2015 Diamond Games

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2015 Diamond Games
Date9–15 February
Edition8th
Category WTA Premier
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$731,000
Surface Hard
Location Antwerp, Belgium
Venue Sportpaleis Merksem
Champions
Singles
Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Petkovic
Doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues / Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Parra Santonja
  2008  · Diamond Games

The 2015 Diamond Games (known as 2015 BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games for sponsorship reason) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the Diamond Games, and part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Sportpaleis Merksem in Antwerp, Belgium, from 9 to 15 February 2015.

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Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles4703051851005512518131
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q3Q2Q1
Singles$124,000$66,000$35,455$19,050$10,220$5,580$2,920$1,555$860
Doubles*$39,000$20,650$11,360$5,875$3,140N/AN/AN/AN/A

1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Eugenie Bouchard 71
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 102
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Andrea Petkovic 123
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 154
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 175
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 186
Flag of France.svg  FRA Alizé Cornet 197
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 228

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja 631
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Michaëlla Krajicek Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Monica Niculescu 692
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Andreja Klepač 853
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of Poland.svg  POL Alicja Rosolska 1134

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Finals

Singles

Doubles

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