Participants
Men
| Women
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- Singles rankings as of 16 March 2020 (rankings are frozen until the resumption of the season in August 2020)
- Notes
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| Tournament information | |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Venue | Steffi-Graf-Stadium (13–15 July 2020) Airport Tempelhof (Hangar 6) (17–19 July 2020) |
| Surface | Grass and Hard |
| Draw | 2 x 6S (Men) 2 x 6S (Women) |
| Prize money | €200,000 |
| Website | bett1aces.de/en/ |
The Berlin tennis exhibitions (known for sponsorship reasons as the bett1Aces) were two men's and women's exhibition tennis tournaments each, which were held from 13 to 19 July 2020 in Berlin, Germany, during the break of the ATP and WTA Tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From 13 to 15 July they took take place at the Steffi-Graf-Stadium on grass, and from 17 to 19 July in a disused hangar of the Airport Tempelhof on hardcourt. Six players each took part in the men's and women's competitions. [1] [2]
Dominic Thiem and Elina Svitolina were the champions of the tournaments at the Steffi-Graf-Stadium, [3] before Thiem again and Anastasija Sevastova won at the Airport Tempelhof. [4]
Men
| Women
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13–15 July 2020 (on grass)
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Dominic Thiem | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
 Tommy Haas | 4 | 6 | [8] |  Jannik Sinner | 3 | 65 | ||||||||||||||
| Jannik Sinner | 6 | 3 | [10] | 1 | Dominic Thiem | 64 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||
 Roberto Bautista Agut | 6 | 3 | [10] | 2 | Matteo Berrettini | 77 | 4 | [8] | ||||||||||||
| Jan-Lennard Struff | 3 | 6 | [7] | Roberto Bautista Agut | 6 | 3 | [6] | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Matteo Berrettini | 4 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final [lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Elina Svitolina | 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
 Anastasija Sevastova | 6 | 4 | Anastasija Sevastova | 62 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Julia Görges | 3 | 3r | 1 | Elina Svitolina | 3 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||||||
| Andrea Petkovic | 4 | 1 |  Petra Kvitová | 6 | 1 | [5] | ||||||||||||||
| Petra Kvitová | 6 | 6 | Petra Kvitová | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Kiki Bertens | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
17–19 July 2020 (on hardcourt)
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Dominic Thiem | 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jan-Lennard Struff | 65 | 63 | Tommy Haas | 64 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Tommy Haas | 77 | 77 | 1 | Dominic Thiem | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Jannik Sinner | 6 | 77 | Jannik Sinner | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
 Karen Khachanov | 3 | 63 | Jannik Sinner | 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Roberto Bautista Agut | 65 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3rd place match | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | Tommy Haas | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Roberto Bautista Agut | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Elina Svitolina | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Anastasija Sevastova | 6 | 6 | Anastasija Sevastova | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Kiki Bertens | 1 | 4 | Anastasija Sevastova | 3 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||
| Alexandra Vecic | 2 | 3 | 2 | Petra Kvitová | 6 | 3 | [5] | |||||||||||||
| Andrea Petkovic | 6 | 6 | Andrea Petkovic | 6 | 4 | [5] | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Petra Kvitová | 3 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd place match | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Elina Svitolina | 4 | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| Andrea Petkovic | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
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