2020 French Open – Women's Singles

Iga Świątek defeated Sofia Kenin in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win her first Grand Slam tournament and capture the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2020 French Open.[1]

Women's Singles
2020 French Open
Champion Iga Świątek
Runner-up Sofia Kenin
Final score6–4, 6–1
Draw128 (12 Q / 8 WC)
Seeds32
Main article: 2020 French Open

This was also Świątek's first WTA singles title, making her the first player since Jeļena Ostapenko to win a major tournament as their maiden singles title.[2] Ranked world No. 54 in the WTA rankings, Świątek became the lowest-ranked player to win the French Open since rankings were introduced in 1975, and the lowest-ranked player to win a Grand Slam title since Sloane Stephens won the 2017 US Open. Świątek also became the first Polish player, male or female, to win a Grand Slam singles title. Winning a French Open singles title at 19 years and 4 months of age made Świątek the youngest woman to do so since Monica Seles in 1992. Świątek did not drop a set throughout the entire tournament, becoming the first player since Justine Henin in 2007 to win the French Open without dropping a set.[3] Additionally, she did not lose more than four games in any set and did not lose more than five games in any match. Świątek dropped only 28 games throughout the tournament in total, the fewest since Steffi Graf dropped 20 games in 1988.,[4] meaning that this was the first French Open where both the men's and women's singles champions did not drop a set on their way to the title. Świątek became the first female Polish player since Jadwiga Jędrzejowska in 1939 to reach a French Open final, and the first to reach any Grand Slam final since Agnieszka Radwańska reached that stage of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships.[5]

Kenin was attempting to become the first player since Angelique Kerber in 2016 to win their first two Grand Slam singles titles in the same year, and the first female player to win more than one Grand Slam singles title in the same year since Kerber in 2016 as well, having won the 2020 Australian Open.[6]

Ashleigh Barty was the defending champion, but she chose not to participate due to safety concerns resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8] This marked the first time since 2008 that the defending French Open champion did not participate, and the second consecutive Grand Slam tournament where the defending champion did not participate, after Bianca Andreescu withdrew from the 2020 US Open.[9]

Simona Halep was in contention for the WTA No. 1 singles ranking,[10] but lost in the fourth round to Świątek. As a result, Barty retained the No. 1 ranking and finished the year as the year-end No. 1 for the second consecutive year.[11][12] Halep's loss in the fourth round guaranteed a new French Open champion for the fifth consecutive year, and a maiden Grand Slam finalist from the top half of the draw.

Serena Williams was attempting to add to her Open Era record of 23 Grand Slam singles titles and equal Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles, but withdrew before her second round match due to a left Achilles injury she suffered earlier in September at the US Open.[13]

Only 13 of the 32 seeded players advanced to the third round, the fewest at any Grand Slam since Wimbledon expanded to 32 seeds in 2001. Only three seeded players advanced to the quarterfinals, the fewest since the 1978 Australian Open.[14] This was the first Grand Slam tournament since the 1999 Wimbledon Championships that two qualifiers, Nadia Podoroska and Martina Trevisan, reached the quarterfinals.[15] The semifinal match between Świątek and Podoroska was also the first semifinal to be contested by two unseeded players at a Grand Slam since the 1983 French Open.[16]

Podoroska became the first qualifier in history to reach the semifinals of the French Open and the first to reach the semifinals at any Grand Slam tournament since Alexandra Stevenson achieved this feat at the aforementioned 1999 Wimbledon Championships.[17] She also became the first female Argentine player since Paola Suárez in 2004 to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament in singles, and the lowest-ranked semifinalist (ranked No. 130) at any Grand Slam since Henin reached that stage of the 2010 Australian Open as an unranked player.[18]

Seeds
01.   Simona Halep (Fourth round)
02.   Karolína Plíšková (Second round)
03.   Elina Svitolina (Quarterfinals)
04.   Sofia Kenin (Final)
05.   Kiki Bertens (Fourth round)
06.   Serena Williams (Second round, withdrew)
07.   Petra Kvitová (Semifinals)
08.   Aryna Sabalenka (Third round)
09.   Johanna Konta (First round)
10.   Victoria Azarenka (Second round)
11.   Garbiñe Muguruza (Third round)
12.   Madison Keys (First round)
13.   Petra Martić (Third round)
14.   Elena Rybakina (Second round)
15.   Markéta Vondroušová (First round)
16.   Elise Mertens (Third round)
17.   Anett Kontaveit (First round)
18.   Angelique Kerber (First round)
19.   Alison Riske (First round)
20.   Maria Sakkari (Third round)
21.   Jennifer Brady (First round)
22.   Karolína Muchová (First round)
23.   Yulia Putintseva (Second round)
24.   Dayana Yastremska (First round)
25.   Amanda Anisimova (Third round)
26.   Donna Vekić (First round)
27.   Ekaterina Alexandrova (Third round)
28.   Svetlana Kuznetsova (First round)
29.   Sloane Stephens (Second round)
30.   Ons Jabeur (Fourth round)
31.   Magda Linette (First round)
32.   Barbora Strýcová (Second round)

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

Draw

Key

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
  Iga Świątek 6 6
Q Martina Trevisan 3 1
  Iga Świątek 6 6
Q Nadia Podoroska 2 1
3 Elina Svitolina 2 4
Q Nadia Podoroska 6 6
  Iga Świątek 6 6
4 Sofia Kenin 4 1
  Danielle Collins 4 6 0
4 Sofia Kenin 6 4 6
4 Sofia Kenin 6 7
7 Petra Kvitová 4 5
7 Petra Kvitová 6 6
  Laura Siegemund 3 3

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
1 S Halep 6 6
S Sorribes Tormo 4 0 1 S Halep 6 6
I-C Begu 6 4 6 I-C Begu 3 4
J Teichmann 4 6 3 1 S Halep 6 6
PR C Bellis 63 1 25 A Anisimova 0 1
B Pera 77 6 B Pera 2 0
T Korpatsch 2 0 25 A Anisimova 6 6
25 A Anisimova 6 6 1 S Halep 1 2
24 D Yastremska 4 3 I Świątek 6 6
PR D Gavrilova 6 6 PR D Gavrilova 7 4 3
A Kalinskaya 4 4 WC E Bouchard 5 6 6
WC E Bouchard 6 6 WC E Bouchard 3 2
Q B Haas 3 61 I Świątek 6 6
S-w Hsieh 6 77 S-w Hsieh 1 4
I Świątek 6 6 I Świątek 6 6
15 M Vondroušová 1 2

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
9 J Konta 3 3
C Gauff 6 6 C Gauff 6 2 5
C Giorgi 5 0r Q M Trevisan 4 6 7
Q M Trevisan 7 3 Q M Trevisan 1 78 6
Q K Rakhimova 6 6 20 M Sakkari 6 66 3
S Rogers 2 3 Q K Rakhimova 60 2
A Tomljanović 0 5 20 M Sakkari 77 6
20 M Sakkari 6 7 Q M Trevisan 6 6
28 S Kuznetsova 1 6 1 5 K Bertens 4 4
A Pavlyuchenkova 6 2 6 A Pavlyuchenkova 3 4
K Siniaková 77 6 K Siniaková 6 6
L Davis 65 2 K Siniaková 2 2
M Puig 2 1 5 K Bertens 6 6
Q S Errani 6 6 Q S Errani 65 6 7
K Zavatska 6 2 0 5 K Bertens 77 3 9
5 K Bertens 2 6 6

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
3 E Svitolina 77 6
V Gracheva 62 4 3 E Svitolina 6 0 6
Q R Zarazúa 6 6 Q R Zarazúa 3 6 2
WC E Jacquemot 1 2 3 E Svitolina 6 7
A Blinkova 3 6 5 27 E Alexandrova 4 5
LL A Sharma 6 2 7 LL A Sharma 3 3
M Inglis 3 3 27 E Alexandrova 6 6
27 E Alexandrova 6 6 3 E Svitolina 6 6
17 A Kontaveit 4 6 4 C Garcia 1 3
C Garcia 6 3 6 C Garcia 77 6
A Sasnovich 6 2 6 A Sasnovich 65 2
A-L Friedsam 2 6 3 C Garcia 1 6 7
M Bouzková 6 4 2 16 E Mertens 6 4 5
K Kanepi 4 6 6 K Kanepi 4 5
M Gasparyan 2 3 16 E Mertens 6 7
16 E Mertens 6 6

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
10 V Azarenka 6 6
D Kovinić 1 2 10 V Azarenka 2 2
PR AK Schmiedlová 6 6 PR AK Schmiedlová 6 6
V Williams 4 4 PR AK Schmiedlová 3 2
G Minnen 2 1 Q N Podoroska 6 6
Q N Podoroska 6 6 Q N Podoroska 6 1 6
K Flipkens 1 2 23 Y Putintseva 3 6 2
23 Y Putintseva 6 6 Q N Podoroska 2 6 6
32 B Strýcová 7 6 B Krejčíková 6 2 3
Q V Lepchenko 5 2 32 B Strýcová 4 6 3
N Stojanović 3 5 B Krejčíková 6 3 6
B Krejčíková 6 7 B Krejčíková 5 6 6
WC T Pironkova 6 6 WC T Pironkova 7 4 3
A Petkovic 3 3 WC T Pironkova w/o
K Ahn 62 0 6 S Williams
6 S Williams 77 6

Section 5
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
8 A Sabalenka 6 6
J Pegula 3 1 8 A Sabalenka 78 6
D Kasatkina 6 6 D Kasatkina 66 0
WC H Tan 2 1 8 A Sabalenka 67 6 3
N Hibino 6 6 30 O Jabeur 79 2 6
Q M Kostyuk 4 0 N Hibino 64 4
Z Diyas 6 3 1 30 O Jabeur 77 6
30 O Jabeur 4 6 6 30 O Jabeur 4 6 4
21 J Brady 4 6 7 D Collins 6 4 6
Q C Tauson 6 3 9 Q C Tauson 2 3
Q M Niculescu 6 2 1 D Collins 6 6
D Collins 2 6 6 D Collins 7 2 6
V Kužmová 1 2 11 G Muguruza 5 6 4
Kr Plíšková 6 6 Kr Plíšková 3 2
T Zidanšek 5 6 6 11 G Muguruza 6 6
11 G Muguruza 7 4 8

Section 6
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
14 E Rybakina 6 6
S Cîrstea 0 3 14 E Rybakina 3 6 2
F Ferro 77 6 F Ferro 6 4 6
H Watson 64 4 F Ferro 79 4 6
S Vögele 5 5 PM Țig 67 6 0
PM Țig 7 7 PM Țig 6 6
C McHale 6 6 C McHale 4 3
22 K Muchová 2 4 F Ferro 6 2 1
26 D Vekić 3 4 4 S Kenin 2 6 6
Q I Bara 6 6 Q I Bara 6 4
A Van Uytvanck 2 6 6 A Van Uytvanck 1 0r
R Peterson 6 3 1 Q I Bara 2 0
T Babos 4 2 4 S Kenin 6 6
A Bogdan 6 6 A Bogdan 6 3 2
L Samsonova 4 6 3 4 S Kenin 3 6 6
4 S Kenin 6 3 6

Section 7
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
7 P Kvitová 6 7
O Dodin 3 5 7 P Kvitová 6 6
A Bolsova 4 3 J Paolini 3 3
J Paolini 6 6 7 P Kvitová 7 6
WC D Parry 4 2 LA Fernandez 5 3
P Hercog 6 6 P Hercog 4 6 1
LA Fernandez 1 6 6 LA Fernandez 6 3 6
31 M Linette 6 2 3 7 P Kvitová 6 6
18 A Kerber 3 3 S Zhang 2 4
K Juvan 6 6 K Juvan 66 2
A Rus 79 62 3 WC C Burel 78 6
WC C Burel 67 77 6 WC C Burel 62 5
WC C Paquet 3 2 S Zhang 77 7
A Cornet 6 6 A Cornet 4 63
S Zhang 6 77 S Zhang 6 77
12 M Keys 3 62

Section 8
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
13 P Martić 77 7
M Doi 62 5 13 P Martić 61 7 6
WC P Parmentier 2 3 V Kudermetova 77 5 3
V Kudermetova 6 6 13 P Martić 77 3 0
L Siegemund 7 6 L Siegemund 65 6 6
K Mladenovic 5 3 L Siegemund 1 6 6
J Görges 6 64 6 J Görges 6 1 3
19 A Riske 3 77 1 L Siegemund 7 6
29 S Stephens 6 6 P Badosa 5 2
V Diatchenko 2 2 29 S Stephens 4 6 2
K Kozlova 2 6 3 P Badosa 6 4 6
P Badosa 6 4 6 P Badosa 6 6
J Ostapenko 6 6 J Ostapenko 4 3
M Brengle 2 1 J Ostapenko 6 6
Q M Sherif 711 2 4 2 Ka Plíšková 4 2
2 Ka Plíšková 69 6 6

Championship match statistics
Category Świątek Kenin
1st serve %28/53 (53%)37/54 (69%)
1st serve points won19 of 28 = 68%17 of 37 = 46%
2nd serve points won13 of 25 = 52%4 of 17 = 24%
Total service points won32 of 53 = 60.38%21 of 54 = 38.89%
Aces11
Double faults33
Winners2510
Unforced errors1723
Net points won6 of 7 = 86%2 of 7 = 29%
Break points converted6 of 9 = 67%3 of 3 = 100%
Return points won33 of 54 = 61%21 of 53 = 40%
Total points won6542
Source


Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers
Main article: 2020 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

Lucky loser

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
During the tournament

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