The 2020 Potchefstroom Open was a professional

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tournament played on

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. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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between 10 and 15 March 2020. The tournament was canceled prior to completion due to the

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Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of March 2, 2020.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Gerhardt Marius Becker * Vaughn Hunter * Khololwam Montsi The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Fabrizio Ornago * Sebastian Prechtel *

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* Jean Thirouin * Mick Veldheer

Champions

Singles

*''tournament canceled''

Doubles

*''tournament canceled''

References

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