2020 WTA Finals

The 2020 WTA Finals, also known by its sponsored name Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen, is a women's tennis tournament to be held in Shenzhen, China. It is the 50th edition of the singles event and the 45th edition of the doubles competition.[1] The tournament is contested by eight singles players and eight doubles teams.[2]

2020 WTA Finals
DateOctober 26 – November 2
Edition50th (singles) / 45th (doubles)
Draw8S / 8D
Prize money$14,000,000
SurfaceHard / indoor
LocationShenzhen, China
VenueShenzhen Bay Sports Centre
2019 Champions
Singles
Ashleigh Barty
Doubles
Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic

Tournament

The 2020 WTA Finals takes place at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center the week of October 26, 2020, and is the 50th edition of the event.[3] The tournament is run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as part of the 2020 WTA Tour. Shenzhen is the tenth city to host the WTA Finals since the tournament's inauguration in 1972.

Qualifying

In the singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from sixteen tournaments. Of these sixteen tournaments, a player's results from the four Grand Slam events, the four Premier Mandatory tournaments, and (for the top 20 players at the end of 2019) the best results from two Premier 5 tournaments must be included.
In the doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of eleven tournaments throughout the year. Unlike in the singles, this combination does not need to include results from the Grand-Slam or Premier-level tournaments.

Format

Both the singles and doubles event features eight players/teams in a round robin event, split into two groups of four. Over the first four days of competition, each player/team meets the other three players/teams in her group, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. The first-placed player/team in one group meets the second-placed player/team in the other group, and vice versa. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match.

Round robin tie-breaking methods

The final standings are made using these methods:

  1. Greatest number of [match] wins.
  2. Greatest number of matches played.
  3. Head-to-head results if only two players are tied, or if three players are tied then:
a. If three players each have the same number of wins, a player having played less than all three matches is automatically eliminated and the player advancing to the single elimination competition is the winner of the match-up of the two remaining tied players.
b. Highest percentage of sets won.
c. Highest percentage of games won.

Prize money and points

The total prize money for the BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2019 is US$14,000,000. The tables below are based on the updated draw sheet information.

Porsche Race to Shenzhen

Singles

Updated as of 18 June 2020.[4]

Rank Player Grand Slam Premier Mandatory Best two
Premier 5
Best other Total
points
Tourn WTA
Titles
AUS WI[lower-alpha 1] USO FO[lower-alpha 2] IW[lower-alpha 3] MI[lower-alpha 3] MA[lower-alpha 4] BE 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Sofia Kenin W
2000
R32
1
W
280
R16
55
R16
55
R32
1
2,392 6 2
2 Garbiñe Muguruza F
1300
QF
190
SF
110
QF
100
QF
60
1,760 5 0
3 Ashleigh Barty SF
780
SF
350
W
470
R16
1
1,601 4 1
4 Simona Halep SF
780
W
470
QF
100
1,350 3 1
5 Elena Rybakina R32
130
R16
105
F
305
F
305
W
280
F
180
1,305 6 1
6 Petra Kvitová QF
430
F
585
SF
185
QF
100
1,300 4 0
7 Aryna Sabalenka R128
10
W
900
SF
185
QF
100
R16
30
1,225 5 1
8 Kiki Bertens R16
240
R16
105
W
470
QF
100
915 4 1
Alternates / WTA Elite Trophy
9 Karolína Plíšková R32
130
R16
105
W
470
QF
100
805 4 1
10 Ekaterina Alexandrova R32
130
R64
1
W
280
SF
185
W
160
756 5 1
11 Ons Jabeur QF
430
QF
190
R16
55
R16
48
R32
1
724 5 0
12 Anett Kontaveit QF
430
R32
60
QF
100
R16
55
R32
1
646 5 0
13 Maria Sakkari R16
240
R16
105
SF
185
R16
55
R32
1
R32
1
587 6 0
14 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova QF
430
R16
55
R16
55
R32
1
541 4 0
15 Belinda Bencic R32
130
QF
190
QF
100
QF
100
R32
1
R32
1
522 6 0
16 Zhang Shuai R32
130
R64
1
F
180
W
140
R16
30
Q2
13
494 6 0
17 Heather Watson R64
70
W
280
SF
128
Q2
13
R32
1
492 5 1
18 Dayana Yastremska R64
70
R16
105
F
305
R32
1
R32
1
482 5 0
19 Svetlana Kuznetsova R64
70
SF
350
R16
55
R32
1
476 4 0
20 Elise Mertens R16
240
R32
60
QF
60
QF
60
R16
55
475 5 0
  1. Wimbledon was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[5]
  2. French Open was postponed to September due to the coronavirus pandemic.[6]
  3. Indian Wells Open and Miami Open were suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8]
  4. Madrid Open was postponed to September due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

Doubles

Updated as of 18 March 2020.[4]

Rank Team Points Total Points Tourn WTA
Titles
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 Hsieh Su-wei
Barbora Strýcová
F
1300
W
900
W
470
W
470
3,140 4 3
2 Tímea Babos
Kristina Mladenovic
W
2000
SF
350
2,350 2 1
3 Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková
SF
780
SF
350
W
280
1,410 3 1
4 Gabriela Dabrowski
Jeļena Ostapenko
F
585
QF
430
1,015 2 0
5 Chan Hao-ching
Latisha Chan
SF
780
R16
105
R16
1
R16
1
R16
1
888 5 0
6 Nicole Melichar
Xu Yifan
W
470
QF
190
QF
100
QF
100
R64
10
870 5 1
7 Shuko Aoyama
Ena Shibahara
W
470
R16
240
QF
100
R16
1
R32
1
R32
1
813 6 1
8 Elise Mertens
Aryna Sabalenka
QF
430
QF
190
QF
60
680 3 0
Alternates
9 Hayley Carter
Luisa Stefani
R16
240
W
160
QF
100
W
80
R32
1
R16
1
R16
1
583 7 0
10 Lucie Hradecká
Andreja Klepač
SF
185
W
150
R16
105
QF
100
R64
10
R32
1
551 6 0
11 Coco Gauff
Catherine McNally
QF
430
SF
110
540 2 0
12 Kaitlyn Christian
Alexa Guarachi
F
305
R32
130
QF
100
R16
1
536 4 0
13 Sofia Kenin
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
R16
240
SF
185
QF
100
525 3 0
14 Kateryna Bondarenko
Sharon Fichman
W
280
F
180
QF
60
520 3 1
15 Georgina García Pérez
Sara Sorribes Tormo
W
160
R32
130
F
90
QF
60
R16
1
R16
1
442 6 0
16 Asia Muhammad
Taylor Townsend
W
280
W
160
440 2 1
17 Jennifer Brady
Caroline Dolehide
QF
430
430 1 0
18 Misaki Doi
Monica Niculescu
R16
240
SF
110
350 2 0
19 Laura Ioana Paar
Julia Wachaczyk
W
280
W
50
SF
18
348 3 1
20 Desirae Krawczyk
Giuliana Olmos
W
280
QF
60
340 2 1

See also

References

  1. "WTA Finals at WTA Official Website". wtatennis.com. WTA. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. "2020 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  3. "2020 WTA Calendar". wtatennis.com. WTA. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  4. "Porsche Race to Shenzen - Point Leaders" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  5. Carayol, Tumaini (1 April 2020). "Wimbledon 2020 cancelled in response to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  6. "French Open Postponed to Late September Because of Coronavirus". nytimes.com. 17 March 2020.
  7. "Indian Wells Tennis Tournament Canceled Because of Coronavirus Outbreak". nytimes.com. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  8. "2020 Miami Open will not take place due to COVID-19". WTA. 12 March 2020.
  9. "WTA announces updated 2020 provisional calendar". WTA. 17 June 2020.
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