2020 İstanbul Cup

2020 İstanbul Cup
Date	8–13 September
Edition	13th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$225,500
Surface	Clay
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Venue	Istanbul Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Patricia Maria Țig
Doubles
Alexa Guarachi / Desirae Krawczyk

The 2020 İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship İstanbul for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 13th edition of the İstanbul Cup, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 8 through 13 September 2020.[1]

Points and prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Women's doubles					1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	$25,000	$14,000	$8,401	$5,006	$3,430	$2,600	$2,251	$1,630
Women's doubles	$9,000	$5,000	$3,230	$1,980	$1,520	—	—	—

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	34	1
SWE	Rebecca Peterson	48	2
SLO	Polona Hercog	49	3
FRA	Caroline Garcia	50	4
GBR	Heather Watson	54	5
BEL	Alison Van Uytvanck	60	6
KAZ	Zarina Diyas	69	7
JPN	Misaki Doi	81	8

• Rankings are as of August 31, 2020.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Çağla Büyükakçay
• Berfu Cengiz
• Pemra Özgen

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

• Kateryna Bondarenko
• Anna Karolína Schmiedlová

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Eugenie Bouchard
• Olga Danilović
• Tereza Martincová
• Ellen Perez

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Marie Bouzková → replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko
• Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by Greet Minnen
• Hsieh Su-wei → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig
• Veronika Kudermetova → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan
• Magda Linette → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Elise Mertens → replaced by Katarina Zavatska
• Kristina Mladenovic → replaced by Jasmine Paolini
• Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Viktória Kužmová
• Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Stefanie Vögele
• Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Kaja Juvan
• Laura Siegemund → replaced by Viktoriya Tomova
• Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by Danka Kovinić
• Tamara Zidanšek → replaced by Anna Karolína Schmiedlová

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
CHI	Alexa Guarachi	USA	Desirae Krawczyk	76	1
AUS	Ellen Perez	AUS	Storm Sanders	104	2
USA	Kaitlyn Christian	MEX	Giuliana Olmos	128	3
UKR	Kateryna Bondarenko	CAN	Sharon Fichman	182	4

• ^1 Rankings as of August 31, 2020.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Ayla Aksu / İpek Öz
• Eugenie Bouchard / Başak Eraydın

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Anna Karolína Schmiedlová / Katarina Zavatska

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Heather Watson

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2020 İstanbul Cup – Singles

• Patricia Maria Țig def. Eugenie Bouchard 2–6, 6–1, 7–6^(7–4)

Doubles

Main article: 2020 İstanbul Cup – Doubles

• Alexa Guarachi / Desirae Krawczyk def. Ellen Perez / Storm Sanders, 6–1, 6–3

References

1. "TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup Overview". wtatennis.com.

External links

• Official page Archived 2021-04-16 at the Wayback Machine