2019 Hobart International
42°52′24″S 147°19′47″E / 42.87333°S 147.32972°E
| 2019 Hobart International | |
|---|---|
| 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
[edit]Singles
[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
[edit]Point distribution
[edit]| Event1 | 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
[edit]| Event | 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
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 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
[edit]The 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
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | 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
[edit]The 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.