The WTA Tour revised its provisional 2020 schedule and player rankings method Thursday as women’s tennis prepare to return from a coronavir...
The WTA Tour revised its provisional 2020 schedule and player rankings method Thursday as women’s tennis prepare to return from a coronavirus pandemic shutdown.
The WTA plans to return August 3 with the Palermo Ladies Open and two more events were unveiled Thursday for the week of August 10, the Prague Open in the Czech Republic and the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky.
The US event replaces a hardcourt Washington stop that typically was played alongside an ATP Tour event. “As the WTA Tour looks to return to competition in 2020, we are pleased to provide additional playing opportunities for our athletes,” WTA chairman Steve Simon said.
The WTA rankings system calculates player results for ratings used for seedings and entry into tournament draws, typically drawing upon a woman’s top 16 singles results or 11 doubles results over the past 52 weeks, with some events weighted more.
The rankings were frozen on March 16 due to the Covid-19 hiatus, with rankings extended beyond 52 weeks even as the tour reviewed what needed to be done upon returning to play.
Australia’s Ashleigh Barty, the 2019 French Open champion, tops the frozen women’s singles rankings. The WTA will follow a better of 2019 and 2020 model with...
