The 2019 Karlsruhe Open (also known as the Liqui Moly Open Karlsruhe for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the 1st edition of the tournament and part of the

2019 WTA 125K series The WTA 125K series is the secondary professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association. The 2019 WTA 125K series calendar consists of eleven tournaments, each with a total prize fund of $125,000 except the Oracle Challenger S ...

, offering a total of $125,000 in prize money. It took place in Karlsruhe, Germany between 29 July and 4 August 2019.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 22 July 2019.

Other entrants

The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw: * Katharina Hobgarski *

Sabine Lisicki Sabine Katharina Lisicki (; born 22 September 1989) is a German professional tennis player. Lisicki turned professional in 2006, and her breakthrough came in 2009 when she reached the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships, and also won h ...

* Jule Niemeier The following players qualified into the singles main draw: *

Laura Ioana Paar Laura Ioana Paar (née Andrei; born 31 May 1988) is a Romanian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 190 in singles, achieved on 31 January 2021, and 113 in doubles, set on 9 March 2020. Laura has won one doubles title on the WTA ...

* Stephanie Wagner * Yuan Yue *

Renata Voráčová Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player. Voráčová has won 11 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and 56 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 Oc ...

The following player received entry into the main draw as a lucky loser: *

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Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Ana Bogdan → replaced by Elena-Gabriela Ruse * Mona Barthel → replaced by Ekaterine Gorgodze * Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by

* Kristína Kučová → replaced by

Patricia Maria Țig Patricia Maria Țig (born 27 July 1994) is a Romanian tennis player. Țig has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 56, achieved on 26 October 2020. Her best doubles ranking of world No. 155, she achieved on 14 November 2016. Țig has won o ...

* Mandy Minella → replaced by Bibiane Schoofs * Natalia Vikhlyantseva → replaced by Han Xinyun

Retirements

Irina-Camelia Begu Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 22 in the world, in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking, also No. 22. Begu ...

(left thigh injury) * Tereza Martincová (right thigh injury) * Tamara Zidanšek (left knee injury)

Doubles entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 22 July 2019.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: *

/ Bibiane Schoofs

Champions

Singles

def.

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3–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

* Lara Arruabarrena /

def. Han Xinyun / Yuan Yue 6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 0–4

References

External links

Official website
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