2020 TK Sparta Prague Open – Singles

Singles
Singles
2020 TK Sparta Prague Open
Final
Champion	Kristína Kučová
Runner-up	Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Score	6–4, 6–3
Events
Singles	Doubles

Last updated November 21, 2024

The 2020 TK Sparta Prague Open was a women's tennis tournament played on Clay in Prague, Czech Republic, and was part of the 2020 WTA 125K series.

Seeds

0 1.

Monica Niculescu (second round)

0 2.

Elisabetta Cocciaretto (final)

0 3.

Harriet Dart (first round)

0 4.

Leonie Küng (third round)

0 5.

Lara Arruabarrena (third round)

0 6.

Sara Errani (second round)

0 7.

Martina Trevisan (second round)

0 8.

Giulia Gatto-Monticone (third round)

0 9.

Magdalena Fręch (first round)

10.

Irina Bara (third round)

11.

Jaqueline Cristian (third round)

12.

Nadia Podoroska (semifinals)

13.

Ankita Raina (first round)

14.

Jana Čepelová (first round)

15.

Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (first round)

16.

Elena-Gabriela Ruse (second round)

17.

Mayar Sherif (third round)

18.

Kristína Kučová (champion)

19.

Olga Danilović (second round)

20.

Chloé Paquet (first round)

21.

Cristina Bucșa (third round)

22.

Varvara Lepchenko (first round)

23.

Samantha Murray Sharan (first round)

24.

Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (quarterfinals)

25.

Indy de Vroome (first round)

26.

Mariam Bolkvadze (second round)

27.

Çağla Büyükakçay (quarterfinals)

28.

Isabella Shinikova (second round)

29.

Bibiane Schoofs (third round)

30.

Renata Zarazúa (fourth round)

31.

Martina Di Giuseppe (second round)

32.

Rebecca Šramková (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

	Francesca Jones	0	2

18	Kristína Kučová	6	6
					18	Kristína Kučová	6	6

						Ivana Jorović	3	1
	Ivana Jorović	6	6

27	Çağla Büyükakçay	3	3
									18	Kristína Kučová	6	6

									2	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	4	3
12	Nadia Podoroska	6	6

	Marina Melnikova	2	2
					12	Nadia Podoroska	4	3

					2	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	6	6
24	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	6	2	1

2	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	3	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

1	M Niculescu	7⁸	7⁷
	P Udvardy	6⁶	6⁴		1	M Niculescu	4	4
	A Lázaro García	6	6			A Lázaro García	6	6
	L Gjorcheska	4	2								A Lázaro García	5	4
	F Jones	6⁴	6	6							F Jones	7	6
WC	B Palicová	7⁷	2	1		F Jones	6	1	6
WC	K Lavičková	1	5		32	R Šramková	2	6	2
32	R Šramková	6	7												F Jones	6	5	6
23	S Murray Sharan	3	4											PR	S Lisicki	4	7	4
PR	S Lisicki	6	6		PR	S Lisicki	6	6
	A Gasanova	4	3			S Wagner	4	4
	S Wagner	6	6							PR	S Lisicki	6	6
	H Tan	6	6								C Muramatsu	4	4
	C Perrin	3	4			H Tan	6	3	1^r
	C Muramatsu	7⁷	1	6		C Muramatsu	4	6	5
14	J Čepelová	6⁵	6	2

Section 2

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

9	M Fręch	3	6	3
	K Okamura	6	2	6		K Okamura	6	6
	R Bhatia	0	0		WC	L Havlíčková	4	4
WC	L Havlíčková	6	6							K Okamura	2	1
	LI Paar	6	6						18	K Kučová	6	6
	J Niemeier	3	4			LI Paar	3	6³
	T Mrdeža	4	4		18	K Kučová	6	7⁷
18	K Kučová	6	6										18	K Kučová	1	6	6
26	M Bolkvadze	2	6	6										C Tauson	6	1	3
	V Savinykh	6	3	4	26	M Bolkvadze	1	1
	M Chwalińska	6	6			M Chwalińska	6	6
WC	S Bejlek	0	1							M Chwalińska	6²	2
WC	L Fruhvirtová	3	2							C Tauson	7⁷	6
	C Tauson	6	6			C Tauson	6	7
	P Ormaechea	6	5	6⁷	6	S Errani	3	5
6	S Errani	0	7	7⁹

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

4	L Küng	6	6
Alt	I Popovic	1	0		4	L Küng	6	6
	AS Sánchez	3	6	7⁷		AS Sánchez	3	4
	C Harrison	6	4	6³						4	L Küng	6	1	4
	I Burillo Escorihuela	4	5								J Pieri	1	6	6
	J Pieri	6	7			J Pieri	3	7⁷	6
PR	D Lopatetska	6	6		PR	D Lopatetska	6	6²	4
25	I de Vroome	2	3													J Pieri	0	0^r
17	M Sherif	7⁷	7													I Jorović	6	0
WC	L Nosková	6³	5		17	M Sherif	6⁷	6	6
	D Gálfi	6	6			D Gálfi	7⁹	3	1
	J Ponchet	0	2							17	M Sherif	6⁵	1
	L Bošković	1	5								I Jorović	7⁷	6
	I Jorović	6	7			I Jorović	6	6
	I Fetecău	2	4		16	E-G Ruse	3	4
16	E-G Ruse	6	6

Section 4

First round				Second round					Third round				Fourth round

10	I Bara	6	6
	Z Zlochová	2	2	10	I Bara	6	6
	S Mendez	6	6		S Mendez	3	0
	A Carreras	2	2						10	I Bara	3	2
	G Talabă	3	3							M Benoît	6	6
	V Kan	6	6		V Kan	2	1
	M Benoît	7⁸	7⁷		M Benoît	6	6
22	V Lepchenko	6⁶	6⁴											M Benoît	3	6⁵
27	Ç Büyükakçay	7	6										27	Ç Büyükakçay	6	7⁷
	G Min	5	4	27	Ç Büyükakçay	4	6	7⁷
	K Volynets	2	5		G Cé	6	1	6¹
	G Cé	6	7						27	Ç Büyükakçay	6	6
	T Lukas	6	6						8	G Gatto-Monticone	1	3
WC	N Bartůňková	1	2		T Lukas	3	3
	J Fett	5	1	8	G Gatto-Monticone	6	6
8	G Gatto-Monticone	7	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

5	L Arruabarrena	7	6
	V Ivakhnenko	5	1		5	L Arruabarrena	6	6
	S Waltert	6	3	4		M Björklund	0	3
	M Björklund	3	6	6						5	L Arruabarrena	3	6	5
	A Hesse	5	2								M Zanevska	6	2	7
	M Zanevska	7	6			M Zanevska	6	7⁷
	E Guerrero Álvarez	6	4	5	28	I Shinikova	1	6⁴
28	I Shinikova	2	6	7												M Zanevska	5	2
21	C Bucșa	6	6												12	N Podoroska	7	6
	A Komardina	0	2		21	C Bucșa	5	6	6
	E Halbauer	1	6	5		K von Deichmann	7	4	3
	K von Deichmann	6	2	7						21	C Bucșa	2	1
	J Grabher	4	4							12	N Podoroska	6	6
	C Osorio	6	6			C Osorio	3	6⁴
WC	D Viďmanová	2	1		12	N Podoroska	6	7⁷
12	N Podoroska	6	6

Section 6

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

13	A Raina	2	6⁸
	M Melnikova	6	7¹⁰			M Melnikova	7	6
	D Snigur	2	2			A Bondár	5	2
	A Bondár	6	6								M Melnikova	6	7
	N Dascălu	6	5	3							L Salden	1	5
	L Salden	3	7	6		L Salden	6	6⁴	6
	R Hogenkamp	1	6	7⁷		R Hogenkamp	4	7⁷	2
20	C Paquet	6	1	6³												M Melnikova	6	6
30	R Zarazúa	6	7⁷												30	R Zarazúa	0	4
	E Bouchard	0	6⁵		30	R Zarazúa	6	6
	RL Jani	6	6			RL Jani	4	3
	U Radwańska	1	1							30	R Zarazúa	6	6⁶	6
PR	M Kolodziejová	6	6							PR	M Kolodziejová	2	7⁸	2
PR	B Eraydın	3	2		PR	M Kolodziejová	6	3	6
	Y Naito	1	6	6		Y Naito	0	6	3
3	H Dart	6	2	2

Section 7

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

7	M Trevisan	2	6	6
	D Parry	6	3	1	7	M Trevisan	2	1
	V Grammatikopoulou	6	6			V Grammatikopoulou	6	6
	N Párrizas Díaz	4	1							V Grammatikopoulou	3	6	6
	R Anderson	7⁷	6							R Anderson	6	4	3
	D Radanović	6⁴	4			R Anderson	6	6
	E Kostova	5	6	3	31	M Di Giuseppe	4	3
31	M Di Giuseppe	7	3	6											V Grammatikopoulou	3	0
24	AK Schmiedlová	6	6											24	AK Schmiedlová	6	6
	S Lansere	2	2		24	AK Schmiedlová	7⁷	3
	A Cadanțu	2	6	6		A Cadanțu	6⁴	2^r
	J Loeb	6	1	1					24	AK Schmiedlová	7	6
	D Marcinkēviča	3	6	6					11	J Cristian	5	2
	J Jović	6	3	4		D Marcinkēviča	2	2
	T Andrianjafitrimo	2	2		11	J Cristian	6	6
11	J Cristian	6	6

Section 8

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

15	L Pattinama Kerkhove	7⁷	5	1
	A Danilina	6⁵	7	6		A Danilina	1	6	0
	P Özgen	7	6⁷	6		P Özgen	6	3	6
	N Kostić	5	7⁹	4							P Özgen	4	2
	G García Pérez	6	3	6							G García Pérez	6	6
	E Gorgodze	4	6	1		G García Pérez	7⁷	6
	M Zacarías	3	1		19	O Danilović	6⁵	4
19	O Danilović	6	6												G García Pérez	1	6²
29	B Schoofs	5	6	6										2	E Cocciaretto	6	7⁷
	U Eikeri	7	0	4	29	B Schoofs	6	6
	K Gerlach	6	6			K Gerlach	2	0
	D Šátralová	2	1							29	B Schoofs	3	3
	D Seguel	6	6							2	E Cocciaretto	6	6
	K Sebov	2	2			D Seguel	1	6²
	D Jakupović	5	0		2	E Cocciaretto	6	7⁷
2	E Cocciaretto	7	6

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References

↑ "Kucova takes Prague 125K title with Cocciaretto win". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

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[1] "Kucova takes Prague 125K title with Cocciaretto win". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

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