2020 Prague Open

The 2020 Prague Open (branded as the 2020 J&T Banka Prague Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's tennis tournament that was played on outdoor clay courts at the TK Sparta Praha in Prague, Czech Republic. It was a WTA International-class tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour.

2020 Prague Open
Date10–16 August
Edition11th
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationPrague, Czech Republic
VenueTK Sparta Praha
Champions
Singles
Romania Simona Halep
Doubles
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká / Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková

The tournament was played from 10 to 16 August 2020, delayed from its usual late-April scheduling due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was held simultaneously with a second, U.S.-based event, the Top Seed Open in Kentucky, in order to provide additional options for players leading into the 2020 Western & Southern Open in New York City.[1][2][3]

Points and prize money

Point distribution
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles 280 180 110 60 30 1 18 14 10 1
Doubles 1 — — — — —

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $25,000 $14,000 $8,035 $5,000 $3,150 $2,300 $1,080 $940 $800
Doubles* $9,000 $5,000 $3,230 $1,980 $1,520 — — — —

*per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ROU Simona Halep 2 1
 CRO Petra Martić 15 2
 BEL Elise Mertens 23 3
 UKR Dayana Yastremska 25 4
 RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova 27 5
 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 30 6
 CZE Barbora Strýcová 31 7
 RUS Veronika Kudermetova 40 8
 LAT Anastasija Sevastova 43 9
  • Rankings are as of March 16, 2020

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
During the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 CZE Barbora Krejčíková  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 17 1
 CZE Lucie Hradecká  CZE Kristýna Plíšková 91 2
 AUS Ellen Perez  AUS Storm Sanders 116 3
 ROU Monica Niculescu  ROU Raluca Olaru 116 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of March 16, 2020

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals
During the tournament

Finals

Singles
Main article: 2020 Prague Open – Singles

Doubles
Main article: 2020 Prague Open – Doubles

References
  1. Clarey, Christopher (2020-07-21). "Men's Tennis Event in Washington Is Canceled". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  2. "Citi Open snubbed on hosting the WTA Tour tournament this year". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  3. "WTA adds 2 new tourneys to replace Citi Open". ESPN.com. 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
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