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2020 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo
Date	3–9 August
Edition	28th
Category	International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$202,250 (€163,103)
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Palermo, Italy
Venue	Country Time Club
Champions
Singles
Fiona Ferro
Doubles
Arantxa Rus / Tamara Zidanšek
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The 2020 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Country Time Club. It was the 28th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place in Palermo, Italy between 3 and 9 August 2020. This was the first tournament of the 2020 WTA Tour after the suspension due to COVID-19 pandemic. This restrictions have eased to reduce a number of spectators to 350, and limited of photographers and journalists.

Finals

Singles

• Fiona Ferro defeated Anett Kontaveit, 6–2, 7–5

Doubles

• Arantxa Rus / Tamara Zidanšek defeated Elisabetta Cocciaretto / Martina Trevisan, 7–5, 7–5

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

_{*per team}

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
CRO	Petra Martić	15	1
CZE	Markéta Vondroušová	18	2
GRE	Maria Sakkari	20	3
EST	Anett Kontaveit	22	4
BEL	Elise Mertens	23	5
CRO	Donna Vekić	24	6
UKR	Dayana Yastremska	25	7
RUS	Ekaterina Alexandrova	27	8

• Rankings are as of March 16, 2020

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Sara Errani

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kaja Juvan
• Liudmila Samsonova
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Nadia Podoroska

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Océane Dodin

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Anna Blinkova → replaced by Camila Giorgi
• Johanna Konta → replaced by Tamara Zidanšek
• Veronika Kudermetova → replaced by Sorana Cîrstea
• Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Arantxa Rus
• Karolína Muchová → replaced by Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig
• Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
• Iga Świątek → replaced by Irina-Camelia Begu

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	Seed
ESP	Georgina García Pérez	ESP	Sara Sorribes Tormo	117	1
ROU	Raluca Olaru	UKR	Dayana Yastremska	140	2
GER	Laura Siegemund	BEL	Yanina Wickmayer	158	3
NED	Bibiane Schoofs	NED	Rosalie van der Hoek	215	4

• Rankings are as of March 16, 2020

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Federica Bilardo / Dalila Spiteri

References

1. "31st Palermo Ladies Open Overview". wtatennis.com.

External links

• Official website Archived 2021-07-23 at the Wayback Machine

• 2020 WTA Tour
• Internazionali Femminili di Palermo
• 2020 in Italian women's sport
• August 2020 sports events in Italy
• Tennis events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• 2020 in Italian tennis