2020 WTA Premier tournaments explained
The 2020 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2020 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments. They are divided into three levels: Premier Mandatory (Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing), Premier 5 (Doha, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati and Wuhan), and Premier (12 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).[1] [2]
Schedule
Premier
| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|
| 6 January | Brisbane International
Brisbane, Australia |  Karolína Plíšková
6–4, 4–6, 7–5 |  Madison Keys | Petra Kvitová
 Naomi Osaka | Jennifer Brady
Danielle Collins
Kiki Bertens
Alison Riske |
Hsieh Su-wei
Barbora Strýcová
3–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–8] |  Ashleigh Barty
Kiki Bertens |
| 13 January | Adelaide International
Adelaide, Australia | Ashleigh Barty
6–2, 7–5 |  Dayana Yastremska | Danielle Collins
 Aryna Sabalenka | Markéta Vondroušová
Belinda Bencic
Donna Vekić
 Simona Halep |
Nicole Melichar
 Xu Yifan
2–6, 7–5, [10–5] |  Gabriela Dabrowski
Darija Jurak |
| 10 February | St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy
St. Petersburg, Russia | Kiki Bertens
6–1, 6–3 |  Elena Rybakina | Maria Sakkari
 Ekaterina Alexandrova | Belinda Bencic
 Océane Dodin
Petra Kvitová
Anastasia Potapova |
Shuko Aoyama
Ena Shibahara
4–6, 6–0, [10–3] | Kaitlyn Christian
Alexa Guarachi |
| 17 February | Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai, UAE | Simona Halep
3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) | Elena Rybakina | | Aryna Sabalenka
 Garbiñe Muguruza
 Anett Kontaveit
Karolína Plíšková |
Hsieh Su-wei
Barbora Strýcová
7–5, 3–6, [10–5] | Barbora Krejčíková
Zheng Saisai |
| 6 April | Volvo Car Open
Charleston, USA | Cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.[3] |
| 20 April | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart, Germany |
| 15 June | German Open
Berlin, Germany |
| 22 June | Eastbourne International
Eastbourne, UK |
| 3 August | Silicon Valley Classic
San Jose, USA |
| 14 September | Zhengzhou Open
Zhengzhou, China |
| 21 September | Toray Pan Pacific Open
Tokyo, Japan |
| 19 October | Ostrava Open
Ostrava, Czech Republic | Aryna Sabalenka
6–2, 6–2 | Victoria Azarenka | Maria Sakkari
Jennifer Brady |  Ons Jabeur
 Elise Mertens
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Veronika Kudermetova |
Elise Mertens
Aryna Sabalenka
6–1, 6–3 | Gabriela Dabrowski
 Luisa Stefani |
| 26 October | Kremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia | Cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak. | |
Notes and References
- Web site: 2020 WTA Tour Calendar . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220920174209/http://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/calendar/WTA_Calendar_2019.pdf . 20 September 2022 . 30 October 2018 . Wtatennis.com . WTA Tour, Inc. . PDF.
- Web site: 2020 WTA Tour Calendar - Second half . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221006033931/https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/calendar/WTA_Calendar_2020.pdf . 6 October 2022 . 2019-10-15 . wtatennis.com . WTA Tour, Inc..
- Web site: 16 March 2020 . WTA Tour suspended until May 2 . WTA.
