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.

History

On May 22, 2020, Ben Navarro, the organiser of the Charleston Open and the Founder and CEO of Beemok Capital, 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. 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 KindnessTeam Peace
United States Madison KeysUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Belarus Victoria AzarenkaUnited States Sofia Kenin
United States Sloane StephensUnited States Jennifer Brady
United States Amanda AnisimovaCanada Eugenie Bouchard
United States Alison RiskeUnited States Caroline Dolehide
United States Shelby RogersUnited States Danielle Collins
Canada Leylah FernandezUnited States Emma Navarro
Puerto Rico Monica PuigAustralia Ajla Tomljanović

Captains listed in bold.

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Schedule

DateMatch TypeTeam KindnessTeam PeaceResultScore
Monday, June 22Team Draft
Tuesday, June 23SinglesUnited States Alison RiskeUnited States Sofia Kenin1–6, 1–60–1
Canada Leylah FernandezUnited States Emma Navarro6–4, 6–01–1
Wednesday, June 24Singles
United States Amanda AnisimovaUnited States Danielle Collins7–5, 6–42–1
United States Shelby RogersAustralia Ajla Tomljanović1–6, 2–62–2
Puerto Rico Monica PuigUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands1–6, 3–62–3
Thursday, June 25
SinglesBelarus Victoria AzarenkaUnited States Jennifer Brady3–6, 2–62–4
DoublesUnited States Sloane Stephens United States Amanda AnisimovaUnited States Danielle Collins Canada Eugenie Bouchard4–6, 6–7 (5–7), 7–103–4
SinglesUnited States Madison KeysUnited States Caroline Dolehide6–1, 6–7 (6–8), 10–44–4
United States Alison RiskeUnited States Emma Navarro7–6 (7–5), 4–6, 10–76–4
Canada Leylah FernandezCanada Eugenie Bouchard4–6, 3–66–6
Friday, June 26
DoublesUnited States Madison Keys Belarus Victoria AzarenkaUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands United States Sofia Kenin2–6, 6–1, 7–106–8
SinglesPuerto Rico Monica PuigAustralia Ajla Tomljanović5–7, 2–66–10
United States Amanda AnisimovaUnited States Caroline Dolehide5–7, 7–5, 10–28–10
DoublesUnited States Shelby Rogers United States Alison RiskeUnited States Emma Navarro United States Jennifer Brady2–6, 3–68–12
SinglesBelarus Victoria AzarenkaUnited States Danielle Collins1–6, 5–78–14
United States Sloane StephensCanada Eugenie Bouchard6–3, 7–6 (9–7)10–14
Saturday, June 27SinglesUnited States Madison KeysUnited States Sofia Kenin6–3, 5–7, 10–213–14
DoublesCanada Leylah Fernandez Puerto Rico Monica PuigAustralia Ajla Tomljanović United States Caroline Dolehide6–7 (5–7), 6–7 (2–7)13–17
SinglesUnited States Sloane StephensUnited States Jennifer Brady2–6, 6–7 (4–7)13–20
Sunday, June 28
SinglesUnited States Shelby RogersUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands7–5, 7–516–20
DoublesUnited States Madison Keys United States Alison RiskeUnited States Jennifer Brady Canada Eugenie Bouchard3–6, 2–616–23
Belarus Victoria Azarenka United States Amanda AnisimovaUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands United States Sofia Kenin3–6, 4–616–26
United States Sloane Stephens United States Shelby RogersAustralia Ajla Tomljanović United States Caroline Dolehide7–5, 6–319–26
Canada Leylah Fernandez Puerto Rico Monica PuigUnited States Danielle Collins United States Emma Navarro2–6, 6–4, 11–922–26

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.

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