2015 Aegon Classic
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2015 Aegon Classic | |
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Date | 15–21 June |
Edition | 34th |
Category | WTA Premier |
Draw | 56S / 16D |
Prize money | $731,000 |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Venue | Edgbaston Priory Club |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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The 2015 Aegon Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 34th edition of the event, and the second edition of the event as a Premier tournament on the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, from 15 June until 21 June 2015. Fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber won the singles title.
Sabine Lisicki set the WTA Tour record for the most aces hit in a women's singles match at this tournament, hitting 27 aces in her second-round win over Belinda Bencic on 17 June 2015.[1]
Points and prize money
[edit]Point distribution
[edit]Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
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Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
[edit]Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | $124,000 | $66,000 | $32,525 | $16,725 | $8,670 | $4,440 | $2,280 | $1,035 | $620 |
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Doubles | $39,000 | $20,650 | $11,360 | $5,785 | $3,140 | — | — | — | — |
Singles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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![]() | Simona Halep | 3 | 1 |
![]() | Ana Ivanovic | 6 | 2 |
![]() | Carla Suárez Navarro | 9 | 3 |
![]() | Angelique Kerber | 10 | 4 |
![]() | Eugenie Bouchard | 11 | 5 |
![]() | Karolína Plíšková | 12 | 6 |
![]() | Andrea Petkovic | 14 | 7 |
![]() | Sabine Lisicki | 19 | 8 |
![]() | Garbiñe Muguruza | 21 | 9 |
![]() | Barbora Strýcová | 22 | 10 |
![]() | Alizé Cornet | 25 | 11 |
![]() | Victoria Azarenka | 26 | 12 |
![]() | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 28 | 13 |
![]() | Irina-Camelia Begu | 29 | 14 |
![]() | Jelena Janković | 30 | 15 |
![]() | Caroline Garcia | 31 | 16 |
- 1 Rankings as of June 8, 2015.
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Tímea Babos
Kateryna Bondarenko
Misaki Doi
Marina Erakovic
Klára Koukalová
Aleksandra Krunić
Michelle Larcher de Brito
Tatjana Maria
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
Timea Bacsinszky →replaced by
Tereza Smitková
Mona Barthel →replaced by
Ajla Tomljanović
Madison Brengle →replaced by
Monica Niculescu
Dominika Cibulková →replaced by
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
Camila Giorgi (right hip injury) →replaced by
Zheng Saisai
Madison Keys →replaced by
Kateřina Siniaková
Peng Shuai →replaced by
Lauren Davis
Lucie Šafářová →replaced by
Christina McHale
Yaroslava Shvedova →replaced by
Bojana Jovanovski
- During the tournament
Victoria Azarenka (left foot injury)
Doubles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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![]() | Casey Dellacqua | ![]() | Sania Mirza | 17 | 1 |
![]() | Tímea Babos | ![]() | Kristina Mladenovic | 17 | 2 |
![]() | Raquel Kops-Jones | ![]() | Abigail Spears | 28 | 3 |
![]() | Garbiñe Muguruza | ![]() | Carla Suárez Navarro | 36 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of June 8, 2015.
Other entrants
[edit]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
[edit]- During the tournament
Simona Halep (right arm strain)
Kristina Mladenovic (low back injury)
Finals
[edit]Singles
[edit]Angelique Kerber defeated
Karolína Plíšková, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Doubles
[edit]Garbiñe Muguruza /
Carla Suárez Navarro defeated
Andrea Hlaváčková /
Lucie Hradecká, 6–4, 6–4
References
[edit]- http://www.lta.org.uk/major-events/aegon-classic-birmingham/aegon-classic-news/ Archived 9 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Official website Archived 16 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine