2019 Bronx Open
# 2019 Bronx Open

The 2019 Bronx Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the Bronx Open, and first edition as part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cary Leeds Center in Crotona Park in The Bronx, New York City, United States from 18 to 24 August 2019.

This tournament replaced the Tournoi de Québec on the WTA Tour. The Connecticut Open, which was a WTA Premier event formerly scheduled for the week before the US Open, was replaced by the Zhengzhou Open.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| Doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,300 | $5,900 | $3,310 | $1,925 | $1,005 | $730 | $530 |
| Doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — |

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| CHN | Wang Qiang | 17 | 1 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 29 | 2 |
| CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 31 | 3 |
| CHN | Zhang Shuai | 34 | 4 |
| CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 38 | 5 |
| CHN | Zheng Saisai | 39 | 6 |
| KAZ | Yulia Putintseva | 42 | 7 |
| AUS | Ajla Tomljanović | 46 | 8 |
| BLR | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 47 | 9 |
| CZE | Karolína Muchová | 48 | 10 |

* Rankings as of August 12, 2019.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Kristie Ahn
* Bernarda Pera
* CoCo Vandeweghe

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Fiona Ferro
* Kaia Kanepi
* Magda Linette
* Anastasia Potapova
* Jil Teichmann
* Zhu Lin

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Anna Blinkova
* Viktorija Golubic
* Laura Siegemund

### Withdrawals

* Danielle Collins → replaced by Veronika Kudermetova
* Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Wang Yafan
* Johanna Konta → replaced by Karolína Muchová
* Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan
* Maria Sakkari → replaced by Kateryna Kozlova
* Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Viktorija Golubic
* Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by Anna Blinkova
* Dayana Yastremska → replaced by Alison Van Uytvanck
* Zheng Saisai → replaced by Laura Siegemund

### Retirements

* Anastasia Potapova (breathing difficulty)
* Zhu Lin (left leg injury)

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 23 | 1 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Latisha Chan | 31 | 2 |
| CRO | Darija Jurak | ESP | María José Martínez Sánchez | 69 | 3 |
| USA | Desirae Krawczyk | POL | Alicja Rosolska | 70 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of August 12, 2019

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Kristie Ahn / Vania King
* Hsieh Su-wei / Hsieh Yu-chieh

## Champions

### Singles

* Magda Linette def. Camila Giorgi, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4

### Doubles

* Darija Jurak / María José Martínez Sánchez def. Margarita Gasparyan / Monica Niculescu, 7–5, 2–6, [10–7]
