Sofia Kenin defeated Garbiñe Muguruza in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2020 Australian Open. It was her first major title. Kenin was the youngest Australian Open finalist since Ana Ivanovic and the youngest champion since Maria Sharapova, both in 2008. This was the first Australian Open final in the Open Era between two players ranked outside the top ten. Kenin entered the top 10 in rankings for the first time by winning the title.

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

This marked the final professional appearance of former world No. 1 and five-time major champion Sharapova, who lost to Donna Vekić in the first round.

This was the first Australian Open appearance for 2026 champion, three-time major champion and future world No. 1 Elena Rybakina. She lost in the third round to Ashleigh Barty.

The elimination of Angelique Kerber in the fourth round guaranteed a first-time Australian Open champion for the third year in a row. Ons Jabeur became the first Arab woman to reach a major singles quarterfinal, and the first African woman to do so since Amanda Coetzer at the 2001 Australian Open. Anett Kontaveit was the second Estonian to reach a major quarterfinal after Kaia Kanepi. Barty was the first Australian to reach the semifinals since Wendy Turnbull in 1984. Barty's quarterfinal win over Petra Kvitová was her first top ten singles win at a major, having lost her five previous such matches.

Seeds Seeding per WTA rankings.

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings on 13 January 2020, while ranking and points before are as of 20 January 2020. Points after are as of 3 February 2020. Because the 2020 tournament takes place one week later than in 2019, points defending includes results from both the 2019 Australian Open and the tournaments from the week of 28 January 2019 (St. Petersburg and Hua Hin).

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Ashleigh Barty 8,017 430 780 8,367 Semifinals lost to Sofia Kenin 2 2 Karolína Plíšková 5,940 780 130 5,290 Third round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3 4 Naomi Osaka 5,496 2,000 130 3,626 Third round lost to Coco Gauff 4 3 Simona Halep 5,561 240 780 6,101 Semifinals lost to Garbiñe Muguruza 5 5 Elina Svitolina 5,075 430 130 4,775 Third round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza 6 7 Belinda Bencic 4,675 130 130 4,675 Third round lost to Anett Kontaveit 7 8 Petra Kvitová 4,436 1,300+100 430+0 3,466 Quarterfinals lost to Ashleigh Barty 8 9 Serena Williams 4,215 430 130 3,915 Third round lost to Wang Qiang 9 10 Kiki Bertens 4,165 70+470 130+240 3,995 Fourth round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza 10 11 Madison Keys 3,072 240 130 2,962 Third round lost to Maria Sakkari 11 12 Aryna Sabalenka 3,025 130+185 10+100 2,820 First round lost to Carla Suárez Navarro 12 13 Johanna Konta 2,813 70 10 2,753 First round lost to Ons Jabeur 13 14 Petra Martić 2,646 130 70 2,586 Second round lost to Julia Görges 14 15 Sofia Kenin 2,565 70 2,000 4,495 Champion, defeated Garbiñe Muguruza 15 16 Markéta Vondroušová 2,490 70 10 2,430 First round lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova 16 17 Elise Mertens 2,250 130 240 2,360 Fourth round lost to Simona Halep 17 18 Angelique Kerber 2,175 240 240 2,175 Fourth round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 18 19 Alison Riske 2,130 10 240 2,360 Fourth round lost to Ashleigh Barty 19 20 Donna Vekić 2,120 70+305 130+60 1,935 Third round lost to Iga Świątek 20 22 Karolína Muchová 1,847 40 70 1,877 Second round lost to Catherine Bellis [PR] 21 24 Amanda Anisimova 1,843 240 10 1,613 First round lost to Zarina Diyas 22 23 Maria Sakkari 1,845 130 240 1,955 Fourth round lost to Petra Kvitová 23 21 Dayana Yastremska 2,070 130+280 70+55 1,785 Second round lost to Caroline Wozniacki 24 27 Sloane Stephens 1,683 240 10 1,453 First round lost to Zhang Shuai 25 28 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1,645 10+125 130+60 1,700 Third round lost to Petra Kvitová 26 25 Danielle Collins 1,825 780 70 1,115 Second round lost to Yulia Putintseva 27 29 Wang Qiang 1,593 130 240 1,703 Fourth round lost to Ons Jabeur 28 31 Anett Kontaveit 1,575 70 430 1,935 Quarterfinals lost to Simona Halep 29 26 Elena Rybakina 1,816 (80)† 130 1,866 Third round lost to Ashleigh Barty 30 30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1,585 430+100 430+1 1,486 Quarterfinals lost to Garbiñe Muguruza 31 33 Anastasija Sevastova 1,518 240 10 1,288 First round lost to Ajla Tomljanović 32 34 Barbora Strýcová 1,516 10 10 1,516 First round lost to Sorana Cîrstea † The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019, but was defending points from an ITF tournament (Launceston).

Withdrawn players The following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event. Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason 6 Bianca Andreescu 4,935 110+160 4,665 Knee injury

Other entry information

Wild cards

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Qualifiers

Withdrawals

† – not included on entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list

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 won15 of 23 = 65%11 of 35 = 31% Total service points won56 of 87 = 64.37% 46 of 82 = 56.10% Aces 2 9 Double faults 0 8 Winners2832 Unforced errors23 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 77Source

Notes

References

External links Draw information 2020 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation