2020 WTA Finals
DateOctober 26 – November 2 (cancelled)
Edition50th (singles) / 45th (doubles)
Draw8S / 8D
Prize money$14,000,000
SurfaceHard (indoor)
LocationShenzhen, China
VenueShenzhen Bay Sports Centre

The 2020 WTA Finals, also known by its sponsored name Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen, was a women's tennis tournament that was scheduled to be held in Shenzhen, China. It would have been the 50th edition of the singles event and the 45th edition of the doubles competition,[1] contested by eight singles players and eight doubles teams.[2]

However, the tournament was cancelled by the WTA, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on 24 July 2020.[3]

Tournament

The 2020 WTA Finals was scheduled to take place at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center the week of October 26, 2020. It would have been the 50th edition of the event.[4] The tournament would have been run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as part of the 2020 WTA Tour. Shenzhen would have been the tenth city to host the WTA Finals since the tournament's inauguration in 1972.

Qualifying

In the singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from sixteen tournaments. Of these sixteen tournaments, a player's results from the four Grand Slam events, the four Premier Mandatory tournaments, and (for the top 20 players at the end of 2019) the best results from two Premier 5 tournaments must be included.
In the doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of eleven tournaments throughout the year. Unlike in the singles, this combination does not need to include results from the Grand-Slam or Premier-level tournaments.

Format

Both the singles and doubles event features eight players/teams in a round robin event, split into two groups of four. Over the first four days of competition, each player/team meets the other three players/teams in her group, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. The first-placed player/team in one group meets the second-placed player/team in the other group, and vice versa. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match.

Round robin tie-breaking methods

The final standings are made using these methods:

  1. Greatest number of [match] wins.
  2. Greatest number of matches played.
  3. Head-to-head results if only two players are tied, or if three players are tied then:
a. If three players each have the same number of wins, a player having played less than all three matches is automatically eliminated and the player advancing to the single elimination competition is the winner of the match-up of the two remaining tied players.
b. Highest percentage of sets won.
c. Highest percentage of games won.

Prize money and points

The total prize money for the BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2019 is US$14,000,000. The tables below are based on the updated draw sheet information.

Porsche Race to Shenzhen

On 16 March 2020, the WTA rankings were frozen due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] As a result of the pandemic, the Race to Shenzhen has been cancelled and the promotion is no longer valid. The WTA rankings would be used for the singles qualification.

Below is the unofficial WTA Singles Race ranking for only 2020 events.

Players in gold (*) would have qualified for the WTA Finals.

Rank Player Grand Slam Premier Mandatory Best two
Premier 5		 Best other Total
points		 Tourn WTA
Titles
AUS WI[lower-alpha 1] USO FO[lower-alpha 2] IW[lower-alpha 3] MI[lower-alpha 3] MA[lower-alpha 4] BE[lower-alpha 5] 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6
1* United States Sofia Kenin W
2000		 – R16
240		 F
1300		 – – – – R32
1		 R32
1		 W
280		 R16
55		 R16
55		 R32
1		 R32
1		 3,934 10 2
2* Japan Naomi Osaka R32
130		 – W
2000		 A
0		 – – – – F
585		 SF
185		 2,900 4 1
3* Romania Simona Halep SF
780		 – A
0		 R16
240		 – – – – W
900		 W
470		 W
280		 QF
100		 2,770 6 3
4* Belarus Victoria Azarenka A
0		 – F
1300		 R64
70		 – – – – W
900		 QF
190		 F
305		 R32
1		 R32
1		 2,767 7 1
5* Poland Iga Świątek R16
240		 – R32
130		 W
2000		 – – – – R32
60		 R64
1		 R32
1		 2,432 6 1
6* Belarus Aryna Sabalenka R128
10		 – R64
70		 R32
130		 R16
30		 – – – W
900		 R16
105		 W
470		 W
280		 SF
185		 SF
110		 QF
100		 R16
30		 2,420 12 3
7* Czech Republic Petra Kvitová QF
430		 – R16
240		 SF
780		 – – – – F
585		 R32
1		 SF
185		 QF
100		 2,321 7 0
8* Spain Garbiñe Muguruza F
1300		 – R64
70		 R32
130		 – – – – SF
350		 QF
190		 SF
110		 QF
100		 QF
60		 2,310 8 0
Alternates
9 Belgium Elise Mertens R16
240		 – QF
430		 R32
130		 R16
55		 R32
1		 – – SF
350		 QF
190		 F
180		 F
180		 QF
100		 R32
60		 QF
60		 QF
60		 2,036 13 0
10 Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina R32
130		 – R64
70		 R64
70		 R32
1		 – – – R16
105		 R16
105		 F
305		 F
305		 W
280		 F
180		 F
180		 R32
1		 1,732 12 1
  1. ↑ Wimbledon was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[6]
  2. ↑ French Open was postponed to September due to the coronavirus pandemic.[7]
  3. 1 2 Indian Wells Open and Miami Open were suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9]
  4. ↑ Madrid Open was initially rescheduled to September, but later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
  5. ↑ China Open was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

Below is the unofficial WTA Doubles Race ranking for only 2020 events.

Players in gold (*) would have qualified for the WTA Finals.

Rank Team Points Total Points Tourn WTA
Titles
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1* Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic		 W
2000		 W
2000		 SF
350		 R16
120		 4,470 4 2
2* Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová		 F
1300		 W
900		 W
900		 W
470		 W
470		 R16
240		 4,280 6 4
3* Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková		 SF
780		 SF
780		 SF
350		 W
280		 SF
185		 SF
110		 2,485 6 1
4* United States Nicole Melichar
China Xu Yifan		 F
650		 F
585		 W
470		 QF
190		 QF
100		 QF
100		 R64
10		 2,105 7 1
5* United States Hayley Carter
Brazil Luisa Stefani		 SF
350		 W
280		 R16
240		 R16
240		 QF
215		 F
180		 W
160		 R16
105		 QF
100		 W
80		 R32
1		 1,951 11 1
6* Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Ena Shibahara		 W
470		 QF
430		 SF
350		 R16
240		 R16
120		 SF
110		 R16
105		 QF
100		 R16
1		 R32
1		 R32
1		 1,928 11 1
7* Chile Alexa Guarachi
United States Desirae Krawczyk		 F
1300		 W
280		 SF
110		 R16
105		 R32
10		 R32
1		 R16
1		 1,807 7 1
8* Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Netherlands Demi Schuurs		 W
900		 R16
240		 QF
215		 R32
130		 QF
100		 R16
55		 R16
1		 1,641 7 1
Alternates
9 Belgium Elise Mertens
Belarus Aryna Sabalenka		 W
470		 QF
430		 QF
215		 QF
190		 R32
130		 QF
105		 QF
60		 1,600 7 1
10 Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko		 F
585		 QF
430		 R16
240		 SF
110		 1,365 4 0

See also

References

  1. ↑ "WTA Finals at WTA Official Website". wtatennis.com. WTA. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "2020 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "WTA tournaments in China cancelled for 2020". WTA. 24 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "2020 WTA Calendar". wtatennis.com. WTA. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Porsche Race to Shenzen - Point Leaders" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  6. ↑ Carayol, Tumaini (1 April 2020). "Wimbledon 2020 cancelled in response to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "French Open Postponed to Late September Because of Coronavirus". The New York Times. 17 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Rothenberg, Ben; Clarey, Christopher (9 March 2020). "Indian Wells Tennis Tournament Canceled Because of Coronavirus Outbreak". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "2020 Miami Open will not take place due to COVID-19". WTA. 12 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "WTA announces updated 2020 provisional calendar". WTA. 17 June 2020.
  11. ↑ "WTA tournaments in China cancelled for 2020". WTA. 23 July 2020.
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