New #1 Barty contests Eastbourne

The final tournaments in the week before Wimbledon include Eastbourne which hosts both a men’s and women’s event.

Firstly, winners of last week’s titles are:

Halle:

Roger Federer (1) defeated David Goffin 7-6(2) 6-1, the tenth Halle title for Roger.

Queens Club:

Wildcard Feliciano Lopez defeated Gilles Simon 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(2)

Mallorca:

Sofia Kenin (7) defeated Belinda Bencic (3) 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-4

Birmingham:

Ash Barty (2) defeated Julia Goerges (8) 6-3 7-5, the third 2019 title for Ash, and the one propelling her to world #1.

This week:

Nature Valley International Eastbourne - a WTA Premier category tournament, on Grass, in Eastbourne, Great Britain, 23-29 June 2019.

Defending champion:

Caroline Wozniacki (1) who defeated Aryna Sabalenka 7-5 7-6(5)

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

- Bianca Andreescu replaced by Evgeniya Rodina 

- Dominika Cibulková replaced by Rebecca Peterson 

- Tatjana Maria replaced by Andrea Petkovic 

- Alison Riske replaced by lucky loser Magda Linette 

The following players withdrew after the main draw was published:

- Donna Vekic (hip injury) replaced by lucky loser Daria Gavrilova 

- Wang Qiang (12) (back injury) replaced by lucky loser Pauline Parmentier, who also takes the seeded place in the draw.

Ash Barty, world number 1, is top seed.

The other seeds are all in the top 20

The top eight seeds have first round byes.

First round results 

- Maria Sakkari defeated qualifier Jessica Pegula 6-2 6-1

- Johanna Konta (14) defeated qualifier Dayana Yastremska 6-2 6-4

- Zhang Shuai defeated wildcard Katie Swan 7-6(7) 4-6 6-4

- Alizé Cornet defeated wildcard Heather Watson 7-5 6-2

- Rebecca Peterson defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich 4-6 6-3 6-2

- Lucky loser Pauline Parmentier defeated lucky loser Magda Linette 7-6(2) 2-6 6-4

- Andrea Petkovic defeated Daria Kasatkina 5-7 6-4 6-2

- Anett Kontaveit (16) defeated wildcard Harriet Dart 3-6 6-4 6-2

- Anna-Lena Friedsam defeated qualifier Fiona Ferro 6-2 6-2

- Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated Ajla Tomljanovic 6-2 7-6(1)

- Elise Mertens defeated Monica Puig 6-4 7-6(2)

- Margarita Gasparyan defeated Katerina Siniakova 6-3 6-3

Nature Valley International Eastbourne - an ATP 250 category tournament, on Grass, in Eastbourne, Great Britain, 23-29 June 2019.

Defending champion:

Mischa Zverev who defeated Lukas Lacko 6-4 6-4

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

- Matteo Berrettini replaced by Leonardo Mayer 

- Richard Gasquet replaced by Sam Querrey 

- Philipp Kohlschreiber replaced by Steve Johnson 

Guido Pella, world number 26,is top seed.

The other seeds are all in the top 41

The top four seeds have first round byes.