2019 İstanbul Cup

The 2019 İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 12th edition of the İstanbul Cup, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 22 through 28 April 2019.^[1]

2019 İstanbul Cup
Date	22–28 April
Edition	12th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Clay
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Champions
Singles
Petra Martić
Doubles
Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic

Points and prize money

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

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	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	—	—	—

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	27	1
ROU	Mihaela Buzărnescu	30	2
ITA	Camila Giorgi	31	3
UKR	Dayana Yastremska	37	4
AUS	Ajla Tomljanović	39	5
CRO	Petra Martić	40	6
CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	41	7
GRE	Maria Sakkari	44	8
SVK	Viktória Kužmová	45	9

• Rankings are as of April 15, 2019.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Çağla Büyükakçay
• Svetlana Kuznetsova
• Pemra Özgen

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Irina Bara
• Ana Bogdan
• Ivana Jorović
• Kateryna Kozlova
• Veronika Kudermetova
• Elena Rybakina

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Tímea Babos
• Julia Glushko

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Tímea Babos
• Camila Giorgi → replaced by Julia Glushko
• Ons Jabeur → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan
• Tatjana Maria → replaced by Lara Arruabarrena
• Anna Karolína Schmiedlová → replaced by Johanna Larsson

Retirements

• Kirsten Flipkens (lower right pelvis injury)
• Margarita Gasparyan (dizziness)
• Anastasia Potapova (gastrointestinal)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
HUN	Tímea Babos	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	6	1
BEL	Kirsten Flipkens	SWE	Johanna Larsson	74	2
ROU	Irina Bara	ROU	Mihaela Buzărnescu	94	3
RUS	Veronika Kudermetova	KAZ	Galina Voskoboeva	100	4

• ¹ Rankings as of April 15, 2019.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Çağla Büyükakçay / Pemra Özgen
• Melis Sezer / İpek Soylu

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Barbora Strýcová (back injury)

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2019 İstanbul Cup – Singles

• Petra Martić def. Markéta Vondroušová, 1–6, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles

Main article: 2019 İstanbul Cup – Doubles

• Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic def. Alexa Guarachi / Sabrina Santamaria, 6–1, 6–0