# 2019 Volvo Car Open

The 2019 Volvo Car Open was a women's tennis event on the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place between April 1 – 7, 2019 and was the 47th edition of the Charleston Open tournament and a Premier level tournament. The event took place at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, United States. It was the only event of the clay court season played on green clay.

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | $141,420 | $75,120 | $37,020 | $19,031 | $9,860 | $5,050 | $2,595 | $1,180 | $710 |
| Women's doubles | $44,200 | $23,615 | $12,905 | $6,565 | $3,570 | — | — | — | — |

## Singles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Ranking$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Sloane Stephens | 6 | 1 |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | 8 | 2 |
| BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 9 | 3 |
| LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 12 | 4 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 13 | 5 |
| BEL | Elise Mertens | 14 | 6 |
| GER | Julia Görges | 15 | 7 |
| USA | Madison Keys | 16 | 8 |
| SUI | Belinda Bencic | 20 | 9 |
| LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 23 | 10 |
| USA | Danielle Collins | 26 | 11 |
| ROU | Mihaela Buzărnescu | 32 | 12 |
| USA | Sofia Kenin | 34 | 13 |
| AUS | Ajla Tomljanović | 40 | 14 |
| GRE | Maria Sakkari | 49 | 15 |
| CRO | Petra Martić | 52 | 16 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of March 18, 2019.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
* Sabine Lisicki
* Emma Navarro
* Shelby Rogers
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
* Anna-Lena Friedsam
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Destanee Aiava
* Lauren Davis
* Francesca Di Lorenzo
* Magdalena Fręch
* Nadiia Kichenok
* Kateryna Kozlova
* Astra Sharma
* Martina Trevisan
The following player received entry as a Lucky Loser:
* Conny Perrin

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Irina Khromacheva
* Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Varvara Lepchenko
* Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Jessica Pegula
* Alizé Cornet → replaced by Conny Perrin
* Daria Gavrilova → replaced by Veronika Kudermetova
* Camila Giorgi → replaced by Taylor Townsend
* Hsieh Su-wei → replaced by Fanny Stollár
* Ons Jabeur → replaced by Madison Brengle
* Aleksandra Krunić → replaced by Laura Siegemund
* Bernarda Pera → replaced by Natalia Vikhlyantseva
* Anastasia Potapova → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
* Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Sara Errani
* Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Ysaline Bonaventure
* Zheng Saisai → replaced by Mandy Minella

## Doubles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Nicole Melichar | CZE | Květa Peschke | 23 | 1 |
| CZE | Lucie Hradecká | SLO | Andreja Klepač | 41 | 2 |
| USA | Raquel Atawo | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 51 | 3 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | POL | Alicja Rosolska | 56 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of March 18, 2019.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Chloe Beck / Emma Navarro
* Sara Errani / Martina Trevisan

## Champions
### Singles

* Madison Keys def. Caroline Wozniacki, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–3

### Doubles

* Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Alicja Rosolska def. Irina Khromacheva / Veronika Kudermetova, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 6–2