# 2019 Hobart International

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The 2019 Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 26th edition of the Hobart International and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 7 to 12 January 2019.
The singles was won by unseeded American Sofia Kenin who took home her first WTA title after defeating Anna Karolína Schmiedlová from Slovakia in straight sets. In the doubles it was Taiwanese pair in Chan Hao-ching and Latisha Chan who won in three sets over their opponents in Kirsten Flipkens and Johanna Larsson.

## Finals
### Singles

* Sofia Kenin defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, 6–3, 6–0

### Doubles

* Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan defeated Kirsten Flipkens / Johanna Larsson, 6–3, 3–6, [10–6]

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Event$^1$ | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| Doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32$^2$ | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | — | $1,020 | $600 |
| Doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — | — |
| Doubles prize money per team |||||||||
$^1$ Points per the WTA. $^2$ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money

## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | 19 | 1 |
| ROU | Mihaela Buzărnescu | 24 | 2 |
| CHN | Zhang Shuai | 40 | 3 |
| GRE | Maria Sakkari | 41 | 4 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 42 | 5 |
| FRA | Alizé Cornet | 45 | 6 |
| BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | 47 | 7 |
| BEL | Alison Van Uytvanck | 49 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of 31 December 2018.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Caroline Garcia
* Zoe Hives
* Ellen Perez
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Alison Bai
* Anna Blinkova
* Magda Linette
* Greet Minnen
* Laura Siegemund
* Heather Watson
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Madison Brengle
* Kateryna Kozlova

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
* Rebecca Peterson → replaced by Ana Bogdan
* Alison Riske → replaced by Madison Brengle
* Magdaléna Rybáriková → replaced by Evgeniya Rodina
* Wang Yafan → replaced by Kateryna Kozlova

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Latisha Chan | 45 | 1 |
| ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | ROU | Mihaela Buzărnescu | 48 | 2 |
| ROU | Monica Niculescu | CHN | Yang Zhaoxuan | 73 | 3 |
| BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | SWE | Johanna Larsson | 74 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of 31 December 2018

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Alison Bai / Annerly Poulos
* Zoe Hives / Ellen Perez

### Withdrawals
#### During the tournament

* Dalila Jakupović (viral illness)