2020 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Sofia Kenin won her first Grand Slam title, defeating Garbiñe Muguruza in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2.[1] Kenin became the first American woman, other than Serena Williams, to win the Australian Open women's singles title since Jennifer Capriati in 2002.[2] Kenin was the youngest Australian Open finalist since Ana Ivanovic and the youngest champion since Maria Sharapova, both in 2008. Muguruza was the first unseeded player, without being awarded a wildcard or entering through a protected ranking, to reach the Australian Open final since Serena Williams in 2007.[3] This was the first Australian Open final in the Open Era to be contested between two players ranked outside the top ten, and the first Grand Slam final to feature two players outside the top ten since the 2018 US Open final.

Women's Singles
2020 Australian Open
Champion Sofia Kenin
Runner-up Garbiñe Muguruza
Final score4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Draw128 (16 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds32
Main article: 2020 Australian Open

Naomi Osaka was the defending champion, but lost to Coco Gauff in the third round.

This was the final tournament for the 2018 champion and former world no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, who announced her retirement effective at the end of the tournament.[4] She lost in the third round to Ons Jabeur.

This tournament was also the last event in which five-time Grand Slam champion, 2008 champion, and former World No. 1 Sharapova competed, losing to Donna Vekić in the first round. She announced her immediate retirement from professional tennis in February.[5]

Bianca Andreescu, the reigning women's singles champion of the 2019 US Open, the Grand Slam tournament immediately preceding the 2020 Australian Open, withdrew due to a knee injury. This marked the first time since the 1996 Australian Open that the defending US Open champion (in that case, Steffi Graf) withdrew before the tournament.[6]

Serena Williams was aiming to become the first woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in four different decades (as well as equal the all-time record for most Grand Slam titles held by Margaret Court) but she lost to Wang Qiang in the third round, her earliest exit in Melbourne since 2006.

The elimination of Angelique Kerber in the fourth round guaranteed a first-time Australian Open champion for the third year in a row. Jabeur became the first Arabian woman to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament,[7] as well as the first African woman to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam since Amanda Coetzer at the 2001 Australian Open.[8]

Ashleigh Barty became the first Australian woman to reach the women's singles semifinals since Wendy Turnbull in 1984. Barty's quarterfinal win over Petra Kvitová was her first ever top ten singles win at a Grand Slam,[8] having lost her five previous matches.

Anett Kontaveit became the first player from Estonia, male or female, to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, and the second to do so at any Grand Slam after Kaia Kanepi. She would lose to Simona Halep in straight sets.

Seeds
01.   Ashleigh Barty (Semifinals)
02.   Karolína Plíšková (Third round)
03.   Naomi Osaka (Third round)
04.   Simona Halep (Semifinals)
05.   Elina Svitolina (Third round)
06.   Belinda Bencic (Third round)
07.   Petra Kvitová (Quarterfinals)
08.   Serena Williams (Third round)
09.   Kiki Bertens (Fourth round)
10.   Madison Keys (Third round)
11.   Aryna Sabalenka (First round)
12.   Johanna Konta (First round)
13.   Petra Martić (Second round)
14.   Sofia Kenin (Champion)
15.   Markéta Vondroušová (First round)
16.   Elise Mertens (Fourth round)
17.   Angelique Kerber (Fourth round)
18.   Alison Riske (Fourth round)
19.   Donna Vekić (Third round)
20.   Karolína Muchová (Second round)
21.   Amanda Anisimova (First round)
22.   Maria Sakkari (Fourth round)
23.   Dayana Yastremska (Second round)
24.   Sloane Stephens (First round)
25.   Ekaterina Alexandrova (Third round)
26.   Danielle Collins (Second round)
27.   Wang Qiang (Fourth round)
28.   Anett Kontaveit (Quarterfinals)
29.   Elena Rybakina (Third round)
30.   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Quarterfinals)
31.   Anastasija Sevastova (First round)
32.   Barbora Strýcová (First round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Ashleigh Barty 78 6
7 Petra Kvitová 66 2
1 Ashleigh Barty 66 5
14 Sofia Kenin 78 7
14 Sofia Kenin 6 6
  Ons Jabeur 4 4
14 Sofia Kenin 4 6 6
Garbiñe Muguruza 6 2 2
28 Anett Kontaveit 1 1
4 Simona Halep 6 6
4 Simona Halep 68 5
  Garbiñe Muguruza 710 7
  Garbiñe Muguruza 7 6
30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 5 3

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
1 A Barty 5 6 6
L Tsurenko 7 1 1 1 A Barty 6 6
P Hercog 6 6 P Hercog 1 4
R Peterson 3 3 1 A Barty 6 6
A Sasnovich 63 6 5 29 E Rybakina 3 2
Q G Minnen 77 4 7 Q G Minnen 3 4
B Pera 3 2 29 E Rybakina 6 6
29 E Rybakina 6 6 1 A Barty 6 1 6
18 A Riske 77 2 6 18 A Riske 3 6 4
Y Wang 65 6 3 18 A Riske 6 6
V Golubic 6 1 65 L Zhu 3 1
L Zhu 4 6 710 18 A Riske 1 77 6
J Görges 6 6 J Görges 6 64 2
V Kužmová 1 2 J Görges 4 6 7
C McHale 3 0 13 P Martić 6 3 5
13 P Martić 6 6

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
10 M Keys 6 6
D Kasatkina 3 1 10 M Keys 77 6
M Linette 6 3 4 A Rus 63 2
A Rus 1 6 6 10 M Keys 4 4
Q N Hibino 4 78 6 22 M Sakkari 6 6
S Peng 6 66 3 Q N Hibino 64 4
M Gasparyan 2 2 22 M Sakkari 77 6
22 M Sakkari 6 6 22 M Sakkari 77 3 2
25 E Alexandrova 6 4 6 7 P Kvitová 64 6 6
J Teichmann 4 6 2 25 E Alexandrova 6 6
K Kanepi 63 6 3 Q B Krejčíková 1 3
Q B Krejčíková 77 2 6 25 E Alexandrova 1 2
P Badosa 6 6 7 P Kvitová 6 6
Q J Larsson 1 0 P Badosa 5 5
K Siniaková 1 0 7 P Kvitová 7 7
7 P Kvitová 6 6

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
3 N Osaka 6 6
M Bouzková 2 4 3 N Osaka 6 6
S Zheng 6 6 S Zheng 2 4
Q A Kalinskaya 3 2 3 N Osaka 3 4
V Williams 65 3 C Gauff 6 6
C Gauff 77 6 C Gauff 4 6 7
S Cîrstea 6 77 S Cîrstea 6 3 5
32 B Strýcová 2 65 C Gauff 77 3 0
24 S Stephens 6 5 2 14 S Kenin 65 6 6
S Zhang 2 7 6 S Zhang 6 6
S Stosur 1 4 Q C McNally 2 4
Q C McNally 6 6 S Zhang 5 67
Q A Li 77 712 14 S Kenin 7 79
WC L Cabrera 64 610 Q A Li 1 3
Q M Trevisan 2 4 14 S Kenin 6 6
14 S Kenin 6 6

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
12 J Konta 4 2
O Jabeur 6 6 O Jabeur 1 6 6
M Brengle 77 2 2 C Garcia 6 2 3
C Garcia 65 6 6 O Jabeur 7 3 7
K Ahn 1 3 C Wozniacki 5 6 5
C Wozniacki 6 6 C Wozniacki 7 7
Q K Juvan 1 1 23 D Yastremska 5 5
23 D Yastremska 6 6 O Jabeur 77 6
27 Q Wang 77 6 27 Q Wang 64 1
WC P Parmentier 62 3 27 Q Wang 6 6
F Ferro 6 6 F Ferro 1 2
A Van Uytvanck 2 1 27 Q Wang 6 62 7
T Zidanšek 6 6 8 S Williams 4 77 5
WC N-l Han 3 3 T Zidanšek 2 3
A Potapova 0 3 8 S Williams 6 6
8 S Williams 6 6

Section 5
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
6 B Bencic 6 7
PR AK Schmiedlová 3 5 6 B Bencic 7 7
Q L Samsonova 1 4 J Ostapenko 5 5
J Ostapenko 6 6 6 B Bencic 0 1
S Sorribes Tormo 2 6 6 28 A Kontaveit 6 6
V Kudermetova 6 1 1 S Sorribes Tormo 2 6 1
WC A Sharma 0 2 28 A Kontaveit 6 4 6
28 A Kontaveit 6 6 28 A Kontaveit 64 7 7
19 D Vekić 6 6 I Świątek 77 5 5
WC M Sharapova 3 4 19 D Vekić 6 6
A Cornet 5 6 6 A Cornet 4 2
Q M Niculescu 7 1 0 19 D Vekić 5 3
I Świątek 6 6 I Świątek 7 6
T Babos 3 2 I Świątek 6 7
C Suárez Navarro 78 78 C Suárez Navarro 3 5
11 A Sabalenka 66 66

Section 6
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
16 E Mertens 6 6
D Kovinić 2 0 16 E Mertens 6 6
Kr Plíšková 6 3 1 H Watson 3 0
H Watson 4 6 6 16 E Mertens 6 65 6
PR C Bellis 6 6 PR C Bellis 1 77 0
T Maria 0 2 PR C Bellis 6 6
K Flipkens 3 6 67 20 K Muchová 4 4
20 K Muchová 6 2 710 16 E Mertens 4 4
26 D Collins 6 3 6 4 S Halep 6 6
V Diatchenko 1 6 4 26 D Collins 4 6 5
Y Putintseva 6 6 Y Putintseva 6 2 7
S-w Hsieh 1 3 Y Putintseva 1 4
Q H Dart 2 6 710 4 S Halep 6 6
M Doi 6 4 66 Q H Dart 2 4
J Brady 65 1 4 S Halep 6 6
4 S Halep 77 6

Section 7
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
5 E Svitolina 6 7
PR K Boulter 4 5 5 E Svitolina 6 78
L Davis 6 6 L Davis 2 66
Q LA Fernandez 4 2 5 E Svitolina 1 2
G Muguruza 0 6 6 G Muguruza 6 6
Q S Rogers 6 1 0 G Muguruza 6 3 6
A Tomljanović 6 6 A Tomljanović 3 6 3
31 A Sevastova 1 1 G Muguruza 6 6
21 A Anisimova 3 6 3 9 K Bertens 3 3
Z Diyas 6 4 6 Z Diyas 4 6 6
J Paolini 5 4 A Blinkova 6 3 4
A Blinkova 7 6 Z Diyas 2 63
PR K Bondarenko 6 65 0 9 K Bertens 6 77
WC Ar Rodionova 3 77 6 WC Ar Rodionova 3 5
I-C Begu 1 4 9 K Bertens 6 7
9 K Bertens 6 6

Section 8
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
15 M Vondroušová 2 6 4
S Kuznetsova 6 4 6 S Kuznetsova 3 1
Q A Lottner 3 3 C Giorgi 6 6
C Giorgi 6 6 C Giorgi 2 77 3
K Kozlova 3 4 17 A Kerber 6 64 6
WC P Hon 6 6 WC P Hon 3 2
Q E Cocciaretto 2 2 17 A Kerber 6 6
17 A Kerber 6 6 17 A Kerber 77 64 2
30 A Pavlyuchenkova 6 7 30 A Pavlyuchenkova 65 77 6
N Stojanović 1 5 30 A Pavlyuchenkova 7 77
T Townsend 6 77 T Townsend 5 61
J Pegula 4 65 30 A Pavlyuchenkova 77 77
L Siegemund 6 6 2 Ka Plíšková 64 63
WC C Vandeweghe 1 4 L Siegemund 3 3
K Mladenovic 1 5 2 Ka Plíšková 6 6
2 Ka Plíšková 6 7

Other entry information

Wild cards
See also: 2020 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries

Protected ranking

Qualifiers
See also: 2020 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

Withdrawals

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2020 US Open – Women's Singles
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