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 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 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:

• Daniela Hantuchová
• Liu Fangzhou
• Maria Sharapova[7]
• Zheng Saisai

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main singles draw:

• Dominika Cibulková

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:

• Ajla Tomljanović

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by 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	Rank^1	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:

• Liu Chang / Yang Zhaoxuan

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Mona Barthel / 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

Main article: 2015 Wuhan Open – Singles

• Venus Williams def. Garbiñe Muguruza, 6-3 3-0 Retired

Doubles

Main article: 2015 Wuhan Open – Doubles

• Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza def. Irina-Camelia Begu / Monica Niculescu, 6-2 6-3

References

1. "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
2. "Singles main draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-23. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
3. "Singles qualifying draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-23. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
4. "Doubles main draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-10. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
5. "Wuhan Open Player List". Wuhan Open. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
6. "WTA Singles Rankings". WTA. 21 September 2015. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
7. "Maria Sharapova To Come Back In Wuhan". WTA. 21 September 2015.

External links

• Official website