2019 Brisbane International

{{short description|Tennis tournament}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{TennisEventInfo|2019|Brisbane International| | date=30 December 2018 – 6 January 2019 | edition=11th | category = [[ATP Tour 250|ATP Tour 250 series]] / [[WTA Premier tournaments|WTA Premier]] | surface=[[Hardcourt|Hard]] | location=[[Tennyson, Queensland|Tennyson]], [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], Australia | venue=[[Queensland Tennis Centre]] | prize_money= | champms={{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kei Nishikori]] | champws={{flagicon|CZE}} [[Karolína Plíšková]] | champmd={{flagicon|NZL}} [[Marcus Daniell]] / {{flagicon|NED}} [[Wesley Koolhof]] | champwd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Nicole Melichar]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Květa Peschke]] }}

The '''2019 Brisbane International''' was a tournament on the [[2019 ATP Tour]] and [[2019 WTA Tour]]. It was played on outdoor [[hard court]]s in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], Australia. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament and took place at the [[Queensland Tennis Centre]] in [[Tennyson, Queensland|Tennyson]]. It was held from 30 December 2018 to 6 January 2019<ref>[https://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/schedules/provisional-schedule/ Provisional Schedule], Brisbane International</ref> as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.

== Points and prize money ==

=== Point distribution === {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- | style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Event''' | style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |width=85 |Q |width=85 |Q3 |width=85 |Q2 |width=85 |Q1 |- ! style="background:#ededed;"| Men's singles |rowspan=2|250 |rowspan=2|150 |rowspan=2|90 |rowspan=2|45 |20 |0 |12 |{{n/a}} |6 |0 |- ! style="background:#ededed;"| Men's doubles | 0 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |- ! style="background:#ededed;"| Women's singles |rowspan=2|470 |rowspan=2|305 |rowspan=2|185 |rowspan=2|100 |55 |1 |25 |18 |13 |1 |- ! style="background:#ededed;"| Women's doubles | 1 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |}

=== Prize money === {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- | style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Event''' | style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="background:#afeeee;"|Round of 321 |width=85|Q3 |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- | style="background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Men's singles''' |$90,990 |$49,205 |$27,175 |$15,435 |$8,880 |$5,320 | {{n/a}} |$2,575 |$1,285 |- | style="background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Men's doubles *''' |$29,860 |$15,300 |$8,290 |$4,740 |$2,780 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |- | style="background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Women's singles''' |$188,280 |$100,580 |$53,665 |$23,685 |$12,705 |$6,940 |$3,625 |$1,925 |$1,065 |- | style="background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Women's doubles *''' |$48,330 |$25,820 |$14,110 |$7,180 |$3,900 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |} 1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team

== ATP singles main-draw entrants ==

=== Seeds === {|class="sortable wikitable" !width=70|Country !width=175|Player !Rank1 !Seed |- |<s>{{flag|ESP}}</s> |<s>[[Rafael Nadal]]</s> |<s>2</s> |<s>1</s> |- |{{flag|JPN}} |[[Kei Nishikori]] |9 |2 |- |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Kyle Edmund]] |14 |3 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Daniil Medvedev]] |16 |4 |- |{{flag|CAN}} |[[Milos Raonic]] |18 |5 |- |{{flag|BUL}} |[[Grigor Dimitrov]] |19 |6 |- |{{flag|AUS}} |[[Alex de Minaur]] |31 |7 |- |{{flag|AUS}} |[[Nick Kyrgios]] |35 |8 |} * 1 Rankings are as of 24 December 2018.

=== Other entrants === The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Alex Bolt]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[James Duckworth (tennis)|James Duckworth]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Alexei Popyrin]]

The following players received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Andy Murray]] * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]]

The following players received entry from the [[Glossary of tennis terms#Qualifier|qualifying]] draw: * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Ugo Humbert]] * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Miomir Kecmanović]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Thanasi Kokkinakis]] * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yasutaka Uchiyama]]

The following player received entry by a lucky loser: * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Taro Daniel]]

=== Withdrawals === ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rafael Nadal]] → replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Taro Daniel]] * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Mischa Zverev]] → replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshihito Nishioka]]

== ATP doubles main-draw entrants ==

=== Seeds === {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Bob Bryan]] |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Mike Bryan]] |15 |1 |- |{{flag|JPN}} |[[Ben McLachlan]] |{{flag|GER}} |[[Jan-Lennard Struff]] |40 |2 |- |{{flag|FIN}} |[[Henri Kontinen]] |{{flag|AUS}} |[[John Peers]] |49 |3 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Rajeev Ram]] |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Joe Salisbury]] |51 |4 |} * 1 Rankings are as of 24 December 2018.

=== Other entrants === The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[James Duckworth (tennis)|James Duckworth]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jordan Thompson (tennis)|Jordan Thompson]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Alex de Minaur]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lleyton Hewitt]]

== WTA singles main-draw entrants ==

=== Seeds === {|class="sortable wikitable" !width=70|Country !width=175|Player !Rank1 !Seed |- |{{flag|UKR}} |[[Elina Svitolina]] |4 |1 |- |{{flag|JPN}} |[[Naomi Osaka]] |5 |2 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Sloane Stephens]] |6 |3 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Petra Kvitová]] |7 |4 |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Karolína Plíšková]] |8 |5 |- |{{flag|NED}} |[[Kiki Bertens]] |9 |6 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Daria Kasatkina]] |10 |7 |- |{{flag|LAT}} |[[Anastasija Sevastova]] |11 |8 |- |} * 1 Rankings are as of 24 December 2018.

=== Other entrants === The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kimberly Birrell]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Priscilla Hon]]<ref name="AOWC">{{cite web|url=https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2018/12/06/hon-kubler-australian-open-brisbane-wildcards|title=Priscilla Hon and Jason Kubler are awarded Australian Open and Brisbane International wildcards |publisher=[[Tennis Australia]]|date=6 December 2018|access-date=6 December 2018}}</ref> * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Destanee Aiava]] * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Marie Bouzková]] * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Harriet Dart]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Potapova]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Camila Giorgi]] → replaced by {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ajla Tomljanović]]

== WTA doubles main-draw entrants ==

=== Seeds === {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Barbora Krejčíková]] |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Kateřina Siniaková]] |2 |1 |- |{{flag|CAN}} |[[Gabriela Dabrowski]] |{{flag|CHN}} |[[Xu Yifan]] |22 |2 |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Nicole Melichar]] |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Květa Peschke]] |28 |3 |-style="background:#fcc;" |{{flag|TPE}} |[[Chan Hao-ching]] |{{flag|TPE}} |[[Latisha Chan]] |45 |4 |} * 1 Rankings are as of 24 December 2018.

=== Other entrants === The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Daria Gavrilova]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Karolína Plíšková]] * {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Elise Mertens]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]] The following pairs received entry as alternates: * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Olga Danilović]] / {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Potapova]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Daria Gavrilova]] (right shoulder injury)

== Champions ==

=== Men's singles === {{Main|2019 Brisbane International – Men's singles}} * {{flagicon|JPN}} '''[[Kei Nishikori]]''' def. {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Daniil Medvedev]], 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

=== Women's singles === {{Main|2019 Brisbane International – Women's singles}} * {{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[Karolína Plíšková]]''' def. {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Lesia Tsurenko]], 4–6, 7–5, 6–2

=== Men's doubles === {{Main|2019 Brisbane International – Men's doubles}} * {{flagicon|NZL}} '''[[Marcus Daniell]]''' / {{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Wesley Koolhof]]''' def. {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rajeev Ram]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Joe Salisbury]], 6–4, 7–6(8–6)

=== Women's doubles === {{Main|2019 Brisbane International – Women's doubles}} * {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Nicole Melichar]]''' / {{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[Květa Peschke]]''' def. {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chan Hao-ching]] / {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Latisha Chan]], 6–1, 6–1

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/}}

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