2020 ASB Classic explained

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Date:	6–12 January 2020 (women) 13–18 January 2020 (men)
Category:	WTA International ATP 250
Edition:	35th (women) 44th (men)
Draw:	32S / 16D (women) 28S / 16D (men)
Surface:	Hard
Prize Money:	$275,000 (women) $610,010 (men)
Location:	Auckland, New Zealand
Venue:	ASB Tennis Centre
Main Name:	WTA Auckland OpenAuckland Open
Champms:	Ugo Humbert
Champws:	Serena Williams
Champmd:	Ben McLachlan / Luke Bambridge
Champwd:	Asia Muhammad / Taylor Townsend
After Year:	2023

The 2020 Auckland Open (sponsored by ASB Bank) was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 35th edition of the women's event,^[1] and the 44th edition of the men's event.^[2] It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 6 to 12 January 2020 for the women, and from 13 to 18 January 2020 for the men.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Men's singles	250	150	90	45	20	0	12	6	0
Men's doubles	250	150	90	45	0
Women's singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Women's doubles	280	180	110	60	1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32¹	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Men's singles	$91,625	$50,710	$28,540	$16,250	$9,320	$5,450	$2,665	$1,385
Men's doubles *	$30,900	$15,840	$8,580	$4,910	$2,880
Women's singles	$43,000	$21,410	$11,400	$6,100	$3,570	$2,300	$1,080	$940	$800
Women's doubles *	$13,580	$7,200	$4,000	$2,300	$1,520

_{¹ Qualifiers' prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

per team

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

width=70	Country	width=175	Player	Rank¹	Seed
Italy	Fabio Fognini	12	1
Canada	Denis Shapovalov	14	2
Russian Federation	Karen Khachanov	17	3
	John Isner	19	4
France	Benoît Paire	24	5
Poland	Hubert Hurkacz	37	6
France	Adrian Mannarino	43	7
~~Moldova, Republic of~~	~~Radu Albot~~	46	8

¹ Rankings as of 6 January 2020.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Leonardo Mayer

Withdrawals

Radu Albot → replaced by Leonardo Mayer
Daniil Medvedev → replaced by Tennys Sandgren

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
Australia	John Peers	New Zealand	Michael Venus	35	1
	Mate Pavić	Brazil	Bruno Soares	38	2
India	Rohan Bopanna	Finland	Henri Kontinen	58	3
	Austin Krajicek		Franko Škugor	76	4

¹ Rankings as of 6 January 2020.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

- Mackenzie McDonald / Ajeet Rai Cameron Norrie / Rhett Purcell

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

width=70	Country	width=175	Player	Rank¹	Seed
	Serena Williams	10	1
	Petra Martić	15	2
	Amanda Anisimova	24	3
	Julia Görges	28	4
	Caroline Wozniacki	38	5
Sweden	Rebecca Peterson	44	6
	~~Jeļena Ostapenko~~	45	7
France	Caroline Garcia	46	8
~~Belgium~~	~~Alison Van Uytvanck~~	47	9

¹ Rankings as of December 30, 2019

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

Catherine Bellis^[6]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Bianca Andreescu^[7] → replaced by Christina McHale
Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Usue Maitane Arconada
Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Ysaline Bonaventure
Monica Puig → replaced by Jessica Pegula^[8]
Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by Caty McNally

Retirements

Alizé Cornet (right adductor strain)

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
	Caroline Dolehide	Sweden	Johanna Larsson	95	1
Spain	Lara Arruabarrena	Czech Republic	Renata Voráčová	105	2
	Desirae Krawczyk		Laura Siegemund	121	3
	Kaitlyn Christian		Alexa Guarachi	126	4