Jurmala, Palermo first round

First round results from Jurmala and Palermo.

Baltic Open - a WTA International category tournament, on Red Clay, in Jurmala, Latvia, 22-28 July 2019.

This is the first edition of the Baltic Open, which replaces the Moscow River Cup, contested only in 2018.

First round results 

- Dalila Jakupovic defeated Ana Bogdan 6-3 7-6(5)

- Irina Bara defeated Margarita Gasparyan (5) 6-4 4-6 4-0 (retired)

- Wildcard Diana Marcinkevica defeated wildcard Kamilla Rakhimova 6-4 6-3

- Qualifier Valentyna Ivakhnenko defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-0 6-4

- Anhelina Kalinina defeated Katerina Siniakova (3) 4-6 6-4 6-1

- Patricia Maria Tig defeated Ankita Raina 6-2 6-1

- Elena Rybakina defeated Han Xinyun 6-1 6-2

- Qualifier Paula Ormaechea defeated Kristina Kucova 6-4 4-1 (retired)

- Qualifier Nina Stojanovic defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich (4) 4-6 6-3 6-4

- Wildcard Jana Fett defeated Tatjana Maria (7) 6-4 1-6 6-4

- Qualifier Katarzyna Kawa defeated Ysaline Bonaventure 2-6 6-4 6-1

- Chloe Paquet defeated qualifier Basak Eraydin 6-3 7-5

- Caroline Garcia (2) defeated Kristyna Pliskova 6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(6) 

- Anastasija Sevastova (1) defeated Varvara Flink 6-2 6-1

- Bernarda Pera defeated Jelena Ostapenko (8) 6-2 6-1

Palermo Ladies Open - a WTA International category tournament, on Red Clay, in Palermo, Italy, 22-28 July 2019.

This is the first time the tournament has been held since 2013.

First round results 

- Aleksandra Krunic defeated qualifier Jessica Pieri 6-2 6-3

- Arantxa Rus defeated qualifier Amandine Hesse 6-1 6-3

- Paula Badosa defeated Pauline Parmentier (5) 6-4 7-6(4)

- Wildcard Giulia Gatto-Monticone defeated Antonia Lottner 6-2 1-1 (retired)

- Lucky loser Liudmila Samsonova defeated qualifier Jaimee Fourlis 6-3 6-4

- Tamara Zidansek (4) defeated Lara Arruabarrena 6-2 6-3

- Qualifier Gabriela Ce defeated lucky loser Georgina Garcia Perez 6-4 1-6 7-6(4)

- Irina-Camelia Begu defeated qualifier Tereza Mrdeza 7-5 6-2

- Jasmine Paolini defeated Laura Siegemund (6) 6-1 6-4

- Lucky loser Fanny Stollar defeated wildcard Sara Errani 6-1 3-6 6-4

- Fiona Ferro defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo (7) 6-4 7-5

- Jil Teichmann (8) defeated Daria Gavrilova 7-6(3) 7-5

- Anna-Lena Friedsam defeated Stefanie Voegele 6-2 7-6(6)

- Kiki Bertens (1) defeated Ekaterine Gorgodze 6-0 6-1

- Viktoria Kuzmova (3) defeated qualifier Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-4 3-6 6-3

- Alizé Cornet (2) defeated wildcard Martina Trevisan 6-7(5) 6-4 6-1