The 2019 Bronx Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the Bronx Open, and first edition 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.
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.
Points and prize money Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1Singles280180110603011814101Doubles1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1Singles$43,000$21,400$11,300$5,900$3,310$1,925$1,005$730$530Doubles$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960
Singles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed Wang Qiang171Carla Suárez Navarro292Barbora Strýcová313Zhang Shuai344Kateřina Siniaková385Zheng Saisai396Yulia Putintseva427Ajla Tomljanović468Aliaksandra Sasnovich479Karolína Muchová4810 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 SeedSamantha StosurZhang Shuai231Chan Hao-chingLatisha Chan312Darija JurakMaría José Martínez Sánchez693Desirae KrawczykAlicja Rosolska704 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