2020 Australian Open

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2020 Australian Open
Date20 January – 2 February 2020
Edition108th
Open Era (52nd)
Category Grand Slam
Draw128 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
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Kenin
Men's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Salisbury
Women's doubles
Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Babos / Flag of France.svg Kristina Mladenovic
Mixed doubles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčíková / Flag of Croatia.svg Nikola Mektić
Wheelchair men's singles
Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's singles
Flag of Japan.svg Yui Kamiji
Wheelchair quad singles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair men's doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alfie Hewett / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's doubles
Flag of Japan.svg Yui Kamiji / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jordanne Whiley
Wheelchair quad doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dylan Alcott / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Heath Davidson
Boys' singles
Flag of France.svg Harold Mayot
Girls' singles
Flag of Andorra.svg Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva
Boys' doubles
Flag of Romania.svg Nicholas David Ionel / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Leandro Riedi
Girls' doubles
Flag of the Philippines.svg Alex Eala / Flag of Indonesia.svg Priska Madelyn Nugroho
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The 2020Australian 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.

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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

Rod Laver Arena, seen here in 2020, is the tournament's centre court and location of the finals. Australian Open 2020 (49837295546).jpg
Rod Laver Arena, seen here in 2020, is the tournament's centre court and location of the finals.

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

The 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

Men's singles
Women's singles

Events

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Wheelchair men's singles

Wheelchair women's singles

Wheelchair quad singles

Wheelchair men's doubles

Wheelchair women's doubles

Wheelchair quad doubles

Boys' singles

Girls' singles

Boys' doubles

Girls' doubles

Point distribution and prize money

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event.

Senior points

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1
Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680
Men's doubles0
Women's singles130078043024013070104030202
Women's doubles10

Prize money

The Australian Open total prize money for 2020 was increased by 13.6% to a tournament record A$71,000,000. [7]

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 1281Q3Q2Q1
SinglesA$4,120,000A$2,065,000A$1,040,000A$525,000A$300,000A$180,000A$128,000A$90,000A$50,000A$32,500A$20,000
Doubles *A$760,000A$380,000A$200,000A$110,000A$62,000A$38,000A$25,000
Mixed doubles *A$190,000A$100,000A$50,000A$24,000A$12,000A$6,250

1Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money.
*per team

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