2019 Kunming Open Explained

Date:	15–21 April (ATP) 22–28 April (WTA)
Edition:	8th (ATP) 2nd (WTA)
Category:	ATP Challenger Tour WTA 125K series
Location:	Anning, China
Surface:	Clay
Prize Money:	$162,480+H (ATP) $125,000 (WTA)
Champms:	Jay Clarke
Champmd:	Max Purcell / Luke Saville
Champws:	Zheng Saisai
Champwd:	Peng Shuai / Yang Zhaoxuan

The 2019 Kunming Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the eighth (ATP) and second (WTA) edition of the tournament and part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour^[1] and the 2019 WTA 125K series respectively.^[2] It took place in Anning, China, from 15–28 April 2019.

Men's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Australia	Jordan Thompson	67	1
India	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	82	2
Poland	Kamil Majchrzak	131	3
	Jason Jung	134	4
India	Ramkumar Ramanathan	141	5
Australia	Alex Bolt	145	6
Austria	Dennis Novak	156	7
Australia	Jason Kubler	159	8
Australia	James Duckworth	160	9
Serbia	Nikola Milojević	183	10
Spain	Enrique López Pérez	185	11
Kazakhstan	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	187	12
France	Maxime Janvier	202	13
United Kingdom	Jay Clarke	209	14
Czech Republic	Adam Pavlásek	211	15
China	Zhang Ze	213	16

• ¹ Rankings as of 8 April 2019.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Gao Xin
• He Yecong
• Li Yuanfeng
• Liu Hanyi
• Sun Fajing

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:

• Nicolás Barrientos

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Jacob Grills
• Ben Patael

Women's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
China	Zhang Shuai	42	1
China	Zheng Saisai	43	2
Australia	Samantha Stosur	77	3
China	Zhu Lin	94	4
China	Peng Shuai	120	5
Russian Federation	Irina Khromacheva	137	6
United States	Danielle Lao	155	7
Uzbekistan	Sabina Sharipova	156	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 15 April 2019.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Duan Yingying
• Ma Shuyue
• Peng Shuai
• Yang Zhaoxuan
• Zhang Shuai
• Zheng Saisai

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

• Gao Xinyu

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Miharu Imanishi
• Kaylah McPhee
• Chihiro Muramatsu
• Peangtarn Plipuech

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Miyabi Inoue

Withdrawals

• Deniz Khazaniuk → replaced by Miyabi Inoue

Retirements

• Irina Khromacheva (fever)
• Danielle Lao (right lower leg injury)
• Sabina Sharipova (gastro-intestinal illness)
• Zhang Kailin (low back injury)

Women's doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
China	Duan Yingying	China	Han Xinyun	137	1
China	Peng Shuai	China	Yang Zhaoxuan	166	2
Russian Federation	Olga Doroshina	Russian Federation	Irina Khromacheva	199	3
China	Jiang Xinyu	China	Tang Qianhui	260	4

• Rankings are as of 15 April 2019

Other entrants

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Maddison Inglis / Miyabi Inoue

Withdrawals

• Irina Khromacheva (viral illness)

Retirements

• Ashley Kratzer (left shoulder injury)

Champions

Men's singles

See main article: 2019 Kunming Open – Men's singles.

• Jay Clarke def. Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6–4, 6–3

Women's singles

See main article: 2019 Kunming Open – Women's singles.

• Zheng Saisai def. Zhang Shuai 6–4, 6–1

Men's doubles

See main article: 2019 Kunming Open – Men's doubles.

• Max Purcell / Luke Saville def. David Pel / Hans Podlipnik Castillo 4–6, 7–5, [10–5]

Women's doubles

See main article: 2019 Kunming Open – Women's doubles.

• Peng Shuai / Yang Zhaoxuan def. Duan Yingying / Han Xinyun 7–5, 6–2

Notes and References

1. Web site: ATP Anning Overview. atpworldtour.com.
2. Web site: WTA Anning Overview. wtatennis.com.