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2020 Australian Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
2020 Australian Open
Sofia Kenin
Garbiñe Muguruza
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
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Sofia Kenin defeated Garbiñe Muguruza 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 Maria Sharapova, both in 2008. 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 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.

This was the first Australian Open appearance for future champion and two-time major champion Elena Rybakina. She lost in the third round to Ashleigh Barty.

The elimination of Angelique Kerber 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 at the 2001 Australian Open. Anett Kontaveit was the second Estonian to reach a major quarterfinal after Kaia Kanepi. Barty was the first Australian to reach the semifinals since Wendy Turnbull in 1984. Barty's quarterfinal win over Petra Kvitová was her first top ten singles win at a major, having lost her five previous such matches.

Seeding per WTA rankings.

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Key

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).

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Ashleigh Barty	8,017	430	780	8,367	Semifinals lost to Sofia Kenin [14]
2	2	Karolína Plíšková	5,940	780	130	5,290	Third round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [30]
3	4	Naomi Osaka	5,496	2,000	130	3,626	Third round lost to Coco Gauff
4	3	Simona Halep	5,561	240	780	6,101	Semifinals lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
5	5	Elina Svitolina	5,075	430	130	4,775	Third round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
6	7	Belinda Bencic	4,675	130	130	4,675	Third round lost to Anett Kontaveit [28]
7	8	Petra Kvitová	4,436	1,300+100	430+0	3,466	Quarterfinals lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
8	9	Serena Williams	4,215	430	130	3,915	Third round lost to Wang Qiang [27]
9	10	Kiki Bertens	4,165	70+470	130+240	3,995	Fourth round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
10	11	Madison Keys	3,072	240	130	2,962	Third round lost to Maria Sakkari [22]
11	12	Aryna Sabalenka	3,025	130+185	10+100	2,820	First round lost to Carla Suárez Navarro
12	13	Johanna Konta	2,813	70	10	2,753	First round lost to Ons Jabeur
13	14	Petra Martić	2,646	130	70	2,586	Second round lost to Julia Görges
14	15	Sofia Kenin	2,565	70	2,000	4,495	Champion, defeated Garbiñe Muguruza
15	16	Markéta Vondroušová	2,490	70	10	2,430	First round lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova
16	17	Elise Mertens	2,250	130	240	2,360	Fourth round lost to Simona Halep [4]
17	18	Angelique Kerber	2,175	240	240	2,175	Fourth round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [30]
18	19	Alison Riske	2,130	10	240	2,360	Fourth round lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
19	20	Donna Vekić	2,120	70+305	130+60	1,935	Third round lost to Iga Świątek
20	22	Karolína Muchová	1,847	40	70	1,877	Second round lost to Catherine Bellis [PR]
21	24	Amanda Anisimova	1,843	240	10	1,613	First round lost to Zarina Diyas
22	23	Maria Sakkari	1,845	130	240	1,955	Fourth round lost to Petra Kvitová [7]
23	21	Dayana Yastremska	2,070	130+280	70+55	1,785	Second round lost to Caroline Wozniacki
24	27	Sloane Stephens	1,683	240	10	1,453	First round lost to Zhang Shuai
25	28	Ekaterina Alexandrova	1,645	10+125	130+60	1,700	Third round lost to Petra Kvitová [7]
26	25	Danielle Collins	1,825	780	70	1,115	Second round lost to Yulia Putintseva
27	29	Wang Qiang	1,593	130	240	1,703	Fourth round lost to Ons Jabeur
28	31	Anett Kontaveit	1,575	70	430	1,935	Quarterfinals lost to Simona Halep [4]
29	26	Elena Rybakina	1,816	(80)†	130	1,866	Third round lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
30	30	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1,585	430+100	430+1	1,486	Quarterfinals lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
31	33	Anastasija Sevastova	1,518	240	10	1,288	First round lost to Ajla Tomljanović
32	34	Barbora Strýcová	1,516	10	10	1,516	First round lost to Sorana Cîrstea

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019, but was defending points from an ITF tournament (Launceston).

The following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
6	Bianca Andreescu	4,935	110+160	4,665	Knee injury

† – not included on entry list

‡ – withdrew from entry list

Category	Kenin	Muguruza
1st serve %	64/87 (74%)	47/82 (57%)
1st serve points won	41 of 64 = 64%	35 of 47 = 74%
2nd serve points won	15 of 23 = 65%	11 of 35 = 31%
Total service points won	56 of 87 = 64.37%	46 of 82 = 56.10%
Aces	2	9
Double faults	0	8
Winners	28	32
Unforced errors	23	45
Net points won	5 of 7 = 71%	16 of 24 = 67%
Break points converted	5 of 6 = 83%	2 of 12 = 17%
Return points won	36 of 82 = 44%	31 of 87 = 36%
Total points won	92	77

Draw information
2020 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

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