2020 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo

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2020 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo
Date3–9 August
Edition28th
Category International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money $202,250 (163,103)
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Palermo, Italy
VenueCountry Time Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of France.svg Fiona Ferro
Doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arantxa Rus /
Flag of Slovenia.svg Tamara Zidanšek
  2019  · Internazionali Femminili di Palermo ·  2021  

The 2020 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Country Time Club. It was the 28th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place in Palermo, Italy between 3 and 9 August 2020. [1] This was the first tournament of the 2020 WTA Tour after the suspension due to COVID-19 pandemic. This restrictions have eased to reduce a number of spectators to 350, and limited of photographers and journalists.

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles280180110603011814101
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1
Singles€20,161€11,290€6,480€4,032€2,540€1,855€871€758€645
Doubles*€7,258€4,032€2,605€1,597€1,226N/AN/AN/AN/A

*per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Petra Martić 151
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Markéta Vondroušová 182
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Maria Sakkari 203
Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Anett Kontaveit 224
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 235
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Donna Vekić 246
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Dayana Yastremska 257
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova 278

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Georgina García Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Sara Sorribes Tormo 1171
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Raluca Olaru Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Dayana Yastremska 1402
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Laura Siegemund Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Yanina Wickmayer 1583
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Bibiane Schoofs Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Rosalie van der Hoek 2154

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

Finals

Singles

Doubles

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References

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