2020 Top Seed Open

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2020 Top Seed Open
DateAugust 10–16
Surface Hard / Outdoor
Location Lexington, United States
VenueTop Seed Tennis Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Brady
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Hayley Carter / Flag of Brazil.svg Luisa Stefani
  2019  · Top Seed Open ·  2022  

The 2020 Top Seed Open was a professional women's tennis tournament that was played on outdoor hard courts at the Top Seed Tennis Club in Nicholasville, near Lexington, Kentucky. It was a WTA International-class tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour, and was the first American tournament of the Tour to be played since its suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The event was announced in early-July 2020 as one of two substitute events (alongside the 2020 Prague Open) for the Washington Open, whose organizers had declined to host the WTA Tour this season (the event was ultimately canceled later that month, citing the pandemic) in lieu of the regular US Open Series. [1] [2] [3]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles2801801106030118121
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1
Singles$25,000$14,000$8,700$5,000$3,150$2,300$1,685$1,100
Doubles*$9,000$5,040$3,230$1,980$1,520

*per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Serena Williams 91
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 112
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Johanna Konta 143
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Amanda Anisimova 284
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yulia Putintseva 335
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Magda Linette 366
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sloane Stephens 377
Flag of Tunisia.svg  TUN Ons Jabeur 398

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the 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 Chile.svg  CHI Alexa Guarachi Flag of the United States.svg  USA Desirae Krawczyk 761
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jennifer Brady Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 772
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Coco Gauff Flag of the United States.svg  USA Caty McNally 893
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hayley Carter Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Luisa Stefani 904

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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