2019 Kremlin Cup
# 2019 Kremlin Cup

The 2019 Kremlin Cup (also known as the 2019 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 30th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 24th edition for the women. The tournament was part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2019 ATP Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the Ice Palace Krylatskoye in Moscow, Russia, from 14 October through 20 October 2019.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 20 | 0 | 12 | — | 6 | 0 |
| Men's doubles | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | $144,830 | $78,310 | $43,250 | $24,575 | $14,130 | $8,465 | $0 | — | $4,095 | $2,045 |
| Men's doubles * | $47,520 | $24,350 | $13,200 | $7,550 | $4,420 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | $180,520 | $96,400 | $51,490 | $27,680 | $14,840 | $9,420 | $0 | $4,230 | $2,250 | $1,125 |
| Women's doubles * | $56,465 | $30,165 | $16,485 | $8,390 | $4,555 | — | — | — | — | — |

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## ATP singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| RUS | Daniil Medvedev | 4 | 1 |
| RUS | Karen Khachanov | 9 | 2 |
| CRO | Marin Čilić | 25 | 3 |
| SRB | Dušan Lajović | 31 | 4 |
| CHI | Cristian Garín | 32 | 5 |
| RUS | Andrey Rublev | 33 | 6 |
| FRA | Adrian Mannarino | 44 | 7 |
| SRB | Miomir Kecmanović | 50 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of October 7, 2019

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Alen Avidzba
* Evgeny Donskoy
* Alibek Kachmazov

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Artem Dubrivnyy
* Damir Džumhur
* Egor Gerasimov
* Lukáš Rosol

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Nikola Milojević

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Daniil Medvedev

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CRO | Nikola Mektić | CRO | Franko Škugor | 39 | 1 |
| GBR | Jamie Murray | GBR | Neal Skupski | 41 | 2 |
| NZL | Marcus Daniell | AUT | Philipp Oswald | 93 | 3 |
| BRA | Marcelo Demoliner | NED | Matwé Middelkoop | 114 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of October 7, 2019

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Savriyan Danilov / Roman Safiullin
* Evgeny Donskoy / Andrey Rublev

## WTA singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 4 | 1 |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | 8 | 2 |
| SUI | Belinda Bencic | 10 | 3 |
| CRO | Donna Vekić | 21 | 4 |
| UKR | Dayana Yastremska | 23 | 5 |
| LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 25 | 6 |
| GRE | Maria Sakkari | 30 | 7 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 35 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of October 7, 2019

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Belinda Bencic
* Anna Kalinskaya

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Jana Čepelová
* Kirsten Flipkens
* Varvara Gracheva
* Kaia Kanepi

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Simona Halep → replaced by Ons Jabeur
* Johanna Konta → replaced by Svetlana Kuznetsova
* Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Anastasia Potapova
* Petra Kvitová → replaced by Polona Hercog
* Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
* Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Veronika Kudermetova

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 4 | 1 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 16 | 2 |
| BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | USA | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 50 | 3 |
| CRO | Darija Jurak | POL | Alicja Rosolska | 67 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of October 7, 2019

### Other entrants

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

* Alina Charaeva / Sofya Lansere

## Champions

### Men's singles

* Andrey Rublev def Adrian Mannarino, 6–4, 6–0

### Women's singles

* Belinda Bencic def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 3–6, 6–1, 6–1

### Men's doubles

* Marcelo Demoliner / Matwé Middelkoop def. Simone Bolelli / Andrés Molteni, 6–1, 6–2

### Women's doubles

* Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara def. Kirsten Flipkens / Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 6–2, 6–1
