2019 Nürnberger Versicherungscup
# 2019 Nürnberger Versicherungscup

The 2019 Nürnberger Versicherungscup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 7th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place in Nuremberg, Germany, from 20 to 25 May 2019. It was the last edition of the tournament in Nuremberg.

## Points and prize money

| 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| KAZ | Yulia Putintseva | 38 | 1 |
| CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 45 | 2 |
| AUS | Ajla Tomljanović | 47 | 3 |
| USA | Alison Riske | 52 | 4 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 58 | 5 |
| BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | 60 | 6 |
| RUS | Evgeniya Rodina | 68 | 7 |
| GER | Andrea Petkovic | 69 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of May 13, 2019.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Anna-Lena Friedsam
* Svetlana Kuznetsova
* Sabine Lisicki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Çağla Büyükakçay
* Jana Čepelová
* Quirine Lemoine
* Jule Niemeier
* Laura-Ioana Paar
* Nina Stojanović

### Withdrawals

* Katie Boulter → replaced by Paula Ormaechea
* Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by Misaki Doi
* Julia Görges → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
* Polona Hercog → replaced by Sorana Cîrstea
* Taylor Townsend → replaced by Vitalia Diatchenko

### Retirements

* Dalila Jakupović (viral illness)
* Vera Lapko (cramping)

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | CHN | Xu Yifan | 22 | 1 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | NED | Demi Schuurs | 34 | 2 |
| USA | Raquel Atawo | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 64 | 3 |
| BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | SWE | Johanna Larsson | 73 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of May 13, 2019.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Katharina Gerlach / Julia Wachaczyk
* Katharina Hobgarski / Jule Niemeier

The following pair received entry as alternates:

* Akgul Amanmuradova / Valentina Ivakhnenko

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Anna-Lena Grönefeld

## Champions

### Singles

* Yulia Putintseva def. Tamara Zidanšek, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

### Doubles

* Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan def. Sharon Fichman / Nicole Melichar 4–6, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ [10–5]
