The 2020 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's World Tennis Tour is a second-tier tour for women's professional

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. It is organized by the

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and is a tier below the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The

ITF Women's World Tennis Tour The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmenta ...

includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $15,000 to $100,000. The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour is the product of reforms designed to support talented junior players in their progression to the senior game, and target the prize money effectively at professional tournaments to enable more players to make a living. The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour was suspended between 13 March to 16 August due to the

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. Due to the pandemic, only 156 tournaments were held in the 2020 season, 398 tournaments less than in 2019.

Schedule

January–March

April–June

''No tournaments held due to the

July–September

October–December

Participating host nations

Tournament breakdown by event category

Ranking points distribution

* "+H" indicates that hospitality is provided.

Prize money distribution

* Doubles prize money per team

Statistics

Key

These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season. The players/nations are sorted by: # Total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation) # A singles > doubles hierarchy # Alphabetical order (by family names for players). ''To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after all events of the week are completed.''

Titles won by player

Titles won by nation

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2020 season: * Claudia Coppola *

Myrtille Georges Myrtille Georges (; born 21 December 1990) is a French tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 168 in singles (achieved on 18 July 2016) and world No. 287 in doubles (21 August 2017). She won nine singles and six doubles titles on t ...

Aleksandrina Naydenova Aleksandrina Naydenova (; born 29 February 1992) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. On 9 September 2019, she reached her highest singles ranking of 218 by the WTA whilst her best doubles ranking is No. 95, achieved on 25 Septemb ...

(lifetime ban for match-fixing) *

Constance Sibille Constance Sibille (born 9 November 1990) is a French people, French former professional tennis player. On 7 July 2014, Sibille reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 265. On 27 July 2015, she peaked at No. 244 in the doubles rankings ...

* Zhang Ling

References

External links

International Tennis Federation (ITF)
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