2020 WTA Premier tournaments

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
6 January	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 3–6, 7–6^(9–7), [10–8]	Ashleigh Barty Kiki Bertens	Petra Kvitová Naomi Osaka	Jennifer Brady Danielle Collins Kiki Bertens Alison Riske
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
13 January	Adelaide International Adelaide, Australia	Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan 2–6, 7–5, [10–5]	Gabriela Dabrowski Darija Jurak	Danielle Collins Aryna Sabalenka	Markéta Vondroušová Belinda Bencic Donna Vekić Simona Halep
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
10 February	St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy St. Petersburg, Russia	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara 4–6, 6–0, [10–3]	Kaitlyn Christian Alexa Guarachi	Maria Sakkari Ekaterina Alexandrova
17 February	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE	Simona Halep 3–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)	Elena Rybakina	Jennifer Brady Petra Martić	Aryna Sabalenka Garbiñe Muguruza Anett Kontaveit Karolína Plíšková
17 February	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 7–5, 3–6, [10–5]	Barbora Krejčíková Zheng Saisai	Jennifer Brady Petra Martić
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
19 October	Ostrava Open Ostrava, Czech Republic	Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka 6–1, 6–3	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	Maria Sakkari Jennifer Brady
26 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.^[3]

References

^ "2020 WTA Tour Calendar" (PDF). Wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ "2020 WTA Tour Calendar - Second half" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
^ ^a ^b "WTA Tour suspended until May 2". WTA. 16 March 2020.

[WTACalendar2019-1] "2020 WTA Tour Calendar" (PDF). Wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[WTACalendar2020-2] "2020 WTA Tour Calendar - Second half" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 2019-10-15.

[coronavirus-3] "WTA Tour suspended until May 2". WTA. 16 March 2020.

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WTA Premier tournaments (2009–2020)
Tournaments by year	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Premier Mandatory	Indian Wells (2009–2020) Miami (2009–2020) Madrid (2009–2020) Beijing (2009–2020)
Premier 5 tournaments	Dubai (2009–2011, 2015, 2017, 2019) Doha (2012–2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) Rome (2009–2020) Montréal / Toronto (2009–2020) Cincinnati (2009–2020) Tokyo (2009–2013) Wuhan (2014–2020)
Premier tournaments	Brisbane (2012–2020) Sydney (2009–2019) Adelaide (2020) Paris (2009–2014) Antwerp (2015) St. Petersburg (2016–2020) Doha (2011, 2015, 2017, 2019) Dubai (2012–2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) Charleston (2009–2020) Stuttgart (2009–2020) Warsaw (2009–2010) Brussels (2011–2013) Birmingham (2014–2019) Berlin (2020) Eastbourne (2009–2020) San Jose / Stanford (2009–2020) Los Angeles (2009) San Diego / Carlsbad (2010–2013) New Haven (2009–2018) Zhengzhou (2019–2020) Tokyo (2014–2020) Moscow (2009–2020) Ostrava (2020)
WTA Tour

2020 WTA Tour « 2019 2021 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) ~~Wimbledon~~^† US Open (S, D) French Open (S, D)^†
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments	~~Indian Wells~~^† ~~Miami~~^† ~~Madrid~~^† ~~Beijing~~^†
WTA Premier 5 tournaments	Doha (S, D) ~~Montreal~~^† New York 1 (S, D) Rome (S, D)^† ~~Wuhan~~^†
WTA Premier tournaments	Brisbane (S, D) Adelaide (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Dubai (S, D) ~~Stuttgart~~^† ~~Berlin~~^† ~~Eastbourne~~^† ~~San Jose~~^† ~~Zhengzhou~~^† ~~Tokyo~~^† ~~Moscow~~^† Ostrava (S, D)*
WTA International tournaments	Shenzhen (S, D) Auckland (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Hua Hin (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Lyon (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) ~~Rosmalen~~^† Palermo (S, D)^† Prague (S, D)^† Lexington (S, D)* Istanbul (S, D)^† Strasbourg (S, D)^† Linz (S, D)^†
Team events	Fed Cup^† Finals Qualifying round Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa Charleston Credit One Bank Invitational^†
† – Tournaments affected by the COVID-19 pandemic * – Tournaments were introduced due to cancellations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
~~WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai~~^† WTA Finals, Shenzhen (S, D)

2020 in tennis « 2019 2021 »
Grand Slam	Australian Open ~~Wimbledon~~^† US Open French Open^†
Men	ATP Tour ATP Tour Masters 1000 ATP Finals ATP Challenger Tour ITF Men's World Tennis Tour
Women	WTA Tour ~~WTA Finals~~^† ~~WTA Elite Trophy~~^† WTA 125K series ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
Team events	Davis Cup Qualifying round Finals^† Fed Cup Qualifying round Finals^† ATP Cup World TeamTennis
† – Tournaments affected by the COVID-19 pandemic