2020 WTA Tour

2020 WTA Tour

Details
Duration	6 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 tournament titles	Simona Halep Aryna Sabalenka (3)
Most tournament finals	Elena Rybakina (5)
Prize money leader	Sofia Kenin ($4,302,970)[1]
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. Naomi Osaka won her third Grand Slam title, her second at the US Open, defeating Victoria Azarenka in the final. Iga Świątek won her maiden 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. Then, Wimbledon was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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).^[2]

Many tournaments were cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Tokyo Summer Olympics.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Schedule[]

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2020 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.

Key

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	Tournaments suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, see affected tournaments below.

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
August 3	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
August 10	Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International $225,500 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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 $225,500 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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
August 17	No tournaments scheduled
August 24	Cincinnati Open New York, United States WTA Premier 5 $2,250,829 – Hard – 56S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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
August 31 September 7	US Open New York, United States Grand Slam $21,656,000 – Hard 128S/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw - Mixed Doubles Draw[a]	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 of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
September 7	İstanbul Open İstanbul, Turkey WTA International $225,500 – Clay (Red) – 30S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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
September 14	Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 €1,692,169 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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
September 21	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International $225,500 – Clay (Red) – 30S/8Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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
September 28 October 5[9]	French Open[10] Paris, France Grand Slam € – Clay (Red) 128S/96Q/64D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw − Mixed Doubles Draw[b]	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 of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
October 19	Ostrava Open Ostrava, Czech Republic WTA Premier $528,500 – Hard (i) – 28S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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

November[]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
November 9	Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA International $225,500 – Hard (i) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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.

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[]

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

Doubles

Points distribution[]

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 up until the resuming of the 2020 season on 3 August 2020.^[19]

Singles[]

WTA Rankings (Singles), as of 30 August 2021[20] No. Player Points Move† 1  Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 10,185 2  Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 7,010 3  Naomi Osaka (JPN) 6,666 4  Karolína Plíšková (CZE) 5,530 5  Elina Svitolina (UKR) 5,210 1 6  Sofia Kenin (USA) 5,030 1 7  Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 4,537 8  Iga Świątek (POL) 4,461 9  Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) 4,273 10  Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 4,210 11  Petra Kvitová (CZE) 4,170 12  Belinda Bencic (SUI) 4,170 13  Simona Halep (ROU) 3,881 14  Jennifer Brady (USA) 3,489 15  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 3,420 16  Elise Mertens (BEL) 3,330 17  Angelique Kerber (GER) 3,245 18  Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3,210 19  Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 3,160 20  Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 3,083 †Change since previous week's rankings

Singles Race Rankings as of 2 March 2020[21] No. Player Points Move† Tourn 1  Sofia Kenin (USA) 2,760 5 2  Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 2,112 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

Number 1 ranking[]

Holder	Date Gained	Date Forfeited
Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	Year end 2019	Year end 2020

Doubles[]

Doubles Team Race Rankings as of 3 February 2020[21] 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

WTA Rankings (Doubles), as of 30 August 2021[22] No. Player Points Move‡ 1  Elise Mertens (BEL) 9,455 2  Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) 7,995 3  Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) 7,635 4  Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) 7,610 5  Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 7,595 6  Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 7,535 7  Tímea Babos (HUN) 7,360 8  Barbora Strýcová (CZE) 5,800 9  Shuko Aoyama (JPN) 5,730 9  Ena Shibahara (JPN) 5,730 11  Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) 5,470 12  Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) 5,195 13  Demi Schuurs (NED) 4,690 14  Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 4,610 15  Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 4,585 16  Alexa Guarachi (CHL) 4,570 17  Luisa Stefani (BRA) 4,465 18  Darija Jurak (CRO) 4,385 19  Desirae Krawczyk (USA) 3,900 20  Latisha Chan (TPE) 3,685 20  Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) 3,685 ‡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	Year end 2020

Prize money leaders[]

Prize money in US$ as of 9 November 2020[1]
#	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[]

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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:^[23]

• Marjolein Buis (born 11 January 1988 in Nijmegen, Netherlands)^[24]
• 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.^[25]
• 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 21st October.^[26]
• 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.^[27]
• 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.^[28]
• 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.^[29]
• 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.^[30]
• 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.^[31]
• 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).^[32]
• 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.^[33][34]
• 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.^[35][36]
• 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.^[37][38]
• 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 29th October.^[39]
• 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.^[40][41]
• 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.^[42]
• 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.^[43]
• 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.^[44][45]

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^[46]
• 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

References[]