2020 Hobart International

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2020 Hobart International
Date13–18 January 2020
Edition27th
CategoryWTA International tournaments
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$275,000
SurfaceHard
LocationHobart, Australia
VenueHobart International Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina
Doubles
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok / India Sania Mirza
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The 2020 Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 27th edition of the Hobart International and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 13 to 18 January 2020.[1]

Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Event1 W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Singles 280 180 110 60 30 1 18 12 1
Doubles 1

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 322 Q Q2 Q1
Singles $75,000 $50,400 $20,600 $6,275 $3,600 $2,300 $1,685 $1,100
Doubles $13,580 $7,200 $4,000 $2,300 $1,520
Doubles prize money per team

1 Points per the WTA.[2]
2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
  BEL Elise Mertens 17 1
  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 35 2
  KAZ Elena Rybakina 36 3
  CHN Zhang Shuai 38 4
  RUS Veronika Kudermetova 42 5
  POL Magda Linette 43 6
  SWE Rebecca Peterson 44 7
  FRA Caroline Garcia 46 8
  • 1 Rankings as of 6 January 2020.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  TPE Chan Hao-ching   TPE Latisha Chan 30 1
  CHN Peng Shuai   CHN Zhang Shuai 60 2
  JPN Makoto Ninomiya   CZE Renata Voráčová 115 3
  ESP Georgina García Pérez   ESP Sara Sorribes Tormo 133 4
  • 1 Rankings as of 6 January 2020

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using protected rankings:

Champions

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Singles

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Doubles

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References

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  1. ^ "Hobart International Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. ^ "WTA: All about rankings". Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Australian duo Astra Sharma and Lizette Cabrera receive wildcards". www.hobartinternational.com.au. 9 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Garbine Muguruza to make Hobart International return in 2020". www.hobartinternational.com.au. 27 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Sam Stosur to make Hobart International return". www.hobartinternational.com.au. 21 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Impressive doubles field confirmed for 2020". www.hobartinternational.com.au. 2 January 2020.
  7. ^ "India's Mirza set for tennis comeback in Hobart". www.france24.com. 28 November 2019.
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