2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open | |
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Date | October 12–18 |
Edition | 6th |
Category | WTA International |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $250,000 |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Hong Kong |
Venue | Victoria Park Tennis Stadium |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Jelena Janković | |
Doubles | |
Alizé Cornet / Yaroslava Shvedova |
The 2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open (also known as the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, from October 12 to 18.
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
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Doubles | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,200 | $3,420 | $2,220 | $1,285 | $750 |
Doubles * | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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GER | Angelique Kerber | 10 | 2 |
USA | Venus Williams | 14 | 3 |
SRB | Jelena Janković | 24 | 4 |
AUS | Samantha Stosur | 25 | 5 |
RUS | Daria Gavrilova | 35 | 6 |
FRA | Caroline Garcia | 39 | 7 |
FRA | Alizé Cornet | 44 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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ESP | Lara Arruabarrena | SLO | Andreja Klepač | 61 | 1 |
POL | Klaudia Jans-Ignacik | AUS | Anastasia Rodionova | 94 | 2 |
CHN | Liang Chen | CHN | Wang Yafan | 129 | 3 |
FRA | Alizé Cornet | KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 184 | 4 |
1 Rankings are as of October 5, 2015
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
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