WTA Bronx

A week out from the US Open, a final hit out for some of the women is in The Bronx, New York City. This is the first time the tournament has been held as part of the WTA Tour, and replaces the Tournoi de Quebec.

Bronx Open - a WTA International category tournament, on Hard, Decoturf, in The Bronx, New York City, USA, 18-24 August 2019.

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

- Danielle Collins replaced by Veronika Kudermetova 

- Anna-Lena Friedsam replaced by Wang Yafan 

- Johanna Konta replaced by Karolina Muchova 

- Anett Kontaveit replaced by Margarita Gasparyan 

- Maria Sakkari replaced by Kateryna Kozlova 

- Dayana Yastremska replaced by Alison Van Uytvanck 

The following players withdrew after the main draw was published:

- Carla Suarez Navarro (2) replaced by lucky loser Viktorija Golubic 

- Zheng Saisai (6) replaced by lucky loser Laura Siegemund 

- Ajla Tomljanovic (8) replaced by lucky loser Anna Blinkova

The draw has been rearranged so that third seed Barbora Strycova is now placed where second seed Suarez Navarro would have been (inheriting a first round bye), and Blinkova is placed where eighth seed Tomljanovic would have been.

Additionally, Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Karolina Muchova were assigned as ninth and tenth seeds, and placed in the draw accordingly.

Wang Qiang, world number 18, is top seed.

The other seeds are all in the top 47

The top two seeds have first round byes.

First round results

- Alizé Cornet defeated Kateryna Kozlova 6-4 6-2

- Wildcard Bernarda Pera defeated Veronika Kudermetova 6-0 6-2

- Qualifier Fiona Ferro defeated lucky loser Viktorija Golubic 6-0 6-1

- Mihaela Buzarnescu defeated lucky loser Laura Siegemund 3-6 6-0 6-4

- Lucky loser Anna Blinkova defeated wildcard Coco Vandeweghe 6-3 6-0

- Andrea Petkovic defeated Zhang Shuai (4) 6-3 6-4

- Camila Giorgi defeated Margarita Gasparyan 6-3 6-2

- Qualifier Zhu Lin defeated Yulia Putintseva (7) 7-6(2) 6-4

- Karolina Muchova (10) defeated Viktoria Kuzmova 7-5 6-2

- Wildcard Kristie Ahn defeated qualifier Jil Teichmann 6-3 6-4

- Qualifier Magda Linette defeated qualifier Kaia Kanepi 6-2 7-5

- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (9) defeated Polona Hercog 6-3 6-2

- Katerina Siniakova (5) defeated Wang Yafan 6-3 6-2

- Qualifier Anastasia Potapova defeated Alison Van Uytvanck 4-6 6-4 6-2