Roland Garros 2020 - Day 1 Women’s Singles

Day One of Roland Garros 2020, and last years semi finalist and ninth seed Johanna Konta was the biggest casualty amongst the women. 

2019 champion (not defending):

Ashleigh Barty (8) who defeated Markéta Vondroušová 6-1 6-3

First round 

Results from seeded players:

Simona Halep (1) defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4 6-0

CoCo Gauff defeated Johanna Konta (9) 6-3 6-3

Victoria Azarenka (10) defeated Danka Kovinic 6-1 6-2

Elise Mertens (16) defeated Margarita Gasparyan 6-2 6-3

Caroline Garcia defeated Anett Kontaveit (17) 6-4 3-6 6-4

Maria Sakkari (20) defeated Ajla Tomljanovic 6-0 7-5

Yulia Putintseva (23) defeated Kirsten Flipkens 6-1 6-2

Daria Gavrilova defeated Dayana Yastremska (24) 6-4 6-3

Ekaterina Alexandrova (27) defeated Maddison Inglis 6-3 6-3

Barbora Strycova (32) defeated qualifier Varvara Lepchenko 7-5 6-2

Other results:

Qualifier Kamilla Rakhimova defeated Shelby Rogers 6-2 6-3

Lucky loser Astra Sharma defeated Anna Blinkova 6-3 2-6 7-5

Kaia Kanepi defeated Marie Bouzkova 4-6 6-4 6-2

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova defeated Venus Williams 6-4 6-4

Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-2 2-6 6-3

Qualifier Martina Trevisan defeated Camila Giorgi 7-5 3-0 (retired)

Irina-Camelia Begu defeated Jil Teichmann 6-4 4-6 6-3

Qualifier Nadia Podoroska defeated Greet Minnen 6-2 6-1

Wildcard Eugenie Bouchard defeated Anna Kalinskaya 6-4 6-4

Barbora Krejcikova defeated Nina Stojanovic 6-3 7-5