2020 French Open – Women's Singles

Iga Świątek defeated Sofia Kenin in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2020 French Open. It was her first major title and first WTA Tour-level singles title overall. Ranked as the world No. 54, she was the lowest-ranked player to win the title since the WTA rankings were introduced in 1975. Świątek was the first Pole to win a major singles title. At 19 years and 4 months of age, she was the youngest woman to win the title since Monica Seles in 1992. Świątek did not lose a set during the tournament, dropping only 28 games in total, the fewest since Steffi Graf dropped 20 games in 1988. This marked the first French Open where both the men's and women's singles champions did not lose a set during the tournament. Świątek was the first Polish woman since Jadwiga Jędrzejowska in 1939 to reach the French Open final, and the first to reach any major final since Agnieszka Radwańska at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships.

Ashleigh Barty was the reigning champion, but chose not to participate due to safety concerns resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This marked the first time since 2008 that the reigning champion did not attempt to defend their title.

Barty and Simona Halep were in contention for the world No. 1 singles ranking. Barty retained the top ranking when Halep lost to Świątek in the fourth round, ensuring a year-end No. 1 ranking for the second consecutive year. Halep's loss guaranteed a new French Open champion for the fifth consecutive year, and a first-time major finalist from the top half of the draw.

Serena Williams was attempting to equal Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 major singles titles, but withdrew before her second round match due to a pre-existing left Achilles injury.

This marked the final major appearance of Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig; she lost to Sara Errani in the first round.

This was the first major since the 1999 Wimbledon Championships where two qualifiers, Nadia Podoroska and Martina Trevisan, reached the quarterfinals. Podoroska was the first qualifier to reach the semifinals of the French Open and the first to reach the semifinals at any major since Alexandra Stevenson at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships. She also became the first Argentine woman since Paola Suarez at the 2004 French Open to reach the semifinals of a singles major, and the lowest-ranked semifinalist (ranked No. 130) at any major since Justine Henin at the 2010 Australian Open.

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

Championship match statistics

Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

* Astra Sharma

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament

;During the tournament
* Serena Williams (achilles injury)
* Alison Van Uytvanck
* Camila Giorgi

References

External links

2020 French Open – Women's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation

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