2020 WTA Tour
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 6 January – 8 November 2020 |
| Edition | 50th |
| Categories | Grand Slam (3) WTA Finals WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (4) WTA Elite Trophy WTA Premier (10) WTA International (30) |
| 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.
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), the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy).[1]
Several tournaments were cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Tokyo Summer Olympics.[2][3][4][5]
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
February
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
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 Laura Ioana Paar Julia Wachaczyk7–5, 6–4 |
 Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove Bibiane Schoofs
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| 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
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| Kateryna Bondarenko Sharon Fichman 4–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
 Miyu Kato Wang Yafan
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| Rest of March | |||||
April – July
No tournaments were played due to the COVID-19 pandemic, see cancelled and postponed tournaments below.
August
| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August | Palermo Open Palermo, Italy WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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| 10 August | TBD | ||||
| 17 August 24 August |
Cincinnati Open New York City, United States WTA Premier 5 $ – Hard – 56S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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| 31 August 7 September |
U.S. Open New York City, United States Grand Slam $ – Hard 128S/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw |
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September
| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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| 7 September | İstanbul Open İstanbul, Turkey WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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| 14 September | Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory € – Clay (Red) – 64S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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| 21 September | Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 $3,528,000 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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| Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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| 28 September 5 October[6] |
French Open[7] Paris, France Grand Slam € – Clay (Red) 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw |
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October
| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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| 5 October | Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International $275,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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| 12 October | China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory $ – Hard – 60S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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| 19 October | Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA Premier 5 $ – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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| Jiangxi Open Nanchang, China WTA International $275,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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| 26 October | Zhengzhou Open Zhengzhou, China WTA Premier $ – Hard – 28S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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| TBD | |||||
November
| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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| 2 November | Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier $ – Hard (i) – 28S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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| Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier $ – Hard – 28S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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| 9 November | WTA Finals Shenzhen, China Year-end championships $14,000,000 – Hard (i) – 8S(RR)/8D(RR) Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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| 16 November | WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Year-end championships $2,600,000 – Hard – 12S(RR)/6D(RR) Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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| 23 November | Guangzhou Open Guangzhou, China WTA International $525,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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Cancelled and postponed tournaments
| Week of | Tournament | Note | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 17 | Hungarian Ladies Open Debrecen, Hungary WTA International $275,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/24Q/16D |
Cancelled due to failure to secure tournament venue.[8] | |||
| March 9 March 16 |
Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $ – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D |
Suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][5] | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D | |||||
| April 13 | Fed Cup Finals Budapest, Hungary Clay (Red) (i) – 12 teams |
Postponed to TBA 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] | |||
| April 20 | Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier € – Clay (Red) (i) – 28S/32Q/16D |
Suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][5] | |||
| İstanbul Open İstanbul, Turkey WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D | |||||
| April 27 | Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D | ||||
| May 4 | Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory € – Clay (Red) – 64S/32Q/28D | ||||
| May 11 | Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 $3,528,000 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| 25 May 1 June |
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (Red) |
Postponed to 28 September due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] | |||
| June 8 | Nottingham Open Nottingham, Great Britain WTA International $275,000 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D |
Suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][5] | |||
| 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 |
Cancelled[10] | |||
| July 13 | Bucharest Open Bucharest, Romania WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D |
Suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[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 | ||||
| 27 July | Summer Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan Olympic Games Hard |
Postponed to 26 July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] | |||
| August 10 | Canadian Open Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – 56S/32Q/28D |
Suspended to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic[11] | |||
| October 19 | Luxembourg Open Luxembourg City, Luxembourg WTA International $275,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/24Q/16D |
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Doubles | Mixed Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed Doubles | ||
| 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 |  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 | 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 | ||||||||||||
Titles won by nation
| Total | Nation | Grand Slam | Year-end | Premier Mandatory | Premier 5 | Premier | International | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Doubles | Mixed Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed Doubles | ||
| 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 | Australia (AUS) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Romania (ROU) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1 | France (FRA) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Hungary (HUN) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Belarus (BLR) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) |
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 | ||||||||||||
Titles information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
- Singles
- 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
- Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei – Dubai (draw)
Barbora Strýcová – Dubai (draw)
- Mixed Doubles
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)
Elena Rybakina (reached place No. 17 on February 24)
Maria Sakkari (reached place No. 19 on March 16)
Zheng Saisai (reached place No. 31 on March 16)
Ons Jabeur (reached place No. 38 on March 16)
- Doubles
Sara Sorribes Tormo (reached place No. 40 on February 3)
Luisa Stefani (reached place No. 45 on February 3)
Shuko Aoyama (reached place No. 21 on February 17)
Alexa Guarachi (reached place No. 38 on February 17)
Jeļena Ostapenko (reached place No. 17 on March 2)
Viktória Kužmová (reached place No. 28 on March 16)
Sharon Fichman (reached place No. 46 on March 16)
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 13 July 2020.[12]
Singles
Qualified for the 2020 WTA Finals
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Number 1 ranking
| Holder | Date Gained | Date Forfeited |
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| Ashleigh Barty (AUS)
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Year end 2019 | Present |
Doubles
Team qualified for the 2020 WTA Finals
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Number 1 ranking
| Holder | Date Gained | Date Forfeited |
|---|---|---|
| Barbora Strýcová (CZE)
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Year end 2019 | 2 February 2020 |
| Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)
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3 February 2020 | 23 February 2020 |
| Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
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24 February 2020 | 1 March 2020 |
| Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)
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2 March 2020 | Present |
Retirements
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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 top 100 in 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:
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.
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.
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.
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)
See also
- 2020 ATP Tour
- 2020 WTA 125K series
- 2020 ITF Women's Circuit
- Women's Tennis Association
- International Tennis Federation
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