2019 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem

The 2019 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place in Rabat, Morocco, between 29 April and 4 May 2019.^[2]

2019 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
Date	29 April – 4 May
Edition	19th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Rabat, Morocco
Venue	Club des Cheminots[1]
Champions
Singles
Maria Sakkari
Doubles
María José Martínez Sánchez / Sara Sorribes Tormo

Points and prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$1,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—	—

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
BEL	Elise Mertens	18	1
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	24	2
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	38	3
AUS	Ajla Tomljanović	39	4
CRO	Petra Martić	40	5
GRE	Maria Sakkari	43	6
GBR	Johanna Konta	45	7
BEL	Alison Van Uytvanck	51	8

• Rankings are as of April 22, 2019.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Timea Bacsinszky
• Elise Mertens
• Isabella Shinikova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Ysaline Bonaventure
• Olga Danilović
• Fiona Ferro
• Varvara Lepchenko

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Irina Bara

Withdrawals

• Ons Jabeur → replaced by Magda Linette
• Veronika Kudermetova → replaced by Ana Bogdan
• Petra Martić → replaced by Irina Bara
• Zheng Saisai → replaced by Ivana Jorović

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ESP	María José Martínez Sánchez	ESP	Sara Sorribes Tormo	97	1
RUS	Alexandra Panova	RUS	Vera Zvonareva	117	2
AUS	Monique Adamczak	AUS	Jessica Moore	119	3
CHI	Alexa Guarachi	USA	Sabrina Santamaria	148	4

• ¹ Rankings as of April 22, 2019.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Ana Bogdan / Isabella Shinikova
• Sada Nahimana / Lina Qostal

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Olga Danilović (right knee injury)

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2019 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles

• Maria Sakkari def. Johanna Konta, 2–6, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles

Main article: 2019 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Doubles

• María José Martínez Sánchez / Sara Sorribes Tormo def. Georgina García Pérez / Oksana Kalashnikova, 7–5, 6–1