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. along with the last minute cancellation of a concurrent tournament in Austria. 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.
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds CountryPlayerRank1 SeedMonica Niculescu1381Elisabetta Cocciaretto1442Harriet Dart1473Leonie Küng1484Lara Arruabarrena1505Sara Errani1516Martina Trevisan1537Giulia Gatto-Monticone1568Magdalena Fręch1589Irina Bara16110Jaqueline Cristian16411Nadia Podoroska16512Ankita Raina16613Jana Čepelová16714Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove16815Elena-Gabriela Ruse16916Mayar Sherif17017Kristína Kučová17318Olga Danilović17419Chloé Paquet17520Cristina Bucșa17721Varvara Lepchenko17922Samantha Murray Sharan18023Anna Karolína Schmiedlová18124Indy de Vroome18325Mariam Bolkvadze18426Çağla Büyükakçay18527Isabella Shinikova18728Bibiane Schoofs18829Renata Zarazúa18930Martina Di Giuseppe19131Rebecca Šramková19332 1 Rankings are as of 17 August 2020.
Other entrants 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: Başak Eraydın Miriam Kolodziejová Sabine Lisicki Daria Lopatetska
The following players received entry as an alternate: Ivana Popovic
Withdrawals 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
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedMonica NiculescuRenata Voráčová1101Lara ArruabarrenaKatarina Srebotnik1582Georgina García PérezFanny Stollár1673Bibiane SchoofsRosalie van der Hoek2024Dalila JakupovićValeria Savinykh2175Anna DanilinaYana Sizikova2186Lidziya MarozavaAndreea Mitu2357Laura Ioana PaarJulia Wachaczyk2398
1 Rankings as of 17 August 2020
Champions
Singles
Kristína Kučová def. Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6–4, 6–3
Doubles
Lidziya Marozava / Andreea Mitu def. Giulia Gatto-Monticone / Nadia Podoroska 6–4, 6–4
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