2020 WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments

2020 Premier Mandatory / Premier 5
Details
DurationFebruary 24 – August 30
Edition31st
Tournaments9
Achievements (singles)
Most titlesBelarus Victoria Azarenka
Romania Simona Halep
Belarus Aryna Sabalenka (1)
Most finalsBelarus Victoria Azarenka
Romania Simona Halep
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
Japan Naomi Osaka
Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
Belarus Aryna Sabalenka (1)
2019
2021

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

SinglesDoubles

Belarus Aryna Sabalenka Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 6–3, 6–3 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
6–2, 5–7, [10–2]
Cincinnati

SinglesDoubles

Belarus Victoria Azarenka Japan Naomi Osaka Walkover Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
United States Nicole Melichar
China Xu Yifan
6–1, 4–6, [10–4]
Rome

SinglesDoubles

Romania Simona Halep Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 6–0, 2–1, ret. Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam
Romania Raluca Olaru
6–2, 6–2

Tournaments details

Key

Doha

Singles

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Australia Ashleigh Barty 6 64 6
11 Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 1 77 2
1 Australia Ashleigh Barty 4 6 4
8 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 6 2 6
WC Tunisia Ons Jabeur 62 64
8 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 77 77
8 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 3 3
9 Belarus Aryna Sabalenka 6 6
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 6
4 Switzerland Belinda Bencic 4 4
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 4 3
9 Belarus Aryna Sabalenka 6 6
China Zheng Saisai 6 62 3
9 Belarus Aryna Sabalenka 3 77 6

Doubles

Semifinals Final
          
1 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
6 4 [12]
4 Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
4 6 [10]
1 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
6 5 [10]
6 Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
2 7 [2]
6 Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
6 1 [10]
2 Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
4 6 [7]

Cincinnati

Singles

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
14 Belgium Elise Mertens 6 6
Q United States Jessica Pegula 1 3
14 Belgium Elise Mertens 2 65
4/WC Japan Naomi Osaka 6 77
4/WC Japan Naomi Osaka 4 6 7
12 Estonia Anett Kontaveit 6 2 5
4/WC Japan Naomi Osaka
Belarus Victoria Azarenka w/o
8 United Kingdom Johanna Konta 6 6
13 Greece Maria Sakkari 4 3
8 United Kingdom Johanna Konta 6 4 1
Belarus Victoria Azarenka 4 6 6
Tunisia Ons Jabeur 69 2
Belarus Victoria Azarenka 711 6

Doubles

Semifinals Final
          
8 Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
2 1
3 Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
6 6
3 Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
6 4 [10]
2 United States Nicole Melichar
China Xu Yifan
1 6 [4]
  Slovakia Viktória Kužmová
Poland Iga Świątek
4 5
2 United States Nicole Melichar
China Xu Yifan
6 7

Rome

Singles

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Romania Simona Halep 6 2
Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva 2 0r
1 Romania Simona Halep 6 4 6
9 Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 3 6 4
SE Belarus Victoria Azarenka 6 3 4
9 Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 3 6 6
1 Romania Simona Halep 6 2
2 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 0 1r
12 Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 6 6
4 Ukraine Elina Svitolina 3 0
12 Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 2 4
2 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 6 6
11 Belgium Elise Mertens 3 6 0
2 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 6 3 6

Doubles

Semifinals Final
          
1 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
7 6
  United States Hayley Carter
Brazil Luisa Stefani
5 4
1 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
6 6
  Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam
Romania Raluca Olaru
2 2
  Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam
Romania Raluca Olaru
3 6 [10]
7 Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Ena Shibahara
6 2 [4]

See also

References

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  8. ^ "2020 Cincinnati Masters Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2022.
  9. ^ "WTA announces further suspension of four tournaments". WTA. 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020.
  10. ^ "WTA tournaments in China cancelled for 2020". WTA. 24 July 2020. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021.