The 2019

Karlsruhe Open The Karlsruhe Open is a WTA 125-level professional women's tennis tournament. It takes place on outdoor clay courts, around the months of July and August at the Tennis Club Rüppurr in the city of Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconia ...

(also known as the Liqui Moly Open Karlsruhe for sponsorship reasons) was a professional

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the 1st edition of the tournament and part of the

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, offering a total of $125,000 in prize money. It took place in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...

, Germany between 29 July and 4 August 2019.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 22 July 2019.

Other entrants

The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw: *

Katharina Hobgarski Katharina Hobgarski (born 18 June 1997) is a German tennis player. So far, she has won 14 singles titles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 January 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 189. On 29 July 2024, she pea ...

Sabine Lisicki Sabine Katharina Lisicki (; born 22 September 1989) is a German inactive professional tennis player. Lisicki turned professional in 2006, and her breakthrough came in 2009 when she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships � ...

Jule Niemeier Jule Niemeier (born 12 August 1999) is a German professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 7 November 2022. Career 2018–2019: WTA debut She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcar ...

The following players qualified into the singles main draw: *

Laura Ioana Paar Laura Ioana Paar (née Andrei; born 31 May 1988) is an inactive Romanian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 190 in singles, achieved on 31 January 2021, and 113 in doubles, set on 9 March 2020. Laura has won one WTA Tour doubles ...

Stephanie Wagner Stephanie Wagner (born 17 September 1994) is a German tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 263, achieved on 14 September 2020. Her best doubles ranking of world No. 546, she reached on 25 ...

Yuan Yue Yuan Yue (; ; born 25 September 1998) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 36 in singles, set in May 2024, and No. 60 in doubles, achieved June 2025. Career 2018: WTA Tour debut Yuan made her ...

Renata Voráčová Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player. Voráčová has won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and 58 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circui ...

The following player received entry into the main draw as a lucky loser: * Liana Cammilleri

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Ana Bogdan Ana Bogdan (born 25 November 1992) is a Romanian professional tennis player. Having made her tour debut in 2009, she peaked at No. 39 in the WTA rankings in July 2023. Bogdan had a successful junior career, reaching world No. 2 on 5 January 20 ...

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse Elena-Gabriela Ruse (born 6 November 1997) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 51 and a doubles ranking of No. 32 achieved in May 2022 and 2023 respectively. She is currently the No. ...

Mona Barthel Mona Barthel (born 11 July 1990) is a German tennis player. On 18 March 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 23. On 14 September 2015, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings. Barthel has won four singles and three double ...

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Ekaterine Gorgodze Ekaterine Gorgodze ( ka, ეკატერინე გორგოძე, tr, ; born 3 December 1991) is a Georgian professional tennis player. On 23 May 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 108. On 15 August 2022, she peak ...

Anna-Lena Friedsam Anna-Lena Friedsam (born 1 February 1994) is a German professional tennis player. In August 2016, Friedsam reached her best singles ranking of world No. 45. In doubles, she peaked at world No. 34 in September 2020. In her career, she has won fo ...

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Kristína Kučová Kristína Kučová (; born 23 May 1990) is a Slovak tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 71. On 5 October 2009, she peaked at No. 168 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles title on ...

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Patricia Maria Țig Patricia Maria Țig (born 27 July 1994) is a Romanian tennis player. Țig has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 56, achieved on 26 October 2020. Her best doubles ranking of No. 155 was achieved on 14 November 2016. Țig has won one ...

Mandy Minella Mandy Minella (born 22 November 1985) is a Luxembourgish politician and former professional tennis player. Having made her debut on the WTA Tour in 2001, she peaked at No. 66 in the WTA singles rankings in September 2012, and No. 47 in doubles ...

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Bibiane Schoofs Bibiane Schoofs (born 13 May 1988), previously known as Bibiane Weijers, is a Dutch professional tennis player. On 11 June 2012, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 142, whilst her best doubles ranking was world No. 77 on 6 Novemb ...

Natalia Vikhlyantseva Natalia Konstantinovna Vikhlyantseva (Russian: Наталья Константиновна Вихлянцева; born 16 February 1997) is a former Russian tennis player. Her favourite court surface is grass. Vikhlyantseva has career-high rankin ...

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Han Xinyun Han Xinyun (; ; born 30 May 1990), also known as Monica Han, is an inactive Chinese 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 35 titles (9 in sin ...

Retirements

Irina-Camelia Begu Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA ranking, WTA singles ranking of world No. 22 , in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest ranking in doubles, also No. 22. She is ...

(left thigh injury) *

Tereza Martincová Tereza Martincová (; born 24 October 1994) is a Czech professional tennis player. Martincová has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and four singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 February 2022, she reached her best WTA singles ranking ...

(right thigh injury) *

Tamara Zidanšek Tamara Zidanšek (; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 22 in singles and No. 47 in doubles by the WTA, and has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tou ...

(left knee injury)

Doubles entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 22 July 2019.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: *

Champions

Singles

def.

Alison Van Uytvanck Alison Van Uytvanck (; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. In August 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 37. Van Uytvanck has won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and three Chall ...

3–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

Lara Arruabarrena Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (; born 20 March 1992) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. On 3 July 2017, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 52, and her best doubles ranking is world No. 28, set on 22 February 2016. Over ...

def.

6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 0–4

References

External links

Official website
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