2020 WTA Finals
The 2020 WTA Finals, also known by its sponsored name Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen, was a women's tennis tournament that was scheduled to be held in Shenzhen, China. It would have been the 50th edition of the singles event and the 45th edition of the doubles competition,[1] contested by eight singles players and eight doubles teams.[2]
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However, the tournament was cancelled by the WTA due to the COVID-19 pandemic on 24 July 2020.[3]
Tournament
The 2020 WTA Finals takes place at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center the week of October 26, 2020, and is the 50th edition of the event.[4] The tournament is run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as part of the 2020 WTA Tour. Shenzhen is the tenth city to host the WTA Finals since the tournament's inauguration in 1972.
Qualifying
In the singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from sixteen tournaments. Of these sixteen tournaments, a player's results from the four Grand Slam events, the four Premier Mandatory tournaments, and (for the top 20 players at the end of 2019) the best results from two Premier 5 tournaments must be included.
In the doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of eleven tournaments throughout the year. Unlike in the singles, this combination does not need to include results from the Grand-Slam or Premier-level tournaments.
Format
Both the singles and doubles event features eight players/teams in a round robin event, split into two groups of four. Over the first four days of competition, each player/team meets the other three players/teams in her group, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. The first-placed player/team in one group meets the second-placed player/team in the other group, and vice versa. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match.
Round robin tie-breaking methods
The final standings are made using these methods:
- Greatest number of [match] wins.
- Greatest number of matches played.
- Head-to-head results if only two players are tied, or if three players are tied then:
- a. If three players each have the same number of wins, a player having played less than all three matches is automatically eliminated and the player advancing to the single elimination competition is the winner of the match-up of the two remaining tied players.
- b. Highest percentage of sets won.
- c. Highest percentage of games won.
Prize money and points
The total prize money for the BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2019 is US$14,000,000. The tables below are based on the updated draw sheet information.
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Porsche Race to Shenzhen
The tables below show the rankings as of 16 March 2020, the date from which they were frozen due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Singles
| Rank | Player | Grand Slam | Premier Mandatory | Best two Premier 5 |
Best other | Total points |
Tourn | WTA Titles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | WI[lower-alpha 1] | USO | FO[lower-alpha 2] | IW[lower-alpha 3] | MI[lower-alpha 3] | MA[lower-alpha 4] | BE | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| 1 |  |
W 2000 |
– | – | – | R32 1 |
W 280 |
R16 55 |
R16 55 |
R32 1 |
2,392 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
| 2 |  |
F 1300 |
– | – | – | QF 190 |
SF 110 |
QF 100 |
QF 60 |
1,760 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
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SF 780 |
– | – | – | SF 350 |
W 470 |
R16 1 |
1,601 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 |  |
SF 780 |
– | – | – | W 470 |
QF 100 |
1,350 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 5 |  |
R32 130 |
– | – | – | R16 105 |
F 305 |
F 305 |
W 280 |
F 180 |
1,305 | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| 6 |  |
QF 430 |
– | – | – | F 585 |
SF 185 |
QF 100 |
1,300 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 7 |  |
R128 10 |
– | – | – | W 900 |
SF 185 |
QF 100 |
R16 30 |
1,225 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
| 8 |  |
R16 240 |
– | – | – | R16 105 |
W 470 |
QF 100 |
915 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
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| 9 | |
R32 130 |
– | – | – | R16 105 |
W 470 |
QF 100 |
805 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| 10 |  |
R32 130 |
– | – | – | R64 1 |
W 280 |
SF 185 |
W 160 |
756 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
| 11 |  |
QF 430 |
– | – | – | QF 190 |
R16 55 |
R16 48 |
R32 1 |
724 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| 12 |  |
QF 430 |
– | – | – | R32 60 |
QF 100 |
R16 55 |
R32 1 |
646 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| 13 |  |
R16 240 |
– | – | – | R16 105 |
SF 185 |
R16 55 |
R32 1 |
R32 1 |
587 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| 14 | |
QF 430 |
– | – | – | R16 55 |
R16 55 |
R32 1 |
541 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 15 |  |
R32 130 |
– | – | – | QF 190 |
QF 100 |
QF 100 |
R32 1 |
R32 1 |
522 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| 16 |  |
R32 130 |
– | – | – | R64 1 |
F 180 |
W 140 |
R16 30 |
Q2 13 |
494 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| 17 |  |
R64 70 |
– | – | – | W 280 |
SF 128 |
Q2 13 |
R32 1 |
492 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
| 18 |  |
R64 70 |
– | – | – | R16 105 |
F 305 |
R32 1 |
R32 1 |
482 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| 19 | |
R64 70 |
– | – | – | SF 350 |
R16 55 |
R32 1 |
476 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
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R16 240 |
– | – | – | R32 60 |
QF 60 |
QF 60 |
R16 55 |
475 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
- Wimbledon was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[6]
- French Open was postponed to September due to the coronavirus pandemic.[7]
- Indian Wells Open and Miami Open were suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9]
- Madrid Open was postponed to September due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
Doubles
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References
- "WTA Finals at WTA Official Website". wtatennis.com. WTA. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- "2020 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- "WTA tournaments in China cancelled for 2020". WTA. 24 July 2020.
- "2020 WTA Calendar". wtatennis.com. WTA. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- "Porsche Race to Shenzen - Point Leaders" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- Carayol, Tumaini (1 April 2020). "Wimbledon 2020 cancelled in response to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- "French Open Postponed to Late September Because of Coronavirus". nytimes.com. 17 March 2020.
- "Indian Wells Tennis Tournament Canceled Because of Coronavirus Outbreak". nytimes.com. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- "2020 Miami Open will not take place due to COVID-19". WTA. 12 March 2020.
- "WTA announces updated 2020 provisional calendar". WTA. 17 June 2020.