2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open

The 2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open (also known as the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, from October 12 to 18.

2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open
DateOctober 12–18
Edition6th
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
SurfaceHard
LocationHong Kong
VenueVictoria Park Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Jelena Janković
Doubles
Alizé Cornet / Yaroslava Shvedova

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Singles 280 180 110 60 30 1 18 12 1
Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q2 Q1
Singles $43,000 $21,400 $11,500 $6,200 $3,420 $2,220 $1,285 $750
Doubles * $12,300 $6,400 $3,435 $1,820 $960 N/A N/A N/A

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 5 1
 GER Angelique Kerber 10 2
 USA Venus Williams 14 3
 SRB Jelena Janković 24 4
 AUS Samantha Stosur 25 5
 RUS Daria Gavrilova 35 6
 FRA Caroline Garcia 39 7
 FRA Alizé Cornet 44 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of October 5, 2015

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ESP Lara Arruabarrena  SLO Andreja Klepač 61 1
 POL Klaudia Jans-Ignacik  AUS Anastasia Rodionova 94 2
 CHN Liang Chen  CHN Wang Yafan 129 3
 FRA Alizé Cornet  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 184 4

1 Rankings are as of October 5, 2015

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Ki Yan-tung / Ng Man-ying
  • Sher Chun-wing / Wu Ho-ching

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Champions

Singles

Doubles

References

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