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2019 Hobart International | |
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Date | 7–12 January 2019 |
Edition | 26th |
Category | WTA International tournaments |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $250,000 |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Hobart, Australia |
Venue | Hobart International Tennis Centre |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Sofia Kenin | |
Doubles | |
Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan |
The 2019 Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 26th edition of the Hobart International and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 7 to 12 January 2019.
The singles was won by unseeded American Sofia Kenin who took home her first WTA title after defeating Anna Karolína Schmiedlová from Slovakia in straight sets. In the doubles it was Taiwanese pair in Chan Hao-ching and Latisha Chan who won in three sets over their opponents in Kirsten Flipkens and Johanna Larsson.
Finals
editSingles
edit- Sofia Kenin defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, 6–3, 6–0
Doubles
edit- Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan defeated Kirsten Flipkens / Johanna Larsson, 6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Points and prize money
editPoint distribution
editEvent1 | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
editEvent | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 322 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | — | $1,020 | $600 |
Doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — | — |
Doubles prize money per team |
1 Points per the WTA.[1]
2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
Singles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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FRA | Caroline Garcia | 19 | 1 |
ROU | Mihaela Buzărnescu | 24 | 2 |
CHN | Zhang Shuai | 40 | 3 |
GRE | Maria Sakkari | 41 | 4 |
RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 42 | 5 |
FRA | Alizé Cornet | 45 | 6 |
BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | 47 | 7 |
BEL | Alison Van Uytvanck | 49 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of 31 December 2018.
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
edit- Before the tournament
- Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
- Rebecca Peterson → replaced by Ana Bogdan
- Alison Riske → replaced by Madison Brengle
- Magdaléna Rybáriková → replaced by Evgeniya Rodina
- Wang Yafan → replaced by Kateryna Kozlova
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Latisha Chan | 45 | 1 |
ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | ROU | Mihaela Buzărnescu | 48 | 2 |
ROU | Monica Niculescu | CHN | Yang Zhaoxuan | 73 | 3 |
BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | SWE | Johanna Larsson | 74 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of 31 December 2018
Other entrants
editThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
edit- During the tournament
- Dalila Jakupović (viral illness)
References
edit- ^ "WTA: All about rankings". Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2016.