2020 Australian Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2020 Australian Open
Final
Champion	Sofia Kenin
Runner-up	Garbiñe Muguruza
Score	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Details
Draw	128 (16 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32
Events

Sofia Kenin defeated Garbiñe Muguruza in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2020 Australian Open.^[1] It was her first major title. Kenin was the youngest Australian Open finalist since Ana Ivanovic and the youngest champion since Maria Sharapova, both in 2008. This was the first Australian Open final in the Open Era to be contested between two players ranked outside the top ten, and the first such major final since the 2018 US Open. Kenin entered the top 10 in rankings for the first time by winning the title.

Naomi Osaka was the defending champion, but lost to Coco Gauff in the third round.

This was the final professional tournament for former world No. 1 and five-time major champion and 2008 champion Maria Sharapova, who lost to Donna Vekić in the first round.^[2]

The elimination of Angelique Kerber in the fourth round guaranteed a first-time Australian Open champion for the third year in a row. Ons Jabeur became the first Arabian woman to reach the quarterfinals of a major,^[3] as well as the first African woman to reach the quarterfinals of a major since Amanda Coetzer at the 2001 Australian Open.^[4] Anett Kontaveit became the first Estonian to reach an Australian Open quarterfinal, and the second to do so at any major after Kaia Kanepi. She lost there to Simona Halep in straight sets. Ashleigh Barty became the first Australian to reach the semifinals since Wendy Turnbull in 1984. Barty's quarterfinal win over Petra Kvitová was her first top ten singles win at a major,^[4] having lost her five previous such matches.

Seeds

Seeding per WTA rankings.^[5]

01.

Ashleigh Barty (semifinals)

02.

Karolína Plíšková (third round)

03.

Naomi Osaka (third round)

04.

Simona Halep (semifinals)

05.

Elina Svitolina (third round)

06.

Belinda Bencic (third round)

07.

Petra Kvitová (quarterfinals)

08.

Serena Williams (third round)

09.

Kiki Bertens (fourth round)

10.

Madison Keys (third round)

11.

Aryna Sabalenka (first round)

12.

Johanna Konta (first round)

13.

Petra Martić (second round)

14.

Sofia Kenin (champion)

15.

Markéta Vondroušová (first round)

16.

Elise Mertens (fourth round)

17.

Angelique Kerber (fourth round)

18.

Alison Riske (fourth round)

19.

Donna Vekić (third round)

20.

Karolína Muchová (second round)

21.

Amanda Anisimova (first round)

22.

Maria Sakkari (fourth round)

23.

Dayana Yastremska (second round)

24.

Sloane Stephens (first round)

25.

Ekaterina Alexandrova (third round)

26.

Danielle Collins (second round)

27.

Wang Qiang (fourth round)

28.

Anett Kontaveit (quarterfinals)

29.

Elena Rybakina (third round)

30.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (quarterfinals)

31.

Anastasija Sevastova (first round)

32.

Barbora Strýcová (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

1	Ashleigh Barty	7⁸	6

7	Petra Kvitová	6⁶	2
				1	Ashleigh Barty	6⁶	5

				14	Sofia Kenin	7⁸	7
14	Sofia Kenin	6	6

	Ons Jabeur	4	4
								14	Sofia Kenin	4	6	6

									Garbiñe Muguruza	6	2	2
28	Anett Kontaveit	1	1

4	Simona Halep	6	6
				4	Simona Halep	6⁸	5

					Garbiñe Muguruza	7¹⁰	7
	Garbiñe Muguruza	7	6

30	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	5	3

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

1	A Barty	5	6	6
	L Tsurenko	7	1	1	1	A Barty	6	6
	P Hercog	6	6			P Hercog	1	4
	R Peterson	3	3							1	A Barty	6	6
	A Sasnovich	6³	6	5						29	E Rybakina	3	2
Q	G Minnen	7⁷	4	7	Q	G Minnen	3	4
	B Pera	3	2		29	E Rybakina	6	6
29	E Rybakina	6	6												1	A Barty	6	1	6
18	A Riske	7⁷	2	6											18	A Riske	3	6	4
	Y Wang	6⁵	6	3	18	A Riske	6	6
	V Golubic	6	1	6⁵		L Zhu	3	1
	L Zhu	4	6	7¹⁰						18	A Riske	1	7⁷	6
	J Görges	6	6								J Görges	6	6⁴	2
	V Kužmová	1	2			J Görges	4	6	7
	C McHale	3	0		13	P Martić	6	3	5
13	P Martić	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

10	M Keys	6	6
	D Kasatkina	3	1		10	M Keys	7⁷	6
	M Linette	6	3	4		A Rus	6³	2
	A Rus	1	6	6					10	M Keys	4	4
Q	N Hibino	4	7⁸	6					22	M Sakkari	6	6
	S Peng	6	6⁶	3	Q	N Hibino	6⁴	4
	M Gasparyan	2	2		22	M Sakkari	7⁷	6
22	M Sakkari	6	6										22	M Sakkari	7⁷	3	2
25	E Alexandrova	6	4	6									7	P Kvitová	6⁴	6	6
	J Teichmann	4	6	2	25	E Alexandrova	6	6
	K Kanepi	6³	6	3	Q	B Krejčíková	1	3
Q	B Krejčíková	7⁷	2	6					25	E Alexandrova	1	2
	P Badosa	6	6						7	P Kvitová	6	6
Q	J Larsson	1	0			P Badosa	5	5
	K Siniaková	1	0		7	P Kvitová	7	7
7	P Kvitová	6	6

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

3	N Osaka	6	6
	M Bouzková	2	4		3	N Osaka	6	6
	S Zheng	6	6			S Zheng	2	4
Q	A Kalinskaya	3	2							3	N Osaka	3	4
	V Williams	6⁵	3								C Gauff	6	6
	C Gauff	7⁷	6			C Gauff	4	6	7
	S Cîrstea	6	7⁷			S Cîrstea	6	3	5
32	B Strýcová	2	6⁵												C Gauff	7⁷	3	0
24	S Stephens	6	5	2										14	S Kenin	6⁵	6	6
	S Zhang	2	7	6		S Zhang	6	6
	S Stosur	1	4		Q	C McNally	2	4
Q	C McNally	6	6								S Zhang	5	6⁷
Q	A Li	7⁷	7¹²							14	S Kenin	7	7⁹
WC	L Cabrera	6⁴	6¹⁰		Q	A Li	1	3
Q	M Trevisan	2	4		14	S Kenin	6	6
14	S Kenin	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

12	J Konta	4	2
	O Jabeur	6	6			O Jabeur	1	6	6
	M Brengle	7⁷	2	2		C Garcia	6	2	3
	C Garcia	6⁵	6	6							O Jabeur	7	3	7
	K Ahn	1	3								C Wozniacki	5	6	5
	C Wozniacki	6	6			C Wozniacki	7	7
Q	K Juvan	1	1		23	D Yastremska	5	5
23	D Yastremska	6	6													O Jabeur	7⁷	6
27	Q Wang	7⁷	6												27	Q Wang	6⁴	1
WC	P Parmentier	6²	3		27	Q Wang	6	6
	F Ferro	6	6			F Ferro	1	2
	A Van Uytvanck	2	1							27	Q Wang	6	6²	7
	T Zidanšek	6	6							8	S Williams	4	7⁷	5
WC	N-l Han	3	3			T Zidanšek	2	3
	A Potapova	0	3		8	S Williams	6	6
8	S Williams	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

6	B Bencic	6	7
PR	AK Schmiedlová	3	5		6	B Bencic	7	7
Q	L Samsonova	1	4			J Ostapenko	5	5
	J Ostapenko	6	6							6	B Bencic	0	1
	S Sorribes Tormo	2	6	6						28	A Kontaveit	6	6
	V Kudermetova	6	1	1		S Sorribes Tormo	2	6	1
WC	A Sharma	0	2		28	A Kontaveit	6	4	6
28	A Kontaveit	6	6											28	A Kontaveit	6⁴	7	7
19	D Vekić	6	6												I Świątek	7⁷	5	5
WC	M Sharapova	3	4		19	D Vekić	6	6
	A Cornet	5	6	6		A Cornet	4	2
Q	M Niculescu	7	1	0						19	D Vekić	5	3
	I Świątek	6	6								I Świątek	7	6
	T Babos	3	2			I Świątek	6	7
	C Suárez Navarro	7⁸	7⁸			C Suárez Navarro	3	5
11	A Sabalenka	6⁶	6⁶

Section 6

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

16	E Mertens	6	6
	D Kovinić	2	0		16	E Mertens	6	6
	Kr Plíšková	6	3	1		H Watson	3	0
	H Watson	4	6	6						16	E Mertens	6	6⁵	6
PR	C Bellis	6	6							PR	C Bellis	1	7⁷	0
	T Maria	0	2		PR	C Bellis	6	6
	K Flipkens	3	6	6⁷	20	K Muchová	4	4
20	K Muchová	6	2	7¹⁰											16	E Mertens	4	4
26	D Collins	6	3	6											4	S Halep	6	6
	V Diatchenko	1	6	4	26	D Collins	4	6	5
	Y Putintseva	6	6			Y Putintseva	6	2	7
	S-w Hsieh	1	3								Y Putintseva	1	4
Q	H Dart	2	6	7¹⁰						4	S Halep	6	6
	M Doi	6	4	6⁶	Q	H Dart	2	4
	J Brady	6⁵	1		4	S Halep	6	6
4	S Halep	7⁷	6

Section 7

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

5	E Svitolina	6	7
PR	K Boulter	4	5		5	E Svitolina	6	7⁸
	L Davis	6	6			L Davis	2	6⁶
Q	L Fernandez	4	2							5	E Svitolina	1	2
	G Muguruza	0	6	6							G Muguruza	6	6
Q	S Rogers	6	1	0		G Muguruza	6	3	6
	A Tomljanović	6	6			A Tomljanović	3	6	3
31	A Sevastova	1	1												G Muguruza	6	6
21	A Anisimova	3	6	3										9	K Bertens	3	3
	Z Diyas	6	4	6		Z Diyas	4	6	6
	J Paolini	5	4			A Blinkova	6	3	4
	A Blinkova	7	6								Z Diyas	2	6³
PR	K Bondarenko	6	6⁵	0						9	K Bertens	6	7⁷
WC	Ar Rodionova	3	7⁷	6	WC	Ar Rodionova	3	5
	I-C Begu	1	4		9	K Bertens	6	7
9	K Bertens	6	6

Section 8

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

15	M Vondroušová	2	6	4
	S Kuznetsova	6	4	6		S Kuznetsova	3	1
Q	A Lottner	3	3			C Giorgi	6	6
	C Giorgi	6	6							C Giorgi	2	7⁷	3
	K Kozlova	3	4						17	A Kerber	6	6⁴	6
WC	P Hon	6	6		WC	P Hon	3	2
Q	E Cocciaretto	2	2		17	A Kerber	6	6
17	A Kerber	6	6											17	A Kerber	7⁷	6⁴	2
30	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	7											30	A Pavlyuchenkova	6⁵	7⁷	6
	N Stojanović	1	5		30	A Pavlyuchenkova	7	7⁷
	T Townsend	6	7⁷			T Townsend	5	6¹
	J Pegula	4	6⁵						30	A Pavlyuchenkova	7⁷	7⁷
	L Siegemund	6	6						2	Ka Plíšková	6⁴	6³
WC	C Vandeweghe	1	4			L Siegemund	3	3
	K Mladenovic	1	5		2	Ka Plíšková	6	6
2	Ka Plíšková	6	7

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings on 13 January 2020, while ranking and points before are as of 20 January 2020. Points after are as of 3 February 2020. Because the 2020 tournament takes place one week later than in 2019, points defending includes results from both the 2019 Australian Open and the tournaments from the week of 28 January 2019 (St. Petersburg and Hua Hin).

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Ashleigh Barty	8,017	430	780	8,367	Semifinals lost to Sofia Kenin [14]
2	2	Karolína Plíšková	5,940	780	130	5,290	Third round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [30]
3	4	Naomi Osaka	5,496	2,000	130	3,626	Third round lost to Coco Gauff
4	3	Simona Halep	5,561	240	780	6,101	Semifinals lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
5	5	Elina Svitolina	5,075	430	130	4,775	Third round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
6	7	Belinda Bencic	4,675	130	130	4,675	Third round lost to Anett Kontaveit [28]
7	8	Petra Kvitová	4,436	1,300+100	430+0	3,466	Quarterfinals lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
8	9	Serena Williams	4,215	430	130	3,915	Third round lost to Wang Qiang [27]
9	10	Kiki Bertens	4,165	70+470	130+240	3,995	Fourth round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
10	11	Madison Keys	3,072	240	130	2,962	Third round lost to Maria Sakkari [22]
11	12	Aryna Sabalenka	3,025	130+185	10+100	2,820	First round lost to Carla Suárez Navarro
12	13	Johanna Konta	2,813	70	10	2,753	First round lost to Ons Jabeur
13	14	Petra Martić	2,646	130	70	2,586	Second round lost to Julia Görges
14	15	Sofia Kenin	2,565	70	2,000	4,495	Champion, defeated Garbiñe Muguruza
15	16	Markéta Vondroušová	2,490	70	10	2,430	First round lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova
16	17	Elise Mertens	2,250	130	240	2,360	Fourth round lost to Simona Halep [4]
17	18	Angelique Kerber	2,175	240	240	2,175	Fourth round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [30]
18	19	Alison Riske	2,130	10	240	2,360	Fourth round lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
19	20	Donna Vekić	2,120	70+305	130+60	1,935	Third round lost to Iga Świątek
20	22	Karolína Muchová	1,847	40	70	1,877	Second round lost to Catherine Bellis [PR]
21	24	Amanda Anisimova	1,843	240	10	1,613	First round lost to Zarina Diyas
22	23	Maria Sakkari	1,845	130	240	1,955	Fourth round lost to Petra Kvitová [7]
23	21	Dayana Yastremska	2,070	130+280	70+55	1,785	Second round lost to Caroline Wozniacki
24	27	Sloane Stephens	1,683	240	10	1,453	First round lost to Zhang Shuai
25	28	Ekaterina Alexandrova	1,645	10+125	130+60	1,700	Third round lost to Petra Kvitová [7]
26	25	Danielle Collins	1,825	780	70	1,115	Second round lost to Yulia Putintseva
27	29	Wang Qiang	1,593	130	240	1,703	Fourth round lost to Ons Jabeur
28	31	Anett Kontaveit	1,575	70	430	1,935	Quarterfinals lost to Simona Halep [4]
29	26	Elena Rybakina	1,816	(80)^†	130	1,866	Third round lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
30	30	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1,585	430+100	430+1	1,486	Quarterfinals lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
31	33	Anastasija Sevastova	1,518	240	10	1,288	First round lost to Ajla Tomljanović
32	34	Barbora Strýcová	1,516	10	10	1,516	First round lost to Sorana Cîrstea

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019, but was defending points from an ITF tournament (Launceston).

Withdrawn players

The following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
6	Bianca Andreescu	4,935	110+160	4,665	Knee injury

Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Withdrawals

† Victoria Azarenka (50) → replaced by Camila Giorgi (100)
& Monica Puig (79) → replaced by Kaia Kanepi (101)
& Vera Zvonareva (78 PR) → replaced by Irina-Camelia Begu (102)
& Andrea Petkovic (78) → replaced by Heather Watson (103)
& Bianca Andreescu (5) → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan (104)^[a]

† – not included on entry list
& – withdrew from entry list

Championship match statistics

Category	Kenin	Muguruza
1st serve %	64/87 (74%)	47/82 (57%)
1st serve points won	41 of 64 = 64%	35 of 47 = 74%
2nd serve points won	15 of 23 = 65%	11 of 35 = 31%
Total service points won	56 of 87 = 64.37%	46 of 82 = 56.10%
Aces	2	9
Double faults	0	8
Winners	28	32
Unforced errors	23	45
Net points won	5 of 7 = 71%	16 of 24 = 67%
Break points converted	5 of 6 = 83%	2 of 12 = 17%
Return points won	36 of 82 = 44%	31 of 87 = 36%
Total points won	92	77
Source

Notes

^ Last direct acceptance

References

^ "Sofia Kenin battles back to beat Garbiñe Muguruza in Australian Open final". Guardian. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ "Maria Sharapova retires from tennis". WTA. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
^ Pye, John (26 January 2020). "First for Jabeur as she reaches quarterfinals in Australia". Associated Press. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b Alex Macpherson (2020-01-27). "Australian Open 2020: Day 9, Match Points". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
^ "Seeding per WTA rulebook" (PDF). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "From washing boats to Australian Open main draw". Australian Associated Press. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ "Han wins wildcard for 2020 Australian Open". WTA. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
^ "Wild-cards : Parmentier récompensée de sa fidélité, Gaston appelé, Parry en qualif" [Wild-cards: Parmentier rewarded for her loyalty, Gaston called, Parry in qualifying] (in French). Eurosport. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
^ "Arina Rodionova wins AO Play-Off". Tennis Australia. 15 December 2019.
^ "Maria Sharapova awarded AO2020 wildcard". Tennis Australia. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ "VANDEWEGHE, GIRON EARN WILD CARDS FOR 2020 AUSTRALIAN OPEN". Tennis Channel. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

External links

Preceded by 2019 US Open – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 2020 US Open – Women's singles

[12] Last direct acceptance

[1] "Sofia Kenin battles back to beat Garbiñe Muguruza in Australian Open final". Guardian. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[2] "Maria Sharapova retires from tennis". WTA. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

[3] Pye, John (26 January 2020). "First for Jabeur as she reaches quarterfinals in Australia". Associated Press. Retrieved 27 January 2020.

[:0-4] Alex Macpherson (2020-01-27). "Australian Open 2020: Day 9, Match Points". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

[5] "Seeding per WTA rulebook" (PDF). Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[AUS_WC-6] "From washing boats to Australian Open main draw". Australian Associated Press. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

[7] "Han wins wildcard for 2020 Australian Open". WTA. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

[French_WC-8] "Wild-cards : Parmentier récompensée de sa fidélité, Gaston appelé, Parry en qualif" [Wild-cards: Parmentier rewarded for her loyalty, Gaston called, Parry in qualifying] (in French). Eurosport. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

[9] "Arina Rodionova wins AO Play-Off". Tennis Australia. 15 December 2019.

[10] "Maria Sharapova awarded AO2020 wildcard". Tennis Australia. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[USA_WC-11] "VANDEWEGHE, GIRON EARN WILD CARDS FOR 2020 AUSTRALIAN OPEN". Tennis Channel. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

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