2019 Ladies Open Lugano
# 2019 Ladies Open Lugano

The 2019 Ladies Open Lugano (also known as the 2019 Samsung Open presented by Cornèr for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on clay courts at TC Lido Lugano. It was the third edition of the tournament and part of the International category of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place between 8 April through 14 April 2019.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Women's singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | $1,020 | $600 |
| Women's doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — |

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| SUI | Belinda Bencic | 21 | 1 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 27 | 2 |
| SVK | Viktória Kužmová | 44 | 3 |
| BEL | Alison Van Uytvanck | 52 | 4 |
| FRA | Pauline Parmentier | 54 | 5 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 56 | 6 |
| SWE | Rebecca Peterson | 60 | 7 |
| BLR | Vera Lapko | 65 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 1 April 2019.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

* Ylena In-Albon
* Svetlana Kuznetsova
* Jil Teichmann

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Magdalena Fręch
* Giulia Gatto-Monticone
* Réka Luca Jani
* Antonia Lottner
* Clara Tauson
* Katarina Zavatska

### Withdrawals

* Dominika Cibulková → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
* Alizé Cornet → replaced by Viktorija Golubic
* Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by Timea Bacsinszky
* Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Tamara Korpatsch
* Camila Giorgi → replaced by Tereza Smitková
* Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Mandy Minella
* Kristina Mladenovic → replaced by Arantxa Rus
* Andrea Petkovic → replaced by Sorana Cîrstea
* Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Fiona Ferro
* Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Mona Barthel

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| RUS | Veronika Kudermetova | KAZ | Galina Voskoboeva | 114 | 1 |
| SWE | Cornelia Lister | CZE | Renata Voráčová | 171 | 2 |
| ROU | Sorana Cîrstea | ROU | Andreea Mitu | 216 | 3 |
| SUI | Belinda Bencic | SVK | Viktória Kužmová | 229 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 1 April 2019.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

* Timea Bacsinszky / Ylena In-Albon
* Leonie Küng / Clara Tauson

### Withdrawals

* Viktorija Golubic (left leg injury)

## Champions

### Singles

* Polona Hercog def. Iga Świątek 6–3, 3–6, 6–3

### Doubles

* Sorana Cîrstea / Andreea Mitu def. Veronika Kudermetova / Galina Voskoboeva, 1–6, 6–2, [10–8]
