2020 WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments

2020 Premier Mandatory / Premier 5
Details
Duration	February 24 – August 30
Edition	31st
Tournaments	9
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Victoria Azarenka ; Simona Halep ; Aryna Sabalenka (1)
Most finals	Victoria Azarenka ; Simona Halep ; Petra Kvitová ; Naomi Osaka ; Karolína Plíšková ; Aryna Sabalenka (1)
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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]

Tournaments

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

* 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 Singles – Doubles	Aryna Sabalenka	Petra Kvitová	6–3, 6–3	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko	6–2, 5–7, [10–2]
Cincinnati Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka	Naomi Osaka	Walkover	Květa Peschke Demi Schuurs	Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan	6–1, 4–6, [10–4]
Rome Singles – Doubles	Simona Halep	Karolína Plíšková	6–0, 2–1, ret.	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	Anna-Lena Friedsam Raluca Olaru	6–2, 6–2

Tournaments details

Key

Doha

Singles

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

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

Singles

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

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

Singles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Simona Halep	6	2

	Yulia Putintseva	2	0^r
					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	1^r
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

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]

References

^ "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

[1] "2020 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.

[WTACalendar2020-2] "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.

[WTACalendar2019-3] "2020 WTA Tour Calendar" (PDF). Wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[4] "2020 Qatar Total Open Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2022.

[collins-5] 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.

[6] "2020 Rome Masters Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 February 2022.

[7] "Compendium 2022 Web Final". www.wsopen.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2022.

[8] "2020 Cincinnati Masters Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2022.

[suspension3-9] "WTA announces further suspension of four tournaments". WTA. 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020.

[china_swing-10] "WTA tournaments in China cancelled for 2020". WTA. 24 July 2020. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021.

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Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) ~~Wimbledon~~^† US Open (S, D) French Open (S, D)^†
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments	~~Indian Wells~~^† ~~Miami~~^† ~~Madrid~~^† ~~Beijing~~^†
WTA Premier 5 tournaments	Doha (S, D) ~~Montreal~~^† New York 1 (S, D) Rome (S, D)^† ~~Wuhan~~^†
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2020 WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments

Tournaments

Results

Tournaments details

Key

Doha

Singles

Doubles

Cincinnati

Singles

Doubles

Rome

Singles

Doubles

See also

References

External links