2015 Australian Open
| 2015 Australian Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 19 January – 1 February |
| Edition | 103rd |
| Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
| Draw | 128S/64D/32X |
| Prize money | A$40,000,000 |
| Surface | Hard (Plexicushion) |
| Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Venue | Melbourne Park |
| 2014 Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Stan Wawrinka | |
| Women's singles | |
 Li Na | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Łukasz Kubot /  Robert Lindstedt | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci | |
| Mixed doubles | |
 Kristina Mladenovic /  Daniel Nestor | |
| Wheelchair men's singles | |
 Shingo Kunieda | |
| Wheelchair women's singles | |
 Sabine Ellerbrock | |
| Wheelchair quad singles | |
 David Wagner | |
| Wheelchair men's doubles | |
| Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda | |
| Wheelchair women's doubles | |
Yui Kamiji /  Jordanne Whiley | |
| Wheelchair quad doubles | |
| Andrew Lapthorne / David Wagner | |
| Boys' singles | |
| Alexander Zverev | |
| Girls' singles | |
 Elizaveta Kulichkova | |
| Boys' doubles | |
 Lucas Miedler /  Bradley Mousley | |
| Girls' doubles | |
 Anhelina Kalinina / Elizaveta Kulichkova | |
| Men's legends doubles | |
| Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde | |
| Women's legends doubles | |
| Nicole Bradtke / Rennae Stubbs | |
The 2015 Australian Open is a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. It will be played from 19 January to 1 February, and will feature men's and women's events in singles and doubles, as well as mixed doubles. The tournament will also feature junior, senior, and wheelchair events.
Stan Wawrinka is the defending champion in men's singles. The reigning women's champion Li Na did not defend her title, as she announced her retirement from tennis on 19 September 2014.[1]
Tournament
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The 2015 Australian Open will be the 103rd edition of the tournament and will be held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The tournament will be run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and will be part of the 2015 ATP World Tour and the 2015 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There will be singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and also singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.
The tournament will be played on hard courts and will take place over a series of 16 courts with Plexicushion surface, including the three main showcourts – Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena.[2] The latter will be unveiled as the third Melbourne Park venue with fully operational retractable roof to make the Australian Open the first Grand Slam tournament with three such tennis stadiums.[3]
Broadcast
The tournament is scheduled to be broadcast in more than 200 countries around the world. In Australia, all matches will be broadcast live by the Seven Network on the network's primary channel under the banner Seven Sport. In the Asia/Pacific region, the tournament will be covered by CCTV, iQiyi, SMG (China), Fiji One (Fiji), Sony SIX (India), WOWOW, NHK (Japan), Sky TV (New Zealand) and Fox Sports Asia, in Europe by Eurosport, NOS (Netherlands), SRG SSR (Switzerland) and BBC (United Kingdom), in the Middle East by beIN Sports, in Africa by SuperSport, while in the Americas coverage will be provided by ESPN.[4]
In 2015, live coverage will emanate from all sixteen courts. Qualifying tournaments, draw ceremony and Kids' Day were shown on official tournament website, AusOpen.com.[5]
Point and prize money distribution
Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.
Senior points
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's Singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
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| Men's Doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Women's Singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Women's Doubles | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wheelchair points
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Junior points
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Prize money
The Australian Open total prize money for 2015 was increased to A$40,000,000, with men's and women's singles champions to receive a tournament-record 3.1 million Australian dollars reward.[6] Out of total prize money, A$28,796,000 will be paid for players competing in singles main draw, further A$1,344,000 for players, who lost in qualifying, A$5,165,200 – for doubles players, A$480,000 for mixed doubles players and A$605,330 for competitors in other events, while A$3,609,470 will be used to cover other fees, including players' per diem and trophies.[7]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 1281 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | A$3,100,000 | A$1,550,000 | A$650,000 | A$340,000 | A$175,000 | A$97,500 | A$60,000 | A$34,500 | A$16,000 | A$8,000 | A$4,000 |
| Doubles* | A$575,000 | A$285,000 | A$142,500 | A$71,000 | A$39,000 | A$23,000 | A$14,800 | — | — | — | — |
| Mixed Doubles* | A$142,500 | A$71,500 | A$35,600 | A$16,300 | A$8,200 | A$4,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 128 prize money.
*per team
Singles players
2015 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Day-by-day summaries
Day 1 (19 January)
- Day 1 attendance: 71,171
- Seeds out:
- Men's Singles:
Ernests Gulbis [11], 
Tommy Robredo [15] - Women's Singles:
Ana Ivanovic [5], 
Angelique Kerber [9], 
Lucie Šafářová [16], Carla Suárez Navarro [17], 
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [23], Svetlana Kuznetsova [27], Sabine Lisicki [28], 
Belinda Bencic [32]
- Men's Singles:
- Schedule of Play
Day 2 (20 January)
- Day 2 attendance: 64,801
- Seeds out:
- Men's Singles:
Fabio Fognini [16], 
Alexandr Dolgopolov [21], 
Julien Benneteau [25], 
Pablo Cuevas [27] - Women's Singles: Flavia Pennetta [12], Andrea Petkovic [13], Jelena Janković [15]
- Men's Singles:
- Schedule of Play
Day 3 (21 January)
- Day 3 attendance:
- Seeds out:
- Schedule of Play
Events
Seniors
Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Men's Doubles
Women's Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Juniors
Boys' Singles
Girls' Singles
Boys' Doubles
Girls' Doubles
Wheelchair
Wheelchair Men's Singles
Wheelchair Women's Singles
Wheelchair Quad Singles
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Singles seeds
Seedings are based on rankings as of 12 January 2015. Rankings and points before are as of 19 January 2015.
Points defending includes results from both the 2014 Australian Open and tournaments from the week of 27 January 2014 (Davis Cup for the men, Paris and Pattaya for the women, ITF Circuits for both).
Men's Singles
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points Before | Points won | Points After | Status | |
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 Novak Djokovic
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Second Round vs Andrey Kuznetsov
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| Roger Federer
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Second Round vs Simone Bolelli
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 Rafael Nadal
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Second Round vs Tim Smyczek [Q]
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| Stan Wawrinka
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Second Round vs  Marius Copil [Q]
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| Kei Nishikori
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Second Round vs  Ivan Dodig
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| Andy Murray
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Second Round vs Marinko Matosevic
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 Tomáš Berdych
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Second Round vs Jürgen Melzer [Q]
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| Milos Raonic
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Second Round vs Donald Young
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| David Ferrer
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Second Round vs Sergiy Stakhovsky
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 Grigor Dimitrov
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Second Round vs  Lukáš Lacko
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 Ernests Gulbis
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First Round lost to Thanasi Kokkinakis [WC]
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| Feliciano López
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Second Round vs Adrian Mannarino
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| Roberto Bautista Agut
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Second Round vs  Gilles Müller
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 Kevin Anderson
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Second Round vs  Ričardas Berankis
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| Tommy Robredo
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First Round retired to Édouard Roger-Vasselin
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| Fabio Fognini
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First Round lost to  Alejandro González
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| Gaël Monfils
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Second Round vs Jerzy Janowicz
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| Gilles Simon
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Second Round vs Marcel Granollers
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| John Isner
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Second Round vs Andreas Haider-Maurer
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 David Goffin
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Second Round vs  Marcos Baghdatis
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| Alexandr Dolgopolov
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First Round lost to Paolo Lorenzi
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| Philipp Kohlschreiber
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Second Round vs Bernard Tomic
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| Ivo Karlović
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Second Round vs Nick Kyrgios
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| Richard Gasquet
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Second Round vs James Duckworth [WC]
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| Julien Benneteau
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First Round lost to Benjamin Becker
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 Leonardo Mayer
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Second Round vs Viktor Troicki
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 Pablo Cuevas
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First Round lost to Matthias Bachinger [Q]
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| Lukáš Rosol
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Second Round vs  Dudi Sela
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| Jérémy Chardy
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Second Round vs Andreas Seppi
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| Santiago Giraldo
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Second Round vs Steve Johnson
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| Fernando Verdasco
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Second Round vs Go Soeda
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| Martin Kližan
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Second Round vs  João Sousa
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Withdrawn players
| Rank | Player | Points Before | Points won | Points After | Withdrawal reason | |
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| Marin Čilić
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| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
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Forearm inflammation[9] |
Women's Singles
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points Before | Points won | Points After | Status | |
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| Serena Williams
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Second Round vs Vera Zvonareva [PR]
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| Maria Sharapova
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Second Round vs Alexandra Panova [Q]
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| Simona Halep
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Second Round vs Jarmila Gajdošová
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| Petra Kvitová
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Second Round vs Mona Barthel
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| Ana Ivanovic
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First Round lost to Lucie Hradecká [Q]
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| Agnieszka Radwańska
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Second Round vs Johanna Larsson
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| Eugenie Bouchard
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Second Round vs  Kiki Bertens
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 Caroline Wozniacki
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Second Round vs  Victoria Azarenka
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| Angelique Kerber
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First Round lost to Irina-Camelia Begu
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| Ekaterina Makarova
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Second Round vs Roberta Vinci
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| Dominika Cibulková
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Second Round vs Tsvetana Pironkova
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| Flavia Pennetta
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First Round lost to Camila Giorgi
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| Andrea Petkovic
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First Round lost to Madison Brengle
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| Sara Errani
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Second Round vs Sílvia Soler Espinosa
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| Jelena Janković
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First Round lost to Timea Bacsinszky
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| Lucie Šafářová
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First Round lost to  Yaroslava Shvedova
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| Carla Suárez Navarro
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First Round lost to Carina Witthöft
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| Venus Williams
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Second Round vs Lauren Davis
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| Alizé Cornet
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Second Round vs Denisa Allertová [Q]
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| Samantha Stosur
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Second Round vs Coco Vandeweghe
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| Peng Shuai
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Second Round vs Magdaléna Rybáriková
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| Karolína Plíšková
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Second Round vs Océane Dodin [WC]
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| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
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First Round lost to Yanina Wickmayer
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| Garbiñe Muguruza
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Second Round vs Daniela Hantuchová
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| Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
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Second Round vs  Chang Kai-chen [WC]
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| Elina Svitolina
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Second Round vs Nicole Gibbs
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| Svetlana Kuznetsova
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First Round lost to Caroline Garcia
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| Sabine Lisicki
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First Round lost to Kristina Mladenovic
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| Casey Dellacqua
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Second Round vs Madison Keys
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| Varvara Lepchenko
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Second Round vs Ajla Tomljanović
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| Zarina Diyas
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Second Round vs Anna Schmiedlová
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| Belinda Bencic
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First Round lost to Julia Görges
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Doubles seeds
Mixed Doubles
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- 1 Rankings are as of 12 January 2015.
Main draw wildcard entries
As part of an agreement between Tennis Australia, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and the French Tennis Federation (FFT), one male and one female player from the United States and France received a wild card into the Australian Open singles event. USTA gave it to Denis Kudla and Irina Falconi, thanks to their positions in 2014 USTA Pro Circuit's Australian Open Wild Card Challenge standing,[10] while Lucas Pouille and Océane Dodin were chosen by internal FFT selection.[11]
Further four wildcards were awarded at Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Playoff into the men's and women's singles and doubles main draw events,[12] while Tennis Australia organized its own playoff competitions, where Jordan Thompson, Daria Gavrilova and Samuel Thompson & Masa Jovanovic mixed doubles team received entries to Australian Open.[13]
Remaining wildcard places will be filled by Australian internal selection.
Men's Singles |
Women's Singles
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Men's Doubles |
Women's Doubles
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Mixed Doubles
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Main draw qualifier entries
The qualifying competition took place in Melbourne Park on 14 – 17 January 2015.[14]
Men's Singles
Lucky loser |
Women's Singles
Lucky loser
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See also
References
- ^ "Li Na announces retirement". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "Melbourne Park Grounds Map" (PDF). Tennis.com.au. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "Australian Open 2015 to stage revamped Margaret Court Arena". GiveMeSport.com. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "Broadcasting". AusOpen.com. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ "Video". AusOpen.com. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ "Record prize money for Australian Open 2015". AusOpen.com. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Prize Money". AusOpen.com. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Marin Cilic: US Open champion withdraws from Australian Open". BBC.com. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Revenir dans les meilleures dispositions possibles!". jowiltsonga.fr. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "2015 Australian Open Wild Card Challenge". USTA.com. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "Open D'Australie Dodin et Pouille invites". Fédération Française de Tennis. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ "Australian Open wildcards for Chang and Zhang". Tennis Australia. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "Australian Open Play-off". Tennis.com.au. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Tournament Schedule". AusOpen.com. Retrieved 28 December 2014.