The 2019
Launceston Tennis International
The Launceston Tennis International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It is part of the ITF Women's Circuit and has been held in Launceston, Australia, since 2012. In 2014, it was upgraded to a $50k event. In 20 ...
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
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 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
The 2019 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's World Tennis Tour is a second-tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organized by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. ...
. It took place in
Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston () or () is a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia, at the confluence of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River (kanamaluka). As of 2021, Launceston has a population of 87,645. Material was copied ...
, Australia between 28 January and 3 February 2019.
Men's singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
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
is an Australian professional tennis player. Following a successful career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hijikata went professional and has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 70 achieved on 16 October 2023 and ...
*
Christopher O'Connell
*
Andrew Whittington
Andrew Whittington (born 28 May 1971) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s. Primarily a , he began his career with the Gold Coast Seagulls and was a foundation member of the North Queensland C ...
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
Jordi Samper Montaña (; born 23 April 1990) is a Spanish tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 16 September 2013, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 211 and his highest doubles ranking of 227 achieved on 23 Septembe ...
*
Alexander Zhurbin
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Alessandro Bega
*
Yuta Shimizu
Women's singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
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
Nadia Natacha Podoroska (; born 10 February 1997) is an Argentine professional tennis player. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Podoroska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with 14 singles titles and seven doubles titles on ...
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
Mohamed Safwat ( ar, محمد صفوت; born 19 September 1990) is an Egyptian tennis player. Safwat has been a regular player on the Egypt Davis Cup team since 2009. Safwat has won one singles and three titles in doubles on the ATP Challenger To ...
7–5, 6–4.
Women's doubles
*
Chang Kai-chen /
Hsu Ching-wen def.
Alexandra Bozovic /
Isabelle Wallace, 6–2, 6–4
References
External links
2019 Launceston Tennis Internationalat ITFtennis.com
Official website
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2019 ATP Challenger Tour
2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
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