The 2019
Kunming Open
The Kunming Open (formerly known as the ATP China International Tennis Challenge – Anning and the Anning Open) is a tennis tournament held in Anning, China since 2012. The women's event first started in 2014, joining the men's Challenger. The ...
was a professional
tennis
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tournament played on outdoor
clay court
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T ...
s. It was the eighth (ATP) and second (WTA) edition of the tournament and part of the
2019 ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour in 2019 in tennis, 2019 was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2019 ATP Challenger Tour calendar had 158 tournaments scheduled, with prize money ranging from $54,160 up to $162,480. It was t ...
and the
2019 WTA 125K series
The WTA 125K series is the secondary professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association. The 2019 WTA 125K series calendar consists of eleven tournaments, each with a total prize fund of $125,000 except the Oracle Challenger S ...
respectively.
It took place in
Anning, China, from 15–28 April 2019.
Men's singles main draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of 8 April 2019.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Gao Xin
*
He Yecong
He Yecong (; ; born 15 February 1994) is a Chinese tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of 492 achieved on 27 June 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 498 achieved on 21 August 2017.
He made his ATP main ...
* Li Yuanfeng
* Liu Hanyi
*
Sun Fajing
Sun Fajing (; ; born 3 October 1996) is a Chinese tennis player.
Sun has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 351 achieved on 10 February 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 223 achieved on 14 October 201 ...
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:
*
Nicolás Barrientos
Nicolás Barrientos (; born 24 April 1987) is a Colombian professional tennis player competing mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour both in singles and doubles.
Barrientos reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 237 on 21 September 2 ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Jacob Grills
*
Ben Patael
Ben Patael ( he, בן פתאל; born 2 June 1997) is an Israeli tennis player.
Patael has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 415, achieved on 15 July 2019. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of 1,050, achieved on 27 July 2015.
He h ...
Women's singles main draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of 15 April 2019.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Duan Yingying
Duan Yingying (; born 3 July 1989) is a Chinese former professional tennis player.
In her career, she won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and two WTA Challenger doubles titles, as well as eleven singles and three d ...
*
Ma Shuyue
Ma Shuyue (; ; born 29 June 1999) is a Chinese tennis player.
On 20 May 2019, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 204. On 10 June 2019, she peaked at No. 499 in the doubles rankings.
Ma made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at ...
*
Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai (; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese retired professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked world No. 1 doubles player by the WTA, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve that ranking (in either single ...
*
Yang Zhaoxuan
Yang Zhaoxuan (; ; born 11 February 1995) is a Chinese professional tennis player.
Yang reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 11 in the WTA doubles rankings on 24 October 2022.
Yang has won six doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one W ...
*
Zhang Shuai
Zhang Shuai (; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player.
She is a two-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, having won the 2019 Australian Open and the 2021 US Open, both alongside Samantha Stosur. Zhang als ...
*
Zheng Saisai
Zheng Saisai or Zheng Sai-Sai (; born February 5, 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. She won one WTA singles title (at the Premier level 2019 Silicon Valley Classic), five WTA doubles titles, and reached the final of the 2019 French Open in dou ...
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
*
Gao Xinyu
Gao Xinyu (; ; born 21 November 1997) is a Chinese tennis player.
Gao has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 181, achieved on 31 July 2017. On 11 September 2017, she peaked at No. 230 in the doubles ranking. Gao has won nine singles an ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Miharu Imanishi
is a former professional tennis player from Japan.
On 28 May 2018, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 187. On 9 September 2019, she peaked at No. 251 in the doubles rankings.
Imanishi made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2 ...
*
Kaylah McPhee
Kaylah McPhee (born 4 February 1998) is an Australian tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 199 in singles, achieved on 16 September 2019, and 228 in doubles, reached on 10 February 2020. She has won four doubles titles on the ITF ...
*
Chihiro Muramatsu
is a Japanese tennis player.
On 24 February 2020, Muramatsu achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 205. On 2 April 2018, she peaked at No. 303 in the WTA doubles rankings. Muramatsu has won one singles title and three doubles titl ...
*
Peangtarn Plipuech
Peangtarn "Earth" Plipuech ( th, เพียงธาร ผลิพืช; born 15 November 1992) is a Thai tennis player.
Plipuech has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 175, achieved on 31 July 2017. ...
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
*
Miyabi Inoue
is a former tennis player from Japan.
Career
Inoue reached the semifinals of the 2009 Wimbledon girls' singles tournament.
On 28 September 2015, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 275.
Inoue made her main-draw debut on ...
Withdrawals
*
Deniz Khazaniuk
Deniz Khazaniuk ( he, דניז חזניוק; born 24 October 1994) is an inactive Israeli tennis player.
Khazaniuk has career-high WTA rankings of 200 in singles, achieved on 11 June 2018, and of 445 in doubles, achieved on 16 June 2014. She has ...
→ replaced by
Miyabi Inoue
is a former tennis player from Japan.
Career
Inoue reached the semifinals of the 2009 Wimbledon girls' singles tournament.
On 28 September 2015, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 275.
Inoue made her main-draw debut on ...
Retirements
*
Irina Khromacheva
Irina Pavlovna Khromacheva ( rus, Ирина Павловна Хромачёва; born 12 May 1995) is a professional tennis player from Russia.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 89 in singles and 41 in doubles.
Khromacheva was provisionally ...
(fever)
*
Danielle Lao
Danielle Marie Lao (born May 28, 1991, in Pasadena, California) is an America
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(right lower leg injury)
*
Sabina Sharipova
Sabina Sharipova (born 4 September 1994) is an Uzbek former professional tennis player.
Up to date, she has won 15 singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 5 November 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 122. ...
(gastro-intestinal illness)
*
Zhang Kailin
Zhang Kailin (; ; born 28 January 1990) is a former tennis player from China.
Zhang has won one doubles title on WTA 125 tournaments along five singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best sing ...
(low back injury)
Women's doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
* Rankings are as of 15 April 2019
Other entrants
The following pair received entry as alternates:
*
Maddison Inglis
Maddison Inglis (born 14 January 1998) is an Australian tennis player.
She has a career-high singles ranking of 112, achieved on 2 March 2020. Inglis has won five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Career
Inglis made her Gr ...
/
Miyabi Inoue
is a former tennis player from Japan.
Career
Inoue reached the semifinals of the 2009 Wimbledon girls' singles tournament.
On 28 September 2015, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 275.
Inoue made her main-draw debut on ...
Withdrawals
*
Irina Khromacheva
Irina Pavlovna Khromacheva ( rus, Ирина Павловна Хромачёва; born 12 May 1995) is a professional tennis player from Russia.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 89 in singles and 41 in doubles.
Khromacheva was provisionally ...
(viral illness)
Retirements
*
Ashley Kratzer (left shoulder injury)
Champions
Men's singles
*
Jay Clarke def.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (born 12 November 1989) is an Indian tennis player.
He has won 2 ATP Challenger and 8 ITF titles in singles and 1 ITF title in doubles.
He is currently the highest-ranked Indian singles player. He represents India at the Dav ...
6–4, 6–3
Women's singles
*
Zheng Saisai
Zheng Saisai or Zheng Sai-Sai (; born February 5, 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. She won one WTA singles title (at the Premier level 2019 Silicon Valley Classic), five WTA doubles titles, and reached the final of the 2019 French Open in dou ...
def.
Zhang Shuai
Zhang Shuai (; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player.
She is a two-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, having won the 2019 Australian Open and the 2021 US Open, both alongside Samantha Stosur. Zhang als ...
6–4, 6–1
Men's doubles
*
Max Purcell
Max Purcell (born 3 April 1998) is an Australian professional tennis player.
He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships in doubles alongside Matthew Ebden. The pair also finished runners-up at the 2022 Australian Ope ...
/
Luke Saville
Luke Saville (born 1 February 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has had success as a doubles player where he reached his highest ranking of World No. 23 on 8 November 2021. Saville reached the final at the 2020 Australian Op ...
def.
David Pel
David Pel (born 9 July 1991) is a Dutch tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 885 achieved on 1 May 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 76 achieved on 19 July 2021. Pel has won one doub ...
/
Hans Podlipnik Castillo
Hans Podlipnik Castillo (; born 9 January 1988) is a Chilean retired tennis player of Slovenian descent. His best results are in doubles, winning one ATP World Tour and reaching another final in this category, besides from winning 19 Challenge ...
4–6, 7–5,
0–5
Women's doubles
*
Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai (; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese retired professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked world No. 1 doubles player by the WTA, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve that ranking (in either single ...
/
Yang Zhaoxuan
Yang Zhaoxuan (; ; born 11 February 1995) is a Chinese professional tennis player.
Yang reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 11 in the WTA doubles rankings on 24 October 2022.
Yang has won six doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one W ...
def.
Duan Yingying
Duan Yingying (; born 3 July 1989) is a Chinese former professional tennis player.
In her career, she won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and two WTA Challenger doubles titles, as well as eleven singles and three d ...
/
Han Xinyun
Han Xinyun (; ; born 30 May 1990), also known as Monica Han, is a Chinese professional tennis player.
Han has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She also has won nine singles and ...
7–5, 6–2
References
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2019 in Chinese tennis
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2019 WTA 125K series
Kunming Open
The Kunming Open (formerly known as the ATP China International Tennis Challenge – Anning and the Anning Open) is a tennis tournament held in Anning, China since 2012. The women's event first started in 2014, joining the men's Challenger. The ...
April 2019 sports events in China