2019 Silicon Valley Classic Explained

The 2019 Silicon Valley Classic (also known as the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 48th edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place between 29 July and 4 August 2019 in San Jose, California.^[1] It was the first women's event on the 2019 US Open Series.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	13	1
Women's doubles					1

Prize money

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style=background:#ededed	Women's singles	$128,100	$68,280	$37,330	$21,330	$10,670	$6,990	$3,225	$1,810
style=background:#ededed	Women's doubles	$40,300	$21,330	$11,735	$5,975	$3,240

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Ukraine	Elina Svitolina	7	1
Belarus	Aryna Sabalenka	10	2
Belgium	Elise Mertens	20	3
	Amanda Anisimova	23	4
	Donna Vekić	26	5
Spain	Carla Suárez Navarro	29	6
	Maria Sakkari	30	7
	Danielle Collins	33	8

• Rankings are as of July 22, 2019.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Daria Kasatkina
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• CoCo Vandeweghe
• Venus Williams

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kristie Ahn
  • Tímea Babos Mayo Hibi
• Harmony Tan

Withdrawals

• Petra Martić → replaced by Misaki Doi
• Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Marie Bouzková
• Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Heather Watson
• Wang Qiang → replaced by Madison Brengle

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Nicole Melichar	Czech Republic	Květa Peschke	37	1
	Desirae Krawczyk	Poland	Alicja Rosolska	78	2
Ukraine	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Ukraine	Nadiia Kichenok	81	3
Romania	Mihaela Buzărnescu	China	Zhang Shuai	90	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 22, 2019.

Finals

Singles

See main article: article and 2019 Silicon Valley Classic – Singles.

• Zheng Saisai defeated Aryna Sabalenka, 6−3, 7−6⁽⁷⁻³⁾

Doubles

See main article: article and 2019 Silicon Valley Classic – Doubles.

• Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke defeated Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara, 6−4, 6−4

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic Overview. wtatennis.com.