2020 St. Petersburg Open – Singles

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Singles
2020 St. Petersburg Open
Final
Champion Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Rublev
Runner-up Flag of Croatia.svg Borna Ćorić
Score7–6(7–5), 6–4
Details
Draw32 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
  2019  · St. Petersburg Open ·  2021  

The tournament was played on a hard surface. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and many ATP tournaments having been cancelled, this year's event was upgraded to ATP 500 level.

Contents

Daniil Medvedev was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Reilly Opelka.

Andrey Rublev won the title, defeating last year finalist Borna Ćorić in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–4.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Medvedev (second round)
  2. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denis Shapovalov (semifinals)
  3. Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Rublev (champion)
  4. Flag of Russia.svg Karen Khachanov (quarterfinals)
  5. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stan Wawrinka (quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic (semifinals)
  7. Flag of Croatia.svg Borna Ćorić (final)
  8. Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
7 Flag of Croatia.svg Borna Ćorić 1 66
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic 61 4
7 Flag of Croatia.svg Borna Ćorić 654
3 Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Rublev 776
3 Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Rublev 4 66
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denis Shapovalov 63 4

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of Russia.svg D Medvedev 3 66
  Flag of France.svg R Gasquet 63 0 1 Flag of Russia.svg D Medvedev 65 4
Q Flag of Croatia.svg N Serdarušić 6652 Flag of the United States.svg R Opelka 2 76
  Flag of the United States.svg R Opelka 3 776 Flag of the United States.svg R Opelka 633
WC Flag of Russia.svg R Safiullin 667 Flag of Croatia.svg B Ćorić 776
LL Flag of Ecuador.svg E Gómez 4 2 WC Flag of Russia.svg R Safiullin 3 5
  Flag of Spain.svg F López 3 627 Flag of Croatia.svg B Ćorić 67
7 Flag of Croatia.svg B Ćorić 6777 Flag of Croatia.svg B Ćorić 1 66
4 Flag of Russia.svg K Khachanov 666 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg M Raonic 61 4
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Duckworth 4 4 4 Flag of Russia.svg K Khachanov 4 76
  Flag of the United States.svg T Sandgren 5 65 WC Flag of Russia.svg A Karatsev 65 3
WC Flag of Russia.svg A Karatsev 73 74 Flag of Russia.svg K Khachanov 1 61
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg A Bublik 2 7766 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg M Raonic 677
PR Flag of the United States.svg M McDonald 6624 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg A Bublik 3 2
Q Flag of the United States.svg JJ Wolf 651 6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg M Raonic 66
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg M Raonic 776

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 Flag of the United States.svg T Fritz 4 63
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg C Norrie 64 6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg C Norrie 7656
  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg M Kukushkin 3 67 Flag of Serbia.svg M Kecmanović 5 773
  Flag of Serbia.svg M Kecmanović 679 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg C Norrie 2 1
Q Flag of Russia.svg P Kotov 62 3 3 Flag of Russia.svg A Rublev 66
  Flag of France.svg U Humbert 4 66 Flag of France.svg U Humbert 64 5
  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg V Pospisil 2 4 3 Flag of Russia.svg A Rublev 4 67
3 Flag of Russia.svg A Rublev 663 Flag of Russia.svg A Rublev 4 66
5 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg S Wawrinka 3 7772 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg D Shapovalov 63 4
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg D Evans 6635 5 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg S Wawrinka 63 6
WC Flag of Russia.svg E Donskoy 677WC Flag of Russia.svg E Donskoy 1 63
  Flag of Belarus.svg E Gerasimov 4 645 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg S Wawrinka 4 5
  Flag of France.svg A Mannarino 3 662 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg D Shapovalov 67
Q Flag of Belarus.svg I Ivashka 678Q Flag of Belarus.svg I Ivashka 1 4
LL Flag of Serbia.svg V Troicki 2 3 2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg D Shapovalov 66
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg D Shapovalov 66

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Flag of the United States.svg J. J. Wolf (qualified)
  2. Flag of Belarus.svg Ilya Ivashka (qualified)
  3. Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Milojević (qualifying competition)
  4. Flag of Ecuador.svg Emilio Gómez (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  5. Flag of Latvia.svg Ernests Gulbis (first round)
  6. Flag of Austria.svg Jurij Rodionov (first round)
  7. Flag of Serbia.svg Viktor Troicki (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  8. Flag of Turkey.svg Cem İlkel (first round)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Flag of the United States.svg J. J. Wolf 4 66
  Flag of Russia.svg Alexey Vatutin 61 3
1 Flag of the United States.svg J. J. Wolf 3 76
WC Flag of Russia.svg Alen Avidzba 65 1
WC Flag of Russia.svg Alen Avidzba 4 677
5 Flag of Latvia.svg Ernests Gulbis 63 62

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
2 Flag of Belarus.svg Ilya Ivashka 76
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Purcell 5 4
2 Flag of Belarus.svg Ilya Ivashka 76
7 Flag of Serbia.svg Viktor Troicki 5 1
PR Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Kuznetsov 3 774
7 Flag of Serbia.svg Viktor Troicki 6656

Third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Milojević 66
  Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Karlovskiy 4 0
3 Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Milojević 772 2
WC Flag of Croatia.svg Nino Serdarušić 6166
WC Flag of Croatia.svg Nino Serdarušić 773 6
8 Flag of Turkey.svg Cem İlkel 6564

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Flag of Ecuador.svg Emilio Gómez 791 6
  Flag of Russia.svg Teymuraz Gabashvili 6764
4 Flag of Ecuador.svg Emilio Gómez 7642
WC Flag of Russia.svg Pavel Kotov 5 776
WC Flag of Russia.svg Pavel Kotov 63 7
6 Flag of Austria.svg Jurij Rodionov 4 65

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