2020 Top Seed Open

2020 Top Seed Open
DateAugust 10–16
SurfaceHard / Outdoor
LocationLexington, United States
VenueTop Seed Tennis Club
Champions
Singles
United States Jennifer Brady
Doubles
United States Hayley Carter / Brazil Luisa Stefani
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The 2020 Top Seed Open was a professional women's tennis tournament that was played on outdoor hard courts at the Top Seed Tennis Club in Nicholasville, near Lexington, Kentucky. It was a WTA International-class tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour, and was the first American tournament of the Tour to be played since its suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The event was announced in early-July 2020 as one of two substitute events (alongside the 2020 Prague Open) for the Washington Open, whose organizers had declined to host the WTA Tour this season (the event was ultimately canceled later that month, citing the pandemic) in lieu of the regular US Open Series.[1][2][3]

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  2. ^ "Citi Open snubbed on hosting the WTA Tour tournament this year". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "WTA adds 2 new tourneys to replace Citi Open". ESPN.com. July 9, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020.