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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
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.
Prior to this edition of the Australian Open, the supplier of the hard courts was changed to GreenSet, 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.
Tournament
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The 2020 Australian Open was the 108th edition of the tournament, 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
editThe bushfires 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, and Dalila Jakupović was forced to retire, due to a coughing fit brought on by the poor air quality.[3]
The tournament held a Rally 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, and Alexander Zverev all played a doubles format match with Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki as team captains. Roger Federer and Nick Kyrgios later played a one set singles match where Federer prevailed.[4]
Singles players
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Events
editMen's singles
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Novak Djokovic def. 
Dominic Thiem, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4[5]
Women's singles
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Sofia Kenin def. 
Garbiñe Muguruza, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2[6]
Men's doubles
edit- Rajeev Ram /
Joe Salisbury def. 
Max Purcell / Luke Saville, 6–4, 6–2
Women's doubles
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Tímea Babos / 
Kristina Mladenovic def. 
Hsieh Su-wei / 
Barbora Strýcová, 6–2, 6–1
Mixed doubles
edit- Barbora Krejčíková /
Nikola Mektić def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Jamie Murray, 5–7, 6–4, [10–1]
Wheelchair men's singles
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Shingo Kunieda def. Gordon Reid, 6–4, 6–4
Wheelchair women's singles
edit- Yui Kamiji def.
Aniek van Koot, 6–2, 6–2
Wheelchair quad singles
edit- Dylan Alcott def. Andy Lapthorne, 6–0, 6–4
Wheelchair men's doubles
edit- Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid def. Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer, 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Wheelchair women's doubles
edit- Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley def. Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot, 6–2, 6–4
Wheelchair quad doubles
edit- Dylan Alcott / Heath Davidson def. Andy Lapthorne / David Wagner, 6–4, 6–3
Boys' singles
edit- Harold Mayot def. Arthur Cazaux, 6–4, 6–1
Girls' singles
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Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva def. 
Weronika Baszak, 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
Boys' doubles
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Nicholas David Ionel / 
Leandro Riedi def. Mikołaj Lorens / 
Kārlis Ozoliņš, 6–7(8–10), 7–5, [10–4]
Girls' doubles
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Alex Eala / 
Priska Madelyn Nugroho def. 
Živa Falkner / Matilda Mutavdzic, 6–1, 6–2
Point distribution and prize money
editPoint distribution
editBelow is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event.
Senior points
edit| 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 |
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| Men's doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Women's singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Women's doubles | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wheelchair pointsedit
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Junior pointsedit
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Prize money
editThe Australian Open total prize money for 2020 was increased by 13.6% to a tournament record A$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
References
edit- ^ "GREENSET WORLDWIDE NEW OFFICIAL COURT SURFACE SUPPLIER". tennis.com.au. 26 July 2019.
- ^ "Melbourne's air quality 'worst in the world' as bushfires continue to burn across Victoria". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 14 January 2020. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ Hytner, Mike; Howcroft, Jonathan (14 January 2020). "Smoke plays havoc with tennis as Australian Open qualifier suffers coughing fit". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Stars step out to Rally for Relief". ausopen.com. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Australian Open: Novak Djokovic beats Dominic Thiem to win 17th Grand Slam". BBC Sport. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Sofia Kenin battles back to beat Garbiñe Muguruza in Australian Open final". Guardian. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Record $71 million in prize money for Australian Open 2020". Australian Open.
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