The WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments, which are part of the WTA Premier tournaments, make up the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour. There are four Premier Mandatory tournaments: Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing and five Premier 5 tournaments: Doha, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati and Wuhan.[1]
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 24 – August 30 |
| Edition | 31st |
| Tournaments | 9 |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Victoria Azarenka  Simona Halep Aryna Sabalenka (1) |
| Most tournament finals | Victoria Azarenka Simona Halep  Petra Kvitová  Naomi Osaka Karolína Plíšková Aryna Sabalenka (1) |
← 2019 2021 → | |
Tournaments edit
| Tournament | Country | Location | Surface | Date[2] | Prize money[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar Open[4] | Qatar | Doha | Hard | Feb 24 – Mar 1 | $3,240,445 |
| Indian Wells Open | United States | Indian Wells | Hard | Mar 9 – 22 (cancelled) | — |
| Miami Open | United States | Miami Gardens | Hard | Mar 23 – Apr 5 (cancelled) | — |
| Madrid Open | Spain | Madrid | Clay (red) | May 4 – 10 (cancelled) | — |
| Italian Open[5][6] | Italy | Rome | Clay (red) | Sep 14 – 20 (rescheduled) | €1,692,169 |
| Canadian Open | Canada | Montreal | Hard | Aug 10 – 16 (cancelled) | — |
| Cincinnati Open[7][8] | United States | New York City | Hard | Aug 24 – 30 | $2,250,829 |
| Wuhan Open | China | Wuhan | Hard | Sep 28 – Oct 4 (cancelled) | — |
| China Open | China | Beijing | Hard | Oct 5 – 11 (cancelled) | — |
Results edit
* First-time champion
| Tournament | Singles champions | Runners-up | Score | Doubles champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Wells | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9][10] | |||||
| Miami | ||||||
| Madrid | ||||||
| Canada | ||||||
| Wuhan | ||||||
| Beijing | ||||||
| Doha | Aryna Sabalenka
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Petra Kvitová
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6–3, 6–3 |  Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová
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 Gabriela Dabrowski  Jeļena Ostapenko
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6–2, 5–7, [10–2] |
| Cincinnati | Victoria Azarenka
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Naomi Osaka
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Walkover | Květa Peschke  Demi Schuurs
|
 Nicole Melichar  Xu Yifan
|
6–1, 4–6, [10–4] |
| Rome | Simona Halep
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Karolína Plíšková
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6–0, 2–1, ret. | Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová
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 Anna-Lena Friedsam Raluca Olaru
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6–2, 6–2 |
Tournaments details edit
Key edit
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Doha edit
Singles edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Ashleigh Barty
| 6 | 64 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 |  Garbiñe Muguruza
| 1 | 77 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ashleigh Barty
| 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Petra Kvitová
| 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC |  Ons Jabeur
| 62 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Petra Kvitová
| 77 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Petra Kvitová
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Aryna Sabalenka
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
 Svetlana Kuznetsova
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Belinda Bencic
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Svetlana Kuznetsova
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Aryna Sabalenka
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zheng Saisai
| 6 | 62 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Aryna Sabalenka
| 3 | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Doubles edit
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová
| 6 | 4 | [12] | |||||||||
| 4 | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
| 4 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||
| 1 | Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová
| 6 | 5 | [10] | |||||||||
| 6 | Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko
| 2 | 7 | [2] | |||||||||
| 6 | Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko
| 6 | 1 | [10] | |||||||||
| 2 |  Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
| 4 | 6 | [7] | |||||||||
Cincinnati edit
Singles edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 |  Elise Mertens
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Q | Jessica Pegula
| 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Elise Mertens
| 2 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4/WC | Naomi Osaka
| 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4/WC | Naomi Osaka
| 4 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Anett Kontaveit
| 6 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4/WC | Naomi Osaka
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Victoria Azarenka
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Johanna Konta
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 |  Maria Sakkari
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Johanna Konta
| 6 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Victoria Azarenka
| 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ons Jabeur
| 69 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Victoria Azarenka
| 711 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Doubles edit
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Lucie Hradecká Andreja Klepač
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Květa Peschke Demi Schuurs
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Květa Peschke Demi Schuurs
| 6 | 4 | [10] | |||||||||
| 2 | Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan
| 1 | 6 | [4] | |||||||||
 Viktória Kužmová Iga Świątek
| 4 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
Rome edit
Singles edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Simona Halep
| 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 Yulia Putintseva
| 2 | 0r | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Simona Halep
| 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Garbiñe Muguruza
| 3 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| SE | Victoria Azarenka
| 6 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Garbiñe Muguruza
| 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Simona Halep
| 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Karolína Plíšková
| 0 | 1r | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Markéta Vondroušová
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Elina Svitolina
| 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Markéta Vondroušová
| 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Karolína Plíšková
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Elise Mertens
| 3 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Karolína Plíšková
| 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Doubles edit
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani
| 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Anna-Lena Friedsam Raluca Olaru
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Anna-Lena Friedsam Raluca Olaru
| 3 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||
| 7 | Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara
| 6 | 2 | [4] | |||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "2020 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
- ^ "2020 WTA Tour Calendar – Second half" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ "2020 WTA Tour Calendar" (PDF). Wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "2020 Qatar Total Open Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2022.
- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.
- ^ "2020 Rome Masters Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Compendium 2022 Web Final". www.wsopen.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2022.
- ^ "2020 Cincinnati Masters Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2022.
- ^ "WTA announces further suspension of four tournaments". WTA. 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020.
- ^ "WTA tournaments in China cancelled for 2020". WTA. 24 July 2020. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021.
External links edit
- Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
- International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website