2015 Bank of the West Classic

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2015 Bank of the West Classic
Date3–9 August
Edition44th
Category WTA Premier
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$731,000
Surface Hard
Location Stanford, California, United States
Champions
Singles
Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber
Doubles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yifan / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Saisai
  2014  · Stanford Classic ·  2016  

The 2015 Bank of the West Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 44th edition of the tournament, which was part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour, making it the longest-running women's only tennis tournament. [1] It took place in Stanford, California, United States between 3 and 9 August 2015. It was the first women's event on the 2015 US Open Series.

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1
Women's singles4703051851005530125131
Women's doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1
Women's singles$124,000$66,000$35,455$19,050$10,220$5,580$2,920$1,555
Women's doubles$39,000$20,650$11,360$5,875$3,140

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 51
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 72
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 103
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 124
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 135
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Andrea Petkovic 166
Flag of the United States.svg USA Madison Keys 187
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 208

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 Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Yung-jan 551
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja 662
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of Poland.svg  POL Alicja Rosolska 843
Flag of the United States.svg USA Raquel Kops-Jones Flag of the United States.svg USA Maria Sanchez 944

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the main draw:

Finals

Singles

Doubles

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References

  1. "2015 Tournament Preview: Bank of the West Classic". United States Tennis Association. January 29, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-21. Retrieved May 19, 2015.