2015 Irving Tennis Classic

2015 Irving Tennis Classic
Date	17 – 22 March
Edition	4th
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$125,000+H
Surface	Hard
Location	Irving, United States
Champions
Singles
	Aljaž Bedene
Doubles
	Robert Lindstedt / Sergiy Stakhovsky

Last updated March 04, 2019

The 2015 Irving Tennis Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Irving, United States between 17 and 22 March 2015.

The Irving Tennis Classic is a tennis tournament held annually in Irving, Texas, United States since 2012. The event is one of main tournaments of the ATP Challenger Tour calendar and is played on outdoor hard courts.

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour, in 2015 was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2015 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 166 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $40,000 up to $220,000. It was the 38th edition of challenger tournaments cycle, and 7th under the name of Challenger Tour.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
FRA	Jérémy Chardy	34	1
LUX	Gilles Müller	36	2
GER	Benjamin Becker	40	3
AUT	Dominic Thiem	46	4
UKR	Sergiy Stakhovsky	50	5
POL	Jerzy Janowicz	51	6
CYP	Marcos Baghdatis	61	7
ARG	Diego Schwartzman	63	8

¹ Rankings as of March 9, 2015

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

Jérémy Chardy is a French professional tennis player. He has won one ATP World Tour singles title, in Stuttgart in 2009. His best Grand Slam singles performance was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 Australian Open. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 25 on 28 January 2013.

Sergiy Eduardovych Stakhovsky is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and had been playing mostly at the Challenger level from 2005–2008. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 31 and he has reached as high as No. 33 in doubles the same month. He won his first career title in March 2008, as a lucky loser ranked no. 209, defeating top seed Ivan Ljubičić in the final, thus becoming the first lucky loser to win a title since Christian Miniussi in 1991. He is the elder brother of tennis player Leonard Stakhovsky. He is currently coached by Fabrice Santoro. He is well known for beating eight-time winner and defending champion Roger Federer in the 2nd round of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships ending his record run of 36 consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinals.

Édouard Roger-Vasselin is a male tennis player from France. He won the men's doubles title at Roland Garros in 2014, partnering Julien Benneteau. He is the son of 1983 French Open semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin.

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Bjorn Fratangelo is a professional American tennis player who won the boys' singles title at the 2011 French Open. Fratangelo is only the second American out of three to win the event, following John McEnroe in 1977 and preceding Tommy Paul in 2015. Fratangelo was a singles semifinalist at the 2017 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.

Marco Cecchinato is an Italian professional tennis player. On 29 April 2018, he won his first ATP World Tour title at the 2018 Hungarian Open. He became the first Sicilian tennis player to win an ATP title. His best Grand Slam result is a semifinal at the 2018 French Open. In the other three Majors, he has not won a match, despite having a match point at the 2019 Australian Open.

Kyle Steven Edmund is a British professional tennis player. He is a top 20 player and has been the top-ranked male British tennis player since March 2018.

Champions

Singles

Aljaž Bedene def. Tim Smyczek, 7–6^(7–3), 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

Robert Lindstedt / Sergiy Stakhovsky def. Benjamin Becker / Philipp Petzschner, 6–4, 6–4

Robert Lindstedt is a Swedish professional tennis player, who turned pro in 1998, and is a doubles specialist. His biggest title has been the 2014 Australian Open with partner Łukasz Kubot. He is also a three-time Wimbledon finalist with former partner Horia Tecău.

Benjamin Becker is a German retired professional tennis player.

Philipp Petzschner is a professional German tennis player. He is known for his hard-hitting forehand and bursts of speed around the court. His career-high doubles ranking is world No. 9, which he achieved in April 2011.

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References

Combined Main Draw

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