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 are divided into three levels, which all rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments.

Schedule

Premier Mandatory

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
9 March (2 weeks)	Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, USA	Postponed due to coronavirus pandemic.[1]
23 March (2 weeks)	Miami Open Miami Gardens, USA	Cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.[2]
4 May	Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain
5 October	China Open Beijing, China

Premier 5

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
24 February	Qatar Open Doha, Qatar	Aryna Sabalenka 6–3, 6–3	Petra Kvitová	Ashleigh Barty Svetlana Kuznetsova	Garbiñe Muguruza Ons Jabeur Belinda Bencic Zheng Saisai
		Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 6–2, 5–7, [10–2]	Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko
10 August	Canadian Open Montreal, Canada	Cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.[2][3]
22 August	Western & Southern Open New York City, USA (Moved from Mason, Ohio to New York City)	Victoria Azarenka Walkover	Naomi Osaka	Elise Mertens Johanna Konta	Jessica Pegula Anett Kontaveit Maria Sakkari Ons Jabeur
		Květa Peschke Demi Schuurs 6–1, 4–6, [10–4]	Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan
14 September	Italian Open Rome, Italy	Simona Halep 6–0, 2–1 ret.	Karolína Plíšková	Garbiñe Muguruza Markéta Vondroušová	Yulia Putintseva Victoria Azarenka Elina Svitolina Elise Mertens
		Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 6–2, 6–2	Anna-Lena Friedsam Raluca Olaru
28 September	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China	Cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.

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	Jennifer Brady Petra Martić	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.[2]
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.[2]

References

1. "2020 BNP Paribas Open Will Not Be Held". bnpparibasopen.com. 2020-03-09. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
2. "WTA Tour suspended until May 2". WTA. 16 March 2020.
3. Canada, Tennis (11 April 2020). "TENNIS CANADA ANNOUNCES THE POSTPONEMENT OF ROGERS CUP PRESENTED BY NATIONAL BANK IN MONTREAL TO 2021". TENNIS CANADA. Retrieved 11 April 2020.