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2020 Roland Garros – Women’S Preview Notes Paris, France – September 27 -October 11, 2020 – Grand Slam 2020 ROLAND GARROS – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES PARIS, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 27 -OCTOBER 11, 2020 – GRAND SLAM Tournament Information: www.rolandgarros.com | @rolandgarros | facebook.com/Roland Garros WTA Information: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/WTA WTA Communications: Adam Lincoln ([email protected]), Estelle LaPorte ([email protected]), Ellie Emerson ([email protected]) 2020 ROLAND GARROS The first national French Championships for women were held in 1897, with foreign competitors eligible to take part from 1925. As such, this year’s Roland Garros represents the 113th staging of the event overall, and the 90th edition since international players were admitted (the tournament was not held during WWI and WWII). 2020 Roland Garros also marks the 53rd staging of the Open Era (which began in 1968). Of the 128 players in the singles main draw, 108 gain direct entry based on WTA Singles Rankings (for week of August 17, 2020). In addition, there are 12 qualifiers who play three rounds of qualifying matches, as well as eight wildcards. SINGLES PRIZE MONEY & RANKING POINTS ROUND PRIZE MONEY (€) RANKING POINTS Winner €1,600,000 2000 Runner-Up €800,000 1300 Semifinalists €425,250 780 Quarterfinalists €283,500 430 Round of 16 (4r) €189,000 240 Round of 32 (3r) €126,000 130 Round of 64 (2r) €84,000 70 Round of 128 (1r) €60,000 10 MAIN DRAW SINGLES WITHDRAWALS The following players have withdrawn from Roland Garros: Bianca Andreescu (CAN), Ashleigh Barty (AUS), Belinda Bencic (SUI), Tatjana Maria (GER), Naomi Osaka (JPN), Anastasija Sevastova (LAT), Taylor Townsend (USA), Wang Qiang (CHN) WTA SPECIAL RANKINGS The following players are using a Special Ranking to enter the main draw at Roland Garros: CiCi Bellis (USA) – No.43 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) – No.93 MAIN DRAW DEBUTANTES The following players are making their Grand Slam main draw debut: Irina Bara (ROU), Elsa Jacquemot (FRA), Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS), Mayar Sherif (EGY), Clara Tauson (DEN), Renata Zarazua (MEX) The following players are making their Roland Garros main draw debut: Kristie Ahn (USA), Paula Badosa (ESP), Irina Bara (ROU), Clara Burel (FRA), Leylah Fernandez (CAN), Coco Gauff (USA), Varvara Gracheva (RUS), Barbara Haas (AUT), Maddison Inglis (AUS), Anna Kalinskaya (RUS), Tamara Korpatsch (GER), Marta Kostyuk (UKR), Greet Minnen (BEL), Nadia Podoroska (ARG), Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS), Mayar Sherif (EGY), Nina Stojanovic (SRB), Clara Tauson (DEN), Jil Teichmann (SUI), Martina Trevisan (ITA), Renata Zarazua (MEX), Katarina Zavatska (UKR) The following players are looking for their first Grand Slam main draw win: Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 1 2020 ROLAND GARROS – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES PARIS, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 27 -OCTOBER 11, 2020 – GRAND SLAM Irina Bara (ROU), Clara Burel (FRA), Barbara Haas (AUT), Maddison Inglis (AUS), Elsa Jacquemot (FRA), Tamara Korpatsch (GER), Jasmine Paolini (ITA), Nadia Podoroska (ARG), Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS), Liudmila Samsonova (RUS), Mayar Sherif (EGY), Nina Stojanovic (SRB), Clara Tauson (DEN), Harmony Tan (FRA), Martina Trevisan (ITA), Renata Zarazua (MEX), Katarina Zavatska (UKR) THE 2020 CLAY COURT STORY SO FAR TOURNAMENT SURFACE CHAMPION FINALIST SEMIFINALISTS Petra Martic (CRO) Palermo Red Fiona Ferro (FRA) Anett Kontaveit (EST) Camila Giorgi (ITA) Irina Camelia Begu (ROU) Prague Red Simona Halep (ROU) Elise Mertens (BEL) Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) Paula Badosa (ESP) Istanbul Red Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) Tereza Martincova (CZE) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) Rome Red Simona Halep (ROU) Karolina Pliskova (CZE) Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) Elena Rybakina (KAZ) Nao Hibino (JPN) Strasbourg Red ? Elina Svitolina (UKR) Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) WORLD NO.1 ON THE LINE The fortnight of 2020 Roland Garros will be Ashleigh Barty’s 33rd and 34th consecutive weeks at World No.1. With Simona Halep winning the title in Rome, she now has a chance to return to No.1 at Roland Garros and overtake Barty atop the WTA Rankings. Halep, a quarterfinalist last year at Roland Garros and the champion in 2018, would need to win the title in order to do so. By winning the title in Rome, Halep’s ranking points increase to 7255. A title run at Roland Garros would allow Halep to add +1570 ranking points (2000 points for the title, replacing 430 points for 2019 QF run), pushing her total to 8825. Under the revised ranking system, as Barty is not playing at Roland Garros, her ranking point total will stay at 8717. PLAYER WEEKS AT No.1 DATE REACHED No.1 Stefanie Graf (GER) 377 August 17, 1987 Martina Navratilova (USA) 332 July 10, 1978 Serena Williams (USA) 319 July 8, 2002 Chris Evert (USA) 260 November 3, 1975 Martina Hingis (SUI) 209 March 31, 1997 Monica Seles (USA) 178 March 11, 1991 Justine Henin (BEL) 117 October 20, 2003 Lindsay Davenport (USA) 98 October 12, 1998 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 71 October 11, 2010 Simona Halep (ROU) 64 October 9, 2017 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 51 January 30, 2012 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 44* June 24, 2019 Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 39 September 13, 2004 Angelique Kerber (GER) 34 September 12, 2016 Dinara Safina (RUS) 26 April 20, 2009 Naomi Osaka (JPN) 25 January 28, 2019 Tracy Austin (USA) 21 April 7, 1980 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 21 August 22, 2005 Kim Clijsters (BEL) 20 August 11, 2003 Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 18 August 11, 2008 Jennifer Capriati (USA) 17 October 15, 2001 Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 12 June 9, 2008 Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) 12 February 6, 1995 Venus Williams (USA) 11 February 25, 2002 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 8 July 17, 2017 Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 4 September 11, 2017 Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 2 April 26, 1976 *including weeks of Sept. 28 and Oct. 5, 2020 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 2 2020 ROLAND GARROS – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES PARIS, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 27 -OCTOBER 11, 2020 – GRAND SLAM ACTIVE GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS The 2020 season has already welcomed one new Grand Slam champion: Sofia Kenin won her maiden Grand Slam singles title at Melbourne Park in January; and seen another champion add to her total: Naomi Osaka won her third Grand Slam title just a few weeks ago at the US Open. There are 16 active Grand Slam champions, six of whom have lifted the trophy previously at Roland Garros: Ashleigh Barty (2019), Simona Halep (2018), Svetlana Kuznetsova (2009), Garbiñe Muguruza (2016), Jelena Ostapenko (2017) and Serena Williams (2002, 2013, 2015). GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS (ACTIVE PLAYERS) PLAYERS GS TITLES GRAND SLAM TITLES BREAKDOWN Australian Open: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017; Roland Serena Williams 23 Garros: 2002, 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015- 16; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14 Venus Williams 7 Wimbledon: 2000-01, 2005, 2007-08; US Open: 2000-01 Kim Clijsters 4 Australian Open: 2011; US Open: 2005, 2009, 2010 Angelique Kerber 3 Australian Open: 2016; Wimbledon: 2018; US Open: 2016 Naomi Osaka 3 Australian Open: 2019; US Open: 2018, 2020 Victoria Azarenka 2 Australian Open: 2012-13 Simona Halep 2 Roland Garros: 2018; Wimbledon: 2019 Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 Roland Garros: 2009; US Open: 2004 Petra Kvitova 2 Wimbledon: 2011, 2014 Garbiñe Muguruza 2 Roland Garros: 2016; Wimbledon: 2017 Bianca Andreescu 1 US Open: 2019 Ashleigh Barty 1 Roland Garros: 2019 Sofia Kenin 1 Australian Open: 2020 Jelena Ostapenko 1 Roland Garros: 2017 Sloane Stephens 1 US Open: 2017 Samantha Stosur 1 US Open: 2011 In addition, five other players in this year’s Roland Garros main draw have contested at least one Grand Slam final in their careers: Eugenie Bouchard (2014 Wimbledon), Sara Errani (2012 Roland Garros), Madison Keys (2017 US Open), Karolina Pliskova (2016 US Open), and Marketa Vondrousova (2019 Roland Garros). Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 3 2020 ROLAND GARROS – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES PARIS, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 27 -OCTOBER 11, 2020 – GRAND SLAM MOST GRAND SLAM SINGLES FINAL APPEARANCES A total of 23 active players have reached a Grand Slam singles final: PLAYER TOTAL TITLES WON RUNNER-UP FINISHES Serena Williams 33 23 Wins 10 Runner-Ups Australian Open (03, 05, 07, 09, 10, 15, 17) Australian Open (16) Roland Garros (02, 13, 15) Roland Garros (16) Wimbledon (02, 03, 09, 10, 12, 15, 16) Wimbledon (04, 08, 18, 19) US Open (99, 02, 08, 12, 13, 14) US Open (01, 11, 18, 19) Venus Williams 16 7 Wins 9 Runner-Ups Wimbledon (00, 01, 05, 07, 08) Australian Open (03, 17) US Open (00, 01) Roland Garros (02) Wimbledon (02, 03, 09, 17) US Open (97, 02) Kim Clijsters 8 4 Wins 4 Runner-Ups Australian Open (11) Australian Open (04) US Open (05, 09, 10) Roland Garros (01, 03) US Open (03) Victoria Azarenka 5 2 Wins 3 Runner-Ups Australian Open (12, 13) US Open (12, 13, 20) Simona Halep 5 2 Wins 3 Runner-Ups Roland Garros (18) Roland Garros (14, 17) Wimbledon (19) Australian Open (18) Angelique Kerber 4 3 Wins 1 Runner-Up Australian Open (16) Wimbledon (16) US Open (16) Wimbledon (18) Svetlana Kuznetsova 4 2 Wins 2 Runner-Ups Roland Garros (09) Roland Garros (06) US Open (04) US Open (07) Garbiñe Muguruza 4 2 Wins 2 Runner-Ups Roland Garros (16) Australian Open (20) Wimbledon (17) Wimbledon (15) Naomi Osaka 3 3 Wins --- US Open (18, 20) Australian Open (19) Petra Kvitova 3 2 Wins 1 Runner-Up Wimbledon (11, 14) Australian Open (19) Sloane Stephens 2 1 Win 1 Runner-Up US Open (17) Roland Garros (18) Samantha Stosur 2 1 Win 1 Runner-Up US Open (11) Roland Garros (10) Vera Zvonareva
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