The 2019 Launceston Tennis International was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fifth (men) and eighth (women) editions of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia between 28 January and 3 February 2019.
| 2019 Launceston Tennis International | |
|---|---|
| Date | 28 January–3 February 2019 |
| Edition | 5th (men) 8th (women) |
| Category | ATP Challenger Tour (Challenger 80) ITF Women's World Tennis Tour (W60) |
| Prize money | $54,160 (ATP) $60,000 (ITF)[1] |
| Surface | Hard |
| Location | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Lloyd Harris | |
| Women's singles | |
 Elena Rybakina | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Max Purcell / Luke Saville | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Chang Kai-chen / Hsu Ching-wen | |
Men's singles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSA
|
Lloyd Harris | 119 | 1 |
 JPN
|
Tatsuma Ito | 150 | 2 |
 ESP
|
Pedro Martínez | 165 | 3 |
| AUS
|
Marc Polmans | 169 | 4 |
 AUT
|
Sebastian Ofner | 180 | 5 |
| JPN
|
Hiroki Moriya | 185 | 6 |
 EGY
|
Mohamed Safwat | 186 | 7 |
 FRA
|
Stéphane Robert | 197 | 8 |
 ITA
|
Stefano Napolitano | 198 | 9 |
| ITA
|
Federico Gaio | 209 | 10 |
| JPN
|
Go Soeda | 211 | 11 |
| ITA
|
Lorenzo Giustino | 222 | 12 |
| ITA
|
Gian Marco Moroni | 226 | 13 |
 BRA
|
Guilherme Clezar | 234 | 14 |
 GBR
|
Jay Clarke | 236 | 15 |
 ISR
|
Dudi Sela | 239 | 16 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 14 January 2019.
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Women's singles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 GER
|
Laura Siegemund | 110 | 1 |
| JPN
|
Nao Hibino | 115 | 2 |
 UKR
|
Marta Kostyuk | 116 | 3 |
 RUS
|
Irina Khromacheva | 135 | 4 |
| ESP
|
Paula Badosa Gibert | 141 | 5 |
| ESP
|
Georgina García Pérez | 144 | 6 |
 BUL
|
Viktoriya Tomova | 151 | 7 |
 ROU
|
Irina Bara | 156 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 14 January 2019.
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Champions
editMen's singles
edit
Lloyd Harris def. 
Lorenzo Giustino 6–2, 6–2.
Women's singles
edit
Elena Rybakina def. 
Irina Khromacheva, 7–5, 3–3, ret.
Men's doubles
edit
Max Purcell / Luke Saville def. 
Hiroki Moriya / 
Mohamed Safwat 7–5, 6–4.
Women's doubles
edit
Chang Kai-chen / Hsu Ching-wen def. Alexandra Bozovic / Isabelle Wallace, 6–2, 6–4
References
edit- ^ "W60 Launceston". ITFtennis.com. ITF World Tennis Tour.
External links
edit- 2019 Launceston Tennis International at ITFtennis.com
- Official website