2020 Tata Open Maharashtra – Singles

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Singles
2020 Tata Open Maharashtra
Final
Champion Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Veselý
Runner-up Flag of Belarus.svg Egor Gerasimov
Score7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–3
Details
Draw28 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
  2019  · Maharashtra Open ·  2022  

Kevin Anderson was the defending champion, [1] but chose not to participate this year.

Contents

Jiří Veselý won the title, defeating Egor Gerasimov in the final, 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–3.

Jiří Veselý saved 6 match points en route to the title – 2 match points against Ilya Ivashka in quarterfinal and 4 match points against Ričardas Berankis in semifinal.

Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.

  1. Flag of France.svg Benoît Paire (second round)
  2. Flag of Lithuania.svg Ričardas Berankis (semifinals)
  3. Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Travaglia (second round)
  4. Flag of South Korea.svg Kwon Soon-woo (quarterfinals)
  5. Flag of Japan.svg Yūichi Sugita (quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Duckworth (semifinals)
  7. Flag of Italy.svg Salvatore Caruso (second round)
  8. Flag of Belarus.svg Egor Gerasimov (final)

Draw

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Duckworth 624
8 Flag of Belarus.svg Egor Gerasimov 776
8 Flag of Belarus.svg Egor Gerasimov 6273
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Veselý 775 6
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Veselý 687779
2 Flag of Lithuania.svg Ričardas Berankis 7106367

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of France.svg B Paire 4 4
Q Flag of the Czech Republic.svg L Rosol 3 2 Q Flag of Italy.svg R Marcora 66
Q Flag of Italy.svg R Marcora 66Q Flag of Italy.svg R Marcora 3 64
Flag of Japan.svg T Daniel 6796 Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Duckworth 677
WC Flag of India.svg S Mukund 2 67 Flag of Japan.svg T Daniel 77663
Flag of Germany.svg P Gojowczyk 654 6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Duckworth 64786
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Duckworth 7766 Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Duckworth 624
8 Flag of Belarus.svg E Gerasimov 776
4 Flag of South Korea.svg S-w Kwon 677
Flag of India.svg P Gunneswaran 7777 Flag of India.svg P Gunneswaran 3 65
Flag of Germany.svg Y Maden 64654 Flag of South Korea.svg S-w Kwon 6614
Q Flag of Serbia.svg N Milojević 7768 Flag of Belarus.svg E Gerasimov 4 776
Flag of France.svg A Hoang 654 Q Flag of Serbia.svg N Milojević 63 2
Flag of Italy.svg P Lorenzi 2 3 8 Flag of Belarus.svg E Gerasimov 2 66
8 Flag of Belarus.svg E Gerasimov 66

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 Flag of Italy.svg S Caruso 3 67
WC Flag of India.svg R Ramanathan 64 5 7 Flag of Italy.svg S Caruso 654
WC Flag of India.svg A Kadhe 2 4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Veselý 776
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Veselý 66 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Veselý 2 6713
Flag of Belarus.svg I Ivashka 66 Flag of Belarus.svg I Ivashka 61 611
Flag of Russia.svg E Donskoy 3 2 Flag of Belarus.svg I Ivashka 7777
3 Flag of Italy.svg S Travaglia 6563
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Veselý 687779
5 Flag of Japan.svg Y Sugita 662 Flag of Lithuania.svg R Berankis 7106367
Flag of Italy.svg T Fabbiano 3 0 5 Flag of Japan.svg Y Sugita w/o
Flag of India.svg S Nagal 2 771 Q Flag of Serbia.svg V Troicki
Q Flag of Serbia.svg V Troicki 66465 Flag of Japan.svg Y Sugita 6642
PR Flag of Germany.svg C-M Stebe 662 Flag of Lithuania.svg R Berankis 4 776
Flag of Croatia.svg I Karlović 3 4 PR Flag of Germany.svg C-M Stebe 621
2 Flag of Lithuania.svg R Berankis 776

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Zhizhen (first round)
  2. Flag of Slovenia.svg Blaž Rola (qualifying competition)
  3. Flag of Belarus.svg Ilya Ivashka (moved to main draw)
  4. Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Milojević (qualified)
  5. Flag of Serbia.svg Viktor Troicki (qualified)
  6. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Haase (qualifying competition)
  7. Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Marcora (qualified)
  8. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Rosol (qualified)

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Zhizhen 3 2
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Ebden 66
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Ebden 2 5
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Rosol 67
WC Flag of Latvia.svg Ernests Gulbis 4 4
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Rosol 66

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
2 Flag of Slovenia.svg Blaž Rola 657877
  Flag of Tunisia.svg Malek Jaziri 776662
2 Flag of Slovenia.svg Blaž Rola 4 64
7 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Marcora 677
  Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Baldi 3 2
7 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Marcora 66

Third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Alt Flag of Russia.svg Aslan Karatsev 64 4
  Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Karlovskiy 4 66
  Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Karlovskiy 2 4
5 Flag of Serbia.svg Viktor Troicki 66
  Flag of Spain.svg Nicola Kuhn 1 4
5 Flag of Serbia.svg Viktor Troicki 66

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Milojević 66
WC Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni 3 2
4 Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Milojević 66
6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Haase 3 3
  Flag of Portugal.svg Frederico Ferreira Silva 6654
6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Haase 3 776

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References

  1. "Kevin Anderson beats Ivo Karlovic to win Maharashtra Open title". India Today.