2015 Wuhan Open
2015 Wuhan Open | |
---|---|
Date | September 27 – October 3 |
Edition | 2nd |
Category | WTA Premier 5 |
Draw | 56S / 28D |
Prize money | $2,513,000 |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | Wuhan, China |
Venue | Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Venus Williams | |
Doubles | |
Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza |
The 2015 Wuhan Open (also known as 2015 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's
hard courts between September 27 and October 3, 2015. It was part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. The 2015 tournament was the 2nd edition of the Wuhan Open. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan
, China.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles[1] | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doubles[1] | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles[2][3] | $456,000 | $227,700 | $113,860 | $52,430 | $26,000 | $13,335 | $6,855 | $3,825 | $1,970 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doubles[4] | $130,300 | $65,930 | $32,250 | $16,425 | $8,320 | $4,115 | — | — | — |
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player[5] | Ranking | Seeds |
---|---|---|---|
ROU | Simona Halep | 2 | 1 |
RUS | Maria Sharapova | 3 | 2 |
CZE | Petra Kvitová | 4 | 3 |
DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 6 | 4 |
ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 8 | 5 |
GER | Angelique Kerber | 9 | 6 |
ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 10 | 7 |
CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 11 | 8 |
SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 12 | 9 |
POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 13 | 10 |
SUI | Belinda Bencic | 15 | 11 |
UKR | Elina Svitolina | 16 | 12 |
GER | Andrea Petkovic | 17 | 13 |
USA | Madison Keys | 18 | 14 |
ITA | Roberta Vinci | 19 | 15 |
ITA | Sara Errani | 21 | 16 |
- Rankings are as of September 21, 2015[6]
Other entrants
The following players received
wild cards
into the main singles draw:
The following player received entry using a
protected ranking
into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles
qualifying draw
:
- Tímea Babos
- Lauren Davis
- Mariana Duque Mariño
- Julia Görges
- Johanna Konta
- Danka Kovinić
- Patricia Maria Țig
- Heather Watson
The following players received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Alison Riske
- Eugenie Bouchard (ongoing concussion) → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
- Karin Knapp → replaced by Alexandra Dulgheru
- Ekaterina Makarova (leg injury) → replaced by Varvara Lepchenko
- Flavia Pennetta → replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
- Lucie Šafářová (bacterial infection and belly muscle injury) → replaced by Magdaléna Rybáriková
Retirements
- Victoria Azarenka (left leg injury)
- Belinda Bencic (left thigh injury)
- Garbiñe Muguruza (left ankle injury and gastrointestinal illness)
- Maria Sharapova (left forearm injury)
- CoCo Vandeweghe (left ankle injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SUI | Martina Hingis | IND | Sania Mirza | 3 | 1 |
HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 19 | 2 |
FRA | Caroline Garcia | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 25 | 3 |
TPE | Chan Hao-Ching
|
TPE | Chan Yung-Jan
|
3- | 4 |
USA | Raquel Kops-Jones
|
USA | Abigail Spears | 32 | 5 |
CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková
|
CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 37 | 6 |
ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 46 | 7 |
TPE | Chuang Chia-jung | TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | 60 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of September 21, 2015
Other entrants
The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
- Darija Jurak
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Belinda Bencic (Left Thigh Injury)
- During the tournament
- Garbiñe Muguruza (Gastrointestinal Illness And Left Ankle Injury)
- Ajla Tomljanović (Right Shoulder Injury)
Champions
Singles
- Venus Williams def. Garbiñe Muguruza, 6-3 3-0 Retired
Doubles
- Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza def. Irina-Camelia Begu / Monica Niculescu, 6-2 6-3
References
- ^ a b "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Singles main draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-23. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ^ "Singles qualifying draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-23. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ "Doubles main draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-10. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ "Wuhan Open Player List". Wuhan Open. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "WTA Singles Rankings". WTA. 21 September 2015. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Maria Sharapova To Come Back In Wuhan". WTA. 21 September 2015.