2019 Launceston Tennis International

2019 Launceston Tennis International
Date	28 January–3 February 2019
Edition	5th (men) 8th (women)
Category	ATP Challenger Tour (Challenger 80) ITF Women's World Tennis Tour (W60)
Prize money	$54,160 (ATP) $60,000 (ITF)[1]
Surface	Hard
Location	Launceston, Australia
Champions
Men's singles
Lloyd Harris
Women's singles
Elena Rybakina
Men's doubles
Max Purcell / Luke Saville
Women's doubles
Chang Kai-chen / Hsu Ching-wen
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The 2019 Launceston Tennis International was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fifth (men) and eighth (women) editions of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Launceston, Australia between 28 January and 3 February 2019.

Men's singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RSA	Lloyd Harris	119	1
JPN	Tatsuma Ito	150	2
ESP	Pedro Martínez	165	3
AUS	Marc Polmans	169	4
AUT	Sebastian Ofner	180	5
JPN	Hiroki Moriya	185	6
EGY	Mohamed Safwat	186	7
FRA	Stéphane Robert	197	8
ITA	Stefano Napolitano	198	9
ITA	Federico Gaio	209	10
JPN	Go Soeda	211	11
ITA	Lorenzo Giustino	222	12
ITA	Gian Marco Moroni	226	13
BRA	Guilherme Clezar	234	14
GBR	Jay Clarke	236	15
ISR	Dudi Sela	239	16

• ¹ Rankings are as of 14 January 2019.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Harry Bourchier
• Jacob Grills
• Rinky Hijikata
• Christopher O'Connell
• Andrew Whittington

The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:

• Daniel Altmaier
• Daniel Nguyen

The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:

• Steven Diez
• David Pérez Sanz
• Jordi Samper Montaña
• Alexander Zhurbin

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Alessandro Bega
• Yuta Shimizu

Women's singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GER	Laura Siegemund	110	1
JPN	Nao Hibino	115	2
UKR	Marta Kostyuk	116	3
RUS	Irina Khromacheva	135	4
ESP	Paula Badosa Gibert	141	5
ESP	Georgina García Pérez	144	6
BUL	Viktoriya Tomova	151	7
ROU	Irina Bara	156	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 14 January 2019.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Kaylah McPhee
• Abbie Myers
• Belinda Woolcock

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

• Nadia Podoroska

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Alison Bai
• Naiktha Bains
• Chang Kai-chen
• Leylah Annie Fernandez
• Maddison Inglis
• Isabelle Wallace

Champions[]

Men's singles[]

• Lloyd Harris def. Lorenzo Giustino 6–2, 6–2.

Women's singles[]

• Elena Rybakina def. Irina Khromacheva, 7–5, 3–3, ret.

Men's doubles[]

• Max Purcell / Luke Saville def. Hiroki Moriya / Mohamed Safwat 7–5, 6–4.

Women's doubles[]

• Chang Kai-chen / Hsu Ching-wen def. Alexandra Bozovic / Isabelle Wallace, 6–2, 6–4

Reference[]

External links[]

• 2019 Launceston Tennis International at ITFtennis.com
• Official Website