title: 2019 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles
text: # 2019 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles
  
  Daria Kasatkina was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Dayana Yastremska.
  
  Belinda Bencic won the title, defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final, 3–6, 6–1, 6–1. By defeating Kristina Mladenovic in the semifinals, Bencic qualified and earned the final berth for the 2019 WTA Finals, overtaking both Kiki Bertens and Serena Williams in the WTA race.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
  
  * Elina Svitolina (second round)
  * Kiki Bertens (quarterfinals)
  * Belinda Bencic (champion)
  * Donna Vekić (second round)
  * Dayana Yastremska (second round)
  * Anastasija Sevastova (second round)
  * Maria Sakkari (first round)
  * Ekaterina Alexandrova (quarterfinals)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | $6^6$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Karolína Muchová | 4 | $7^8$ | 1 | | | | | |
  | | Karolína Muchová | 4 | $7^8$ | 1 | | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | 1 | 1 |
  | | | | | | 3/WC | Belinda Bencic | 3 | 6 | 6 |
  | 3/WC | Belinda Bencic | 6 | 6 | | 3/WC | Belinda Bencic | 3 | 6 | 6 |
  | | Kristina Mladenovic | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | E Svitolina | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
  | | O Jabeur | 3 | 3 | | | V Kudermetova | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
  | | V Kudermetova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | V Kudermetova | $6^5$ | 5 | | | | |
  | Q | V Gracheva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Pavlyuchenkova | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | |
  | | A Tomljanović | 3 | 2 | | Q | V Gracheva | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Pavlyuchenkova | 5 | 6 | 6 | | A Pavlyuchenkova | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | M Sakkari | 7 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | A Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | $6^6$ | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | K Muchová | 4 | $7^8$ | 1 |
  | | | | | | 4 | D Vekić | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Kuznetsova | 2 | 3 | | | K Muchová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Muchová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Muchová | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | A Potapova | 0 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 8 | E Alexandrova | 3 | 4 | | | | |
  | WC | A Kalinskaya | 6 | 3 | 6 | WC | A Kalinskaya | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | J Čepelová | 1 | 4 | | 8 | E Alexandrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | E Alexandrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | D Yastremska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Kasatkina | 1 | 4 | | 5 | D Yastremska | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | K Flipkens | 6 | 6 | | Q | K Flipkens | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Vikhlyantseva | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | Q | K Flipkens | $6^8$ | 1 | | | | | |
  | | P Hercog | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3/WC | B Bencic | $7^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | | K Siniaková | 4 | 2 | | | P Hercog | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 3/WC | B Bencic | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3/WC | B Bencic | 6 | 6 |
  | 6 | A Sevastova | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | K Mladenovic | 3 | 4 |
  | | A Sasnovich | 1 | 5 | | 6 | A Sevastova | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Mladenovic | 6 | 3 | 6 | | K Mladenovic | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Y Putintseva | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | K Mladenovic | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
  | | T Babos | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | K Bertens | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
  | Q | K Kanepi | 6 | 6 | | Q | K Kanepi | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | K Bertens | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ## Qualifying
  
  ### Seeds
  
  * Kaia Kanepi (qualified)
  * Vitalia Diatchenko (first round)
  * Jasmine Paolini (first round)
  * Kirsten Flipkens (qualified)
  * Varvara Gracheva (qualified)
  * Tereza Martincová (qualifying competition)
  * Ana Bogdan (first round)
  * Varvara Flink (second round)
  
  ### Qualifiers
  
  * Kaia Kanepi
  * Jana Čepelová
  * Varvara Gracheva
  * Kirsten Flipkens
  
  ### Draw
  
  **First qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kaia Kanepi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | Vlada Koval | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | Vlada Koval | 0 | 0 | | 1 | Kaia Kanepi | 4 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | Anhelina Kalinina | $1^r$ | | | | | |
  | | Valentina Ivakhnenko | 3 | 6 | 4 | | Anhelina Kalinina | $1^r$ | | | | | |
  | | Anhelina Kalinina | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Anhelina Kalinina | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | 1 | Kaia Kanepi | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Tereza Martincová | 2 | 3 |
  | | Jana Fett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Tereza Martincová | 2 | 3 |
  | | Darija Jurak | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Darija Jurak | 4 | 2 | | | Jana Fett | 2 | 2 | | | | |
  | | | | | | 6 | Tereza Martincová | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Olga Govortsova | 2 | 3 | | 6 | Tereza Martincová | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 6 | Tereza Martincová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Second qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | Vitalia Diatchenko | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Isabella Shinikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Isabella Shinikova | 6 | 6 | | | Isabella Shinikova | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | |
  | | | | | | | Olga Danilović | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | |
  | | Olga Danilović | 3 | 6 | 6 | | Olga Danilović | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | |
  | | Sofya Lansere | 6 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Sofya Lansere | 6 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | Isabella Shinikova | 5 | 4 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | Jana Čepelová | 7 | 6 |
  | | Nadiia Kichenok | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | Jana Čepelová | 7 | 6 |
  | WC | Anastasia Zakharova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | Anastasia Zakharova | 6 | 6 | | WC | Anastasia Zakharova | 4 | 3 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | Jana Čepelová | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Jana Čepelová | 1 | 6 | 6 | | Jana Čepelová | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 7 | Ana Bogdan | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Third qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | Jasmine Paolini | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Giulia Gatto-Monticone | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Giulia Gatto-Monticone | 6 | 6 | | | Giulia Gatto-Monticone | 6 | 5 | $7^7$ | | | | |
  | | | | | | | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 3 | 7 | $6^4$ | | | | |
  | | Elitsa Kostova | 3 | 4 | | | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 3 | 7 | $6^4$ | | | | |
  | | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | Giulia Gatto-Monticone | 1 | 3 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Varvara Gracheva | 6 | 6 |
  | WC | Polina Kudermetova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Varvara Gracheva | 6 | 6 |
  | WC | Oksana Selekhmeteva | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | Oksana Selekhmeteva | 5 | 2 | | WC | Polina Kudermetova | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 5 | Varvara Gracheva | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Başak Eraydın | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | Varvara Gracheva | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | 5 | Varvara Gracheva | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Fourth qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | Kirsten Flipkens | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Anastasia Gasanova | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Anastasia Gasanova | 1 | 2 | | 4 | Kirsten Flipkens | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | Liudmila Samsonova | 5 | 4 | | | | |
  | | Kamilla Rakhimova | 4 | 6 | 2 | | Liudmila Samsonova | 5 | 4 | | | | |
  | | Liudmila Samsonova | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Liudmila Samsonova | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | 4 | Kirsten Flipkens | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | Gabriela Dabrowski | 1 | 4 |
  | | Gabriela Dabrowski | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Gabriela Dabrowski | 1 | 4 |
  | | Jaqueline Cristian | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Jaqueline Cristian | 5 | 0 | | | Gabriela Dabrowski | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | | 8 | Varvara Flink | 3 | 4 | | | | |
  | | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 2 | 3 | | 8 | Varvara Flink | 3 | 4 | | | | |
  | 8 | Varvara Flink | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  