The 2019 Bronx Open was a professional
tennis
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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
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,
New York City
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,
United States
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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
Prize money
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
* 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
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Described as a 'resident Grand Slam up ...
*
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
*
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,
0–7
References
External links
Official website
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2019
Bronx Open
Bronx Open
2019 in American tennis
August 2019 sports events in the United States