2019 Japan Women's Open

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2019 Japan Women's Open
DateSeptember 9–15
Edition11th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money $250,000
Surface Hard
Location Hiroshima, Japan
VenueRegional Park Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Flag of Japan.svg Nao Hibino
Doubles
Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Doi / Flag of Japan.svg Nao Hibino
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The 2019 Japan Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eleventh edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2019 WTA Tour. It was held at the Regional Park Tennis Stadium in Hiroshima, Japan, from September 9 through September 15, 2019. [1]

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Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles280180110603011814101
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q3Q2Q1
Singles$43,000$21,400$11,300$5,900$3,310$1,925$1,005$730$530
Doubles2$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
2 Per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei 281
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Veronika Kudermetova 512
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Alison Van Uytvanck 683
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Potapova 724
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tatjana Maria 795
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Zarina Diyas 806
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Sara Sorribes Tormo 837
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Laura Siegemund 908

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

During the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Eri Hozumi Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Makoto Ninomiya 1221
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Kirsten Flipkens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Alison Van Uytvanck 1262
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Mihaela Buzărnescu Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 1423
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Georgina García Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Sara Sorribes Tormo 1774

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Retirements

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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References

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