2020 St. Petersburg Open Explained

The 2020 St. Petersburg Open is a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts that is part of the 2020 ATP Tour. It is the 25th edition of the St. Petersburg Open. The tournament was originally scheduled to take place from September 21 to 27, 2020, but was moved to October 12–18, and,^[1] upgraded to ATP 500 level for this one year.^[3] It is taking place at the Sibur Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia.^[4]

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country this year	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Daniil Medvedev	5	1
	Denis Shapovalov	11	2
	Andrey Rublev	12	3
	Karen Khachanov	16	4
	Stan Wawrinka	17	5
	Milos Raonic	21	6
	Borna Ćorić	27	7
	Taylor Fritz	30	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 28, 2020

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• • Evgeny Donskoy Aslan Karatsev
• Roman Safiullin

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

• Mackenzie McDonald

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Ilya Ivashka
• Pavel Kotov
• Nino Serdarušić
• J. J. Wolf

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:

• Emilio Gómez
• Viktor Troicki

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Kevin Anderson → replaced by Alexander Bublik
• Matteo Berrettini → replaced by Mikhail Kukushkin
• Pablo Carreño Busta → replaced by Feliciano López
• Grigor Dimitrov → replaced by Cameron Norrie
• David Goffin → replaced by Emilio Gómez
• Kei Nishikori → replaced by Vasek Pospisil
• Sam Querrey → replaced by Viktor Troicki
• Stefanos Tsitsipas → replaced by Egor Gerasimov

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
United Kingdom	Jamie Murray	United Kingdom	Neal Skupski	55	1
Austria	Jürgen Melzer	France	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	57	2
Belgium	Sander Gillé	Belgium	Joran Vliegen	77	3
Australia	Max Purcell	Australia	Luke Saville	78	4

• Rankings are as of September 20, 2020

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• • Jonathan Erlich / Andrei Vasilevski Daniil Golubev / Evgenii Tiurnev

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Evgeny Donskoy / Roman Safiullin

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

• James Duckworth / Ilya Ivashka

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Sam Querrey

During the tournament

• James Duckworth

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2020 St. Petersburg Open – Singles.

• Andrey Rublev def. Borna Ćorić, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4

Doubles

See main article: 2020 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles.

• Jürgen Melzer / Édouard Roger-Vasselin def. Marcelo Demoliner / Matwé Middelkoop, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: ATP Dismisses St. Petersburg Open Tournament Director's Request. 10 December 2020.
2. since the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused many tournaments to be cancelled,^[1]
3. Web site: St. Petersburg Open 2020 Line-Up: There is No Such Thing as Too Many Tennis Stars! | St.Petersburg Open | International tennis tournament.
4. Web site: St. Petersburg Open Overview. atptour.com.