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.
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.
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1 Singles2801801106030118121Doubles1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1Singles$25,000$14,000$8,700$5,000$3,150$2,300$1,685$1,100Doubles*$9,000$5,040$3,230$1,980$1,520 *per team
Singles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedSerena Williams91Aryna Sabalenka112Johanna Konta143Amanda Anisimova284Yulia Putintseva335Magda Linette 366Sloane Stephens377Ons Jabeur398 Rankings are as of March 16, 2020
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Caty McNally Shelby Rogers Vera Zvonareva
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: Catherine Bellis
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Kristie Ahn Caroline Dolehide Leylah Annie Fernandez Olga Govortsova Anna Kalinskaya Bethanie Mattek-Sands
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Francesca Di Lorenzo
Withdrawals Before the tournament Zarina Diyas → replaced by Misaki Doi Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Venus Williams Amanda Anisimova → replaced by Francesca Di Lorenzo
Doubles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedAlexa GuarachiDesirae Krawczyk761Jennifer BradyAryna Sabalenka772Coco GauffCaty McNally893Hayley CarterLuisa Stefani904 1 Rankings are as of March 16, 2020
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sloane Stephens Gabriela Talabă / Caitlin Whoriskey
Champions Singles
Jennifer Brady def. Jil Teichmann, 6–3, 6–4
Doubles
Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani def. Marie Bouzková / Jil Teichmann, 6–1, 7–5
References
External links Official website