On 12 March 2020, the IRTPA World Championship committee announced that the World Championships would not proceed in April 2020 as originally intended due to the government regulations relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. An initial date of October 2020 was proposed. On 17 March 2020, the Tennis and Racquets Association announced that all national real tennis tournaments in the United Kingdom as well as the 2020 French Open would be cancelled or postponed. From 25 March onward, all recreational level real tennis had ceased in Australia, France, the United States and the United Kingdom. Citing uncertainty around mass gatherings and spectators, the IRTPA World Championship committee announced a further postponement to May 2020. In February 2021, the final was pushed back again to September 2022.
