2019 Thailand Open (tennis)

The 2019 Thailand Open, sponsored by Toyota, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the Hua Hin Championships as part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the True Arena Hua Hin in Hua Hin, Thailand, from 28 January 2019 to 3 February 2019.^[1]

2019 Thailand Open
Date	28 January – 3 February 2019
Edition	1st
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard, outdoor
Location	Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand
Venue	True Arena Hua Hin
Champions
Singles
Dayana Yastremska
Doubles
Irina-Camelia Begu / Monica Niculescu

This tournament replaced the Taiwan Open on the WTA Tour.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

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
Women's singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
Women's doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	18	1
FRA	Caroline Garcia	19	2
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	27	3
CHN	Zheng Saisai	40	4
CHN	Zhang Shuai	42	5
AUS	Ajla Tomljanović	47	6
FRA	Pauline Parmentier	55	7
UKR	Dayana Yastremska	57	8

• ¹ Rankings as of January 14, 2019.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Caroline Garcia
• Sabine Lisicki
• Peng Shuai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Jennifer Brady
• Duan Yingying
• Priscilla Hon
• Chloé Paquet
• Conny Perrin
• Arantxa Rus

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by Anna Blinkova
• Zarina Diyas → replaced by Kateryna Kozlova
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands → replaced by Monica Niculescu
• Wang Qiang → replaced by Mandy Minella

Retirements

• Tímea Babos (dizziness)
• Zhang Shuai (illness)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
JPN	Miyu Kato	JPN	Makoto Ninomiya	67	1
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	ROU	Monica Niculescu	67	2
CHN	Peng Shuai	CHN	Yang Zhaoxuan	77	3
USA	Kaitlyn Christian	CHN	Duan Yingying	112	4

• ¹ Rankings as of January 14, 2019

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Sabine Lisicki / Ajla Tomljanović
• Nudnida Luangnam / Peangtarn Plipuech

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2019 Thailand Open – Singles

• Dayana Yastremska def. Ajla Tomljanović, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6^(7–3).

Doubles

Main article: 2019 Thailand Open – Doubles

• Irina-Camelia Begu / Monica Niculescu def. Anna Blinkova / Wang Yafan, 2–6, 6–1, [12–10].