| 2020 Australian Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 20 January – 2 February 2020 | |||
| Edition | 108th Open Era (52nd) | |||
| Category | Grand Slam | |||
| Draw | 128 singles players, 64 doubles pairs and 32 mixed doubles pairs | |||
| Prize money | A$71,000,000 | |||
| Surface | Hard (Plexicushion) | |||
| Location | Melbourne,Victoria, Australia | |||
| Venue | Melbourne 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Boys' singles | ||||
| Harold Mayot | ||||
| Girls' singles | ||||
 Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva | ||||
| Boys' doubles | ||||
 Nicholas David Ionel / Leandro Riedi | ||||
| Girls' doubles | ||||
 Alex Eala / Priska Madelyn Nugroho | ||||
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The2020Australian Open was aGrand Slamtennis tournament that took place atMelbourne Park, from 20 January to 2 February 2020. It was the 108th edition of theAustralian Open, the 52nd in theOpen Era, and the firstGrand 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.
Novak Djokovic andNaomi Osaka were the defending champions in Men's Singles and Women's Singles, respectively. Osaka lost in the third round toCoco Gauff. In contrast, Djokovic successfully defended his title by defeatingDominic Thiem to win the tournament for a record-extending eighth time.
Prior to this edition of the Australian Open, the supplier of the hard courts was changed toGreenSet, though the court surface and color remained the same.[1] This is one of the few sporting events held in 2020 which was unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament had a record attendance of 812,174 spectators.
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The 2020 Australian Open was the 108th edition of the tournament, held atMelbourne Park inMelbourne,Victoria, Australia.
The tournament is run by theInternational Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the2020 ATP Tour and the2020 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'swheelchair 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 courtsRod Laver Arena,Melbourne Arena andMargaret Court Arena.1573 Arena (formerly Show Court Two) was upgraded into a main show court.
Thebushfires that had burned large portions of Australia for months left a smoke haze over Melbourne on the first day of qualifying. That day, the air over Melbourne was rated as the worst in the world.[2] In qualifying, play was delayed, some players called for medical timeouts, andDalila Jakupović was forced to retire, due to a coughing fit brought on by the poor air quality.[3]
The tournament held aRally for Relief similar to the one of 2011 before the tournament to raise money to aid areas devastated by the bushfires.Novak Djokovic,Coco Gauff,Petra Kvitová,Rafael Nadal,Naomi Osaka,Dominic Thiem,Stefanos Tsitsipas, andAlexander Zverev all played a doubles format match withSerena Williams andCaroline Wozniacki as team captains.Roger Federer andNick Kyrgios later played a one set singles match where Federer prevailed.[4]
Novak Djokovic def.
Dominic Thiem, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4[5]Sofia Kenin def.
Garbiñe Muguruza, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2[6]Rajeev Ram /Joe Salisbury def.Max Purcell /Luke Saville, 6–4, 6–2Tímea Babos /Kristina Mladenovic def.
Hsieh Su-wei /Barbora Strýcová, 6–2, 6–1Barbora Krejčíková /Nikola Mektić def.Bethanie Mattek-Sands /Jamie Murray, 5–7, 6–4, [10–1]Shingo Kunieda def.Gordon Reid, 6–4, 6–4Yui Kamiji def.
Aniek van Koot, 6–2, 6–2Dylan Alcott def.Andy Lapthorne, 6–0, 6–4Alfie Hewett /Gordon Reid def.Stéphane Houdet /Nicolas Peifer, 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]Yui Kamiji /Jordanne Whiley def.Diede de Groot /Aniek van Koot, 6–2, 6–4Dylan Alcott /Heath Davidson def.Andy Lapthorne /David Wagner, 6–4, 6–3Harold Mayot def.Arthur Cazaux, 6–4, 6–1Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva def.
Weronika Baszak, 5–7, 6–2, 6–2Nicholas David Ionel /Leandro Riedi def. Mikołaj Lorens /
Kārlis Ozoliņš, 6–7(8–10), 7–5, [10–4]Alex Eala /Priska Madelyn Nugroho def.
Živa Falkner / Matilda Mutavdzic, 6–1, 6–2Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event.
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wheelchair points[edit]
| Junior points[edit]
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The Australian Open total prize money for 2020 was increased by 13.6% to a tournament recordA$71,000,000.[7]
| 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
| Preceded by | Grand Slams | Succeeded by |
