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2019 ASB Classic
2019 ASB Classic
Date	31 December 2018 - 6 January 2019 (women) ; 7-12 January 2019 (men)
Edition	34th (women) ; 43rd (men)
Category	WTA International ; ATP 250
Draw	32S / 16D (women) ; 28S / 16D (men)
Prize money	$250,000 (women) ; $450,110 (men)
Surface	Hard
Location	Auckland, New Zealand
Venue	ASB Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
	Tennys Sandgren
Women's singles
	Julia Görges
Men's doubles
	Ben McLachlan / Jan-Lennard Struff
Women's doubles
	Eugenie Bouchard / Sofia Kenin

Coordinates: 36°51?13?S 174°46?25?E / 36.853742°S 174.773507°E / -36.853742; 174.773507

The 2019 Auckland Open (sponsored by ASB Bank) was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 34th edition of the women's event,^[1] and the 43rd edition of the men's event.^[2] It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 31 December 2018 to 6 January 2019 for the women, and from 7 to 12 January 2019 for the men.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	250	150	90	45	20	0	12	6	0	N/A
Men's doubles	250	150	90	45	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Women's singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Women's doubles	280	180	110	60	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32¹	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	$89,435	$47,105	$25,515	$14,535	$8,565	$5,075	$2,285	$1,145	N/A
Men's doubles *	$27,170	$14,280	$7,740	$4,430	$2,590	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Women's singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$1,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Women's doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

_{¹ Qualifiers' prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}
_{* per team}

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
USA	John Isner	10	1
ITA	Fabio Fognini	13	2
ITA	Marco Cecchinato	20	3
ESP	Pablo Carreño Busta	23	4
~~ESP~~	~~Roberto Bautista Agut~~	24	5
KOR	Chung Hyeon	25	6
CAN	Denis Shapovalov	27	7
~~FRA~~	~~Gaël Monfils~~	29	8
USA	Steve Johnson	33	9

¹ Rankings as of December 31, 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Roberto Bautista Agut -> replaced by Laslo ?ere
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> replaced by Tennys Sandgren
Gaël Monfils -> replaced by Pablo Cuevas

Retirements

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
AUT	Oliver Marach	CRO	Mate Pavi?	7	1
USA	Bob Bryan	USA	Mike Bryan	15	2
RSA	Raven Klaasen	NZL	Michael Venus	31	3
POL	?ukasz Kubot	ARG	Horacio Zeballos	38	4

¹ Rankings as of December 31, 2018.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Philipp Oswald / Tim Pütz

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Pablo Cuevas

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	3	1
GER	Julia Görges	14	2
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	28	3
CRO	Petra Marti?	32	4
CZE	Barbora Strýcová	33	5
USA	Venus Williams	38	6
BEL	Kirsten Flipkens	47	7
BEL	Alison Van Uytvanck	49	8