2020 Hobart International Explained

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The 2020 Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 27th edition of the Hobart International and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 13 to 18 January 2020.^[1]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event^1	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^2	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$75,000	$50,400	$20,600	$6,275	$3,600	$2,300		$1,685	$1,100
Doubles	$13,580	$7,200	$4,000	$2,300	$1,520
Doubles prize money per team

¹ Points per the WTA.^[2]
2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Belgium	Elise Mertens	17	1
Spain	Garbiñe Muguruza	35	2
Kazakhstan	Elena Rybakina	36	3
China	Zhang Shuai	38	4
Russian Federation	Veronika Kudermetova	42	5
Poland	Magda Linette	43	6
Sweden	Rebecca Peterson	44	7
France	Caroline Garcia	46	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 6 January 2020.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Lizette Cabrera^[3]
• Garbiñe Muguruza^[4]
• Astra Sharma^[3]
• Samantha Stosur^[5]

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

• Catherine Bellis

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Sorana Cîrstea (withdrew)
• Ons Jabeur
• Kateryna Kozlova
  • Christina McHale Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Heather Watson

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Nina Stojanović

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Chan Hao-ching		Latisha Chan	30	1
China	Peng Shuai	China	Zhang Shuai	60	2
Japan	Makoto Ninomiya	Czech Republic	Renata Voráčová	115	3
Spain	Georgina García Pérez	Spain	Sara Sorribes Tormo	133	4

• ¹ Rankings as of 6 January 2020

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• • Lizette Cabrera / Samantha Stosur Jessica Moore / Astra Sharma

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using protected rankings:

• Kateryna Bondarenko / Sharon Fichman^[6]
• Nadiia Kichenok / Sania Mirza^[7]

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2020 Hobart International – Singles.

• Elena Rybakina def. Zhang Shuai 7–6^(9–7), 6–3

Doubles

See main article: 2020 Hobart International – Doubles.

• Nadiia Kichenok / Sania Mirza def. Peng Shuai / Zhang Shuai 6–4, 6–4

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hobart International Overview. wtatennis.com.
2. Web site: WTA: All about rankings . 4 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121214232116/http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings . 14 December 2012 .
3. Web site: Australian duo Astra Sharma and Lizette Cabrera receive wildcards. www.hobartinternational.com.au. 9 January 2020 .
4. Web site: Garbine Muguruza to make Hobart International return in 2020. www.hobartinternational.com.au. 27 December 2019 .
5. Web site: Sam Stosur to make Hobart International return. www.hobartinternational.com.au. 21 November 2019 .
6. Web site: Impressive doubles field confirmed for 2020. www.hobartinternational.com.au. 2 January 2020 .
7. Web site: India's Mirza set for tennis comeback in Hobart. www.france24.com. 28 November 2019 .