2015 Wuhan Open
Appearance
2015 Wuhan Open | |
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Date | September 27 – October 3 |
Edition | 2nd |
Category | WTA Premier 5 |
Draw | 56S / 28D |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | Wuhan, China |
Venue | Optics Valley International 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 tennis tournament played on outdoor 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 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 |
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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 |
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Doubles[4] | $130,300 | $65,930 | $32,250 | $16,425 | $8,320 | $4,115 | — | — | — |
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player[5] | Ranking | Seeds |
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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 players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
- Tímea Babos
- Lauren Davis
- Mariana Duque Mariño
- Julia Goerges
- Johanna Konta
- Danka Kovinić
- Patricia Maria Tig
- Heather Watson
The following players received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Timea Bacsinszky →replaced by Alison Riske
- Eugenie Bouchard (Ongoing Consussion)→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 (Bacterical 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 |
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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:
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. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Singles main draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ^ "Singles qualifying draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ "Doubles main draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ "Wuhan Open Player List". Wuhan Open. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "WTA Singles Rankings". WTA. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Maria Sharapova To Come Back In Wuhan". WTA. 21 September 2015.