Toronto Premier 5

This week, Canada is hosting the best players in the world with the Rogers Cup.

Toronto has the WTA Premier 5 category tournament, while Montreal features the ATP Masters 1000 event.

Rogers Cup - a WTA Premier 5 category tournament, on Hard, Deco Turf, in Toronto , Canada, 5-11 August 2019.

Defending champion:

Simona Halep (1) who defeated Sloane Stephens (3) 7-6(6) 3-6 6-4

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

- Petra Kvitova replaced by Venus Williams 

- Garbine Muguruza replaced by Zheng Saisai 

- Wang Qiang replaced by Camila Giorgi 

- Marketa Vondrousova replaced by Victoria Azarenka  

The following players withdrew after the main draw was published:

- Amanda Anisimova replaced by alternate Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (back injury)

- Lesia Tsurenko replaced by lucky loser Zhang Shuai (elbow injury)

Ash Barty, world number 1, is top seed.

The other seeds are all in the top 19

The top 8 seeds have first round byes

First round results 

- Sofia Kenin defeated Hsieh Su-Wei 6-4 6-3

- Dayana Yastremska defeated Johanna Konta (13) 6-3 6-2

- Belinda Bencic (11) defeated qualifier Anastasia Potapova 6-2 6-1

- Julia Goerges defeated qualifier Polona Hercog 6-3 1-6 7-6(5)

- Anett Kontaveit (16) defeated wildcard Maria Sharapova 4-6 6-3 6-4

- Daria Kasatkina defeated Angie Kerber (12) 0-6 6-2 6-4

- Qualifier Francesca Di Lorenzo defeated Petra Martic 6-4 7-5

- Qualifier Marie Bouzkova defeated wildcard Leylah Fernandez 6-0 6-1

- Jelena Ostapenko defeated Caroline Garcia 6-3 6-3

- Wildcard Sveta Kuznetsova defeated qualifier Wang Xiyu 6-2 6-4

- Qualifier Jennifer Brady defeated wildcard Kristina Mladenovic 6-1 6-2

- Elise Mertens defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich 3-6 6-3 6-1

- Caroline Wozniacki (15) defeated Yulia Putintseva 6-4 6-2