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2020 tennis event results
Naomi Osaka defeated Victoria Azarenka in the final, 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2020 US Open.[1] It was her second US Open title and third major title overall.[2] Osaka became the first player from an Asian country (excluding Russia) to win three major singles titles, the first player since Jennifer Capriati to win her first three majors in three finals appearances and, at 22 years of age, the youngest player to win three major titles since Maria Sharapova at the 2008 Australian Open. Azarenka, who was contesting her first major final since the 2013 US Open, was aiming to become the first mother to win a major singles title since Kim Clijsters won the 2011 Australian Open.
Bianca Andreescu was the reigning champion, but withdrew before the tournament due to travel concerns caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Citing safety reasons, five other top-ten players (including reigning major champions Ashleigh Barty and Simona Halep) also withdrew from the event.[3][4] In all, 24 players ranked inside the top 100 were absent from the tournament.[5] The absences of Barty and Halep, respectively world No. 1 and 2, made this the first major since the 2004 Wimbledon Championships not to feature either of the world's top two ranked players.
29 of the 32 seeded women progressed to the second round; the most since the US Open changed from 16 seeds to 32 seeds in 2001.[6]
With her first round win over Kristie Ahn, Serena Williams surpassed Chris Evert for the most match wins (102) in US Open history. Williams was attempting to equal Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 major singles titles and was also trying to set a new Open Era record by winning a seventh US Open singles title, but lost to Azarenka in the semifinals. Williams became the first player in history to reach a major semifinal in four decades: the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. With Williams, Azarenka and Tsvetana Pironkova in the quarterfinals, it marked the first time in major history that three mothers did so. The semifinal between Williams and Azarenka was the first semifinal between two mothers in major history. This was Kim Clijsters' first (and only) major appearance since the 2012 US Open, due to her return to the sport in February 2020. Clijsters was awarded a wildcard into the main draw, but she lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova in three sets, and would retire from tennis once again in 2022.
There were no qualifiers this year. The WTA rankings valid on August 3 (also being the rankings from March 16) were used to determine the main-draw entry list.
Seeds
Seeding per WTA rankings.[7]
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Draw
Key
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Other entry information
Wild cards
Protected ranking
Alternates
Withdrawals
† – not included on entry list
& – withdrew from entry list
- Notes
- ^ Priscilla Hon was the next player initially entered into the main draw, but she later withdrew due to a hip injury.[19]
- ^ After Hon's withdrawal from the event, Lesia Tsurenko was the next player initially entered into the main draw, but withdrew citing injury setbacks.
Championship match statistics
Category | Osaka | Azarenka |
1st serve % | 51/79 (65%) | 68/91 (75%) |
1st serve points won | 31 of 51 = 61% | 40 of 68 = 59% |
2nd serve points won | 13 of 27 = 48% | 9 of 23 = 39% |
Total service points won | 45 of 79 = 56.96% | 49 of 91 = 53.85% |
Aces | 6 | 3 |
Double faults | 2 | 2 |
Winners | 34 | 30 |
Unforced errors | 26 | 23 |
Net points won | 6 of 12 = 50% | 11 of 16 = 69% |
Break points converted | 5 of 12 = 42% | 5 of 10 = 50% |
Return points won | 42 of 91 = 46% | 34 of 79 = 43% |
Total points won | 87 | 83 |
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References
- ^ "US Open 2020: Naomi Osaka beats Victoria Azarenka to win third Grand Slam title". BBC Sport. September 12, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- ^ "Naomi Osaka fights back to sink Victoria Azarenka and regain US Open". Guardian. September 12, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- ^ "Simona Halep Opts Out of Playing U.S. Open". Sports Illustrated. August 17, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ "Two more top-10 players pull out of U.S. Open tennis due to coronavirus concerns". The Tampa Bay Times. August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ Christopher Clarey (August 31, 2020). "Attach an Asterisk to This U.S. Open? Tennis History Mocks That Idea". The New York Times. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- ^ "Top-seeded Pliskova falls to Garcia at US Open". ESPN. September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ^ "Seeding per WTA rulebook" (PDF). Retrieved February 17, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "2020 US Open player withdrawal information". www.usopen.org.
- ^ "World number 1. Ash Barty withdraws from U.S. Open". Xinhua News.
- ^ "US Open: consulte a lista de todos os jogadores que não vão". Bola Amarela (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Russia's Diatchenko retires from US Open with knee injury". tass.com.
- ^ "Coronavirus : Julia Goerges confirme son forfait à l'US Open". L'Équipe (in French).
- ^ "Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova withdraws from US Open". The Week.
- ^ "Pavlyuchenkova opts out of U.S. Open due to COVID-19 'insecurity'". Reuters.
- ^ "US Open: consulte a lista de todos os jogadores que não vão". Bola Amarela (in Portuguese).
- ^ a b c d "Tennis: Wimbledon champion Simona Halep opts out of playing at US Open". NZ Herald.
- ^ "New mum Stosur to skip rest of 2020 but vows to return". Sportstar.
- ^ "Serena Williams' AO nightmare Qiang Wang withdraws from US Open". Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- ^ "Untimely hip injury stops Hon heading to the United States". www.smh.com.au.
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