2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells

2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells
Date	March 2 – 8
Edition	3rd
Category	ATP Challenger Tour WTA 125K series
Draw	48S / 16D
Prize money	$162,480+H (ATP) $162,480 (WTA)
Surface	Hard, outdoor
Location	Indian Wells, United States
Venue	Indian Wells Tennis Garden
Champions
Men's singles
Steve Johnson
Women's singles
Irina-Camelia Begu
Men's doubles
Denis Kudla / Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
Women's doubles
Asia Muhammad / Taylor Townsend
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The 2020 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament, and part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour^[1] and the 2020 WTA 125K series.^[2] It took place from March 2 – 8, 2020 in Indian Wells, United States.

Point distribution[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 48	Q	Q1
Men's Singles	125	75	45	25	10	5	0	0	0
Men's Doubles					0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Women's Singles	160	95	57	29	15	8	1	4	1
Women's Doubles					1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Men's singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
FRA	Ugo Humbert	43	1
FRA	Lucas Pouille	57	2
GBR	Cameron Norrie	58	3
MDA	Radu Albot	69	4
USA	Steve Johnson	73	5
ITA	Jannik Sinner	75	6
JPN	Yūichi Sugita	81	7
USA	Frances Tiafoe	82	8
FRA	Grégoire Barrère	90	9
ITA	Salvatore Caruso	100	10
USA	Denis Kudla	106	11
JPN	Taro Daniel	110	12
RUS	Evgeny Donskoy	114	13
USA	Marcos Giron	115	14
AUS	Christopher O'Connell	116	15
GER	Peter Gojowczyk	117	16

• ¹ Rankings are as of 24 February 2020.^[3]

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Radu Albot
• Brandon Holt
• Ugo Humbert
• Govind Nanda
• Keegan Smith

The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:

• Blake Mott
• Raymond Sarmiento
• Jack Sock

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:

• Romain Arneodo

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Gage Brymer
• Sem Verbeek

Women's singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	55	1
RUS	Anna Blinkova	59	2
USA	Bernarda Pera	63	3
USA	Taylor Townsend	67	4
GER	Laura Siegemund	68	5
JPN	Nao Hibino	71	6
USA	Madison Brengle	76	7
CHN	Zhu Lin	77	8
USA	Jessica Pegula	79	9
ROU	Patricia Maria Țig	81	10
PUR	Monica Puig	84	11
USA	Christina McHale	86	12
JPN	Misaki Doi	89	13
USA	Kristie Ahn	93	14
AUS	Samantha Stosur	96	15
RUS	Varvara Gracheva	101	16

• ¹ Rankings are as of 24 February 2019.^[4]

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Hailey Baptiste
• Claire Liu
• Jamie Loeb
• CoCo Vandeweghe

The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:

• Mona Barthel
• Katie Boulter
• Irina Falconi
• Vera Zvonareva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Danielle Lao
• Asia Muhammad

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Allie Kiick → replaced by Sachia Vickery
• Whitney Osuigwe → replaced by Verónica Cepede Royg

During the tournament

• Vera Zvonareva

Women's doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CHN	Duan Yingying	JPN	Nao Hibino	87	1
JPN	Makoto Ninomiya	CHN	Yang Zhaoxuan	108	2
AUS	Samantha Stosur	BEL	Yanina Wickmayer	121	3
USA	Asia Muhammad	USA	Taylor Townsend	140	4

• ¹ Rankings as of 24 February 2020

Other entrants[]

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Hailey Baptiste / Claire Liu

Champions[]

Men's singles[]

• Steve Johnson def. Jack Sock 6–4, 6–4.

Women's singles[]

• Irina-Camelia Begu def. Misaki Doi, 6–3, 6–3

Men's doubles[]

• Denis Kudla / Thai-Son Kwiatkowski def. Sebastian Korda / Mitchell Krueger 6–3, 2–6, [10–6].

Women's doubles[]

• Asia Muhammad / Taylor Townsend def. Caty McNally / Jessica Pegula, 6–4, 6–4

References[]

External links[]

• Official website