2020 US Open (tennis)

The 2020 US Open will be the 140th edition of tennis' US Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It will be held on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. This will be the first major tennis event since the start of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic in March.

2020 US Open
DateAugust 31 – September 13
Edition140th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S/32D
Prize money$TBA
SurfaceHard
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
VenueUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
2019 Champions
Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal
Women's Singles
Bianca Andreescu
Men's Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah
Women's Doubles
Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka

Rafael Nadal and Bianca Andreescu were expected to be the men's and women's singles defending champions; however, both decided not to compete. Nadal withdrew from the tournament citing safety concerns, while Andreescu stated that the pandemic had compromised her ability to prepare and compete at her highest level.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
See also: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports

This event is normally the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year (scheduled for the last Monday of August to second Sunday of September) and the peak of the North American hard court season. Due to concerns relating to the ongoing pandemic, during June of 2020, it was announced that this event would take place without spectators (for the first time in the tournament's history and as well in the Grand Slam's 143-year history) after being approved by Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, where the venue is located. The players entering the United States would not need to get quarantined, but must get tested for the virus before leaving for New York City and must continue testing throughout the tournament. If players test positive for the virus, they will be forced to withdraw from the tournament. Players and personnel must wear a face mask upon entering the grounds except while practicing, training, and working out, in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regulations.[1]

Tournament
Arthur Ashe Stadium before the retractable roof was installed and where the finals of the US Open will take place

The 2020 US Open will be the 140th edition of the tournament and will take place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park of Queens in New York City, New York, United States. The tournament will be held on 17 DecoTurf hard courts.

The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and will be part of the 2020 ATP Tour and the 2020 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament will consist only of the men's and women's singles and doubles draws, and both doubles draws will be cut to 32 players instead of the standard 64. Singles players will remain in standard 128 person format in each category. Under the decision of the New York state government, qualifying matches, mixed doubles, junior, and wheelchair matches will not be played. Normally in every quadrennial year, wheelchair tennis events aren't held to avoid conflict with the Summer Paralympic Games, although the 2020 Summer Paralympics was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]

The tournament is played on hard courts and takes place over a series of 17 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the three main show courts – Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium, and Grandstand.

Broadcast

In the United States, the 2020 US Open will be the sixth year in a row under an 11-year, $825 million contract with ESPN, in which the broadcaster holds exclusive rights to the entire tournament and the US Open Series. This means that the tournament is not available on broadcast television. This also makes ESPN the exclusive U.S. broadcaster for the majors.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Senior
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128
Men's Singles 2000 1200 720 360 180 90 45 10
Men's Doubles 0 —
Women's Singles 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10
Women's Doubles 10 —

Prize money

[3]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128
Singles $3,000,000 $1,500,000 $800,000 $425,000 $250,000 $163,000 $100,000 $61,000
Doubles * $400,000 $240,000 $130,000 $91,000 $50,000 $30,000 N/A N/A

*per team

Singles seeds

Sources: [4][5]

Men's Singles
Country Player Rank1 Seed Status
 SRB Novak Djokovic 1 1 First round vs. TBD
 AUT Dominic Thiem 3 2 First round vs. TBD
 RUS Daniil Medvedev 5 3 First round vs. TBD
 GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas 6 4 First round vs. TBD
 GER Alexander Zverev 7 5 First round vs. TBD
 ITA Matteo Berrettini 8 6 First round vs. TBD
 BEL David Goffin 10 7 First round vs. TBD
 ESP Roberto Bautista Agut 12 8 First round vs. TBD
 ARG Diego Schwartzman 13 9 First round vs. TBD
 RUS Andrey Rublev 14 10 First round vs. TBD
 RUS Karen Khachanov 15 11 First round vs. TBD
 CAN Denis Shapovalov 16 12 First round vs. TBD
 CHI Cristian Garín 18 13 First round vs. TBD
 BUL Grigor Dimitrov 19 14 First round vs. TBD
 CAN Félix Auger-Aliassime 20 15 First round vs. TBD
 USA John Isner 21 16 First round vs. TBD
 FRA Benoît Paire 22 17 First round vs. TBD
 SRB Dušan Lajović 23 18 First round vs. TBD
 USA Taylor Fritz 24 19 First round vs. TBD
 ESP Pablo Carreño Busta 25 20 First round vs. TBD
 AUS Alex de Minaur 26 21 First round vs. TBD
 GEO Nikoloz Basilashvili 27 22 First round vs. TBD
 GBR Dan Evans 28 23 First round vs. TBD
 POL Hubert Hurkacz 29 24 First round vs. TBD
 CAN Milos Raonic 30 25 First round vs. TBD
 JPN Kei Nishikori 31 26 First round vs. TBD
 SRB Filip Krajinović 32 27 First round vs. TBD
 CRO Borna Ćorić 33 28 First round vs. TBD
 GER Jan-Lennard Struff 34 29 First round vs. TBD
 ARG Guido Pella 35 30 First round vs. TBD
 NOR Casper Ruud 36 31 First round vs. TBD
 CRO Marin Čilić 37 32 First round vs. TBD
  • Rankings are as of August 10, 2020

Women's Singles
Country Player Rank1 Seed Status
 ROU Simona Halep 2 1 First round vs. TBD
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 3 2 First round vs. TBD
 USA Sofia Kenin 4 3 First round vs. TBD
  SUI Belinda Bencic 8 4 First round vs. TBD
 USA Serena Williams 9 5 First round vs. TBD
 JPN Naomi Osaka 10 6 First round vs. TBD
 BLR Aryna Sabalenka 11 7 First round vs. TBD
 CZE Petra Kvitová 12 8 First round vs. TBD
 USA Madison Keys 13 9 First round vs. TBD
 CRO Petra Martić 14 10 First round vs. TBD
 GBR Johanna Konta 15 11 First round vs. TBD
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 16 12 First round vs. TBD
 KAZ Elena Rybakina 17 13 First round vs. TBD
 CZE Markéta Vondroušová 18 14 First round vs. TBD
 USA Alison Riske 19 15 First round vs. TBD
 EST Anett Kontaveit 20 16 First round vs. TBD
 GRE Maria Sakkari 21 17 First round vs. TBD
 GER Angelique Kerber 22 18 First round vs. TBD
 BEL Elise Mertens 23 19 First round vs. TBD
 CRO Donna Vekić 24 20 First round vs. TBD
 UKR Dayana Yastremska 25 21 First round vs. TBD
 CZE Karolína Muchová 26 22 First round vs. TBD
 RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova 27 23 First round vs. TBD
 USA Amanda Anisimova 28 24 First round vs. TBD
 KAZ Yulia Putintseva 33 25 First round vs. TBD
 CHN Zhang Shuai 35 26 First round vs. TBD
 POL Magda Linette 36 27 First round vs. TBD
 USA Sloane Stephens 37 28 First round vs. TBD
 TUN Ons Jabeur 39 29 First round vs. TBD
 RUS Veronika Kudermetova 40 30 First round vs. TBD
 LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 41 31 First round vs. TBD
 FRA Kristina Mladenovic 42 32 First round vs. TBD
  • Rankings are as of August 10, 2020


Wild card entries

The following players were given wildcards to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.[6]

Protected/Special ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected/special ranking:[4][5]

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew due to injury, suspension, or personal reasons:

References
  1. "US Open to be held behind closed doors after New York governor gives go-ahead". BBC Sport. June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  2. "Dylan Alcott accuses US Open organisers of discrimination after wheelchair tennis is dropped for the 2020 event". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. "USTA reaffirms commitment to player relief efforts with 2020 US Open prize money". US Open.
  4. "Novak Djokovic highlights men's singles field for 2020 US Open". US Open. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  5. "Thirteen Grand Slam champions in 2020 US Open women's singles field". US Open. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  6. "'Former champs Andy Murray, Kim Clijsters headline 2020 US Open singles wild cards". US Open. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  7. "'Hurts me to my core': Kyrgios withdraws from US Open, swipes 'selfish' Novak". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
Preceded by
2020 Australian Open
2020 Wimbledon cancelled		 Grand Slams Succeeded by
2020 French Open
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