The 2020 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament being played on outdoor hard courts from August 22–29, 2020. It was the first Masters 1000 tournament on the 2020 ATP Tour and the second WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour.[1][2] This was the first ATP tournament since the Tour was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| 2020 Western & Southern Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 22–29 |
| Edition | 119th (men) / 92nd (women) |
| Category | ATP Tour Masters 1000 (men) WTA Premier 5 (women) |
| Surface | Hard |
| Location | New York City, United States |
| Venue | USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Novak Djokovic | |
| Women's singles | |
 Victoria Azarenka | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Pablo Carreño Busta /  Alex de Minaur | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Květa Peschke /  Demi Schuurs | |
The 2020 tournament was the 119th men's edition and the 92nd women's edition of the Cincinnati Open. This event normally took place in Cincinnati, Ohio, but was held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, United States, in order to reduce unnecessary player travel by centralizing the tournament and the subsequent US Open in the same venue.[3]
Prize money
edit| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $285,000 | $185,015 | $124,000 | $98,500 | $73,250 | $43,450 | $24,560 | $12,595 | $6,655 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's singles | $285,000 | $152,999 | $75,000 | $43,000 | $22,000 | $14,200 | $11,000 | $3,575 | $2,265 |
| Men's doubles | $80,000 | $68,000 | $55,040 | $41,000 | $24,320 | $12,910 | — | — | — |
| Women's doubles | $85,000 | $45,000 | $25,000 | $15,000 | $9,860 | $4,500 | — | — | — |
ATP singles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRB
|
Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
 AUT
|
Dominic Thiem | 3 | 2 |
 RUS
|
Daniil Medvedev | 5 | 3 |
 GRE
|
Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6 | 4 |
 GER
|
Alexander Zverev | 7 | 5 |
 ITA
|
Matteo Berrettini | 8 | 6 |
 BEL
|
David Goffin | 10 | 7 |
| ESP
|
Roberto Bautista Agut | 12 | 8 |
 ARG
|
Diego Schwartzman | 13 | 9 |
| RUS
|
Andrey Rublev | 14 | 10 |
| RUS
|
Karen Khachanov | 15 | 11 |
 CAN
|
Denis Shapovalov | 16 | 12 |
 CHI
|
Cristian Garín | 18 | 13 |
 BUL
|
Grigor Dimitrov | 19 | 14 |
| CAN
|
Félix Auger-Aliassime | 20 | 15 |
 USA
|
John Isner | 21 | 16 |
1 Rankings are as of March 16, 2020.
Other entrants
editThe following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
The following player used a protected ranking into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
Aljaž Bedene
Ričardas Berankis
Salvatore Caruso
Márton Fucsovics
Marcos Giron
Norbert Gombos
Lloyd Harris- Sebastian Korda
- Mackenzie McDonald
Cameron Norrie
Emil Ruusuvuori- J. J. Wolf
Withdrawals
edit- Before the tournament
Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Kyle Edmund
Rafael Nadal → replaced by Sam Querrey
Kei Nishikori → replaced by Lorenzo Sonego
Guido Pella → replaced by 
Alexander Bublik- Albert Ramos Viñolas → replaced by
Richard Gasquet
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 COL
|
Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL
|
Robert Farah | 3 | 1 |
 POL
|
Łukasz Kubot |  BRA
|
Marcelo Melo | 10 | 2 |
| USA
|
Rajeev Ram |  GBR
|
Joe Salisbury | 16 | 3 |
 CRO
|
Ivan Dodig |  SVK
|
Filip Polášek | 18 | 4 |
| ESP
|
Marcel Granollers | ARG
|
Horacio Zeballos | 20 | 5 |
| GER
|
Kevin Krawietz | GER
|
Andreas Mies | 27 | 6 |
 RSA
|
Raven Klaasen | AUT
|
Oliver Marach | 35 | 7 |
| NED
|
Wesley Koolhof | CRO
|
Nikola Mektić | 39 | 8 |
1 Rankings are as of August 10, 2020
Other entrants
editThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
WTA singles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| CZE
|
Karolína Plíšková | 3 | 1 |
| USA
|
Sofia Kenin | 4 | 2 |
| USA
|
Serena Williams | 9 | 3 |
 JPN
|
Naomi Osaka | 10 | 4 |
| BLR
|
Aryna Sabalenka | 11 | 5 |
| CZE
|
Petra Kvitová | 12 | 6 |
| USA
|
Madison Keys | 13 | 7 |
| GBR
|
Johanna Konta | 14 | 8 |
 KAZ
|
Elena Rybakina | 17 | 9 |
| CZE
|
Markéta Vondroušová | 18 | 10 |
| USA
|
Alison Riske | 19 | 11 |
 EST
|
Anett Kontaveit | 20 | 12 |
| GRE
|
Maria Sakkari | 21 | 13 |
| BEL
|
Elise Mertens | 22 | 14 |
| CRO
|
Donna Vekić | 24 | 15 |
 UKR
|
Dayana Yastremska | 25 | 16 |
1 Rankings are as of August 17, 2020.
Other entrants
editThe following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
- Catherine Bellis
- Océane Dodin
Leylah Annie Fernandez
Kirsten Flipkens
Anna Kalinskaya- Ann Li
- Christina McHale
- Jessica Pegula
Arantxa Rus
Laura Siegemund
Jil Teichmann- Vera Zvonareva
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
edit- Before the tournament
- Belinda Bencic → replaced by Alizé Cornet
- Kiki Bertens → replaced by Alison Van Uytvanck
- Kim Clijsters → replaced by Daria Kasatkina
- Fiona Ferro → replaced by
Victoria Azarenka - Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
- Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Bernarda Pera
Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL
|
Elise Mertens | BLR
|
Aryna Sabalenka | 11 | 1 |
| USA
|
Nicole Melichar |  CHN
|
Xu Yifan | 29 | 2 |
| CZE
|
Květa Peschke | NED
|
Demi Schuurs | 35 | 3 |
| USA
|
Bethanie Mattek-Sands | CHN
|
Zhang Shuai | 41 | 4 |
| JPN
|
Shuko Aoyama | JPN
|
Ena Shibahara | 47 | 5 |
| BLR
|
Victoria Azarenka | USA
|
Sofia Kenin | 51 | 6 |
| GER
|
Anna-Lena Friedsam | CZE
|
Kateřina Siniaková | 55 | 7 |
| CZE
|
Lucie Hradecká |  SLO
|
Andreja Klepač | 60 | 8 |
1 Rankings are as of August 17, 2020
Other entrants
editThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Champions
editMen's singles
edit
Novak Djokovic def. Milos Raonic, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Women's singles
edit- Victoria Azarenka def. Naomi Osaka via walkover.
Men's doubles
edit- Pablo Carreño Busta / Alex de Minaur def. Jamie Murray / Neal Skupski, 6–2, 7–5
Women's doubles
edit- Květa Peschke / Demi Schuurs def. Nicole Melichar /
Xu Yifan, 6–1, 4–6, [10–4]
References
edit- ^ "Masters 1000 Cincinnati - Overview". atptour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ^ "Western & Southern Open". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ^ Baum, Dave Clark and Adam. "The 2020 Western & Southern Open will be played in New York this summer". The Enquirer. Retrieved 2020-07-26.