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 won her first Grand Slam title, defeating Garbiñe Muguruza in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2.^[1] Kenin became the first American woman, other than Serena Williams, to win the Australian Open women's singles title since Jennifer Capriati in 2002.^[2] Kenin was the youngest Australian Open finalist since Ana Ivanovic and the youngest champion since Maria Sharapova, both in 2008. Muguruza was the first unseeded player, without being awarded a wildcard or entering through a protected ranking, to reach the Australian Open final since Serena Williams in 2007.^[3] 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 Grand Slam final to feature two players outside the top ten since the 2018 US Open final.

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

This was the final tournament for the 2018 champion and former world no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, who announced her retirement effective at the end of the tournament.^[4] She lost in the third round to Ons Jabeur.

This tournament was also the last event in which five-time Grand Slam champion, 2008 champion, and former World No. 1 Sharapova competed, losing to Donna Vekić in the first round. She announced her immediate retirement from professional tennis in February.^[5]

Bianca Andreescu, the reigning women's singles champion of the 2019 US Open, the Grand Slam tournament immediately preceding the 2020 Australian Open, withdrew due to a knee injury. This marked the first time since the 1996 Australian Open that the defending US Open champion (in that case, Steffi Graf) withdrew before the tournament.^[6]

Serena Williams was aiming to become the first woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in four different decades (as well as equal the all-time record for most Grand Slam titles held by Margaret Court) but she lost to Wang Qiang in the third round, her earliest exit in Melbourne since 2006.

The elimination of Angelique Kerber in the fourth round guaranteed a first-time Australian Open champion for the third year in a row. Jabeur became the first Arabian woman to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament,^[7] as well as the first African woman to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam since Amanda Coetzer at the 2001 Australian Open.^[8]

Ashleigh Barty became the first Australian woman to reach the women's singles semifinals since Wendy Turnbull in 1984. Barty's quarterfinal win over Petra Kvitová was her first ever top ten singles win at a Grand Slam,^[8] having lost her five previous matches.

Anett Kontaveit became the first player from Estonia, male or female, to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, and the second to do so at any Grand Slam after Kaia Kanepi. She would lose to Simona Halep in straight sets.

Seeds

Seeding per WTA rankings.^[9]

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	LA 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

Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Withdrawals

Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan
Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Camila Giorgi
Andrea Petkovic → replaced by Heather Watson
Monica Puig → replaced by Kaia Kanepi
Vera Zvonareva → replaced by Irina-Camelia Begu

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

References

^ "Sofia Kenin battles back to beat Garbiñe Muguruza in Australian Open final". Guardian. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ "Australian Open: Sofia Kenin beats Garbine Muguruza to win title". BBC Sport. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ Although unseeded when she reached the 2010 Australian Open women's singles final, Justine Henin was awarded a wildcard into the event.
^ Bengel, Chris (6 December 2019). "Caroline Wozniacki, 29, says she will retire following 2020 Australian Open". CBS Sports. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
^ "Maria Sharapova retires from tennis". WTA. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
^ "Andreescu announces her Australian Open absence". WTA. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 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

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

[2] "Australian Open: Sofia Kenin beats Garbine Muguruza to win title". BBC Sport. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[3] Although unseeded when she reached the 2010 Australian Open women's singles final, Justine Henin was awarded a wildcard into the event.

[4] Bengel, Chris (6 December 2019). "Caroline Wozniacki, 29, says she will retire following 2020 Australian Open". CBS Sports. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

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

[6] "Andreescu announces her Australian Open absence". WTA. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

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

[:0-8] Alex Macpherson (2020-01-27). "Australian Open 2020: Day 9, Match Points". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

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

[AUS_WC-10] "From washing boats to Australian Open main draw". Australian Associated Press. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

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

[French_WC-12] "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.

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

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

[USA_WC-15] "VANDEWEGHE, GIRON EARN WILD CARDS FOR 2020 AUSTRALIAN OPEN". Tennis Channel. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

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v t e Australian Open (Open Era) singles drawsheets
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v t e Australian Open women's singles drawsheets
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