TA ▁El ite ▁Tro phy . ▁With ▁a ▁loss ▁to ▁Zh eng ▁S ais ai ▁and ▁a ▁win ▁over ▁Pet ra ▁Mart ić , ▁she ▁finished ▁tied ▁for ▁first ▁in ▁her ▁round ▁ro bin ▁group , ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁advance ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁tie break ▁criteria . ▁She ▁ended ▁the ▁year ▁ranked ▁No . ▁ 1 3 ▁in ▁the ▁world , ▁her ▁fifth ▁consecutive ▁year - end ▁top ▁ 2 0 ▁ranking . ▁▁ 2 0 2 0 ▁Ke ys ▁started ▁the ▁season ▁strongly ▁by ▁reaching ▁the ▁final ▁at ▁the ▁Br is b ane ▁International , ▁her ▁first ▁career ▁final ▁during ▁the ▁early ▁hard ▁court ▁season . ▁She ▁defeated ▁former ▁Grand ▁S lam ▁champions ▁Sam anth a ▁St os ur ▁and ▁Pet ra ▁K v it ová ▁en ▁route ▁before ▁falling ▁to ▁Kar ol ína ▁Pl í š k ová ▁in ▁a ▁tight ▁three - set ▁match . ▁Se eded ▁t enth ▁at ▁the ▁Australian ▁Open , ▁Ke ys ▁recorded ▁straight ▁set ▁vict ories ▁D aria ▁Kas at k ina ▁and ▁Ar ant xa ▁Rus ▁in ▁her ▁first ▁two ▁matches ▁but ▁fell ▁to ▁ 2 0 th ▁seed ▁Maria ▁Sak k ari ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁round . ▁ ▁R ival ries ▁ ▁Ke ys ▁vs . ▁Ven us ▁and ▁Ser ena ▁Ke ys ▁regarded ▁Ven us ▁and ▁Ser ena ▁Williams ▁as ▁two ▁of ▁her ▁child hood ▁id ols . ▁She ▁has ▁also ▁frequently ▁been ▁l abeled ▁as ▁a ▁potential ▁successor ▁to ▁the ▁Williams ▁sister s ▁to ▁lead ▁American ▁women ' s ▁tennis .