2019 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
# 2019 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem

The 2019 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place in Rabat, Morocco, between 29 April and 4 May 2019.

## Points and prize money

| 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| BEL | Elise Mertens | 18 | 1 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | 24 | 2 |
| KAZ | Yulia Putintseva | 38 | 3 |
| AUS | Ajla Tomljanović | 39 | 4 |
| CRO | Petra Martić | 40 | 5 |
| GRE | Maria Sakkari | 43 | 6 |
| GBR | Johanna Konta | 45 | 7 |
| BEL | Alison Van Uytvanck | 51 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of April 22, 2019.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Timea Bacsinszky
* Elise Mertens
* Isabella Shinikova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Ysaline Bonaventure
* Olga Danilović
* Fiona Ferro
* Varvara Lepchenko

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Irina Bara

### Withdrawals

* Ons Jabeur → replaced by Magda Linette
* Veronika Kudermetova → replaced by Ana Bogdan
* Petra Martić → replaced by Irina Bara
* Zheng Saisai → replaced by Ivana Jorović

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ESP | María José Martínez Sánchez | ESP | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 97 | 1 |
| RUS | Alexandra Panova | RUS | Vera Zvonareva | 117 | 2 |
| AUS | Monique Adamczak | AUS | Jessica Moore | 119 | 3 |
| CHI | Alexa Guarachi | USA | Sabrina Santamaria | 148 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of April 22, 2019.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Ana Bogdan / Isabella Shinikova
* Sada Nahimana / Lina Qostal

### Withdrawals

**During the tournament**

* Olga Danilović (right knee injury)

## Champions

### Singles

* Maria Sakkari def. Johanna Konta, 2–6, 6–4, 6–1

### Doubles

* María José Martínez Sánchez / Sara Sorribes Tormo def. Georgina García Pérez / Oksana Kalashnikova, 7–5, 6–1
