2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open
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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.
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:
- Romania Ana Bogdan
- South Korea Jang Su-jeong
- Japan Miyu Kato
- Ukraine Kateryna Kozlova
- Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan
- France Irina Ramialison
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Belarus Victoria Azarenka →replaced by China Wang Yafan
- Canada Eugenie Bouchard (concussion) →replaced by Australia Anastasia Rodionova
- Australia Casey Dellacqua (concussion)→replaced by Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer
- Kazakhstan Zarina Diyas →replaced by Japan Risa Ozaki
- Germany Sabine Lisicki (knee injury) →replaced by Italy Francesca Schiavone
- Spain Garbiñe Muguruza (left ankle injury)→replaced by Russia Anastasiya Komardina
- Croatia Ajla Tomljanović →replaced by China Zhang Kailin
- United States CoCo Vandeweghe →replaced by Thailand Luksika Kumkhum
Retirements
- United States Christina McHale (left elbow injury)
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:
Withdrawals
During the tournament
- Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen (neck injury)
- United States Christina McHale (left elbow injury)
- Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan (right hamstring strain)
Champions
Singles
- Serbia Jelena Janković def. Germany Angelique Kerber 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Doubles
- France Alizé Cornet / Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova def. Spain Lara Arruabarrena / Slovenia Andreja Klepač 7–5, 6–4