2020 Australian Open – Women’s Singles

Sofia Kenin won her first Grand Slam title, defeating Garbiñe Muguruza in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2. Kenin became the first American woman, other than Serena Williams, to win the Australian Open women’s singles title since Jennifer Capriati in 2002. 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. 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. 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.

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.

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, as well as the first African woman to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam since Amanda Coetzer at the 2001 Australian Open.

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, 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.

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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

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Qualifiers

Withdrawals