Sofia Kenin defeated
Garbiñe Muguruza
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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
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title. Kenin was the youngest
Australian Open
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finalist since
Ana Ivanovic
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and the youngest champion since
Maria Sharapova
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, both in
2008
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. 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
is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 25 weeks, the first Asian player to hold the ...
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.
The elimination of
Angelique Kerber
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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
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at the
2001 Australian Open.
was the second Estonian to reach a major quarterfinal after
Kaia Kanepi
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Described as a 'resident Grand Slam up ...
.
Ashleigh Barty
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was the first Australian to reach the semifinals since
Wendy Turnbull
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in
1984
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. Barty's quarterfinal win over
Petra Kvitová
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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
2019 Australian Open and the tournaments from the week of 28 January 2019 (
St. Petersburg and
Hua Hin).
† 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 information2020 Australian Open – Women's draws and resultsat the
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