2019 Japan Women's Open

The 2019 Japan Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eleventh edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2019 WTA Tour. It was held at the Regional Park Tennis Stadium in Hiroshima, Japan, from September 9 through September 15, 2019.^[1]

2019 Japan Women's Open
Date	September 9–15
Edition	11th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Hiroshima, Japan
Venue	Regional Park Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Nao Hibino
Doubles
Misaki Doi / Nao Hibino

Point distribution

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 321	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$1,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles2	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—	—

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
² Per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	28	1
RUS	Veronika Kudermetova	51	2
BEL	Alison Van Uytvanck	68	3
RUS	Anastasia Potapova	72	4
GER	Tatjana Maria	79	5
KAZ	Zarina Diyas	80	6
ESP	Sara Sorribes Tormo	83	7
GER	Laura Siegemund	90	8

• Rankings are as of August 26, 2019

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Kurumi Nara
• Risa Ozaki
• Ayano Shimizu

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Leylah Annie Fernandez
• Zoe Hives
• Junri Namigata
• Valeria Savinykh
• Patricia Maria Țig
• Viktoriya Tomova

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Daria Gavrilova → replaced by Priscilla Hon
• Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by Nao Hibino
• Anna Karolína Schmiedlová → replaced by Katarzyna Kawa

Retirements

During the tournament

• Zarina Diyas (low back injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
JPN	Eri Hozumi	JPN	Makoto Ninomiya	122	1
BEL	Kirsten Flipkens	BEL	Alison Van Uytvanck	126	2
ROU	Mihaela Buzărnescu	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	142	3
ESP	Georgina García Pérez	ESP	Sara Sorribes Tormo	177	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of August 26, 2019

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Erina Hayashi / Moyuka Uchijima
• Kyōka Okamura / Ayano Shimizu

Retirements

• Greet Minnen (right shoulder injury)

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2019 Japan Women's Open – Singles

• Nao Hibino def. Misaki Doi, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

Main article: 2019 Japan Women's Open – Doubles

• Misaki Doi / Nao Hibino def. Christina McHale / Valeria Savinykh, 3–6, 6–4, [10–4]