2015 Aegon Championships

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2015 Aegon Championships
Date15–21 June
Edition113th
Category ATP World Tour 500 series
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money€1,574,640
Surface Grass
Location London, United Kingdom
Venue Queen's Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray
Doubles
Flag of France.svg Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Flag of France.svg Nicolas Mahut
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The 2015 Aegon Championships, also known traditionally as the Queen's Club Championships, [1] was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 113th edition of those championships and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2015 ATP World Tour, upgraded from a 250 series event for the first time. It took place at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom between 15 June and 21 June 2015. [2]

Contents

Despite the elevated status of the event from an ATP 250 to an ATP 500 series event, the draw featured one round less for the first time in its history, meaning reduced numbers of players in the draw. However, there were no byes into the second round for any of the higher-ranked players, as there were previously.

First-seeded Andy Murray won the singles title.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles5003001809045020100
Doubles0N/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles€381,760€172,100€81,530€39,340€20,060€11,035€0€1,240€685
Doubles*€112,780€50,880€23,990€11,600€5,950N/AN/AN/AN/A

*per team

Singles main draw entrants

Singles winner Andy Murray at the tournament. Andy Murray (19238871541).jpg
Singles winner Andy Murray at the tournament.

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Andy Murray 31
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Stan Wawrinka [3] 42
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Milos Raonic 83
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Marin Čilić [3] 94
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Rafael Nadal 105
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Grigor Dimitrov 116
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gilles Simon 137
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Feliciano López 148

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Alexander Peya Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Bruno Soares 281
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Marcin Matkowski Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Nenad Zimonjić 312
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Daniel Nestor Flag of India.svg  IND Leander Paes 473
Flag of France.svg  FRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert Flag of France.svg  FRA Nicolas Mahut 514

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

Finals

Singles

Doubles

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