2015 Baku Cup
| 2015 Baku Cup | |
|---|---|
| Date | 27 July – 2 August |
| Edition | 5th |
| Category | WTA International |
| Draw | 32S / 16D |
| Prize money | $250,000 |
| Surface | Hard |
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| 2014 Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Elina Svitolina | |
| Doubles | |
 Alexandra Panova /  Heather Watson | |
The 2015 Baku Cup will be a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. This will be the fifth edition of the tournament, which will be part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan between 27 July and 2 August 2015.
Points and Prize Money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Women's Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Women's Singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | $1,020 | $600 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — |
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUS
|
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 41 | 1 |
 ITA
|
Karin Knapp | 43 | 2 |
 SVK
|
Dominika Cibulková | 56 | 3 |
 JPN
|
Kurumi Nara | 60 | 4 |
 SRB
|
Bojana Jovanovski | 67 | 5 |
| UKR
|
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| RUS
|
Vitalia Diatchenko | 74 | 7 |
| ITA
|
Francesca Schiavone | 85 | 8 |
 MNE
|
Danka Kovinić | 86 | 9 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 20, 2015
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Denisa Allertová →replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko- Klára Koukalová →replaced by Donna Vekić
Andreea Mitu →replaced by Alexandra Panova- Monica Niculescu →replaced by Barbora Krejčíková
Yaroslava Shvedova →replaced by Margarita Gasparyan- Kateřina Siniaková →replaced by Elizaveta Kulichkova
- Tereza Smitková →replaced by Çağla Büyükakçay
Lesia Tsurenko →replaced by Yuliya Beygelzimer
Roberta Vinci→replaced by Misa Eguchi
Yanina Wickmayer →replaced by Zhu Lin
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUS
|
Margarita Gasparyan | RUS
|
Alexandra Panova | 132 | 1 |
| RUS
|
Vitalia Diatchenko | UKR
|
Olga Savchuk | 162 | 2 |
| JPN
|
Hiroko Kuwata |  NED
|
Demi Schuurs | 201 | 3 |
 GEO
|
Oksana Kalashnikova | MNE
|
Danka Kovinić | 226 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 20, 2015
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Champions
Singles
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Doubles
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