2020 WTA Tour
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The 2020 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2020 tennis season. The 2020 WTA Tour calendar originally comprised the Grand Slam tournaments supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy).[2]
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Duration | 5 January – 15 November 2020 |
Edition | 50th |
Tournaments | 24 |
Categories | Grand Slam (3) WTA Premier 5 (3) WTA Premier (5) WTA International (13) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Simona Halep Aryna Sabalenka (3) |
Most tournament finals | Elena Rybakina (5) |
Prize money leader | Sofia Kenin ($4,302,970)[1] |
Points leader | Sofia Kenin (3,934) |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Sofia Kenin |
Doubles team of the year | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic |
Most improved player of the year | Iga Świątek |
Newcomer of the year | Nadia Podoroska |
Comeback player of the year | Victoria Azarenka |
← 2019 2021 → |
Many tournaments were cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Tokyo Summer Olympics and the Wimbledon Championships.[3][4][5][6][7]