2020 WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments

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2020 Premier Mandatory / Premier 5
Details
DurationFebruary 24 – August 30
Edition31st
Tournaments9
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka
Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep
Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka (1)
Most tournament finals Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka
Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová
Flag of Japan.svg Naomi Osaka
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková
Flag of Belarus.svg 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]

Contents

Tournaments

TournamentCountryLocationSurfaceDate [2] Prize money [3]
Qatar Open [4] Qatar Doha HardFeb 24 – Mar 1$3,240,445
Indian Wells Open United States Indian Wells HardMar 9 – 22 (cancelled)
Miami Open United States Miami Gardens HardMar 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 HardAug 10 – 16 (cancelled)
Cincinnati Open [7] [8] United States New York City HardAug 24 – 30$2,250,829
Wuhan Open China Wuhan HardSep 28 – Oct 4 (cancelled)
China Open China Beijing HardOct 5 – 11 (cancelled)

Results

* First-time champion
TournamentSingles championsRunners-upScoreDoubles championsRunners-upScore
Indian WellsCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] [10]
Miami
Madrid
Canada
Wuhan
Beijing
Doha

SinglesDoubles

Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová 6–3, 6–3 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabriela Dabrowski
Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko
6–2, 5–7, [10–2]
Cincinnati

SinglesDoubles

Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka Flag of Japan.svg Naomi Osaka Walkover Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Schuurs
Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yifan
6–1, 4–6, [10–4]
Rome

SinglesDoubles

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

Tournaments details

Key

Doha

Singles

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashleigh Barty 6646
11 Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza 1 772
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashleigh Barty 4 64
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová 62 6
WC Flag of Tunisia.svg Ons Jabeur 6264
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová 7777
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová 3 3
9 Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka 66
Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova 66
4 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Belinda Bencic 4 4
Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova 4 3
9 Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka 66
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Saisai 6623
9 Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka 3 776

Doubles

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová
64 [12]
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčíková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Siniaková
4 6[10]
1 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová
65 [10]
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabriela Dabrowski
Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko
2 7[2]
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabriela Dabrowski
Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko
61 [10]
2 Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Babos
Flag of France.svg Kristina Mladenovic
4 6[7]

Cincinnati

Singles

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
14 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens 66
Q Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Pegula 1 3
14 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens 2 65
4/WC Flag of Japan.svg Naomi Osaka 677
4/WC Flag of Japan.svg Naomi Osaka 4 67
12 Flag of Estonia.svg Anett Kontaveit 62 5
4/WC Flag of Japan.svg Naomi Osaka
Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka w/o
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johanna Konta 66
13 Flag of Greece.svg Maria Sakkari 4 3
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johanna Konta 64 1
Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka 4 66
Flag of Tunisia.svg Ons Jabeur 692
Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka 7116

Doubles

Semifinals Final
          
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Hradecká
Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač
2 1
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Schuurs
66
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Schuurs
64 [10]
2 Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yifan
1 6[4]
  Flag of Slovakia.svg Viktória Kužmová
Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek
4 5
2 Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yifan
67

Rome

Singles

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep 62
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yulia Putintseva 2 0r
1 Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep 64 6
9 Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza 3 64
SE Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka 63 4
9 Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza 3 66
1 Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep 62
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková 0 1r
12 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Markéta Vondroušová 66
4 Flag of Ukraine.svg Elina Svitolina 3 0
12 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Markéta Vondroušová 2 4
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková 66
11 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens 3 60
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková 63 6

Doubles

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová
76
  Flag of the United States.svg Hayley Carter
Flag of Brazil.svg Luisa Stefani
5 4
1 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová
66
  Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Friedsam
Flag of Romania.svg Raluca Olaru
2 2
  Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Friedsam
Flag of Romania.svg Raluca Olaru
3 6[10]
7 Flag of Japan.svg Shuko Aoyama
Flag of Japan.svg Ena Shibahara
62 [4]

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The WTA 1000 Mandatory and non-Mandatory tournaments, which are part of the WTA 1000 tournaments, make up the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour. There are four 1000 Mandatory tournaments: Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing and five non-Mandatory tournaments: Dubai, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati and Guadalajara, the last of which continuing from the previous year as the replacement for the Wuhan Open.

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