2019 Bronx Open

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2019 Bronx Open
Date	18 – 24 August
Edition	1st
Category	WTA International
Draw	30S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard court
Location	New York City, United States
Venue	Cary Leeds Center
Champions
Singles
Magda Linette
Doubles
Darija Jurak / María José Martínez Sánchez
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The 2019 Bronx Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the Bronx Open as part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cary Leeds Center in Crotona Park in The Bronx, New York City, United States from 18 to 24 August 2019.^[1]

This tournament replaced the Tournoi de Québec on the WTA Tour. The Connecticut Open, which was a WTA Premier event formerly scheduled for the week before the US Open, was replaced by the Zhengzhou Open.^[2]

Points and prize money[]

Point distribution[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$1,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	N/A	N/A	N/A

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CHN	Wang Qiang	17	1
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	29	2
CZE	Barbora Strýcová	31	3
CHN	Zhang Shuai	34	4
CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	38	5
CHN	Zheng Saisai	39	6
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	42	7
AUS	Ajla Tomljanović	46	8
BLR	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	47	9
CZE	Karolína Muchová	48	10

• Rankings as of August 12, 2019.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Kristie Ahn
• Bernarda Pera
• CoCo Vandeweghe

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Fiona Ferro
• Kaia Kanepi
• Magda Linette
• Anastasia Potapova
• Jil Teichmann
• Zhu Lin

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Anna Blinkova
• Viktorija Golubic
• Laura Siegemund

Withdrawals[]

• Danielle Collins → replaced by Veronika Kudermetova
• Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Wang Yafan
• Johanna Konta → replaced by Karolína Muchová
• Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan
• Maria Sakkari → replaced by Kateryna Kozlova
• Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Viktorija Golubic
• Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by Anna Blinkova
• Dayana Yastremska → replaced by Alison Van Uytvanck
• Zheng Saisai → replaced by Laura Siegemund

Retirements[]

• Anastasia Potapova (breathing difficulty)
• Zhu Lin (left leg injury)

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUS	Samantha Stosur	CHN	Zhang Shuai	23	1
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Latisha Chan	31	2
CRO	Darija Jurak	ESP	María José Martínez Sánchez	69	3
USA	Desirae Krawczyk	POL	Alicja Rosolska	70	4

• ¹ Rankings as of August 12, 2019

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Kristie Ahn / Vania King
• Hsieh Su-wei / Hsieh Yu-chieh

Champions[]

Singles[]

• Magda Linette def. Camila Giorgi, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4

Doubles[]

• Darija Jurak / María José Martínez Sánchez def. Margarita Gasparyan / Monica Niculescu, 7–5, 2–6, [10–7]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website