Every 2019 WNBA playoff series, three ways: the season race carried on into the postseason, who beat their seeding, and the bracket.
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The same race these clubs ran all season, carried on through the postseason on one scale and on real dates.
Where each club finished the season against how far it went, ranked on record rather than seed.
Who played whom, round by round, which no line chart can say.
Washington Mystics won the 2019 title from a regular season record of 26-8. 8 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 4 rounds. Every series below is taken from NBA.com's WNBA statistics; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | Chicago Sky | 1-0 in games | Phoenix Mercury | September 11, 2019 |
| First round | Seattle Storm | 1-0 in games | Minnesota Lynx | September 11, 2019 |
| Second round | Los Angeles Sparks | 1-0 in games | Seattle Storm | September 15, 2019 |
| Second round | Las Vegas Aces | 1-0 in games | Chicago Sky | September 15, 2019 |
| Semifinals | Washington Mystics | 3-1 in games | Las Vegas Aces | September 17 to September 24, 2019 |
| Semifinals | Connecticut Sun | 3-0 in games | Los Angeles Sparks | September 17 to September 22, 2019 |
| The Finals | Washington Mystics | 3-2 in games | Connecticut Sun | September 29 to October 10, 2019 |
The left column ranks this field by regular season record, not by seed number: seeding rules differ by era, so this site uses records everywhere instead. The right column groups clubs by the round they went out in, which is not the same as the number of rounds they won, because a bye carries a club further without it winning anything. The figure beside a name is places moved between the two columns, and part of it is only where a club sat inside its band. Nothing here is a prediction. The data notes carry the whole method.
The races that filled this bracket: Playoff Race