2020 Top Seed Open

The 2020 Top Seed Open was a professional women's tennis tournament that was played on outdoor hard courts at the Top Seed Tennis Club in Nicholasville, near Lexington, Kentucky. It was a WTA International-class tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour, and was the first American tournament of the Tour to be played since its suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Top Seed Open
DateAugust 10–16
SurfaceHard / Outdoor
LocationLexington, United States
VenueTop Seed Tennis Club
Champions
Singles
Jennifer Brady
Doubles
Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani

The event was announced in early-July 2020 as one of two substitute events (alongside the 2020 Prague Open) for the Washington Open, whose organizers had declined to host the WTA Tour this season (the event was ultimately canceled later that month, citing the pandemic) in lieu of the regular US Open Series.[1][2][3]

Points and prize money

Point distribution
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Singles 280 180 110 60 30 1 18 12 1
Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q2 Q1
Singles $25,000 $14,000 $8,700 $5,000 $3,150 $2,300 $1,685 $1,100
Doubles* $9,000 $5,040 $3,230 $1,980 $1,520 N/A N/A N/A

*per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Serena Williams 9 1
 BLR Aryna Sabalenka 11 2
 GBR Johanna Konta 14 3
 USA Amanda Anisimova 28 4
 KAZ Yulia Putintseva 33 5
 POL Magda Linette 36 6
 USA Sloane Stephens 37 7
 TUN Ons Jabeur 39 8
  • Rankings are as of March 16, 2020

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 CHI Alexa Guarachi  USA Desirae Krawczyk 76 1
 USA Jennifer Brady  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 77 2
 USA Coco Gauff  USA Caty McNally 89 3
 USA Hayley Carter  BRA Luisa Stefani 90 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of March 16, 2020

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2020 Top Seed Open – Singles

Doubles
Main article: 2020 Top Seed Open – Doubles

References
  1. Clarey, Christopher (July 21, 2020). "Men's Tennis Event in Washington Is Canceled". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  2. "Citi Open snubbed on hosting the WTA Tour tournament this year". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  3. "WTA adds 2 new tourneys to replace Citi Open". ESPN.com. July 9, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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