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2019 Hobart International
Date7–12 January 2019
Edition26th
CategoryWTA International tournaments
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
SurfaceHard
LocationHobart, Australia
VenueHobart International Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
United States Sofia Kenin
Doubles
Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching / Chinese Taipei 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

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

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

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.
2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

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

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

Before the tournament

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

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

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

References

  1. ^ "WTA: All about rankings". Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

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