2020 Australian Open

The 2020 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park, from 20 January to 2 February 2020. It was the 108th edition of the Australian Open, the 52nd in the Open Era, and the first Grand Slam of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments. As in previous years, the tournament's main sponsor was Kia.

2020 Australian Open
Date20 January – 2 February
Edition108th
52nd (Open Era)
CategoryGrand Slam
Prize moneyA$71,000,000
SurfaceHard (GreenSet)
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
VenueMelbourne Park
Champions
Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic
Women's Singles
Sofia Kenin
Men's Doubles
Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury
Women's Doubles
Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic
Mixed Doubles
Barbora Krejčíková / Nikola Mektić
Boys' Singles
Harold Mayot
Girls' Singles
Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva
Boys' Doubles
Nicholas David Ionel / Leandro Riedi
Girls' Doubles
Alexandra Eala / Priska Madelyn Nugroho
Wheelchair Men's Singles
Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair Women's Singles
Yui Kamiji
Wheelchair Quad Singles
Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley
Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Dylan Alcott / Heath Davidson

Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka were the defending champions in Men's Singles and Women's Singles, respectively. Osaka lost in the third round to Coco Gauff. In contrast, Djokovic successfully defended his title by defeating Dominic Thiem to win the tournament for a record-extending eighth time.

This was the first edition of the Australian Open with GreenSet, a hard surface produced by GreenSet Worldwide.[1] GreenSet was 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 is the 108th edition of the tournament and is 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 is played on hard courts and is taking 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.

Impact of bushfires

The bushfires that had burned large portions of Australia for months, left a smoke haze over Melbourne on the first day of qualifying. The air over Melbourne on that day was rated as the worst in the world.[2] In qualifying, play was delayed, some players called for medical timeouts and Dalila Jakupović was forced to retire, due to a coughing fit brought on by the poor air quality.[3]

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 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Women's Singles 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10 40 30 20 2
Women's Doubles 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money

The Australian Open total prize money for 2020 was increased by 13.6% to a tournament record A$71,000,000.[4]

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 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mixed Doubles * A$190,000 A$100,000 A$50,000 A$24,000 A$12,000 A$6,250 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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

Day-by-day summaries
Main article: 2020 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries

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 takes 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).

Men's singles
Seed Rank Player Points
before		 Points
defending		 Points
won		 Points
after		 Status
1 1 Rafael Nadal 10,235 1,200 360 9,395 Quarterfinals lost to Dominic Thiem [5]
2 2 Novak Djokovic 9,720 2,000 2,000 9,720 Champion, defeated Dominic Thiem [5]
3 3 Roger Federer 6,590 180 720 7,130 Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [2]
4 4 Daniil Medvedev 5,960 180 180 5,960 Fourth round lost to Stan Wawrinka [15]
5 5 Dominic Thiem 5,890 45 1,200 7,045 Final lost to Novak Djokovic [2]
6 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas 5,375 720 90 4,745 Third round lost to Milos Raonic [32]
7 7 Alexander Zverev 3,345 180 720 3,885 Semifinals lost to Dominic Thiem [5]
8 8 Matteo Berrettini 2,870 10 45 2,905 Second round lost to Tennys Sandgren
9 9 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,630 360 90 2,360 Third round lost to Marin Čilić
10 10 Gaël Monfils 2,565 45 180 2,700 Fourth round lost to Dominic Thiem [5]
11 11 David Goffin 2,555 90 90 2,555 Third round lost to Andrey Rublev [17]
12 12 Fabio Fognini 2,310 90 180 2,400 Fourth round lost to Tennys Sandgren
13 13 Denis Shapovalov 2,200 90 10 2,120 First round lost to Márton Fucsovics
14 14 Diego Schwartzman 2,130 90 180 2,220 Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [2]
15 15 Stan Wawrinka 2,045 45 360 2,360 Quarterfinals lost to Alexander Zverev [7]
16 17 Karen Khachanov 1,995 90 90 1,995 Third round lost to Nick Kyrgios [23]
17 16 Andrey Rublev 2,004 10 180 2,174 Fourth round lost to Alexander Zverev [7]
18 20 Grigor Dimitrov 1,772 180 45 1,637 Second round lost to Tommy Paul
19 19 John Isner 1,860 10 90 1,940 Third round retired against Stan Wawrinka [15]
20 22 Félix Auger-Aliassime 1,701 (45)† 10 1,666 First round lost to Ernests Gulbis [Q]
21 21 Benoît Paire 1,703 10 45 1,738 Second round lost to Marin Čilić
22 25 Guido Pella 1,585 10 90 1,665 Third round lost to Fabio Fognini [12]
23 26 Nick Kyrgios 1,520 10 180 1,690 Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
24 27 Dušan Lajović 1,516 10 90 1,596 Third round lost to Diego Schwartzman [14]
25 28 Borna Ćorić 1,490 180 10 1,320 First round lost to Sam Querrey
26 29 Nikoloz Basilashvili 1,485 90 45 1,440 Second round lost to Fernando Verdasco
27 30 Pablo Carreño Busta 1,422 180 90 1,332 Third round lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
28 33 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1,340 45 10 1,305 First round retired against Alexei Popyrin
29 34 Taylor Fritz 1,335 90+125 90+45 1,255 Third round lost to Dominic Thiem [5]
30 32 Dan Evans 1,349 70+48 45+20 1,296 Second round lost to Yoshihito Nishioka
31 31 Hubert Hurkacz 1,398 10 45 1,433 Second round lost to John Millman
32 35 Milos Raonic 1,305 360 360 1,305 Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [2]

† 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
18 Kei Nishikori 1,930 360 1,570 Elbow injury[5]
23 Alex de Minaur 1,665 90 1,575 Abdominal injury[6]
24 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 Ashleigh Barty 8,017 430 780 8,367 Semifinals lost to Sofia Kenin [14]
2 2 Karolína Plíšková 5,940 780 130 5,290 Third round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [30]
3 4 Naomi Osaka 5,496 2,000 130 3,626 Third round lost to Coco Gauff
4 3 Simona Halep 5,561 240 780 6,101 Semifinals lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
5 5 Elina Svitolina 5,075 430 130 4,775 Third round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
6 7 Belinda Bencic 4,675 130 130 4,675 Third round lost to Anett Kontaveit [28]
7 8 Petra Kvitová 4,436 1,300+100 430+0 3,466 Quarterfinals lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
8 9 Serena Williams 4,215 430 130 3,915 Third round lost to Wang Qiang [27]
9 10 Kiki Bertens 4,165 70+470 130+240 3,995 Fourth round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
10 11 Madison Keys 3,072 240 130 2,962 Third round lost to Maria Sakkari [22]
11 12 Aryna Sabalenka 3,025 130+185 10+100 2,820 First round lost to Carla Suárez Navarro
12 13 Johanna Konta 2,813 70 10 2,753 First round lost to Ons Jabeur
13 14 Petra Martić 2,646 130 70 2,586 Second round lost to Julia Görges
14 15 Sofia Kenin 2,565 70 2,000 4,495 Champion, defeated Garbiñe Muguruza
15 16 Markéta Vondroušová 2,490 70 10 2,430 First round lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova
16 17 Elise Mertens 2,250 130 240 2,360 Fourth round lost to Simona Halep [4]
17 18 Angelique Kerber 2,175 240 240 2,175 Fourth round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [30]
18 19 Alison Riske 2,130 10 240 2,360 Fourth round lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
19 20 Donna Vekić 2,120 70+305 130+60 1,935 Third round lost to Iga Świątek
20 22 Karolína Muchová 1,847 40 70 1,877 Second round lost to Catherine Bellis [PR]
21 24 Amanda Anisimova 1,843 240 10 1,613 First round lost to Zarina Diyas
22 23 Maria Sakkari 1,845 130 240 1,955 Fourth round lost to Petra Kvitová [7]
23 21 Dayana Yastremska 2,070 130+280 70+55 1,785 Second round lost to Caroline Wozniacki
24 27 Sloane Stephens 1,683 240 10 1,453 First round lost to Zhang Shuai
25 28 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1,645 10+125 130+60 1,700 Third round lost to Petra Kvitová [7]
26 25 Danielle Collins 1,825 780 70 1,115 Second round lost to Yulia Putintseva
27 29 Wang Qiang 1,593 130 240 1,703 Fourth round lost to Ons Jabeur
28 31 Anett Kontaveit 1,575 70 430 1,935 Quarterfinals lost to Simona Halep [4]
29 26 Elena Rybakina 1,816 (80)† 130 1,866 Third round lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
30 30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1,585 430+100 430+1 1,486 Quarterfinals lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
31 33 Anastasija Sevastova 1,518 240 10 1,288 First round lost to Ajla Tomljanović
32 34 Barbora Strýcová 1,516 10 10 1,516 First round lost to Sorana Cîrstea

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019, but was defending points from an ITF tournament (Launceston).

The following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event.

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason
6 Bianca Andreescu 4,935 110+160 4,665 Knee injury

Doubles seeds

Mixed doubles
Team Rank Seed
Barbora Strýcová Marcelo Melo 8 1
Zhang Shuai Nicolas Mahut 12 2
Gabriela Dabrowski Henri Kontinen 25 3
Chan Hao-ching Michael Venus 26 4
Barbora Krejčíková Nikola Mektić 28 5
Latisha Chan Ivan Dodig 28 6
Samantha Stosur Jean-Julien Rojer 32 7
Hsieh Su-wei Neal Skupski 34 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of 20 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

Champions

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

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