2019 Kremlin Cup

{{TennisEventInfo|2019|Kremlin Cup| | date= 14–20 October | edition=30th (men) / 24th (women) | surface=Indoor [[hardcourt|hard]] | prize_money=ATP $922,520 WTA $1,032,000 | location=Moscow, Russia | venue=[[Ice Palace Krylatskoye]] | category=[[ATP World Tour 250 series|ATP Tour 250]] (men) {{Nowrap|[[WTA Premier tournaments|WTA Premier]]}} (women) | champms={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrey Rublev]] | champws={{flagicon|SUI}} [[Belinda Bencic]] | champmd={{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Demoliner]] / {{flagicon|NED}} [[Matwé Middelkoop]] | champwd={{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shuko Aoyama]] / {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ena Shibahara]] | after_year=2021 }}

The '''2019 Kremlin Cup''' (also known as the '''2019 [[VTB Bank|VTB]] Kremlin Cup''' for sponsorship reasons) was a professional [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[hard court]]s. It was the 30th edition of the [[Kremlin Cup]] for the men and the 24th edition for the women. The tournament was part of the [[ATP World Tour 250 series|ATP Tour 250 series]] of the [[2019 ATP Tour]],<ref>{{cite web|title=ATP Kremlin Cup Overview|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/moscow/438/overview|website=atptour.com}}</ref> and of the [[WTA Premier tournaments|Premier Series]] of the [[2019 WTA Tour]].<ref>{{cite web|title=WTA Kremlin Cup Overview|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/2019-moscow-russia-730%20|website=wtatennis.com}}</ref> It took place at the [[Ice Palace Krylatskoye]] in Moscow, Russia, from 14 October through 20 October 2019.

== 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="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |width=85|Q |width=85|Q3 |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- | style="background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Men's singles''' |$144,830 |$78,310 |$43,250 |$24,575 |$14,130 |$8,465 |$0 | {{n/a}} |$4,095 |$2,045 |- | style="background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Men's doubles *''' |$47,520 |$24,350 |$13,200 |$7,550 |$4,420 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |- | style="background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Women's singles''' |$180,520 |$96,400 |$51,490 |$27,680 |$14,840 |$9,420 |$0 |$4,230 |$2,250 |$1,125 |- | style="background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Women's doubles *''' |$56,465 |$30,165 |$16,485 |$8,390 |$4,555 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |} *per team

==ATP singles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |<s>{{flag|RUS}}</s> |<s>[[Daniil Medvedev]]</s> |<s>4</s> |<s>1</s> |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Karen Khachanov]] |9 |2 |- |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Marin Čilić]] |25 |3 |- |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Dušan Lajović]] |31 |4 |- |{{flag|CHI}} |[[Cristian Garín]] |32 |5 |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Andrey Rublev]] |33 |6 |-style="background:#fcc;" |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Adrian Mannarino]] |44 |7 |- |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Miomir Kecmanović]] |50 |8 |} * Rankings are as of October 7, 2019

===Other entrants=== The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alen Avidzba]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Evgeny Donskoy]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alibek Kachmazov]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Artem Dubrivnyy]] * {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Damir Džumhur]] * {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Egor Gerasimov]] * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lukáš Rosol]]

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nikola Milojević (tennis)|Nikola Milojević]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Daniil Medvedev]]

==ATP doubles main-draw entrants==

=== Seeds ===

{|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Nikola Mektić]] |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Franko Škugor]] |39 |1 |- |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Jamie Murray]] |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Neal Skupski]] |41 |2 |- |{{flag|NZL}} |[[Marcus Daniell]] |{{flag|AUT}} |[[Philipp Oswald]] |93 |3 |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|BRA}} |[[Marcelo Demoliner]] |{{flag|NED}} |[[Matwé Middelkoop]] |114 |4 |} *1 Rankings are as of October 7, 2019

=== Other entrants === The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Savriyan Danilov]] / {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Roman Safiullin]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Evgeny Donskoy]] / {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrey Rublev]]

==WTA singles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="180"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|UKR}} |[[Elina Svitolina]] |4 |1 |- |{{flag|NED}} |[[Kiki Bertens]] |8 |2 |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|SUI}} |[[Belinda Bencic]] |10 |3 |- |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Donna Vekić]] |21 |4 |- |{{flag|UKR}} |[[Dayana Yastremska]] |23 |5 |- |{{flag|LAT}} |[[Anastasija Sevastova]] |25 |6 |- |{{flag|GRE}} |[[Maria Sakkari]] |30 |7 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Ekaterina Alexandrova]] |35 |8 |}

* Rankings are as of October 7, 2019

===Other entrants=== The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Belinda Bencic]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Kalinskaya]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Jana Čepelová]] * {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kirsten Flipkens]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Varvara Gracheva]] * {{flagicon|EST}} [[Kaia Kanepi]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Simona Halep]] → replaced by {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Ons Jabeur]] * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Johanna Konta]] → replaced by {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] * {{flagicon|EST}} [[Anett Kontaveit]] → replaced by {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Potapova]] * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petra Kvitová]] → replaced by {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Polona Hercog]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Garbiñe Muguruza]] → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Kristina Mladenovic]] * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Markéta Vondroušová]] → replaced by {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Veronika Kudermetova]]

==WTA doubles main-draw entrants==

=== Seeds ===

{|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|HUN}} |[[Tímea Babos]] |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Kristina Mladenovic]] |4 |1 |- |{{flag|CAN}} |[[Gabriela Dabrowski]] |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Kateřina Siniaková]] |16 |2 |-style="background:#fcc;" |{{flag|BEL}} |[[Kirsten Flipkens]] |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Bethanie Mattek-Sands]] |50 |3 |- |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Darija Jurak]] |{{flag|POL}} |[[Alicja Rosolska]] |67 |4 |} *1 Rankings are as of October 7, 2019

=== Other entrants === The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alina Charaeva]] / {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sofya Lansere]]

==Champions==

===Men's singles=== {{Main|2019 Kremlin Cup – Men's singles}} * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Andrey Rublev]]''' def {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Adrian Mannarino]], 6–4, 6–0

===Women's singles=== {{Main|2019 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles}} * {{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[Belinda Bencic]]''' def. {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]], 3–6, 6–1, 6–1

===Men's doubles=== {{Main|2019 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles}} * {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Marcelo Demoliner]]''' / {{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Matwé Middelkoop]]''' def. {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Simone Bolelli]] / {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Andrés Molteni]], 6–1, 6–2

===Women's doubles=== {{Main|2019 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles}} * '''{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shuko Aoyama]]''' / '''{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ena Shibahara]]''' def. {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kirsten Flipkens]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bethanie Mattek-Sands]], 6–2, 6–1

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.kremlincup.ru/index-eng.html}}

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