2020 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy Explained

Date:	10–16 February
Edition:	11th
Prize Money:	$848,000
Surface:	Hard (indoor)
Location:	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Venue:	Sibur Arena
Champs:	Kiki Bertens

The 2020 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and a WTA Premier tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour. The tournament was held between 10 February and 16 February 2020.^[1]

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	13	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^1	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$146,500	$78,160	$41,680	$22,410	$12,000	$7,610	$3,720	$1,850
Doubles*	$46,000	$24,200	$13,200	$6,800	$3,700

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.}

• per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Belinda Bencic	5	1
	Kiki Bertens	8	2
Czech Republic	Petra Kvitová	11	3
United Kingdom	Johanna Konta	14	4
Czech Republic	Markéta Vondroušová	17	5
	Maria Sakkari	21	6
	Donna Vekić	23	7
Kazakhstan	Elena Rybakina	25	8

• ¹ Rankings as of February 3, 2020.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Belinda Bencic
  • Daria Kasatkina Johanna Konta
• Svetlana Kuznetsova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kristie Ahn
  • • Alizé Cornet Vitalia Diatchenko Océane Dodin
  • Anastasia Potapova Liudmila Samsonova

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Fiona Ferro

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Danielle Collins → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
• Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Viktória Kužmová
• Rebecca Peterson → replaced by Jennifer Brady
• Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Fiona Ferro

During the tournament

• Petra Kvitová (illness)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Japan	Shuko Aoyama	Japan	Ena Shibahara	53	1
Ukraine	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Ukraine	Nadiia Kichenok	68	2
	Kaitlyn Christian		Alexa Guarachi	108	3
	Hayley Carter	Canada	Sharon Fichman	121	4

• ¹ Rankings as of February 3, 2020.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Daria Mishina / Ekaterina Shalimova

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2020 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Singles.

• Kiki Bertens def. Elena Rybakina, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles

See main article: 2020 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Doubles.

• Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara def. Kaitlyn Christian / Alexa Guarachi, 4–6, 6–0, [10–3]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Overview. wtatennis.com.