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Revision as of 10:12, 30 December 2019

2020 Australian Open
Date20 January–2 February 2020
Edition108th
Open Era (52nd)
CategoryGrand Slam
SurfaceHard (GreenSet)
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
VenueMelbourne Park
2019 Champions
Men's singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Japan Naomi Osaka
Men's doubles
France Pierre-Hugues Herbert / France Nicolas Mahut
Women's doubles
Australia Samantha Stosur / China Zhang Shuai
Mixed doubles
Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková / United States Rajeev Ram
Wheelchair men's singles
Argentina Gustavo Fernández
Wheelchair women's singles
Netherlands Diede de Groot
Wheelchair quad singles
Australia Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair men's doubles
Belgium Joachim Gérard / Sweden Stefan Olsson
Wheelchair women's doubles
Netherlands Diede de Groot / Netherlands Aniek van Koot
Wheelchair quad doubles
Australia Dylan Alcott / Australia Heath Davidson
Boys' singles
Italy Lorenzo Musetti
Girls' singles
Denmark Clara Tauson
Boys' doubles
Czech Republic Jonáš Forejtek / Czech Republic Dalibor Svrčina
Girls' doubles
Japan Natsumi Kawaguchi / Hungary Adrienn Nagy
Men's legends doubles
France Mansour Bahrami / Australia Mark Philippoussis
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The 2020 Australian Open is a Grand Slam tennis tournament that will take place at Melbourne Park, from 20 January to 2 February 2020. It will be the 108th edition of the Australian Open, the 52nd in the Open Era, and the first Grand Slam of the year. The tournament will consist of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Junior and wheelchair players will compete in singles and doubles tournaments. As in previous years, the tournament's main sponsor is Kia.

Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka are the defending champions in Men's Singles and Women's Singles, respectively.

This will be the first edition of the Australian Open with GreenSet, a hard surface from company GreenSet Worldwide.[1] GreenSet is the third type of hard surface used for the Australian Open.


Tournament

Rod Laver Arena where the Finals of the Australian Open will take place

The 2020 Australian Open will be the 108th edition of the tournament and will be held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The tournament is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2020 ATP Tour and the 2020 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as the mixed doubles events. There are singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which are part of the Grade A category of tournaments. There are also singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.

The tournament will be played on hard courts and will take place across a series of 25 courts, the three main show courts Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Arena and Margaret Court Arena. 1573 Arena (formerly Show Court Two) was upgraded into a main show court.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event.

Senior points

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's Singles 2000 1200 720 360 180 90 45 10 25 16 8 0
Men's Doubles 0 — — — — —
Women's Singles 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10 40 30 20 2
Women's Doubles 10 — — — — —

Prize money

The Australian Open total prize money for 2020 was increased by 13.6% to a tournament record A$71,000,000.[2]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 1281 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles A$4,120,000 A$2,065,000 A$1,040,000 A$525,000 A$300,000 A$180,000 A$128,000 A$90,000 A$50,000 A$32,500 A$20,000
Doubles * A$760,000 A$380,000 A$200,000 A$110,000 A$62,000 A$38,000 A$25,000 — — — —
Mixed Doubles * A$190,000 A$100,000 A$50,000 A$24,000 A$12,000 A$6,250 — — — — —

1Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money.
*per team

Singles players

2020 Australian Open – Men's Singles
2020 Australian Open – Women's Singles


Champions

All dates are AEDT (UTC+11)

Seniors

Men's Singles

Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Men's Singles

Women's Singles

Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Men's Doubles

Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Men's Doubles

Women's Doubles

Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

Mixed Doubles

Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Boys' Singles

Girls' Singles

Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Girls' Singles

Boys' Doubles

Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Boys' Doubles

Girls' Doubles

Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Girls' Doubles

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair Men's Singles

Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles

Wheelchair Women's Singles

Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles

Wheelchair Quad Singles

Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles

Wheelchair Men's Doubles

Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles

Wheelchair Women's Doubles

Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles

Wheelchair Quad Doubles

Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Wheelchair Quad Doubles

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings on 13 January 2020, while ranking and points before are as of 20 January 2020. Points after are as of 3 February 2020. Because the 2020 tournament will take place one week later than in 2019, points defending includes results from both the 2019 Australian Open and the tournaments from the week of 28 January 2019 (St. Petersburg and Hua Hin for WTA players).

Current projections of seedings are based on rankings as of 6 January 2020 and are subject to change.

Men's singles

Seed Rank Player Points before Points defending Points won Points after Status
1 1 Spain Rafael Nadal 1,200 10 First round vs.
2 2 Serbia Novak Djokovic 2,000 10 First round vs.
3 3 Switzerland Roger Federer 6,590 180 10 6,420 First round vs.
4 4 Austria Dominic Thiem 45 10 First round vs.
5 5 Russia Daniil Medvedev 180 10 First round vs.
6 6 Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 720 10 First round vs.
7 7 Germany Alexander Zverev 180 10 First round vs.
8 8 Italy Matteo Berrettini 2,870 10 10 2,870 First round vs.
9 France Gaël Monfils 45 10 First round vs.
10 Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 360 10 First round vs.
11 Belgium David Goffin 90 10 First round vs.
12 Italy Fabio Fognini 90 10 First round vs.
13 Argentina Diego Schwartzman 90 10 First round vs.
14 Canada Denis Shapovalov 90 10 First round vs.
15 Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 45 10 First round vs.
16 Russia Karen Khachanov 90 10 First round vs.
17 Australia Alex de Minaur 90 10 First round vs.
18 United States John Isner 10 10 First round vs.
19 Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 180 10 First round vs.
20 Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime (45)† 10 First round vs.
21 Russia Andrey Rublev 10 10 First round vs.
22 France Benoît Paire 10 10 First round vs.
23 Argentina Guido Pella 10 10 First round vs.
24 Georgia (country) Nikoloz Basilashvili 90 10 First round vs.
25 Spain Pablo Carreño Busta 180 10 First round vs.
26 Croatia Borna Ćorić 180 10 First round vs.
27 Australia Nick Kyrgios 10 10 First round vs.
28 France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 45 10 First round vs.
29 United States Taylor Fritz 90+125 10+45 First round vs.
30 Canada Milos Raonic 360 10 First round vs.
31 Chile Cristian Garín 10 10 First round vs.
32 Serbia Dušan Lajović 10 10 First round vs.

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason
Japan Kei Nishikori 1,930 360 1,570 Elbow injury
France Lucas Pouille 1,600 720 880 Elbow injury

Women's singles

Seed Rank Player Points before Points defending Points won Points after Status
1 1 Australia Ashleigh Barty 430 10 First round vs.
2 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 780 10 First round vs.
3 Romania Simona Halep 240 10 First round vs.
4 Japan Naomi Osaka 2,000 10 First round vs.
5 Ukraine Elina Svitolina 430 10 First round vs.
6 Canada Bianca Andreescu 4,935 110+160 10+0 4,675 First round vs.
7 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 1,300+100 10+0 First round vs.
8 Switzerland Belinda Bencic 130 10 First round vs.
9 Netherlands Kiki Bertens 70+470 10+100 First round vs.
10 United States Serena Williams 430 10 First round vs.
11 Belarus Aryna Sabalenka 130+185 10+100 First round vs.
12 United Kingdom Johanna Konta 70 10 First round vs.
13 United States Madison Keys 240 10 First round vs.
14 United States Sofia Kenin 70 10 First round vs.
15 Croatia Petra Martić 130 10 First round vs.
16 Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 70 10 First round vs.
17 Belgium Elise Mertens 130 10 First round vs.
18 Germany Angelique Kerber 240 10 First round vs.
19 United States Alison Riske 10 10 First round vs.
20 Croatia Donna Vekić 70+305 10+55 First round vs.
21 Czech Republic Karolína Muchová 40 10 First round vs.
22 Ukraine Dayana Yastremska 130+280 10+55 First round vs.
23 Greece Maria Sakkari 130 10 First round vs.
24 United States Sloane Stephens 240 10 First round vs.
25 United States Amanda Anisimova 240 10 First round vs.
26 Estonia Anett Kontaveit 70 10 First round vs.
27 United States Danielle Collins 780 10 First round vs.
28 China Wang Qiang 130 10 First round vs.
29 Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 430+100 10+1 First round vs.
30 Latvia Anastasija Sevastova 240 10 First round vs.
31 Chinese Taipei Barbora Strýcová 10 10 First round vs.
32 Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva 70 10 First round vs.

Doubles seeds

Mixed doubles

Team Rank Seed
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
  • 1 Rankings are as of 13 January 2020.

Main draw wildcard entries

Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries

Main draw qualifier entries


Protected ranking

The following players have been accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew due to injuries or other reasons:

Before the tournament

References

  1. ^ "GREENSET WORLDWIDE NEW OFFICIAL COURT SURFACE SUPPLIER". tennis.com.au. 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Record $71 million in prize money for Australian Open 2020". Australian Open.
  3. ^ a b "Wild-cards : Parmentier récompensée de sa fidélité, Gaston appelé, Parry en qualif" [Wild-cards: Parmentier rewarded for her loyalty, Gaston called, Parry in qualifying] (in French). Eurosport. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b "VANDEWEGHE, GIRON EARN WILD CARDS FOR 2020 AUSTRALIAN OPEN". Tennis Channel. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Han wins wildcard for 2020 Australian Open". WTA. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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