2019 Kremlin Cup

2019 Kremlin Cup
Date	14–20 October
Edition	30th (men) / 24th (women)
Category	ATP Tour 250 (men) WTA Premier (women)
Prize money	ATP $922,520 WTA $1,032,000
Surface	Indoor hard
Location	Moscow, Russia
Venue	Ice Palace Krylatskoye
Champions
Men's singles
Andrey Rublev
Women's singles
Belinda Bencic
Men's doubles
Marcelo Demoliner / Matwé Middelkoop
Women's doubles
Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara
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The 2019 Kremlin Cup (also known as the 2019 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 30th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 24th edition for the women. The tournament was part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2019 ATP Tour, ^[1] and of the Premier Series of the 2019 WTA Tour. ^[2] It took place at the Ice Palace Krylatskoye in Moscow, Russia, from 14 October through 20 October 2019.

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					0	—	—	—	—	—
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Women's doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	$144,830	$78,310	$43,250	$24,575	$14,130	$8,465	$0	—	$4,095	$2,045
Men's doubles *	$47,520	$24,350	$13,200	$7,550	$4,420	—	—	—	—	—
Women's singles	$180,520	$96,400	$51,490	$27,680	$14,840	$9,420	$0	$4,230	$2,250	$1,125
Women's doubles *	$56,465	$30,165	$16,485	$8,390	$4,555	—	—	—	—	—

_{*per team}

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Daniil Medvedev	4	1
RUS	Karen Khachanov	9	2
CRO	Marin Čilić	25	3
SRB	Dušan Lajović	31	4
CHI	Cristian Garín	32	5
RUS	Andrey Rublev	33	6
FRA	Adrian Mannarino	44	7
SRB	Miomir Kecmanović	50	8

• Rankings are as of October 7, 2019

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Alen Avidzba
• Evgeny Donskoy
• Alibek Kachmazov

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Artem Dubrivnyy
• Damir Džumhur
• Egor Gerasimov
• Lukáš Rosol

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Nikola Milojević

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Daniil Medvedev

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CRO	Nikola Mektić	CRO	Franko Škugor	39	1
GBR	Jamie Murray	GBR	Neal Skupski	41	2
NZL	Marcus Daniell	AUT	Philipp Oswald	93	3
BRA	Marcelo Demoliner	NED	Matwé Middelkoop	114	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 7, 2019

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Savriyan Danilov / Roman Safiullin
• Evgeny Donskoy / Andrey Rublev

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
UKR	Elina Svitolina	4	1
NED	Kiki Bertens	8	2
SUI	Belinda Bencic	10	3
CRO	Donna Vekić	21	4
UKR	Dayana Yastremska	23	5
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	25	6
GRE	Maria Sakkari	30	7
RUS	Ekaterina Alexandrova	35	8

• Rankings are as of October 7, 2019

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Belinda Bencic
• Anna Kalinskaya

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Jana Čepelová
• Kirsten Flipkens
• Varvara Gracheva
• Kaia Kanepi

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Simona Halep → replaced by Ons Jabeur
• Johanna Konta → replaced by Svetlana Kuznetsova
• Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Anastasia Potapova
• Petra Kvitová → replaced by Polona Hercog
• Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
• Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Veronika Kudermetova

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
HUN	Tímea Babos	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	4	1
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	16	2
BEL	Kirsten Flipkens	USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	50	3
CRO	Darija Jurak	POL	Alicja Rosolska	67	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 7, 2019

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Alina Charaeva / Sofya Lansere

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2019 Kremlin Cup – Men's singles

• Andrey Rublev def Adrian Mannarino, 6–4, 6–0

Women's singles

Main article: 2019 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

• Belinda Bencic def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 3–6, 6–1, 6–1

Men's doubles

Main article: 2019 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles

• Marcelo Demoliner / Matwé Middelkoop def. Simone Bolelli / Andrés Molteni, 6–1, 6–2

Women's doubles

Main article: 2019 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles

• Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara def. Kirsten Flipkens / Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 6–2, 6–1

References

1. "ATP Kremlin Cup Overview". atptour.com.
2. "WTA Kremlin Cup Overview". wtatennis.com.

External links

• Official website