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Western & Southern Open Doubles Fields Announced

August 11, 2020 by Tennis Panorama News

Western & Southern Open Doubles Fields Announced

Western & Southern Open, CINCINNATI (AUGUST 11, 2020) – Both the women’s and men’s defending champions are among the initial entries to play doubles at the 2020 Western & Southern Open, which will be held Aug. 20-28 at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center in New York.

 

The 2019 WTA doubles winners – Lucie Hradecka and Andreja Klepac – are joined by the ATP Tour champions – Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek – to headline the early entries.

 

Other notable entries on the women’s side include the teenage pairing of Cincinnati’s 18-year-old Caty McNally and 16-year-old Coco Gauff. Dubbed “McCoco,” the duo won a pair of WTA titles in 2019 – at Washington, D.C. and Luxembourg – and reached the US Open Round of 16.

 

Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka, who finished 2019 atop the WTA Porsche Race to Shenzen as the season’s No. 1 team, are also in the field. Reigning Australian Open singles champion Sofia Kenin, a 21-year-old American, has entered with former Western & Southern Open singles and doubles winner Victoria Azarenka.

 

The top two teams in the ATP Tour doubles race are entered in the men’s draw. The No. 1 team of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah is returning after reaching two straight Western & Southern Open finals. They are joined in the field by the No. 2 team of Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo.

 

The ATP Tour No. 1 ranked singles player, Novak Djokovic, has entered the doubles draw with countryman Filip Krajinovic.

 

An additional five women’s teams and six men’s duos will join the fields through on-site entries, while the tournament will award three wild cards into each draw to complete the 32-team fields.

 

Here are the early entrants into the doubles fields:

ATP Tour

Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Denis Shapovalov (CAN)

Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL)

Novak Djokovic (SRB) / Filip Krajinovic (SRB)

Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Filip Polasek (SVK)

Daniel Evans (GBR) / David Goffin (BEL)

Cristian Garin (CHI) / Casper Ruud (NOR)

Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG)

Hubert Hurkacz (POL) / John Isner (USA)

Karen Khachanov (RUS) / Andrey Rublev (RUS)

Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Oliver Marach (AUT)

Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Nikola Mektic (CRO)

Kevin Krawietz (GER) / Andreas Mies (GER)

Lukas Kubot (POL) / Marcelo Melo (BRA)

Nicolas Mahut (FRA) / Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)

Jurgen Melzer (AUT) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Mate Pavic (CRO) / Bruno Soares (BRA)

John Peers (AUS) / Michael Venus (NZL)

Guido Pella (ARG) / Diego Schwartzman (ARG)

Sam Querrey (USA) / Jack Sock (USA)

Rajeev Ram (USA) / Joe Salisbury (GBR)

Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) / Horia Tecau (ROU)

Jamie Murray (GBR) / Neal Skupski (GBR)

Jeremy Chardy (FRA) / Fabrice Martin (FRA)

WTA

Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Ena Shibahara (JPN)

Victoria Azarenka (BLR) / Sofia Kenin (USA)

Anna Blinkova (RUS) / Veronika Kudermetova (RUS)

Jennifer Brady (USA) / Caroline Dolehide (USA)

Hayley Carter (USA) / Luisa Stefani (BRA)

Kaitlyn Christian (USA) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX)

Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Alison Riske (USA)

Sharon Fichman (CAN) / Darija Jurak (CRO)

Kristen Flipkens (BEL) / Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL)

Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) / Katerina Siniakova (CZE)

Coco Gauff (USA) / Caty McNally (USA)

Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Desirae Krawczyk (USA)

Nao Hibino (JPN) / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN)

Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Andreja Klepac (SLO)

Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) / Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)

Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)

Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) / Shuai Zhang (CHN)

Nicole Melichar (USA) / Yifan Xu (CHN)

Elise Mertens (BEL) / Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)

Asia Mohammed (USA) / Taylor Townsend (USA)

Ellen Perez (AUS) / Storm Sanders (AUS)

Kveta Peschke (CZE) / Demi Schuurs (NED)

Arina Rodionova (AUS) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA)

There are 10 total former champions entered in the men’s and women’s singles draws for the 2020 Western & Southern Open. The ATP field includes defending champion Daniil Medvedev along with Djokovic (2018 winner), Grigor Dimitrov (2017), Marin Cilic (2016) and two-time champion Andy Murray (2008, 11).

 

Two-time champion Serena Williams (2014-15) will join defending champion Madison Keys, and past winners Garbiñe Muguruza (2017), Karolina Pliskova (2016) and Kim Clijsters (2010) in the WTA field.

 

Forty-eight players from both the ATP Tour and WTA will battle for 12 main draw singles berths during the two-round qualifying event.

 

Qualifying will be held Aug. 20-21, while main draw singles and doubles action for the ATP Masters 1000 and WTA Premier 5 event will take place Aug. 22-28.

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