2020 WTA Tour
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]
| 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 → | |
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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.
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
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA Premier Mandatory |
| WTA Premier 5 |
| WTA Premier |
| WTA International |
| Team events |
January
February
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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | |||||
April – July
No tournaments were played due to the COVID-19 pandemic, see affected tournaments below.
August
September
October
| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 October | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 November—15 November[12] | 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.
| Week of | Tournament | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 9 March 16 | Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $ – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D |
Cancelled | |||
| March 23 March 30 | Miami Open Miami Gardens, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $ – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D | ||||
| April 6 | Charleston Open Charleston, United States WTA Premier $848,000 – Clay (Green) – 56S/32Q/16D |
Played as a team exhibition tournament from 22 to 28 June | |||
| Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D |
Cancelled[3][4][6] | ||||
| April 13 | Fed Cup Finals Budapest, Hungary Clay (Red) (i) – 12 teams |
Postponed to 13–18 April 2021[13] | |||
| April 20 | Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier € – Clay (Red) (i) – 28S/32Q/16D |
Cancelled[3][4][6] | |||
| İstanbul Open İstanbul, Turkey WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D | Rescheduled to 7 September | ||||
| April 27 | Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D | Rescheduled to 10 August | |||
| May 4 | Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory € – Clay (Red) – 64S/32Q/28D | Initially rescheduled to September, but later cancelled[14] | |||
| May 11 | Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 $3,528,000 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D | Rescheduled to September | |||
| May 18 | Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D | ||||
| Morocco Open Rabat, Morocco WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D | Cancelled[3][4][6] | ||||
| 25 May 1 June | French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (Red) |
Rescheduled to 28 September[10] | |||
| June 8 | Nottingham Open Nottingham, Great Britain WTA International $275,000 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D |
Cancelled[3][4][6][15] | |||
| Rosmalen Grass Court Championships 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA International $275,000 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D | |||||
| June 15 | Grass Court Championships Berlin Berlin, Germany WTA Premier $1,088,000 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D | ||||
| Birmingham Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA International $275,000 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D | |||||
| June 22 | Eastbourne International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA Premier $1,122,000 – Grass – 48S/16Q/16D | ||||
| Bad Homburg Open Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany WTA International $275,000 – Grass – 32S/8Q/16D | |||||
| 29 June 6 July | Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass | ||||
| July 13 | Bucharest Open Bucharest, Romania WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D | ||||
| Ladies Open Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D | |||||
| July 20 | Baltic Open Jūrmala, Latvia WTA International $275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D | ||||
| Palermo Open Palermo, Italy WTA International Clay (Red) | Rescheduled to 3 August | ||||
| 27 July | Summer Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan Olympic Games Hard |
Rescheduled to 26 July 2021[5] | |||
| August 3 | Silicon Valley Classic San Jose, United States WTA Premier $ – Hard – 28S/16Q/16D |
Cancelled[16] | |||
| Washington Open Washington D.C., United States WTA International $275,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D | |||||
| August 10 | Canadian Open Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – 56S/32Q/28D | ||||
| August 17 | Cincinnati Masters Mason, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard |
Rescheduled to 22 August and moved from Mason, Ohio to New York City | |||
| August 24 | Albany Open Albany, United States WTA International $275,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D |
Cancelled[7][17] | |||
| September 14 | Zhengzhou Open Zhengzhou, China WTA Premier $ – Hard – 28S/24Q/16D |
Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled[7][17] | |||
| Jiangxi Open Nanchang, China WTA International $275,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D | |||||
| Japan Women's Open Hiroshima, Japan WTA International $275,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D |
Cancelled[7][17] | ||||
| September 21 | Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier $ – Hard (i) – 28S/24Q/16D |
Initially rescheduled to November, but later cancelled[7][17] | |||
| Guangzhou Open Guangzhou, China WTA International $525,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D | |||||
| Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International $225,500 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D |
Cancelled[7][17] | ||||
| September 28 | Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA Premier 5 $ – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D |
Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled[7][17] | |||
| October 5 | China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory $ – Hard – 60S/32Q/28D |
Cancelled[7][17] | |||
| October 12 | Hong Kong Open Hong Kong WTA International $525,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D | ||||
| Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA International $275,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D | |||||
| Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA International $275,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D |
Rescheduled to 9 November | ||||
| October 19 | Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier $528,500 – Hard (i) – 28S/24Q/16D |
Initially provisionally rescheduled to 2 November,[18] but later cancelled (postponed to 2021)[19] | |||
| Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg WTA International $275,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/24Q/16D |
Cancelled[7][17] | ||||
| October 26 | WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Year-end championships $2,600,000 – Hard – 12S(RR)/6D(RR) | ||||
| November 2 | WTA Finals Shenzhen, China Year-end championships $14,000,000 – Hard (i) – 8S(RR)/8D(RR) | ||||
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:
- total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
- 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);
- a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
- alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA Premier Mandatory |
| WTA Premier 5 |
| WTA Premier |
| WTA International |
Titles won by player
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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 – Shenzhen (draw)
- Jennifer Brady – Lexington (draw)
- Patricia Maria Țig – İstanbul (draw)
- Iga Świątek – 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
- Doubles
- Hsieh Su-wei – Dubai (draw)
- Barbora Strýcová – Dubai (draw)
- Tímea Babos – French Open (draw)
- Kristina Mladenovic – French Open (draw)
- Mixed Doubles
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
Petra Martić (reached place No. 14 on January 13)- Dayana Yastremska (reached place No. 21 on January 20)
- Veronika Kudermetova (reached place No. 38 on February 3)
Belinda Bencic (reached place No. 4 on February 17)- Ekaterina Alexandrova (reached place No. 25 on February 17)
- Magda Linette (reached place No. 33 on February 17)
- Elena Rybakina (reached place No. 17 on February 24)
- Maria Sakkari (reached place No. 20 on February 24)
- Zheng Saisai (reached place No. 34 on March 2)
- Sofia Kenin (reached place No. 4 on March 9)
- Ons Jabeur (reached place No. 31 on August 31)
- Marie Bouzková (reached place No. 46 on August 31)
- Iga Świątek (reached place No. 17 on October 12)
- Fiona Ferro (reached place No. 42 on October 12)
- Nadia Podoroska (reached place No. 48 on October 12)
- Jennifer Brady (reached place No. 24 on October 26)
- Coco Gauff (reached place No. 47 on October 26)
- Doubles
- Xu Yifan (reached place No. 7 on January 13)
- Lyudmyla Kichenok (reached place No. 32 on January 13)
- Alison Riske (reached place No. 40 on January 13)
- Nadiia Kichenok (reached place No. 32 on January 20)
- Duan Yingying (reached place No. 16 on February 3)
- Sara Sorribes Tormo (reached place No. 40 on February 3)
- Anna-Lena Friedsam (reached place No. 41 on February 3)
- Coco Gauff (reached place No. 42 on February 3)
- Shuko Aoyama (reached place No. 21 on February 17)
- Kaitlyn Christian (reached place No. 50 on February 17)
- Caroline Dolehide (reached place No. 30 on February 24)
Jeļena Ostapenko (reached place No. 17 on March 2)- Caty McNally (reached place No. 38 on March 9)
- Kristýna Plíšková (reached place No. 45 on August 17)
- Sofia Kenin (reached place No. 31 on August 31)
- Ellen Perez (reached place No. 40 on August 31)
- Veronika Kudermetova (reached place No. 22 on September 14)
- Laura Siegemund (reached place No. 33 on September 14)
- Anna Blinkova (reached place No. 45 on September 14)
- Hayley Carter (reached place No. 31 on September 21)
- Luisa Stefani (reached place No. 32 on September 28)
- Ena Shibahara (reached place No. 23 on October 12)
- Desirae Krawczyk (reached place No. 25 on October 12)
- Alexa Guarachi (reached place No. 26 on October 12)
- Asia Muhammad (reached place No. 35 on October 12)
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (reached place No. 43 on October 12)
Points distribution
| Category | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Grand Slam (S) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 |
| Grand Slam (D) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 10 | – | 40 | – | – | – |
| WTA Finals (S) | 1500* | 1080* | 750* | (+125 per Round Robin Match; +125 per Round Robin Win) | ||||||||
| WTA Finals (D) | 1500 | 1080 | 750 | 375 | – | |||||||
| WTA Premier Mandatory (96S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 35 | 10 | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
| WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
| WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| WTA Premier 5 (56S, 64Q) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | – | 30 | 22 | 15 | 1 |
| WTA Premier 5 (56S, 48/32Q) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 1 |
| WTA Premier 5 (28D) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| WTA Premier 5 (16D) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| WTA Premier (56S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | – | 25 | – | 13 | 1 |
| WTA Premier (32/30/28S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | – | – | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
| WTA Premier (16D) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| WTA Elite Trophy (S) | 700* | 440* | 240* | (+40 per Round Robin Match; +80 per Round Robin Win) | ||||||||
| WTA International (32S, 32Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| WTA International (32S, 24/16Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | - | 12 | 1 |
| WTA International (16D) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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.[20]
Singles
†Change since previous rankings
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Number 1 ranking
| Holder | Date Gained | Date Forfeited |
|---|---|---|
| Ashleigh Barty (AUS) |
Year end 2019 | Year end 2020 |
Doubles
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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
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:[24]
- Marjolein Buis[25]
- 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.[26]
- 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.[27]
- 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.[28]
- Vania King (born 3 February 1989 in Monterey Park, California, United States) turned professional in 2006 and reached a career high ranking of 50 in singles and 3 in doubles. King reached three WTA singles finals during her career, winning one of them at the Bangkok Open in 2006. She was most known as a doubles specialist, winning fifteen titles in her career, with her biggest achievements coming in winning the women's doubles events at both Wimbledon and the US Open in 2010, alongside Yaroslava Shvedova. King was hampered by an ankle injury throughout the final years of her career, and despite undergoing surgery in 2017, King decided to retire in February.[29]
- 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.[30]
- 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.[31]
- 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.[32]
Mandy Minella (born 22 November 1985 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg) turned professional in 2001, and reached career-high rankings of 66 in singles in 2012, and 47 in doubles in 2013. Winner of 2 doubles titles on the main tour (with Tímea Babos), Minella's best results came in WTA 125K events (with 1 singles and 3 doubles titles) and on the lower tier ITF Women's Circuit. She announced she would retire in 2020.[33]- 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.[34]
Aleksandrina Naydenova (born 29 February 1992 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria), a former world number 95 in doubles, has been issued with a lifetime ban from the sport after an investigation by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) found that she had partaken in match fixing activity multiple times between 2015 and 2019. Additionally, she was charged and found guilty of failing to co-operate with the TIU investigation. Alongside the ban, she has been fined $150,000 (US).[35]- 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.[36][37]
- 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.[38][39]
- 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.[40][41]
- 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.[42]
- 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 4 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.[43][44]
- 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.[45]
- Carla Suárez Navarro (born 3 September 1988 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) turned professional in 2003, and reached a career-high ranking of no. 6 in singles in 2016, and no. 11 in doubles in 2015. After coming to prominence by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2008 French Open as a qualifier, Suárez Navarro became a steady top-twenty player, with her best seasons coming from 2013 to 2016. She reached six more quarterfinals in Grand Slam singles events, and won 2 singles titles out of 11 finals (including a Premier 5 title), and 3 doubles titles out of 9 finals (finishing as runner-up of the 2015 WTA Finals in doubles, alongside Garbiñe Muguruza). She announced that the 2020 season would be her last on the circuit.[46]
- 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 Tour 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.[47]
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 9th 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 beating Simona Halep. She also won the WTA Championships Finals in Singapore 2017. Wozniacki retired after a third round defeat to Ons Jabeur at the 2020 Australian Open.[48][49]
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- 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
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- Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
- International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website
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