Russia’s Sergey Bida and Romania’s Ana Maria Popescu won gold medals in the respective men's and women's category at the 2020 Doha Epee Grand Prix. The event which is leading athletes to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, featured 219 male and 176 female international fencers competing at Qatar’s Aspire Dome. In the Men's final event Russia's Bida faced Alexandre Bardenet, winning the event with a 15-6 score. Bardenet beat Italy’s Andrea Santarelli in the semifinal, 15-10, while Bida overcame Japan’s Masaru Yamada, 15-8