2019 Brisbane International
# 2019 Brisbane International

The 2019 Brisbane International was a tournament on the 2019 ATP Tour and 2019 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 30 December 2018 to 6 January 2019 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.

## 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 $32^1$ | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | $90,990 | $49,205 | $27,175 | $15,435 | $8,880 | $5,320 | — | $2,575 | $1,285 |
| Men's doubles * | $29,860 | $15,300 | $8,290 | $4,740 | $2,780 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | $188,280 | $100,580 | $53,665 | $23,685 | $12,705 | $6,940 | $3,625 | $1,925 | $1,065 |
| Women's doubles * | $48,330 | $25,820 | $14,110 | $7,180 | $3,900 | — | — | — | — |

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## ATP singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| ESP | Rafael Nadal | 2 | 1 |
| JPN | Kei Nishikori | 9 | 2 |
| GBR | Kyle Edmund | 14 | 3 |
| RUS | Daniil Medvedev | 16 | 4 |
| CAN | Milos Raonic | 18 | 5 |
| BUL | Grigor Dimitrov | 19 | 6 |
| AUS | Alex de Minaur | 31 | 7 |
| AUS | Nick Kyrgios | 35 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 24 December 2018.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Alex Bolt
* James Duckworth
* Alexei Popyrin

The following players received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:

* Andy Murray
* Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Ugo Humbert
* Miomir Kecmanović
* Thanasi Kokkinakis
* Yasutaka Uchiyama

The following player received entry by a lucky loser:

* Taro Daniel

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Rafael Nadal → replaced by Taro Daniel
* Mischa Zverev → replaced by Yoshihito Nishioka

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 15 | 1 |
| JPN | Ben McLachlan | GER | Jan-Lennard Struff | 40 | 2 |
| FIN | Henri Kontinen | AUS | John Peers | 49 | 3 |
| USA | Rajeev Ram | GBR | Joe Salisbury | 51 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 24 December 2018.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* James Duckworth / Jordan Thompson
* Alex de Minaur / Lleyton Hewitt

## WTA singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 4 | 1 |
| JPN | Naomi Osaka | 5 | 2 |
| USA | Sloane Stephens | 6 | 3 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 7 | 4 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 8 | 5 |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | 9 | 6 |
| RUS | Daria Kasatkina | 10 | 7 |
| LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 11 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 24 December 2018.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Kimberly Birrell
* Priscilla Hon
* Samantha Stosur

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Destanee Aiava
* Marie Bouzková
* Harriet Dart
* Anastasia Potapova

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Camila Giorgi → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CZE | Barbora Krejčíková | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 2 | 1 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | CHN | Xu Yifan | 22 | 2 |
| USA | Nicole Melichar | CZE | Květa Peschke | 28 | 3 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Latisha Chan | 45 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 24 December 2018.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Daria Gavrilova / Karolína Plíšková
* Elise Mertens / Samantha Stosur

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

* Olga Danilović / Anastasia Potapova

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Daria Gavrilova (right shoulder injury)

## Champions

### Men's singles

* Kei Nishikori def. Daniil Medvedev, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

### Women's singles

* Karolína Plíšková def. Lesia Tsurenko, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2

### Men's doubles

* Marcus Daniell / Wesley Koolhof def. Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury, 6–4, $7–6^{(8–6)}$

### Women's doubles

* Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke def. Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan, 6–1, 6–1
