PREVIEW NOTES: VTB KREMLIN CUP MOSCOW, RUSSIA | OCTOBER 14-20, 2019 | USD $1,032,000 | PREMIER WTA Website: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: www.kremlincup.ru | www.facebook.com/kremlincup | www.twitter.com/tennisrussia WTA Communications: Chris Whitmore (
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[email protected] to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media. VTB KREMLIN CUP – QUICK FACTS Main draw dates: Monday - Sunday, October 14-20, 2019 Singles Final: Sunday, October 20, NB 3pm Doubles Final: Sunday, October 20, 1pm Venue: Ice Palace "Krylatskoye" Status: WTA Premier Event Staging: Tournament’s 30th year (26th as a WTA event) Draw sizes: 28 singles / 16 doubles teams / 32 singles qualifying Surface: Hard / Indoors Total prize money: USD $1,032,000 Tennis Ball: Babolat Team 2018 Singles Final: [6] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) d. [Q] Ons Jabeur (TUN) 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4 2018 Doubles Final: Alexandra Panova/Laura Siegemund (RUS/GER) d. Darija Jurak/Raluca Olaru (CRO/ROU) 6-2 7-6(2) SINGLES USD $ RANK POINTS Winner 180,520 470 Runner-Up 96,400 305 Semifinalist 51,490 185 Quarterfinalist 27,680 100 Round of 16 14,840 55 Round of 32 9,420 1 MAIN DRAW QUICK-HITS Singles wildcards: Belinda Bencic (SUI), Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) Youngest singles player: Anastasia Potapova, 18 years old