title: 2020 WTA Shenzhen Open
text: # 2020 WTA Shenzhen Open
  
  The 2020 Shenzhen Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the Shenzhen Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, from 5 to 11 January 2020.
  
  ## Points and prize money
  
  ### Point distribution
  
  | Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
  | Doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
  
  ### Prize money
  
  | Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of $32^1$ | Q2 | Q1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Singles | $175,000 | $88,402 | $46,800 | $11,271 | $6,450 | $4,205 | $4,251 | $2,930 |
  | Doubles * | $25,580 | $13,600 | $7,400 | $4,100 | $2,470 | — | — | — |
  
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  ## Singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | SUI | Belinda Bencic | 8 | 1 |
  | BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 11 | 2 |
  | BEL | Elise Mertens | 17 | 3 |
  | CHN | Wang Qiang | 30 | 4 |
  | RUS | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 35 | 5 |
  | ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 36 | 6 |
  | KAZ | Elena Rybakina | 37 | 7 |
  | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 40 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of December 30, 2019.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Duan Yingying
  * Wang Xinyu
  * Wang Xiyu
  
  The following players received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:
  
  * Kateryna Bondarenko
  * Shelby Rogers
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Irina-Camelia Begu
  * Anna-Lena Friedsam
  * Margarita Gasparyan
  * Nicole Gibbs
  
  ## Doubles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | BEL | Elise Mertens | BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 11 | 1 |
  | CZE | Barbora Krejčíková | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 20 | 2 |
  | CHN | Duan Yingying | CHN | Zheng Saisai | 42 | 3 |
  | CHN | Peng Shuai | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 60 | 4 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of December 30, 2019
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Jiang Xinyu / Tang Qianhui
  * Ma Shuyue / Yuan Yue
  
  The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking:
  
  * Kateryna Bondarenko / Lidziya Marozava
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Ekaterina Alexandrova def. Elena Rybakina, 6–2, 6–4
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková def. Duan Yingying / Zheng Saisai, 6–2, 3–6, [10–4]
  