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defeated

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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

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, both in

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. This was the first Australian Open final in the

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to be contested between two players ranked outside the top ten, and the first such major final since the 2018 US Open. Kenin entered the top 10 in

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for the first time by winning the title.

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was the defending champion, but lost to

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in the third round. This was the final professional tournament for two former world No. 1's. The first was 2018 champion

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, who lost in the third round to

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. The second was five-time major champion and 2008 champion Maria Sharapova, who lost to

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in the first round. The elimination of

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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 major, as well as the first African woman to reach the quarterfinals of a major since

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at the

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became the first Estonian to reach an Australian Open quarterfinal, and the second to do so at any major after

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. She lost there to

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in straight sets.

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became the first Australian to reach the semifinals since

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. Barty's quarterfinal win over

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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

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and the tournaments from the week of 28 January 2019 (

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and

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). † 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.

Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Withdrawals

– not included on entry list
& – withdrew from entry list

Championship match statistics

Notes

References

External links

Draw information

2020 Australian Open – Women's draws and results
at the

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