2020 TK Sparta Prague Open
| 2020 TK Sparta Prague Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 29 August – 6 September |
| Edition | 1st |
| Category | WTA 125s |
| Prize money | $3,125,000 |
| Surface | Clay |
| Location | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Venue | TK Sparta Prague I.ČLTK (few) |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Kristína Kučová | |
| Doubles | |
 Lidziya Marozava /  Andreea Mitu | |
The 2020 TK Sparta Prague Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the 2020 WTA 125K series. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic between 29 August – 6 September 2020.
The tournament draw size was increased from 32 to 128 (and hence, the prize money and ranking points offered increased, as well). This was done to allow players unable to participate in the US Open qualifying to compete, which was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2][3] along with the last minute cancellation of a concurrent tournament in Austria. [4] Due to the overwhelming size of participants, the event scheduled to be held only on TK Sparta Praha had to have make use also of nearby I. Czech Lawn Tennis Club on the Stvanice Island. [5]
WTA singles main-draw entrants[edit]
Seeds[edit]
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROU
|
Monica Niculescu | 138 | 1 |
 ITA
|
Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 144 | 2 |
 GBR
|
Harriet Dart | 147 | 3 |
 SUI
|
Leonie Küng | 148 | 4 |
 ESP
|
Lara Arruabarrena | 150 | 5 |
| ITA
|
Sara Errani | 151 | 6 |
| ITA
|
Martina Trevisan | 153 | 7 |
| ITA
|
Giulia Gatto-Monticone | 156 | 8 |
 POL
|
Magdalena Fręch | 158 | 9 |
| ROU
|
Irina Bara | 161 | 10 |
| ROU
|
Jaqueline Cristian | 164 | 11 |
 ARG
|
Nadia Podoroska | 165 | 12 |
 IND
|
Ankita Raina | 166 | 13 |
| SVK
|
Jana Čepelová | 167 | 14 |
 NED
|
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove | 168 | 15 |
| ROU
|
Elena-Gabriela Ruse | 169 | 16 |
 EGY
|
Mayar Sherif | 170 | 17 |
| SVK
|
Kristína Kučová | 173 | 18 |
 SRB
|
Olga Danilović | 174 | 19 |
 FRA
|
Chloé Paquet | 175 | 20 |
| ESP
|
Cristina Bucșa | 177 | 21 |
 USA
|
Varvara Lepchenko | 179 | 22 |
| GBR
|
Samantha Murray Sharan | 180 | 23 |
| SVK
|
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 181 | 24 |
| NED
|
Indy de Vroome | 183 | 25 |
 GEO
|
Mariam Bolkvadze | 184 | 26 |
 TUR
|
Çağla Büyükakçay | 185 | 27 |
 BUL
|
Isabella Shinikova | 187 | 28 |
| NED
|
Bibiane Schoofs | 188 | 29 |
 MEX
|
Renata Zarazúa | 189 | 30 |
| ITA
|
Martina Di Giuseppe | 191 | 31 |
| SVK
|
Rebecca Šramková | 193 | 32 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 17 August 2020.[6]
Other entrants[edit]
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Nikola Bartůňková- Sára Bejlek
- Linda Fruhvirtová
- Lucie Havlíčková
- Kristýna Lavičková
- Linda Nosková
- Barbora Palicová
- Darja Viďmanová
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry as an alternate:
Withdrawals[edit]
Naiktha Bains → replaced by 
Eugenie Bouchard
Verónica Cepede Royg → replaced by 
Lina Gjorcheska
Alexa Glatch → replaced by 
Mirjam Björklund
Anhelina Kalinina → replaced by 
Panna Udvardy- Marta Kostyuk → replaced by Amanda Carreras
- Claire Liu → replaced by
Andrea Lázaro García - Jesika Malečková → replaced by
Ivana Popovic 
Mandy Minella → replaced by Irene Burillo Escorihuela- Ellen Perez → replaced by
Ana Sofía Sánchez 
Kamilla Rakhimova → replaced by 
Riya Bhatia- Arina Rodionova → replaced by
Maryna Zanevska - Storm Sanders → replaced by Francesca Jones
- Yanina Wickmayer → replaced by Katie Volynets
WTA doubles main-draw entrants[edit]
Seeds[edit]
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROU
|
Monica Niculescu |  CZE
|
Renata Voráčová | 110 | 1 |
| ESP
|
Lara Arruabarrena |  SLO
|
Katarina Srebotnik | 158 | 2 |
| ESP
|
Georgina García Pérez |  HUN
|
Fanny Stollár | 167 | 3 |
| NED
|
Bibiane Schoofs | NED
|
Rosalie van der Hoek | 202 | 4 |
| SLO
|
Dalila Jakupović |  RUS
|
Valeria Savinykh | 217 | 5 |
 KAZ
|
Anna Danilina | RUS
|
Yana Sizikova | 218 | 6 |
| BLR
|
Lidziya Marozava | ROU
|
Andreea Mitu | 235 | 7 |
| ROU
|
Laura Ioana Paar |  GER
|
Julia Wachaczyk | 239 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of 17 August 2020
Champions[edit]
Singles[edit]
Kristína Kučová def. 
Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6–4, 6–3
Doubles[edit]
Lidziya Marozava / 
Andreea Mitu def. Giulia Gatto-Monticone / 
Nadia Podoroska 6–4, 6–4
References[edit]
- ^ "WTA Announces Two $125k Events to Make up for US Open 2020 Qualifying". Essentially Sports. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Kucova takes Prague 125K title with Cocciaretto win". WTA Tour. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "WTA 125k "Prague Open" 2020: Andreea Mitu şi Lidziya Marozava au câştigat titlul în proba de dublu". Tenisite. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "WTA Prague 125K turned into "Slam Challenger"". opencourt.ca. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Dotace 3 miliony dolarů a účast 128 hráček! Turnaj WTA 125k v Praze nabírá obřích rozměrů". tenisportal.cz. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Rankings | Singles | WTA Tour | Tennis". WTA Tour.