2015 Baku Cup

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2015 Baku Cup
Date27 July – 2 August
Edition5th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
Surface Hard
Location Baku, Azerbaijan
Champions
Singles
Flag of Russia.svg Margarita Gasparyan
Doubles
Flag of Russia.svg Margarita Gasparyan / Flag of Russia.svg Alexandra Panova
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The 2015 Baku Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. This was the fifth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan between 27 July and 2 August 2015.

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Women's singles2801801106030118121
Women's doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1
Women's singles$43,000$21,400$11,500$6,175$3,400$2,100$1,020$600
Women's doubles$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960N/AN/AN/A

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 411
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Karin Knapp 432
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 563
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kurumi Nara 604
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Bojana Jovanovski 675
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Lesia Tsurenko 716
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Vitalia Diatchenko 747
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Schiavone 858
Flag of Montenegro.svg  MNE Danka Kovinić 869

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Margarita Gasparyan Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Alexandra Panova 1321
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Vitalia Diatchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Olga Savchuk 1622
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Hiroko Kuwata Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Schuurs 2013
Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Oksana Kalashnikova Flag of Montenegro.svg  MNE Danka Kovinić 2264

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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