The 2020 Launceston International was a professional

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tournament played on

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. It was the sixth (men) and ninth (women) editions of the tournament which was part of the

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and the

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. It took place in

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, 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 Matthew Christopher Romios (born 29 March 1999) is an Australian tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 74 achieved on 5 May 2025 and career high singles ranking of No. 563 achieved on 23 ...

Tristan Schoolkate Tristan Schoolkate (born 26 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 102 achieved on 23 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 120 achieved on 27 January 2025. Personal ...

Dane Sweeny Dane Sweeny (born 12 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 194 achieved on 12 February 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 160 achieved on 14 November 2022. Juniors In ...

The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Jeremy Beale The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Steven Diez Steven Diez (, ; born March 17, 1991) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He competed for Spain earlier in his career. Nationality change Raised primarily in and competing for Spain early in his career, he has since gone on to represent th ...

Naoki Tajima is a Japanese tennis player. Tajima has a career high ATP singles ranking of 603 achieved on 20 January 2021. Tajima won the 2018 French Open – Boys' doubles Ondřej Štyler and Naoki Tajima won the boys' doubles tennis title at the 201 ...

The following players received entry as lucky losers: *

Calum Puttergill Calum Puttergill (born 22 October 1993) is a South African-born Australian tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two team ...

* 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 Laura Ashley (née Mountney; 7 September 1925 – 17 September 1985) was a Welsh fashion designer and businesswoman. She originally made furnishing materials in the 1950s, expanding the business into clothing design and manufacture in the 1960s ...

* 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- ...

Lisa Pigato Lisa Pigato (born 21 June 2003) is an Italian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA of 318, reached on 6 May 2024. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 187, achieved on 18 J ...

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 The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier internationa ...

* Olivia Symons *

Tian Fangran Tian Fangran (born 10 August 2003) is a Chinese tennis player. Tian playing collegiate tennis for UCLA Bruins, winning 2023 NCAA Singles Championship. Tian has also won three singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Tennis ...

Champions

Men's singles

Mohamed Safwat Mohamed Safwat (; 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 Tour. He is currently t ...

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Alex Bolt Alex Bolt (born 5 January 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. He plays mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. His career-high rankings by the ATP are world No. 125 in singles and world No. 81 in doubles. Highlights of his career inc ...

7–6^(7–5), 6–1.

Women's singles

Asia Muhammad Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in doubles by the WTA, achieved on March 17, 2025. Muhammad has won 13 doubles titles on the WT ...

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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 world No. 147 in singles, achieved on 11 September 2017, and No. 133 in doubles, achieved on 5 August 2024. Aiava has ...

, 6–4, 6–3

Men's doubles

Evan King Evan King (born March 25, 1992) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 18, achieved on May 5, 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 185, achieved on April 23, 2018 ...

Benjamin Lock Benjamin Lock (born 4 March 1993) is a Zimbabwean tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 309 achieved on 6 January 2025. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 154 achieved on 14 October 2024. He is ...

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Kimmer Coppejans Kimmer Coppejans (born 7 February 1994) is a Belgium, Belgian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is world No. 97, achieved in June 2015. Coppejans competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Career He was the Junior Champion at th ...

Sergio Martos Gornés Sergio Martos Gornés (born 19 October 1994) is a Spanish tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 102 achieved on 12 June 2023. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 726 achieved ...

3–6, 6–3, 0–8

Women's doubles

Alison Bai Alison Bai (born 18 January 1990) is an Australian former tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 305, which she reached on 2 November 2015. Her career-high in doubles is 125, set on 20 January 2020. On the ITF Circuit, Bai won ...

Jaimee Fourlis Jaimee Fourlis (born 17 September 1999) is an 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 March 2020. ...

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 International
at ITFtennis.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Launceston International, 2020 2020 ATP Challenger Tour 2020 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour 2020 in Australian tennis Launceston Tennis International February 2020 sports events in Australia