November 1987 in Elche, Spain) turned professional in 2003, and reached a career-high ranking of No. 54 in singles in 2012, and No. 39 in doubles in 2014. Soler Espinosa reached two WTA singles finals in her career, and won one doubles title alongside Andreja Klepač at the 2014 Connecticut Open. She was a three-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in doubles, and also reached the third round on three occasions in singles, twice at the US Open and once at Roland Garros. Soler Espinosa decided to retire in May.
• Anna Tatishvili (born 3 February 1990 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union) (modern day Georgia) turned professional in 2005 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 50 in singles and 59 in doubles. She won one WTA doubles title in her career in Linz in 2014 alongside Raluca Olaru, as well as reaching two further doubles finals and winning 11 ITF Circuit singles titles. Her greatest achievement at Grand Slam-level came in reaching the fourth round at the 2012 US Open. Tatishvili decided to retire in March, after battling for several years with a persistent ankle injury.
• Caroline Wozniacki (born 11 July 1990 in Odense, Denmark) joined the circuit in 2005, and reached the world No. 1 spot for the first time in 2010. She would spend a total of 71 weeks as number one which puts her at ninth on the all-time list as of January 2020. Wozniacki won a total of 30 WTA titles in singles and 2 WTA titles in doubles. Wozniacki reached three Grand Slam finals at the US Open in 2009 and 2014 and at the Australian Open 2018 where she won her first and only Grand Slam title, beating Simona Halep. She also won the WTA Finals in Singapore 2017. Wozniacki retired after a third-round defeat by Ons Jabeur at the 2020 Australian Open.

Comebacks

Following are notable players who announced their comebacks after retirements during the 2020 WTA Tour season:

• Kim Clijsters (born 8 June 1983 in Bilzen, Belgium) made her return at the 2020 Dubai Tennis Championships in February where she lost to Garbiñe Muguruza in the first round.
• Bojana Jovanovski Petrović
• Tsvetana Pironkova (born 13 September 1987 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria) earned entry into the 2020 US Open under a protected ranking in which she reached the quarterfinals, losing to Serena Williams. The former world number 31, winner of the 2014 Apia International Sydney, and 2010 Wimbledon Championships semifinalist last played in 2017, recovering from shoulder injuries and a pregnancy.

See also

• 2020 ATP Tour
• 2020 WTA 125K series
• 2020 ITF Women's Circuit
• Women's Tennis Association
• International Tennis Federation

External links

• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
• International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website