Tuesday 19 February 2019

Titles to Monfils, Opelka, Cecchinato

Five tournaments are on the tennis calendar this week and three titles were decided last Sunday.


ABN AMRO  World Tennis Tournament 

Final

  • Gaël Monfils defeated Wildcard Stan Wawrinka 6-3 1-6 6-2

New York Open 

Final

  • Reilly Opelka defeated qualifier Brayden Schnur 6-1 6-7(7) 7-6(7)

Argentina Open

Final

  • Marco Cecchinato (3) defeated Diego Schwartzman (4) 6-1 6-2

This weeks tournaments


Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships - a WTA Premier 5 category tournament, on Hard Decoturf, in Dubai, UAE, 17-23 February 2019.

Defending champion:

Elina Svitolina who defeated Dasha Kasatkina 6-4 6-0


The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

  • Ash Barty replaced by Ons Jabeur
  • Danielle Collins replaced by Ekaterina Makarova 
  • Camila Giorgi replaced by Dalila Jakupovic 
  • Madison Keys replaced by Dayana Yastremska 
  • Maria Sakkari replaced by Tímea Babos 
  • Samantha Stosur replaced by Stefanie Voegele 
  • Qiang Wang replaced by Vera Lapko 

Naomi Osaka , world number 1, is top seed.

The other fifteen seeds are all in the top 21.

The top eight seeds have first round byes.


Rio Open - an ATP 500 category tournament, on Red Clay, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18-24 February 2019.

Defending champion:

Diego Schwartzman who defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-2 6-3


The following player withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

  • Pablo Carreno Busta replaced by Cameron Norrie 

Dominic Thiem, world number 8, is top seed.

The other seven seeds are all in the top 50, three of those in the top 20.

There are no byes.


Open 13 Provence - an ATP 250 category tournament, on Hard Gerflor, in Marseille, France, 18-24 February 2019.

Defending champion:

Karen Khachanov who defeated Lucas Pouille 7-5 3-6 7-5


Khachanov won’t be defending his title, and his place in the tournament was taken by Ernests Gulbis.

As well as Khachanov, the following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

  • Hyeon Chung replaced by Sergiy Stakhovsky 
  • Matthew Ebden replaced by Denis Kudla 
  • Kyle Edmund replaced by Peter Gojowczyk 
  • Marton Fucsovics replaced by Jiri Vesely
  • Pierre-Hugues Herbert replaced by Hubert Hurkacz
  • Andy Murray replaced by Andrey Rublev 

Stefanos Tsitsipas, world number 12, is top seed.

The other seven seeds are all in the top 35.

The top four seeds have first round byes.


Delray Beach Open by Vitacost.com - an ATP 250 category tournament, on Hard Plexipave, in Delray Beach, USA, 18-24 February 2019.

Defending champion:

Frances Tiafoe who defeated Peter Gojowczyk 6-1 6-4


The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

  • Kevin Anderson replaced by Marcel Granollers 
  • Bradley Klahn replaced by Jason Jung 
  • Michael Mmoh replaced by Lukas Lacko 
  • Milos Raonic replaced by Jared Donaldson 
  • Jack Sock replaced by Paolo Lorenzi 

Juan Martin del Potro, world number 4, is top seed.

Five of the other seven seeds are in the top 50, one in the top 10.

There are no byes.


Hungarian Ladies Open - a WTA International category tournament, on Hard Rebound Ace, in Budapest, Hungary, 18-24 February 2019.

Defending champion:

Alison Van Uytvanck who defeated Dominika Cibulková 6-3 3-6 7-5


The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

  • Margarita Gasparyan replaced by Kateryna Kozlova 
  • Tatjana Maria replaced by Anna Blinkova
  • Magdaléna Rybáriková replaced by Olga Danilovic 
  • Anna Karolina Schmiedlova replaced by Fiona Ferro 

Alison Van Uytvanck, world number 50, is top seed.

Six of the other seven seeds are in the top 70.

There are no byes.

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