2020 Hobart International

The 2020 Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 27th edition of the Hobart International and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 13 to 18 January 2020.

Prize money
1 Points per the WTA. 2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of 6 January 2020.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇦🇺 Lizette Cabrera
 * 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza
 * 🇦🇺 Astra Sharma
 * 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Catherine Bellis

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇷🇴 Sorana Cîrstea  (withdrew)
 * 🇹🇳 Ons Jabeur
 * 🇺🇦 Kateryna Kozlova
 * 🇺🇸 Christina McHale
 * 🇪🇸 Sara Sorribes Tormo
 * 🇬🇧 Heather Watson

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * 🇷🇸 Nina Stojanović

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of 6 January 2020

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇦🇺 Lizette Cabrera / 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur
 * 🇦🇺 Jessica Moore / 🇦🇺 Astra Sharma

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using protected rankings:
 * 🇺🇦 Kateryna Bondarenko / 🇨🇦 Sharon Fichman
 * 🇺🇦 Nadiia Kichenok / 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza

Singles

 * 🇰🇿 Elena Rybakina def. 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai 7–6(9–7), 6–3

Doubles

 * 🇺🇦 Nadiia Kichenok / 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza def. 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai / 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai 6–4, 6–4