2020 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Doubles

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Doubles
2020 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy
Final
Champions Flag of Japan.svg Shuko Aoyama
Flag of Japan.svg Ena Shibahara
Runners-up Flag of the United States.svg Kaitlyn Christian
Flag of Chile.svg Alexa Guarachi
Score4–6, 6–0, [10–3]
Events
Singles Doubles
  2019  · St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy ·  2021  

Margarita Gasparyan and Ekaterina Makarova were the defending champions, [1] but Gasparyan chose not to defend her title. Makarova retired from professional tennis in January 2020.

Contents

Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara won the title, defeating Kaitlyn Christian and Alexa Guarachi in the final, 4–6, 6–0, [10–3].

Seeds

  1. Flag of Japan.svg Shuko Aoyama / Flag of Japan.svg Ena Shibahara (champions)
  2. Flag of Ukraine.svg Lyudmyla Kichenok / Flag of Ukraine.svg Nadiia Kichenok (first round)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Kaitlyn Christian / Flag of Chile.svg Alexa Guarachi (final)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Hayley Carter / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sharon Fichman (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of Japan.svg S Aoyama
Flag of Japan.svg E Shibahara
4 6[10]
  Flag of Croatia.svg D Jurak
Flag of Belarus.svg L Marozava
61 [5] 1 Flag of Japan.svg S Aoyama
Flag of Japan.svg E Shibahara
66
  Flag of Poland.svg A Rosolska
Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Tomljanović
646[3] Flag of Russia.svg A Potapova
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Y Putintseva
1 2
  Flag of Russia.svg A Potapova
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Y Putintseva
774 [10]1 Flag of Japan.svg S Aoyama
Flag of Japan.svg E Shibahara
66
4 Flag of the United States.svg H Carter
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg S Fichman
664 Flag of the United States.svg H Carter
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg S Fichman
2 3
  Flag of Russia.svg E Alexandrova
Flag of Russia.svg V Zvonareva
2 1 4 Flag of the United States.svg H Carter
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg S Fichman
66
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg M Adamczak
Flag of Russia.svg Y Sizikova
66 Flag of Australia (converted).svg M Adamczak
Flag of Russia.svg Y Sizikova
3 3
  Flag of Russia.svg V Diatchenko
Flag of Russia.svg N Dzalamidze
4 2 1 Flag of Japan.svg S Aoyama
Flag of Japan.svg E Shibahara
4 6[10]
PR Flag of Russia.svg A Kudryavtseva
Flag of Slovenia.svg K Srebotnik
62 [10]3 Flag of the United States.svg K Christian
Flag of Chile.svg A Guarachi
60 [3]
  Flag of Georgia.svg O Kalashnikova
Flag of Romania.svg A Mitu
3 6[6] PR Flag of Russia.svg A Kudryavtseva
Flag of Slovenia.svg K Srebotnik
3 5
WC Flag of Russia.svg D Mishina
Flag of Russia.svg E Shalimova
2 2 3 Flag of the United States.svg K Christian
Flag of Chile.svg A Guarachi
67
3 Flag of the United States.svg K Christian
Flag of Chile.svg A Guarachi
663 Flag of the United States.svg K Christian
Flag of Chile.svg A Guarachi
67
  Flag of France.svg C Garcia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J Konta
63 [10] Flag of France.svg C Garcia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J Konta
4 5
  Flag of Germany.svg V Heisen
Flag of Ukraine.svg V Strakhova
3 6[5] Flag of France.svg C Garcia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J Konta
66
  Flag of Sweden.svg C Lister
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg R Voráčová
67 Flag of Sweden.svg C Lister
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg R Voráčová
2 2
2 Flag of Ukraine.svg L Kichenok
Flag of Ukraine.svg N Kichenok
4 5

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References

  1. "St. Petersburg. Gasparyan and Makarova became champions of the doubles tournament". thetennistime.com.