| 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 | ||||
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The2020 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women'stennis tournament being played on outdoorhard courts from August 22–29, 2020. It was the firstMasters 1000 tournament on the2020 ATP Tour and the secondWTA Premier 5 tournament on the2020 WTA Tour.[1][2] This was the first ATP tournament since the Tour was suspended due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020 tournament was the 119th men's edition and the 92nd women's edition of theCincinnati Open. This event normally took place inCincinnati,Ohio, but was held at theUSTA 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 subsequentUS Open in the same venue.[3]
| 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 | — | — | — |
| 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.
The following players receivedwild 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 singlesqualifying draw:
Aljaž Bedene
Ričardas BerankisSalvatore Caruso
Márton FucsovicsMarcos Giron
Norbert Gombos
Lloyd HarrisSebastian KordaMackenzie McDonald
Cameron Norrie
Emil RuusuvuoriJ. J. WolfNick Kyrgios → replaced byKyle EdmundRafael Nadal → replaced bySam Querrey
Kei Nishikori → replaced byLorenzo SonegoGuido Pella → replaced by
Alexander BublikAlbert Ramos Viñolas → replaced by
Richard Gasquet1 Rankings are as of August 10, 2020
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
| 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.
The following players receivedwild cards into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singlesqualifying draw:
Catherine BellisOcéane DodinLeylah Annie FernandezKirsten FlipkensAnna KalinskayaAnn LiChristina McHaleJessica PegulaArantxa RusLaura Siegemund
Jil TeichmannVera ZvonarevaThe following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Belinda Bencic → replaced byAlizé CornetKiki Bertens → replaced byAlison Van UytvanckKim Clijsters → replaced byDaria KasatkinaFiona Ferro → replaced byVictoria AzarenkaSvetlana Kuznetsova → replaced byAjla TomljanovićGarbiñe Muguruza → replaced byBernarda PeraBarbora Strýcová → replaced byKateřina Siniaková| 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
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Novak Djokovic def.Milos Raonic, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4Victoria Azarenka def.Naomi Osaka via walkover.Pablo Carreño Busta /Alex de Minaur def.Jamie Murray /Neal Skupski, 6–2, 7–5Květa Peschke /Demi Schuurs def.Nicole Melichar /Xu Yifan, 6–1, 4–6, [10–4]
