2019 Hobart International

Coordinates: 42°52′24″S 147°19′47″E / 42.87333°S 147.32972°E / -42.87333; 147.32972

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
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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 the 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.

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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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	N/A	$1,020	$600
Doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

¹ Points per the WTA.^[1]
2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
^* per team

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 December 31, 2018.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Caroline Garcia
• Zoe Hives
• Ellen Perez

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Alison Bai
• Anna Blinkova
• Magda Linette
• Greet Minnen
• Laura Siegemund
• Heather Watson

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Madison Brengle
• Kateryna Kozlova

Withdrawals[]

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[]

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 December 31, 2018

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Alison Bai / Annerly Poulos
• Zoe Hives / Ellen Perez

Withdrawals[]

During the tournament

• Dalila Jakupović (viral illness)

Champions[]

Singles[]

• Sofia Kenin def. Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, 6–3, 6–0

Doubles[]

• Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan def. Kirsten Flipkens / Johanna Larsson, 6–3, 3–6, [10–6]

References[]

• Official website