US Open 2020

◄ US Open 2020
Date:	August 31 - September 13, 2020
Edition:	140th  US Open
Place:	New York City
Covering:	Hard court
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Rafael Nadal
Ladies singles :	Bianca Andreescu
Men's double :	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah
Ladies doubles :	Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka
Mixed :	Jamie Murray Bethanie Mattek-Sands
winner
Men's singles :
Ladies singles :
Men's double :
Ladies doubles :
Grand Slams 2020
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon Championships US Open

The US Open is usually the last of four Grand Slam tournaments of the season, the highest endowed tennis tournaments . The 140th edition will take place from August 31 to September 13, 2020 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park in New York City , USA . After the Wimbledon Championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the French Open was postponed to September 2020, the US Open is only the second Grand Slam tournament to take place in the 2020 season.

Defending champions in the singles are Rafael Nadal for men and Bianca Andreescu for women. In the men's doubles, Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah and in the women's doubles Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka are last year's winners . The defending champions in mixed would have been Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jamie Murray , but a mixed competition will not be held in 2020.

Mode changes due to the pandemic

For safety reasons, only single and double competitions for women and men and wheelchair tennis competitions will be held in 2020. The number of participants in the doubles competitions will also be halved from 64 to 32 doubles pairings. Both the mixed competition and all junior competitions are canceled. In addition, qualification competitions will not be held. The tournament is played without spectators on site.

For the initially announced cancellation of the wheelchair tennis competitions, the tournament organizing United States Tennis Association was sharply criticized by the leader of the men's wheelchair tennis world rankings, Dylan Alcott . He described the USTA's dealings with the players as "discriminatory" because they were relieved of the self-determined decision to participate. Other players joined the criticism. The USTA then reversed the decision and admitted communication errors.

Cancel

Numerous players, some of them from the top of the world rankings, canceled their participation due to safety concerns, above all the respective defending champions Rafael Nadal and Bianca Andreescu as well as the world number leader in the women's list, Ashleigh Barty . Further refusals with this reason were given by Nick Kyrgios, among others . With Simona Halep , Elina Switolina , Kiki Bertens and Belinda Bencic, further top ten players canceled the women . Even Julia Goerges and Andrea Petkovic step out of security concerns not at the tournament.

One day before the start of the tournament, Benoît Paire tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, whereupon he had to withdraw his participation.

Men's singles

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Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Novak Đoković   02.  Dominic Thiem   03.  Daniil Medvedev   04th  Stefanos Tsitsipas   05.  Alexander Zverev   06th  Matteo Berrettini   07th  David Goffin   08th.  Roberto Bautista Agut   09.  Diego Schwartzman 1 round 10.  Andrei Rublev   11.  Karen Khachanov   12.  Denis Shapovalov   13.  Christian Garín   14th  Grigor Dimitrov   15th  Félix Auger-Aliassime   16.  John Isner 1 round

No. player Round reached 17th  Benoît Paire retreat 18th  Dušan Lajović 1 round 19th  Taylor Fritz   20th  Pablo Carreño Busta   21st  Alex de Minaur   22nd  Nikolos Bassilashvili   23.  Dan Evans   24.  Hubert Hurkacz   25th  Milos Raonic   26th  Filip Krajinović   27.  Borna Ćorić   28.  Jan-Lennard Struff   29  Guido Pella   30th  Casper Ruud   31.  Marin Čilić   32.  Adrian Mannarino

Ladies singles

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Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Karolína Plíšková   02.  Sofia Kenin   03.  Serena Williams   04th  Naomi Osaka   05.  Aryna Sabalenka   06th  Petra Kvitová   07th  Madison Keys   08th.  Petra Martić   09.  Johanna Konta   10.  Garbiñe Muguruza   11.  Jelena Rybakina   12.  Markéta Vondroušová   13.  Alison Riske   14th  Anett Kontaveit   15th  Maria Sakkari   16.  Elise Mertens

No. Player Round reached 17th  Angelique Kerber   18th  Donna Vekic   19th  Dajana Jastremska   20th  Karolína Muchová   21st  Ekaterina Alexandrowa   22nd  Amanda Anisimova   23.  Yulia Putinseva   24.  Magda Linette   25th  Zhang Shuai   26th  Sloane Stephens   27.  Ons Jabeur   28.  Jennifer Brady   29  Veronika Kudermetova   30th  Kristina Mladenovic   31.  Anastasija Sevastova   32.  Rebecca Peterson 1 round

Men's doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah     02.  Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo     03.  Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury     04th  Ivan Dodig Peter Polansky

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos     06th  Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies     07th  Raven Klaasen Michael Venus     08th.  Nikola Mektić Wesley Koolhof

Ladies doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic     02.  Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka     03.  Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan     04th  Květa Peschke Demi Schuurs

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Bethanie Mattek-Sands Zhang Shuai     06th  Shūko Aoyama Ena Shibahara     07th  Viktoriya Azaranka Sofia Kenin     08th.  Anna-Lena Friedsam Kateřina Siniaková

Web links

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Russell Fuller: US Open to be held behind closed doors after New York governor gives go-ahead. In: bbc.com. British Broadcasting Corporation , June 17, 2020, accessed August 12, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Dylan Alcott accuses US Open organizers of discrimination after wheelchair tennis is dropped for the 2020 event. In: abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation , June 18, 2020, accessed August 12, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Christopher Clarey: USTA Reinstates US Open Wheelchair Tournament. In: nytimes.com. The New York Times , June 25, 2020, accessed August 13, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Defending champion Nadal cancels participation in US Open. In: spiegel.de. Der Spiegel , August 4, 2020, accessed on August 12, 2020 . 
5. ^ Andreescu Will Not Defend US Open Title. In: nytimes.com. The New York Times , August 13, 2020, accessed August 18, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Jill Martin: World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty won't play in Western & Southern Open or US Open. In: cnn.com. CNN , July 30, 2020, accessed August 12, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Kyrgios cancels for US Open - and criticizes Zverev. In: spiegel.de. Der Spiegel , August 2, 2020, accessed on August 12, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Two other top players cancel their participation in the US Open. In: eurosport.de. Eurosport , August 7, 2020, accessed August 12, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Simona Halep also renounces the US Open. In: tennisnet.com. August 17, 2020, accessed August 18, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Belinda Bencic is also canceling the US Open. In: tennisnet.com. August 16, 2020, accessed on August 18, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Hot debates about the US Open: Görges draws conclusions. In: eurosport.de. Eurosport , August 6, 2020, accessed August 12, 2020 . 
12. ↑ US Open: Andrea Petkovic cancels too. In: tennisnet.com. August 22, 2020, accessed on August 22, 2020 . 
13. ↑ Report: Benoit Paire tests positive for COVID-19, out of US Open. In: espn.com. ESPN , August 30, 2020, accessed August 30, 2020 .