The Rabat Open starts on April 29, 2019 and takes place at Club des Cheminots in Rabat, Morocco. The tournament is played on outdoor clay courts and the defending champion is Elise Mertens. The Rabat Open is part of the WTA International series. The winner gets $43,000 in prize money and 280 WTA points. The total prize money for the 2019 Rabat Open is $250,000.
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TV stations will available shortly before the start of the tournament.
The seeds for the 2019 edition of Rabat Open are:
Seed # | Name |
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1 | Elise Mertens |
2 | Su-wei Hsieh |
3 | Yulia Putintseva |
4 | Ajla Tomljanovic |
Preview
The 2019 edition of the WTA tournament in Rabat, Morocco will start with the defending champion (Elise Mertens) on the main draw, as the top seed. Ajla Tomljanovic, last year’s finalist, will be also present at the start of the tournament as the fourth seed. For Mertens, this is a chance to grab the second singles trophy of the season, after she defeated Simona Halep in Qatar. In the doubles competition, the Belgian player has had much more success. She managed to win both Indian Wells and Miami Open, completing what is also called the “Sunshine double” in doubles. Overall, Mertens seems to be in good form and she’s the main favourite of the competition.
The second seed, Su-Wei Hsieh, starts her clay season in Morocco. Her performances this season were not great, but she looks pretty stable, reaching two semifinals in big tournaments. However, Hsieh is not a good clay player, so we cannot expect too much from her.
Apart from a last-16 appearance in Miami, there’s not much to say about Yulia Putintseva’s season. She is seeded third in Rabat, but it remains to be seen how far she will go in the competition.
Last year’s finalist the this year’s fourth seed Ajla Tomljanovic has had a mediocre season so far, besides the final she lost in Thailand. Overall, the Croatian turned Australian has lost all the finals she played in (four).
List of live matches from Rabat Open:
- Elise Mertens vs Ivana Jorovic Live Streaming
- Isabella Shinikova vs Maria Sakkari Live Streaming
- Johanna Konta vs Ana Bogdan Live Streaming
- Lara Arruabarrena vs Su-Wei Hsieh Live Streaming
- Polona Hercog vs Rebecca Peterson Live Streaming
- Tamara Zidansek vs Ysaline Bonaventure Live Streaming
- Timea Bacsinszky vs Ajla Tomljanovic Live Streaming
- Varvara Lepchenko vs Alison Uytvanck Live Streaming
- WTA Rabat Open live streaming
Rabat Open past winners:
Location | Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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Casablanca | 2001 | Zsófia Gubacsi | Maria Elena Camerin | 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
Casablanca | 2002 | Patricia Wartusch | Klára Koukalová | 5–7, 6–3, 6–3 |
Casablanca | 2003 | Rita Grande | Antonella Serra Zanetti | 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 |
Casablanca | 2004 | Émilie Loit | Ľudmila Cervanová | 6–2, 6–2 |
Rabat | 2005 | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Zheng Jie | 6–4, 6–2 |
Rabat | 2006 | Meghann Shaughnessy | Martina Suchá | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
Fes | 2007 | Milagros Sequera | Aleksandra Wozniak | 6–1, 6–3 |
Fes | 2008 | Gisela Dulko | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5) |
Fes | 2009 | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Ekaterina Makarova | 6–0, 6–1 |
Fes | 2010 | Iveta Benešová | Simona Halep | 6–4, 6–2 |
Fes | 2011 | Alberta Brianti | Simona Halep | 6–4, 6–3 |
Fes | 2012 | Kiki Bertens | Laura Pous Tió | 7–5, 6–0 |
Marrakesh | 2013 | Francesca Schiavone | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | 6–1, 6–3 |
Marrakesh | 2014 | María Teresa Torró Flor | Romina Oprandi | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
Marrakesh | 2015 | Elina Svitolina | Tímea Babos | 7–5, 7–6(7–3) |
Rabat | 2016 | Timea Bacsinszky | Marina Erakovic | 6–2, 6–1 |
Rabat | 2017 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Francesca Schiavone | 7–5, 7–5 |
Rabat | 2018 | Elise Mertens | Ajla Tomljanović | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) |