december 2020 events in hawaii, the maui pro and pipe masters, will start a new wraparound season for 2020–21. the 2020 isa world surfing games, scheduled to be held from 9 to 17 may in el salvador, were postponed until 8 to 16 may 2021. swimming north america on 12 march 2020, the national collegiate athletic association (ncaa) canceled all remaining winter and spring championships. the 2020 division i ncaa swimming & diving championships were scheduled to begin 18 march for women and 25 march for men. the division iii swimming & diving championships were scheduled to start on 18 march, and division ii's event was canceled after just beginning on 11 march. international the 2020 international swimming league was staged behind closed doors at budapest's danube arena, with all personnel staying within a hotel on nearby margaret island. on 24 march 2020, the international olympic committee (ioc) and tokyo organising committee elected to postpone the 2020 summer olympics to 2021. the swimming portion of the games were scheduled to take place from 25 july – 6 august 2020. table tennis the 2020 world team table tennis championships, which was scheduled to be held from 22 to 29 march in busan, south korea, was postponed to 27 september – 4 october. the 2020 ittf-attu asian cup was scheduled to be held from 28 february to 1 march in hainan, china, but was postponed until later in the year. seven events on the 2020 ittf world tour have also been either cancelled or postponed, including the china open and the japan open. four olympic qualifying events, scheduled to be held in april, were also postponed. ten-pin bowling when the pandemic was declared, the pba world series of bowling was about to take place at the south point hotel, casino & spa in enterprise, nevada. the professional bowlers association then decided to advance the wsob world championship from 18 march 2020 to 15 march 2020, banning spectator admission. the animal pattern championships were postponed and eventually moved to centreville, virginia, to take place in october, while the usa vs. the world match was canceled. the usbc masters - scheduled for 29 march in reno, nevada - and the pba-pwba mixed doubles competition - scheduled for 5 july in denver - were also canceled. the pba league event was postponed from 21 to 23 july to 27–30 september and relocated from portland, maine to centreville. the pba playoffs were also postponed. the 24-player, single-elimination tournament was scheduled to begin on 6 april in norco, california, then move on to lone tree, colorado and euless, texas before semifinals and finals on 17 may in north brunswick, new jersey. the playoffs were rescheduled for 10 and 11 october, with one live telecast followed by a series of delayed broadcasts until 8 november. all rounds were held in centreville. the pba added three exhibition events to its schedule: pba strike derby on 7 june, pba summer clash on 13 june, and king of the lanes from 20 to 22 july. all competitions occurred in jupiter, florida. the strike derby and king of the lanes were scheduled to return in the summer of 2021; both events were held in portland, maine in place of pba league, which was canceled. for those exhibition events, fans were allowed into bayside bowl, making these the first spectator events for the pba since march 2020. tennis in one of the first major u.s. sport cancellations of the pandemic, the 2020 bnp paribas open tennis tournament in indian wells, california was postponed on 8 march 2020 as a precautionary measure due to the rising cases in california (the state where it was held), with organizers stating they planned to seek a new date. this would leave out itself to effectively cancel the tournament. on 12 march, mayor of miami carlos a. giménez ordered the cancellation of the miami open pursuant to the state of emergency in miami-dade county. on 12 march, the atp announced that in response to the aforementioned cancellations among others, they would suspend events for at least six weeks. the international tennis federation also suspended play through at least 20 april, and the wta canceled wta tour events through 12 april. on 16 march, the wta suspended play through 2 may. on 16 march, the start of the 2020 french open was postponed from 24 may to 20 september and then to 27 september on 16 june, and the atp and wta jointly announced that their suspension of play had been extended through 7 june. on 1 april, wimbledon was canceled for the first time since world war ii, while the atp and wta announced that their suspension will be extended through 13 july. on 15 may, the suspension was extended through 3 august. on 26 june 2020 the itf announced that the 2020 finals would take place from 22 until 28 november 2021. in addition, 24 world group i and world group ii ties were postponed to march or september 2021, and the 2020 regional group iii and group iv events were also postponed to 2021. the 18 nations that had qualified for the finals will keep their standing for next year. with the suspension of the main international tours, alternative exhibition competitions with modified rules emerged, including the ultimate tennis showdown in nice, france (which used timed quarters and allowed competitors to play "cards" to affect the game), and the adria tour—a series of tennis events in southeast europe organized by world no. 1 novak djokovic (which used the fast4 format, with sets played to four points rather than six). the latter received notability for not restricting attendance, and was ultimately halted before the finals of its second leg in croatia after grigor dimitrov tested positive for covid-19. multiple players involved — involving djokovic himself — also contracted the virus. on 16 april, the united states tennis association announced the formation of an advisory group to evaluate whether the us open would be played, with plans expected to be announced by june. usta chief mike dowse stated that it was "highly unlikely" the tournament would be played behind closed doors, since it was "not really in the spirit of the celebration of tennis, and it also goes back to the health and wellbeing of our players and support staff that help run the tournament". he added that "on one sense we're very fortunate that we are the fourth grand slam to go, so time is on our side at this point." the state of new york (which at one point, had more cases than any foreign country worldwide), and especially the tournament's host, new york city, saw the largest initial impact of the pandemic in the united states. on 16 june 2020 governor andrew cuomo announced that it had authorised the u.s. open to be played in new york on its original dates, subject to safety protocols developed by the usta and being closed to spectators. it was also announced that to reduce travel, the preceding cincinnati masters (western & southern open) would be re-located to the same venue as the us open, with both tournaments held over consecutive weeks. the next day, the 2020 canadian open (originally scheduled for early-august as one of the first events to be held) was cancelled in full (the women's wta premier half of the tournament in montreal had already been cancelled in april, while the atp masters 1000 men's tournament was still tentative), tentatively leaving the wta international palermo ladies open, and the atp 500/wta international washington open as the first two post-resumption events. on 21 july, it was announced that the washington open had been cancelled. two days later, the atp and wta cancelled all upcoming tournaments in china (including the wta finals), in respect of a moratorium by the general administration of sport on most international events in the country through the end of 2020. on 4 august, the annual madrid open, to be held in madrid, spain, was first postponed from the regular may schedule, then initially rescheduled to september, but it was given a complete cancellation due to the resurgence of coronavirus cases in the country. from mid-august 2020, one case apiece was recorded in connection with tournaments in prague, todi, and us open in new york. benoît paire tested positive just prior to the us open and was withdrawn from the tournament. the 2021 australian open went on with a capacity limit of 30,000 spectators per-day, and all players subject to mandatory 14-day quarantine on arrival. due to a snap lockdown issued by the state of victoria to control a cluster of community transmission, the tournament went behind closed doors from 11:30 p.m. local time on 12 february (with spectators removed from the last remaining match due to lockdown taking effect at midnight) through 17 february 2021, and returned to 7,477 spectators per-session for the remainder of the tournament. to reduce staff needed on-site, it was the first grand slam to use electronic line judging for all matches; the automated announcements were contributed by essential workers. on 8 april 2021, the french tennis federation delayed the 2021 french open by one week due to a third national lockdown in france. on 20 may, the 2021 bnp paribas open, was originally scheduled from 8 to 21 march, had been rescheduled to 4 to 17 october after continuous covid cases in california had been rose. on 2 july, the atp, wta, and itf cancelled the asian tournaments for the second year in the row including the 2021 wta finals, which was to take place in shenzhen, china due to the continuous travel restrictions in asia related to the covid-19 pandemic in asia. on 13 september, it was announced the wta finals was relocated to guadalajara, mexico. as the country will maintain international entry restrictions through mid-2022, it was reported that organizers were considering the possibility that the 2022 australian open could be re-located outside of australia, unless it is able to attain a more flexible quarantine arrangement with the australian government. the atp and wta auckland open were cancelled in 2021 and 2022, with organizers similarly citing new zealand's restrictive quarantine rules as making the tournament logistically impossible. in november 2021, in compliance with requirements implemented by the state of victoria, it was announced that all attendees and players would be required to be fully-vaccinated for covid-19. novak djokovic, who was pursuing a 10th australian open title, became the subject of controversy prior to the tournament over his attempts to gain a medical exemption to the vaccine mandate. triathlon the world triathlon executive board, met via teleconference, has decided to extend the suspension of all activities of the international federation until 30 june, due to the current situation worldwide with the covid-19 outbreak. this suspension includes wts yokohama, three african (atu) cups, three american (patco) events, four asian (astc) cups, one event in oceania (otu) and eight in europe, (etu) plus the yokohama paratriathlon series and paratriathlon world cup. ultimate on 24 march, the world flying disc federation announced to cancel or postpone all world championships over the next six months. this included the world ultimate and guts championships (wugc), world junior ultimate championships (wjuc) and the world masters ultimate championships (wmuc) due to the rapid spread of coronavirus. north america's national body for ultimate, usa ultimate, also canceled all scheduled club and college tournaments as well as the suspension of the semi-professional league, the audl, from commencing the 2020 season. volleyball on 12 march, the national collegiate athletic association (ncaa) cancelled the spring 2020 men's volleyball championships due to concern over the coronavirus. on 13 march, the international volleyball federation (fivb) decided to postpone the nations league for men (finals scheduled for turin, italy) and women until after the 2020 summer olympics caused by the outbreak of coronavirus. on 8 may, the fivb announced that the nations league competitions were cancelled. water polo international the 2020 women's water polo olympic qualification tournament was scheduled to take place in trieste, italy, 8–15 march 2020. on 28 february 2020, international swimming federation (fina) announced that the tournament would be postponed to 17–24 may due to the coronavirus outbreak, then it was moved again to 17–24 january 2021 due to the outbreak in the country. on 12