2020 WTA Premier tournaments

The 2020 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2020 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments. They are divided into three levels: Premier Mandatory (Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing), Premier 5 (Doha, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati and Wuhan), and Premier (12 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).[1][2]

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Week of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
6 January Brisbane International
Brisbane, Australia
  Karolína Plíšková
6–4, 4–6, 7–5
  Madison Keys   Petra Kvitová
  Naomi Osaka
  Jennifer Brady
  Danielle Collins
  Kiki Bertens
  Alison Riske
  Hsieh Su-wei
  Barbora Strýcová
3–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–8]
  Ashleigh Barty
  Kiki Bertens
13 January Adelaide International
Adelaide, Australia
  Ashleigh Barty
6–2, 7–5
  Dayana Yastremska   Danielle Collins
  Aryna Sabalenka
  Markéta Vondroušová
  Belinda Bencic
  Donna Vekić
  Simona Halep
  Nicole Melichar
  Xu Yifan
2–6, 7–5, [10–5]
  Gabriela Dabrowski
  Darija Jurak
10 February St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy
St. Petersburg, Russia
  Kiki Bertens
6–1, 6–3
  Elena Rybakina   Maria Sakkari
  Ekaterina Alexandrova
  Belinda Bencic
  Océane Dodin
  Petra Kvitová
  Anastasia Potapova
  Shuko Aoyama
  Ena Shibahara
4–6, 6–0, [10–3]
  Kaitlyn Christian
  Alexa Guarachi
17 February Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai, UAE
  Simona Halep
3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
  Elena Rybakina   Jennifer Brady
  Petra Martić
  Aryna Sabalenka
  Garbiñe Muguruza
  Anett Kontaveit
  Karolína Plíšková
  Hsieh Su-wei
  Barbora Strýcová
7–5, 3–6, [10–5]
  Barbora Krejčíková
  Zheng Saisai
6 April Volvo Car Open
Charleston, USA
Cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.[3]
20 April Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart, Germany
15 June German Open
Berlin, Germany
22 June Eastbourne International
Eastbourne, UK
3 August Silicon Valley Classic
San Jose, USA
14 September Zhengzhou Open
Zhengzhou, China
21 September Toray Pan Pacific Open
Tokyo, Japan
19 October Ostrava Open
Ostrava, Czech Republic
  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
26 October Kremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
Cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "2020 WTA Tour Calendar" (PDF). Wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  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.
  3. ^ a b "WTA Tour suspended until May 2". WTA. 16 March 2020.