2015 Aegon Classic

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2015 Aegon Classic
Date15–21 June
Edition34th
Category WTA Premier
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$731,000
Surface Grass
Location Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber
Doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza
Flag of Spain.svg Carla Suárez Navarro
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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.

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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

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1
Singles4703051851005530125131
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
Singles$124,000$66,000$32,525$16,725$8,670$4,440$2,280$1,035$620
Doubles$39,000$20,650$11,360$5,785$3,140

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 31
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Ana Ivanovic 62
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 93
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 104
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Eugenie Bouchard 115
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 126
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Andrea Petkovic 147
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sabine Lisicki 198
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 219
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Strýcová 2210
Flag of France.svg  FRA Alizé Cornet 2511
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Victoria Azarenka 2612
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 2813
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 2914
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 3015
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 3116

Other entrants

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:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Casey Dellacqua Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza 171
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 172
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Raquel Kops-Jones Flag of the United States.svg  USA Abigail Spears 283
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 364

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Finals

Singles

Doubles

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