# 2020 Western & Southern Open

The 2020 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament being played on outdoor hard courts from August 22–29, 2020. It was the first Masters 1000 tournament on the 2020 ATP Tour and the second WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour. This was the first ATP tournament since the Tour was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020 tournament was the 119th men's edition and the 92nd women's edition of the Cincinnati Open. This event normally took place in Cincinnati, Ohio, but was held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, United States, in order to reduce unnecessary player travel by centralizing the tournament and the subsequent US Open in the same venue.

## Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $285,000 | $185,015 | $124,000 | $98,500 | $73,250 | $43,450 | $24,560 | $12,595 | $6,655 |
| Women's singles | $285,000 | $152,999 | $75,000 | $43,000 | $22,000 | $14,200 | $11,000 | $3,575 | $2,265 |
| Men's doubles | $80,000 | $68,000 | $55,040 | $41,000 | $24,320 | $12,910 | — | — | — |
| Women's doubles | $85,000 | $45,000 | $25,000 | $15,000 | $9,860 | $4,500 | — | — | — |

## ATP singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| AUT | Dominic Thiem | 3 | 2 |
| RUS | Daniil Medvedev | 5 | 3 |
| GRE | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6 | 4 |
| GER | Alexander Zverev | 7 | 5 |
| ITA | Matteo Berrettini | 8 | 6 |
| BEL | David Goffin | 10 | 7 |
| ESP | Roberto Bautista Agut | 12 | 8 |
| ARG | Diego Schwartzman | 13 | 9 |
| RUS | Andrey Rublev | 14 | 10 |
| RUS | Karen Khachanov | 15 | 11 |
| CAN | Denis Shapovalov | 16 | 12 |
| CHI | Cristian Garín | 18 | 13 |
| BUL | Grigor Dimitrov | 19 | 14 |
| CAN | Félix Auger-Aliassime | 20 | 15 |
| USA | John Isner | 21 | 16 |
$^1$ Rankings are as of March 16, 2020.

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
* Andy Murray
* Tommy Paul
* Tennys Sandgren
* Frances Tiafoe
The following player used a protected ranking into the main singles draw:
* Kevin Anderson
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
* Aljaž Bedene
* Ričardas Berankis
* Salvatore Caruso
* Márton Fucsovics
* Marcos Giron
* Norbert Gombos
* Lloyd Harris
* Sebastian Korda
* Mackenzie McDonald
* Cameron Norrie
* Emil Ruusuvuori
* J. J. Wolf

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Kyle Edmund
* Rafael Nadal → replaced by Sam Querrey
* Kei Nishikori → replaced by Lorenzo Sonego
* Guido Pella → replaced by Alexander Bublik
* Albert Ramos Viñolas → replaced by Richard Gasquet

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| COL | Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL | Robert Farah | 3 | 1 |
| POL | Łukasz Kubot | BRA | Marcelo Melo | 10 | 2 |
| USA | Rajeev Ram | GBR | Joe Salisbury | 16 | 3 |
| CRO | Ivan Dodig | SVK | Filip Polášek | 18 | 4 |
| ESP | Marcel Granollers | ARG | Horacio Zeballos | 20 | 5 |
| GER | Kevin Krawietz | GER | Andreas Mies | 27 | 6 |
| RSA | Raven Klaasen | AUT | Oliver Marach | 35 | 7 |
| NED | Wesley Koolhof | CRO | Nikola Mektić | 39 | 8 |
$^1$ Rankings are as of August 10, 2020

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Steve Johnson / Austin Krajicek
* Sebastian Korda / Brandon Nakashima
* Tommy Paul / Frances Tiafoe

## WTA singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 3 | 1 |
| USA | Sofia Kenin | 4 | 2 |
| USA | Serena Williams | 9 | 3 |
| JPN | Naomi Osaka | 10 | 4 |
| BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 11 | 5 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 12 | 6 |
| USA | Madison Keys | 13 | 7 |
| GBR | Johanna Konta | 14 | 8 |
| KAZ | Elena Rybakina | 17 | 9 |
| CZE | Markéta Vondroušová | 18 | 10 |
| USA | Alison Riske | 19 | 11 |
| EST | Anett Kontaveit | 20 | 12 |
| GRE | Maria Sakkari | 21 | 13 |
| BEL | Elise Mertens | 22 | 14 |
| CRO | Donna Vekić | 24 | 15 |
| UKR | Dayana Yastremska | 25 | 16 |
$^1$ Rankings are as of August 17, 2020.

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
* Kim Clijsters
* Caty McNally
* Naomi Osaka
* Sloane Stephens
* Venus Williams
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
* Catherine Bellis
* Océane Dodin
* Leylah Annie Fernandez
* Kirsten Flipkens
* Anna Kalinskaya
* Ann Li
* Christina McHale
* Jessica Pegula
* Arantxa Rus
* Laura Siegemund
* Jil Teichmann
* Vera Zvonareva
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
* Daria Kasatkina

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Belinda Bencic → replaced by Alizé Cornet
* Kiki Bertens → replaced by Alison Van Uytvanck
* Kim Clijsters → replaced by Daria Kasatkina
* Fiona Ferro → replaced by Victoria Azarenka
* Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
* Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Bernarda Pera
* Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| BEL | Elise Mertens | BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 11 | 1 |
| USA | Nicole Melichar | CHN | Xu Yifan | 29 | 2 |
| CZE | Květa Peschke | NED | Demi Schuurs | 35 | 3 |
| USA | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 41 | 4 |
| JPN | Shuko Aoyama | JPN | Ena Shibahara | 47 | 5 |
| BLR | Victoria Azarenka | USA | Sofia Kenin | 51 | 6 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Friedsam | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 55 | 7 |
| CZE | Lucie Hradecká | SLO | Andreja Klepač | 60 | 8 |
$^1$ Rankings are as of August 17, 2020

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Ann Li / Bernarda Pera
* Jessica Pegula / Shelby Rogers

## Champions
### Men's singles

* Novak Djokovic def. Milos Raonic, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4

### Women's singles

* Victoria Azarenka def. Naomi Osaka via walkover.

### Men's doubles

* Pablo Carreño Busta / Alex de Minaur def. Jamie Murray / Neal Skupski, 6–2, 7–5

### Women's doubles

* Květa Peschke / Demi Schuurs def. Nicole Melichar / Xu Yifan, 6–1, 4–6, [10–4]