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s at the Top Seed Tennis Club in Nicholasville, near

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

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Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of March 16, 2020

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Caty McNally Catherine "Caty" McNally (born November 20, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 54 on 22 May 2023 and her best WTA doubles ranking of No. 11 on 4 April 2022. She has won ei ...

Shelby Rogers Shelby Nicole Rogers (born October 13, 1992) is an American former professional tennis player. She had career-high WTA rankings of No. 30 in singles and No. 40 in doubles, and won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. R ...

Vera Zvonareva Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲerə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ran ...

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: *

Catherine Bellis Catherine Cartan "CiCi" Bellis (born April 8, 1999) is an American former professional tennis player. In early 2018, she was the second youngest player in the top 100 of the WTA rankings. Bellis has a career-high ranking of world No. 35 by the ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Kristie Ahn Kristie Hyerim Ahn (born June 15, 1992) is an American former professional tennis player. In her career, she won seven singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 30 September 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 8 ...

Caroline Dolehide Caroline Dolehide ( ; born September 5, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 41 on 2 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 9 on 26 August 2024. Dolehide has won two WTA To ...

Leylah Annie Fernandez Leylah Annie Fernandez (born 6 September 2002) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 13 by the WTA on 8 August 2022. Her best doubles ranking is world No. 17, achieved on 23 October 2023. Fernandez won her ...

Olga Govortsova Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 29 August 2011, she peaked at No. 2 ...

Anna Kalinskaya Anna Nikolayevna Kalinskaya ( rus, Анна Николаевна Калинская, , ˈanːə kɐˈlʲinskəjə, Ru-Anna_Kalinskaya.ogg; born 2 December 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world ...

Bethanie Mattek-Sands Bethanie Mattek-Sands ( Bethanie Lynn Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. She has won nine Grand Slam titles (five in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles), and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former w ...

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

Francesca Di Lorenzo Francesca Di Lorenzo (; born July 22, 1997) is an American former tennis player. She currently assistant coach of the University of Central Florida women's tennis team. She played collegiately for the ''Ohio State University''. On May 29, 2017, ...

Withdrawals

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Zarina Diyas Zarina Diyas (; ; born 18 October 1993) is a Kazakh professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as No. 31 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Diyas has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2017 Japan Women' ...

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Amanda Anisimova Amanda Kay Victoria Anisimova ( ; ; born August 31, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles WTA rankings, WTA ranking of world No. 13, achieved on 16 June 2025. Anisimova has won three WTA Tour titles, inc ...

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Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of March 16, 2020

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

Sloane Stephens Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Stephens has won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles, including the 2 ...

Gabriela Talabă Gabriela Lee (née Talabă; born 23 August 1995) is a Romanian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 136, achieved on 1 August 2022, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 229, set on the same date. She has won five singl ...

Caitlin Whoriskey Caitlin Whoriskey (born February 19, 1988) is an American former professional tennis player. She played collegiately at the University of Tennessee, where she was a three-time All-American. Whoriskey finished runner-up in doubles at the 2010 N ...

Champions

Singles

Jennifer Brady Jennifer Elizabeth Brady (born April 12, 1995) is an inactive American tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA ranking of No. 13 on 22 February 2021, and a career-high doubles ranking of 44 on 19 August 2019. Brady has won one WTA ...

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Jil Teichmann Jil Belén Teichmann (born 15 July 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as No. 21 in singles and No. 73 in doubles. She is the current No. 3 Swiss player. Teichmann has won two titles in singles ...

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Doubles

Hayley Carter Hayley Nicole Carter (born May 17, 1995) is an American former professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 25, which she achieved on 14 June 2021. Carter is primarily a doubles player. Over her career, she won ...

Luisa Stefani Luisa Veras Stefani (; born 9 August 1997) is a professional tennis player from Brazil who specializes in doubles. Stefani is the first Brazilian woman to reach the WTA rankings, WTA top 10 in the Open Era. This milestone for Brazilian tennis w ...

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Marie Bouzková Marie Bouzková (, born 21 July 1998) is a Czech professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 24 on 12 December 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 15 on 6 May 2024. She has won one singles title (at the 2022 P ...

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References

External links

Official website
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