2019 Kurume U.S.E Cup

2019 Kurume U.S.E Cup
Date	13–19 May 2019
Edition	15th
Category	ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
Prize money	$60,000
Surface	Carpet
Location	Kurume, Japan
Champions
Singles
Rebecca Marino
Doubles
Hiroko Kuwata / Ena Shibahara

The 2019 Kurume U.S.E Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor carpet courts. It was the fifteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Kurume, Japan between 13 and 19 May 2019.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GBR	Heather Watson	119	1
JPN	Ayano Shimizu	178	2
USA	Kristie Ahn	185	3
CAN	Rebecca Marino	193	4
JPN	Momoko Kobori	237	5
USA	Jamie Loeb	238	6
AUS	Kaylah McPhee	239	7
JPN	Hiroko Kuwata	242	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 6 May 2019.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Sakura Hondo
• Misaki Matsuda
• Kanako Morisaki
• Naho Sato

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Haruna Arakawa
• Mana Ayukawa
• Ayumi Miyamoto
• Yuki Naito
• Ena Shibahara
• Yuuki Tanaka

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Alexandra Bozovic
• Himeno Sakatsume

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2019 Kurume U.S.E Cup – Singles

• Rebecca Marino def. Yuki Naito, 6–4, 7–6^(7–0)

Doubles

Main article: 2019 Kurume U.S.E Cup – Doubles

• Hiroko Kuwata / Ena Shibahara def. Erina Hayashi / Moyuka Uchijima, 0–6, 6–4, [10–5]

External links

• 2019 Kurume U.S.E Cup at ITFtennis.com
• Official website