2020 Potchefstroom Open

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2020 Potchefstroom Open
Date10–15 March
Edition1st
Surface Hard
Location Potchefstroom, South Africa
Champions
Singles
no champion
Doubles
no champions
Potchefstroom Open ·  2021  

The 2020 Potchefstroom Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Potchefstroom, South Africa between 10 and 15 March 2020. The tournament was canceled prior to completion due to the coronavirus pandemic. [1]

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Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of France.svg  FRA Benjamin Bonzi 2361
Flag of France.svg  FRA Hugo Grenier 2372
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Peđa Krstin 2393
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Dustin Brown 2414
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Evgeny Karlovskiy 2465
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Daniel Masur 2496
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Roberto Ortega Olmedo 2737
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Lorenzo Musetti 2868

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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  2. "Rankings | Singles | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.