2020 Brisbane International

{{short description|Tennis tournament}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{TennisEventInfo|2020|Brisbane International| | date=6–12 January 2020 | edition=12th | category = [[WTA Premier tournaments|WTA Premier]] | surface=[[Hardcourt|Hard]] | location=[[Tennyson, Queensland|Tennyson, Brisbane, Queensland]], Australia | venue=[[Queensland Tennis Centre]] | prize_money=$1,500,000 | champs={{flagicon|CZE}} [[Karolína Plíšková]] | champd={{flagicon|TPE}} [[Hsieh Su-wei]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Barbora Strýcová]] | after_year = 2024 }} The '''2020 Brisbane International''' was a professional tennis tournament on the [[2020 WTA Tour]]. It was played on outdoor [[hard court]]s in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], Australia. This was the twelfth edition of the tournament, which took place at the [[Queensland Tennis Centre]] in [[Tennyson, Queensland|Tennyson]] from 6 to 12 January 2020<ref>[https://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/schedules/provisional-schedule/ Provisional Schedule] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231212122/https://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/schedules/provisional-schedule/ |date=31 December 2017 }}, Brisbane International</ref> as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year. The [[ATP Tour]] edition of the event was replaced this year by the first edition of the [[2020 ATP Cup|ATP Cup]].

== Points and prize money == === Point distribution === {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- | style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Event''' | style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |width=85 |Q |width=85 |Q3 |width=85 |Q2 |width=85 |Q1 |- ! style="background:#ededed;"| Singles |rowspan=2|470 |rowspan=2|305 |rowspan=2|185 |rowspan=2|100 |55 |1 |25 |18 |13 |1 |- ! style="background:#ededed;"| Doubles | 1 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |}

=== Prize money === {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- | style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Event''' | style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="background:#afeeee;"|Round of 321 |width=85|Q3 |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- | style="background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Singles''' |$266,000 |$142,000 |$75,050 |$40,600 |$22,050 |$12,000 |$6,500 |$3,400 |$1,900 |- | style="background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Doubles *''' |$84,000 |$44,800 |$25,000 |$12,900 |$7,000 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |} 1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team

== Singles main-draw entrants == === Seeds === {|class="sortable wikitable" !width=70|Country !width=175|Player !Rank1 !Seed |- |{{flag|AUS}} |[[Ashleigh Barty]] |1 |1 |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Karolína Plíšková]] |2 |2 |- |{{flag|JPN}} |[[Naomi Osaka]] |3 |3 |- |{{flag|UKR}} |[[Elina Svitolina]] |6 |4 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Petra Kvitová]] |7 |5 |- |{{flag|NED}} |[[Kiki Bertens]] |9 |6 |- |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Johanna Konta]] |12 |7 |-style="background:#fcc;" |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Madison Keys]] |13 |8 |- |} * 1 Rankings are as of 30 December 2019.

=== Other entrants === The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Priscilla Hon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/6563925/australias-hon-receives-brisbane-wildcard/?cs=12221|title=Australia's Hon receives Brisbane wildcard|website=www.centralwesterndaily.com.au|access-date=2 January 2020|archive-date=2 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602040200/https://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/6563925/australias-hon-receives-brisbane-wildcard/?cs=12221|url-status=live}}</ref> * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Sharapova]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/maria-sharapova-accepts-wild-card-ahead-of-australian-open-2020-brisbane-international-tennis/ | title=Maria Sharapova accepts wild card ahead of Australian Open 2020 | publisher=Essentially Sports | access-date=30 December 2019 | archive-date=30 December 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230214151/https://www.essentiallysports.com/maria-sharapova-accepts-wild-card-ahead-of-australian-open-2020-brisbane-international-tennis/ | url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]]<ref name="Stosur, Tomljanovic, Williams wildcard">{{cite web|url=https://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/2019/11/venus-williams-joins-strongest-ever-brisbane-international-field/|website=www.brisbaneinternational.com.au|title=Venus Williams joins strongest ever Brisbane International field|access-date=29 December 2019|archive-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913031915/https://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/2019/11/venus-williams-joins-strongest-ever-brisbane-international-field/|url-status=live}}</ref> * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ajla Tomljanović]]<ref name="Stosur, Tomljanovic, Williams wildcard"/>

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Marie Bouzková]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jennifer Brady (tennis)|Jennifer Brady]] * {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Yulia Putintseva]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Liudmila Samsonova]]

== Doubles main-draw entrants ==

=== Seeds === {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|TPE}} |[[Hsieh Su-wei]] |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Barbora Strýcová]] |5 |1 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Nicole Melichar]] |{{flag|CHN}} |[[Xu Yifan]] |28 |2 |- |{{flag|TPE}} |[[Chan Hao-ching]] |{{flag|TPE}} |[[Latisha Chan]] |30 |3 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Květa Peschke]] |{{flag|NED}} |[[Demi Schuurs]] |35 |4 |} * 1 Rankings are as of 30 December 2019.

=== Other entrants === The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Priscilla Hon]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Storm Sanders]]

=== Withdrawals === ;During the tournament * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Kristina Mladenovic]] (viral illness)

== Champions == === Singles === {{main|2020 Brisbane International – Singles}} * {{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[Karolína Plíšková]]''' def. {{flagicon|USA}} [[Madison Keys]] 6–4, 4–6, 7–5

=== Doubles === {{main|2020 Brisbane International – Doubles}} * {{flagicon|TPE}} '''[[Hsieh Su-wei]]''' / {{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[Barbora Strýcová]]''' def. {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ashleigh Barty]] / {{flagicon|NED}} [[Kiki Bertens]] 3–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–8]

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/}}

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