The 2020
Launceston International was a professional
tennis
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tournament played on
hard courts
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. It was the sixth (men) and ninth (women) editions of the tournament which was part of the
2020 ATP Challenger Tour and the
2020 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in
Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston () or () is a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia, at the confluence of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River (kanamaluka). As of 2021, Launceston has a population of 87,645. Material was copied ...
, Australia between 3 and 9 February 2020.
Men's singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of 20 January 2020.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Alexander Crnokrak
*
Blake Ellis
*
Matthew Romios
*
Tristan Schoolkate
Tristan Schoolkate (born 26 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. Schoolkate made his ATP Tour debut at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open after receiving a wild card into the main draw.
Personal life
Schoolkate began playin ...
*
Dane Sweeny
Dane Sweeny (born 12 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. Sweeny made his ATP Tour debut at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open after receiving a wild card into the main draw.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 2 ...
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:
*
Jeremy Beale
Jeremy Beale (born 4 October 1994) is an Australian tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis r ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Steven Diez
Steven Diez ( es, Díez, ; born March 17, 1991) is a Canadian and former Spanish professional tennis player. Raised primarily in and competing for Spain early in his career, he has since gone on to represent the country of his birth, Canada, in ...
*
Naoki Tajima
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
*
Calum Puttergill
Calum Puttergill (born 22 October 1993) is a South African-born Australian tennis player.
Puttergill has a career high ATP singles ranking of 663 achieved on 24 February 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 244 achieved on 7 ...
* Ryota Tanuma
Women's singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of 20 January 2020.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Laura Ashley
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*
Amber Marshall
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Zara Brankovic
*
Park So-hyun
Park So-hyun (born February 11, 1971) is a South Korean actress. She has a syndicated talk radio show ''Love Game'', aired via the SBS Power FM since 1999. She also participated in variety show We Got Married.
On September 20, 2016, Park So-hy ...
*
Lisa Pigato
Lisa Pigato (born 21 June 2003) is an Italian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of 369 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), reached on 19 September 2022. She also has a highest doubles ranking of world No. 187, achieved on ...
*
Himari Sato
is a Japanese tennis player.
Sato has a career-high doubles ranking of 685 by the WTA, achieved on 12 June 2023.
She has represented Japan at the Billie Jean King Cup, where she made her debut at the 2021 play-offs against Ukraine
Ukr ...
*
Olivia Symons
*
Tian Fangran
Champions
Men's singles
*
Mohamed Safwat
Mohamed Safwat ( ar, محمد صفوت; born 19 September 1990) is an Egyptian tennis player. Safwat has been a regular player on the Egypt Davis Cup team since 2009. Safwat has won one singles and three titles in doubles on the ATP Challenger T ...
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Alex Bolt
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7–6
(7–5), 6–1.
Women's singles
*
Asia Muhammad
Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American professional tennis player.
A doubles specialist, Muhammad has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, four doubles titles on WTA Challenger Tour as well as 13 singles and 35 doubles titles on ...
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Destanee Aiava
Destanee Gabriella Aiava (born 10 May 2000) is an Australian professional tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 147 in singles, achieved on 11 September 2017, and of 192 in doubles, achieved October 2019. Aiava has won five single ...
, 6–4, 6–3
Men's doubles
*
Evan King
Evan King (born March 25, 1992) is an American professional tennis player.
King has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 185, achieved in April 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 113, achieved in February 202 ...
/
Benjamin Lock
Benjamin Lock (born 4 March 1993) is a Zimbabwean tennis player. He is a member of the Zimbabwe Davis Cup team.
Lock won his first ITF Pro Circuit singles title in Mozambique in 2015. In November 2014, Lock has won his first doubles title on ITF ...
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Kimmer Coppejans
Kimmer Coppejans (born 7 February 1994) is a Belgian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is world No. 97, achieved in June 2015. He was the Junior Champion at the 2012 French Open, defeating Filip Peliwo
Filip Peliwo ( , ; born Ja ...
/
Sergio Martos Gornés
Sergio Martos Gornés (born 19 October 1994) is a Spanish tennis player.
Martos Gornés has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 726 achieved on 20 July 2015. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 106 achieved on 6 Feb ...
3–6, 6–3,
0–8
Women's doubles
*
Alison Bai
Alison Bai (born 18 January 1990) is a professional Australian tennis player. Her highest WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking is No. 305, which she reached on 2 November 2015. Her career-high in doubles is No. 125, set on 20 January 2020.
On the ...
/
Jaimee Fourlis
Jaimee Fourlis (born 17 September 1999) is a professional Australian tennis player of Greek descent. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 147, achieved on 18 July 2022, and a highest doubles ranking of world No. 138, reached on 2 ...
def.
Alicia Smith /
Abigail Tere-Apisah
Abigail Agivanagi Tere-Apisah (born 13 July 1992) is a former professional tennis player from Papua New Guinea.
Tere-Apisah has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 276, achieved on 6 August 2018.
She is the daughter of Kwalam Apisah and Ve ...
, 7–6
(7–4), 6–3
References
External links
Official website
2020 Launceston Internationalat ITFtennis.com
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2020 ATP Challenger Tour
2020 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
2020 in Australian tennis
Launceston Tennis International
February 2020 sports events in Australia