2020 Volvo Car Open

The 2020 Credit One Bank Invitational was a women's tennis event on the 2020 WTA Tour. Originally scheduled as the Volvo Cars Open between April 6 – 12, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced a postponement and a change to the event by Charleston Tennis, which owns the event.^[1]

History

On May 22, 2020, Ben Navarro, the organiser of the Charleston Open, announced the reformatted event. Credit One Bank sponsored the event, billed as the return of top-level women's tennis to competitive play in the United States. This improvised edition of the tournament was reformatted as a 16-player women's tennis all-star tournament using Laver Cup rules. The event was held behind closed doors, with prize money and the benefactor being the Medical University of South Carolina. It was held at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, United States, as a clay court tournament held on green clay.^[2] It took place from June 23 until June 28, 2020.

Madison Keys and Bethanie Mattek-Sands were captains of the 16-player event featuring Sofia Kenin, Sloane Stephens, Victoria Azarenka, Amanda Anisimova, Monica Puig, Ajla Tomljanović, Danielle Collins, Alison Riske, Shelby Rogers, Genie Bouchard, Jennifer Brady, Leylah Fernandez, Emma Navarro and Caroline Dolehide. There were 24 matches in total with 16 singles and eight doubles matches.

The tournament counted towards Universal Tennis Rating points. Each match was worth points depending on the day of the event, with only singles matches on the first day and only doubles matches on the final day. A team needed 25 of a possible 48 points to win the event.

All matches were two-set matches. If the match was tied after two sets, a ten-point tiebreaker was played.

The team led by Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Team Peace, won the event, 26–22. Jennifer Brady had the best performance of the tournament, going 4–0 in her four matches, the only undefeated player.

Teams

Team Kindness	Team Peace
Madison Keys	Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Victoria Azarenka	Sofia Kenin
Sloane Stephens	Jennifer Brady
Amanda Anisimova	Eugenie Bouchard
Alison Riske	Caroline Dolehide
Shelby Rogers	Danielle Collins
Leylah Fernandez	Emma Navarro
Monica Puig	Ajla Tomljanović

Captains listed in bold.

Source:^[3]

Schedule

Date	Match Type	Team Kindness	Team Peace	Result	Score
Monday, June 22	Team Draft
Tuesday, June 23	Singles	Alison Riske	Sofia Kenin	1–6, 1–6	0–1
		Leylah Fernandez	Emma Navarro	6–4, 6–0	1–1
Wednesday, June 24	Singles
		Amanda Anisimova	Danielle Collins	7–5, 6–4	2–1
		Shelby Rogers	Ajla Tomljanović	1–6, 2–6	2–2
		Monica Puig	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	1–6, 3–6	2–3
Thursday, June 25
	Singles	Victoria Azarenka	Jennifer Brady	3–6, 2–6	2–4
	Doubles	Sloane Stephens Amanda Anisimova	Danielle Collins Eugenie Bouchard	4–6, 6–7 (5–7), 7–10	3–4
	Singles	Madison Keys	Caroline Dolehide	6–1, 6–7 (6–8), 10–4	4–4
		Alison Riske	Emma Navarro	7–6 (7–5), 4–6, 10–7	6–4
		Leylah Fernandez	Eugenie Bouchard	4–6, 3–6	6–6
Friday, June 26
	Doubles	Madison Keys Victoria Azarenka	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sofia Kenin	2–6, 6–1, 7–10	6–8
	Singles	Monica Puig	Ajla Tomljanović	5–7, 2–6	6–10
		Amanda Anisimova	Caroline Dolehide	5–7, 7–5, 10–2	8–10
	Doubles	Shelby Rogers Alison Riske	Emma Navarro Jennifer Brady	2–6, 3–6	8–12
	Singles	Victoria Azarenka	Danielle Collins	1–6, 5–7	8–14
		Sloane Stephens	Eugenie Bouchard	6–3, 7–6 (9–7)	10–14
Saturday, June 27	Singles	Madison Keys	Sofia Kenin	6–3, 5–7, 10–2	13–14
	Doubles	Leylah Fernandez Monica Puig	Ajla Tomljanović Caroline Dolehide	6–7 (5–7), 6–7 (2–7)	13–17
	Singles	Sloane Stephens	Jennifer Brady	2–6, 6–7 (4–7)	13–20
Sunday, June 28
	Singles	Shelby Rogers	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	7–5, 7–5	16–20
	Doubles	Madison Keys Alison Riske	Jennifer Brady Eugenie Bouchard	3–6, 2–6	16–23
		Victoria Azarenka Amanda Anisimova	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sofia Kenin	3–6, 4–6	16–26
		Sloane Stephens Shelby Rogers	Ajla Tomljanović Caroline Dolehide	7–5, 6–3	19–26
		Leylah Fernandez Monica Puig	Danielle Collins Emma Navarro	2–6, 6–4, 11–9	22–26

NOTE: The first two matches on Wednesday were "Day One" matches. For purposes of this tournament, Days One and Two are one-point matches, Days Three and Four are two-point matches, and Days Five and Six are three-point matches.

References

External links

• Official website