2020 WTA Tour

The 2020 WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2020 tennis season. The 2020 WTA Tour calendar comprises 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).[1]

2020 WTA Tour

Details
Duration	6 January – 8 November 2020
Edition	50th
Categories	Grand Slam (3) WTA Premier 5 (3) WTA Premier (4) WTA International (12)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Sofia Kenin (2)
Most tournament finals	Elena Rybakina (4)
Prize money leader	Sofia Kenin ($2,905,486)
Points leader	Sofia Kenin (2,111)
← 2019 2021 →

Sofia Kenin won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open by defeating Garbiñe Muguruza in the final.

Many tournaments were cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Tokyo Summer Olympics.[2][3][4][5][6]

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 of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
January 6	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier $1,500,000 – Hard – 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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 $775,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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 $275,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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
January 13	Adelaide International Adelaide, Australia WTA Premier $848,000 – Hard – 30S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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 $275,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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
January 20 January 27	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam A$32,846,000 – Hard 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Doubles Draw	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 of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
February 3	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
February 10	St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Saint Petersburg, Russia WTA Premier $848,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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 $275,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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
February 17	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier $2,908,770 – Hard – 30S/48Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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
February 24	Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier 5 $3,240,445 – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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 $275,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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 of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
March 2	Lyon Open Lyon, France WTA International $275,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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 $275,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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 of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 August	Palermo Open Palermo, Italy WTA International €163,103 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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 August	Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International $225,500 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Simona Halep vs Elise Mertens		Irina-Camelia Begu Kristýna Plíšková	Magdalena Fręch Sara Sorribes Tormo Eugenie Bouchard Ana Bogdan
		Monica Niculescu / Raluca Olaru vs Lucie Hradecká / Kristýna Plíšková
	Top Seed Open Lexington, United States WTA International $225,500 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Jil Teichmann vs Jennifer Brady		Shelby Rogers Coco Gauff	Serena Williams Catherine Bellis Marie Bouzková Ons Jabeur
		/ vs Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani
17 August	No tournaments have been scheduled
24 August	Western & Southern Open New York City, United States WTA Premier 5 $ – Hard – 56S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /
31 August 7 September	U.S. Open New York City, United States Grand Slam $ – Hard 128S/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /
		/ vs /

September

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 September	İstanbul Open İstanbul, Turkey WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /
14 September	No tournaments have been held
21 September	Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 $3,528,000 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /
	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /
28 September 5 October[7]	French Open[8] Paris, France Grand Slam € – Clay (Red) 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /
		/ vs /

TBD Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
TBD	Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International $275,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /
TBD	Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA International $275,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /
TBD	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier $ – Hard (i) – 28S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /

Affected tournaments

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

Week of	Tournament	Status
March 9 March 16	Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $ – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D	Cancelled
March 23 March 30	Miami Open Miami, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $ – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D
April 6	Charleston Open Charleston, United States WTA Premier $848,000 – Clay (Green) – 56S/32Q/16D	Played as a team exhibition tournament from 22 to 28 June
	Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D	Suspended[2][3][5]
April 13	Fed Cup Finals Budapest, Hungary Clay (Red) (i) – 12 teams	Postponed to 13-18 April 2021[9]
April 20	Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier € – Clay (Red) (i) – 28S/32Q/16D	Suspended[2][3][5]
	İstanbul Open İstanbul, Turkey WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D	Rescheduled to September
April 27	Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D	Rescheduled to 10 August
May 4	Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory € – Clay (Red) – 64S/32Q/28D	Initially rescheduled to September, but later cancelled[10]
May 11	Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 $3,528,000 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D	Rescheduled to September
May 18	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D
	Morocco Open Rabat, Morocco WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D	Cancelled[2][3][5]
25 May 1 June	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (Red)	Rescheduled to 28 September[8]
June 8	Nottingham Open Nottingham, Great Britain WTA International $275,000 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D	Cancelled[2][3][5][11]
	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA International $275,000 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D
June 15	Grass Court Championships Berlin Berlin, Germany WTA Premier $1,088,000 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D
	Birmingham Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA International $275,000 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D
June 22	Eastbourne International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA Premier $1,122,000 – Grass – 48S/16Q/16D
	Bad Homburg Open Bad Homburg, Germany WTA International $275,000 – Grass – 32S/8Q/16D
29 June 6 July	Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass
July 13	Bucharest Open Bucharest, Romania WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D	Suspended[2][3][5]
	Ladies Open Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D
July 20	Baltic Open Jūrmala, Latvia WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D
	Palermo Open Palermo, Italy WTA International Clay (Red)	Rescheduled to 3 August
27 July	Summer Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan Olympic Games Hard	Rescheduled to 26 July 2021[4]
August 3	Silicon Valley Classic San Jose, United States WTA Premier $ – Hard – 28S/16Q/16D	Cancelled
	Washington Open Washington D.C., United States WTA International $275,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D
August 10	Canadian Open Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – 56S/32Q/28D	Suspended to 2021[12]
August 17	Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard	Rescheduled to 22 August and moved from Cincinnati to New York City
August 24	Albany Open Albany, United States WTA International $275,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D	Cancelled[6][13]
September 14	Japan Women's Open Hiroshima, Japan WTA International $275,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D
October 12	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory $ – Hard – 60S/32Q/28D
	Hong Kong Open Hong Kong WTA International $525,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D
	Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA International $275,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D
October 19	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA Premier 5 $ – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D
	Jiangxi Open Nanchang, China WTA International $275,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D
	Luxembourg Open Luxembourg City, Luxembourg WTA International $275,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/24Q/16D
October 26	Zhengzhou Open Zhengzhou, China WTA Premier $ – Hard – 28S/24Q/16D
November 2	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier $ – Hard (i) – 28S/24Q/16D
November 9	WTA Finals Shenzhen, China Year-end championships $14,000,000 – Hard (i) – 8S(RR)/8D(RR)
November 16	WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Year-end championships $2,600,000 – Hard – 12S(RR)/6D(RR)
November 23	Guangzhou Open Guangzhou, China WTA International $525,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D

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
3	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)									●		● ●			0	3	0
3	Barbora Strýcová (CZE)									●		● ●			0	3	0
2	Sofia Kenin (USA)	●											●		2	0	0
2	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)			●										●	0	1	1
1	Tímea Babos (HUN)		●												0	1	0
1	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)		●												0	1	0
1	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)								●						1	0	0
1	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)										●				1	0	0
1	Kiki Bertens (NED)										●				1	0	0
1	Simona Halep (ROU)										●				1	0	0
1	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)										●				1	0	0
1	Shuko Aoyama (JPN)											●			0	1	0
1	Nicole Melichar (USA)											●			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	Fiona Ferro (FRA)												●		1	0	0
1	Magda Linette (POL)												●		1	0	0
1	Elena Rybakina (KAZ)												●		1	0	0
1	Elina Svitolina (UKR)												●		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	Sharon Fichman (CAN)													●	0	1	0
1	Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)													●	0	1	0
1	Desirae Krawczyk (USA)													●	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	Arina Rodionova (AUS)													●	0	1	0
1	Arantxa Rus (NED)													●	0	1	0
1	Storm Sanders (AUS)													●	0	1	0
1	Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)													●	0	1	0
1	Taylor Townsend (USA)													●	0	1	0
1	Julia Wachaczyk (GER)													●	0	1	0
1	Tamara Zidanšek (SLO)													●	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
6	United States (USA)	1										1	2	2	3	3	0
6	Czech Republic (CZE)			1						1	1	2		1	1	4	1
3	Chinese Taipei (TPE)									1		2			0	3	0
3	Ukraine (UKR)												1	2	1	2	0
2	France (FRA)		1										1		1	1	0
2	Australia (AUS)										1			1	1	1	0
2	Netherlands (NED)										1			1	1	1	0
2	Romania (ROU)										1			1	1	1	0
1	Hungary (HUN)		1												0	1	0
1	Belarus (BLR)								1						1	0	0
1	China (CHN)											1			0	1	0
1	Japan (JPN)											1			0	1	0
1	Great Britain (GBR)												1		1	0	0
1	Kazakhstan (KAZ)												1		1	0	0
1	Poland (POL)												1		1	0	0
1	Russia (RUS)												1		1	0	0
1	Canada (CAN)													1	0	1	0
1	Germany (GER)													1	0	1	0
1	India (IND)													1	0	1	0
1	Mexico (MEX)													1	0	1	0
1	Slovenia (SLO)													1	0	1	0

Titles information

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

• Ekaterina Alexandrova – Shenzhen (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)

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)
• Iga Świątek (reached place No. 48 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)
• Jennifer Brady (reached place No. 45 on February 24)
• Coco Gauff (reached place No. 49 on February 24)
• Zheng Saisai (reached place No. 34 on March 2)
• Ons Jabeur (reached place No. 39 on March 2)
• Sofia Kenin (reached place No. 4 on March 9)
• Marie Bouzková (reached place No. 47 on March 9)
• Fiona Ferro (reached place No. 44 on August 10)

Doubles

• Xu Yifan (reached place No. 7 on January 13)
• Lyudmyla Kichenok (reached place No. 32 on January 13)
• Desirae Krawczyk (reached place No. 35 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)
• Luisa Stefani (reached place No. 45 on February 3)
• Shuko Aoyama (reached place No. 21 on February 17)
• Ena Shibahara (reached place No. 25 on February 17)
• Alexa Guarachi (reached place No. 38 on February 17)
• Kaitlyn Christian (reached place No. 50 on February 17)
• Caroline Dolehide (reached place No. 30 on February 24)
• Hayley Carter (reached place No. 43 on February 24)
• Kristýna Plíšková (reached place No. 50 on February 24)
• Jeļena Ostapenko (reached place No. 17 on March 2)
• Sofia Kenin (reached place No. 32 on March 2)
• Caty McNally (reached place No. 38 on March 9)
• Ellen Perez (reached place No. 41 on March 9)

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 are frozen up until the resuming of the 2020 season on 3 August 2020.[14]

Singles

Singles Race Rankings as of 2 March 2020[15] No. Player Points Move^† Tourn 1  Sofia Kenin (USA) 2,112 5 2  Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 1,760 5 3  Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 1,601 1 4 4  Simona Halep (ROU) 1,350 1 3 5  Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 1,305 6 6  Petra Kvitová (CZE) 1,300 2 4 7  Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 1,225 17 7 8  Kiki Bertens (NED) 915 2 4 9  Karolína Plíšková (CZE) 805 4 10  Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 756 3 5 11  Ons Jabeur (TUN) 724 1 5 12  Anett Kontaveit (EST) 646 2 5 13  Maria Sakkari (GRE) 587 1 6 14  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 541 3 4 15  Belinda Bencic (SUI) 522 8 6 16  Zhang Shuai (CHN) 494 3 6 17  Heather Watson (GBR) 491 32 4 18  Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 482 5 19  Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 476 73 4 20  Elise Mertens (BEL) 475 4 5   Qualified for the 2020 WTA Finals

WTA Rankings (Singles), as of 16 March 2020[16] No. Player Points Move^† 1  Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 8,717 2  Simona Halep (ROU) 6,076 3  Karolína Plíšková (CZE) 5,205 4  Sofia Kenin (USA) 4,590 5  Elina Svitolina (UKR) 4,580 6  Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 4,555 7  Kiki Bertens (NED) 4,335 8  Belinda Bencic (SUI) 4,010 9  Serena Williams (USA) 3,915 10  Naomi Osaka (JPN) 3,625 11  Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 3,615 12  Petra Kvitová (CZE) 3,556 13  Madison Keys (USA) 2,962 14  Johanna Konta (GBR) 2,803 15  Petra Martić (CRO) 2,770 16  Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 2,711 17  Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 2,471 18  Markéta Vondroušová (CZE) 2,307 19  Alison Riske (USA) 2,256 20  Maria Sakkari (GRE) 2,130 ^†Change since previous rankings

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date Gained	Date Forfeited
Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	Year end 2019	Present

Doubles

Doubles Team Race Rankings as of 3 February 2020[15] No. Team Points Move^† Tourn 1  Tímea Babos (HUN)  Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 2,000 1 2  Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)  Barbora Strýcová (CZE) 1,770 2 3  Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)  Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) 1,060 2 4  Chan Hao-ching (TPE)  Latisha Chan (TPE) 782 3 5  Nicole Melichar (USA)  Xu Yifan (CHN) 580 3 6  Coco Gauff (USA)  Caty McNally (USA) 540 2 7  Elise Mertens (BEL)  Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 490 2 8  Hayley Carter (USA)  Luisa Stefani (BRA) 482 5 9  Lucie Hradecká (CZE)  Andreja Klepač (SLO) 445 4 10  Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)  Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT) 430 1  Jennifer Brady (USA)  Caroline Dolehide (USA) 1   Team qualified for the 2020 WTA Finals

WTA Rankings (Doubles), as of 16 March 2020[17] No. Player Points Move^‡ 1  Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) 8,350 2  Barbora Strýcová (CZE) 8,260 3  Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 8,115 4  Tímea Babos (HUN) 7,955 5  Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 7,075 6  Elise Mertens (BEL) 7,035 7  Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) 5,650 8  Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) 5,390 9  Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) 5,275 10  Xu Yifan (CHN) 5,230 11  Anna-Lena Grönefeld (GER) 4,495 12  Demi Schuurs (NED) 4,155 13  Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 4,060 14  Latisha Chan (TPE) 3,905  Chan Hao-ching (TPE) 16  Duan Yingying (CHN) 3,810 17  Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT) 3,580 18  Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 3,440 19  Nicole Melichar (USA) 3,415 20  Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 3,220 ^‡Change since previous week's rankings

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	Present

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) 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:

• 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.
• 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.
• Vania King (born 3 February 1989 in Monterey Park, California, United States) turned professional in 2006 and reached a career high ranking of 50 in singles and 3 in doubles. King reached three WTA singles finals during her career, winning one of them at the Bangkok Open in 2006. She was most known as a doubles specialist, winning fifteen titles in her career, with her biggest achievements coming in winning the women's doubles events at both Wimbledon and the US Open in 2010, alongside Yaroslava Shvedova. King was hampered by an ankle injury throughout the final years of her career, and despite undergoing surgery in 2017, King decided to retire in February.
• 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.
• Mandy Minella (born 22 November 1985 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg) turned professional in 2001, and reached career-high rankings of 66 in singles in 2012, and 47 in doubles in 2013. Winner of 2 doubles titles on the main tour (with Tímea Babos), Minella's best results came in WTA 125K events (with 1 singles and 3 doubles titles) and on the lower tier ITF Women's Circuit. She announced she would retire in 2020.
• 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.
• 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 titles 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.
• 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. She has announced the retirement from tennis after the 2020 Fed Cup finals in Budapest.
• 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 4 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.
• Carla Suárez Navarro (born 3 September 1988 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) turned professional in 2003, and reached a career-high ranking of no. 6 in singles in 2016, and no. 11 in doubles in 2015. After coming to prominence by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2008 French Open as a qualifier, Suárez Navarro became a steady top-twenty player, with her best seasons coming from 2013 to 2016. She reached six more quarterfinals in Grand Slam singles events, and won 2 singles titles out of 11 finals (including a Premier 5 title), and 3 doubles titles out of 9 finals (finishing as runner-up of the 2015 WTA Finals in doubles, alongside Garbiñe Muguruza). She announced that the 2020 season would be her last on the circuit.
• 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 Tour 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 9th 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 beating Simona Halep. She also won the WTA Championships Finals in Singapore 2017. Wozniacki retired after a third round defeat to 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.
• Tsvetana Pironkova (born 13 September 1987 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria) earned entry into the 2020 US Open under a protected ranking. The former world number 31 and winner of the 2014 Apia International Sydney last played in 2017, recovering from shoulder injuries and a pregnancy.
• Aravane Rezaï (born 14 March 1987 in Saint-Étienne, France)

See also

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

References

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External links

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