2015 Japan Women's Open

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2015 Japan Women's Open
DateSeptember 14–20
Edition7th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize moneyUS$250,000
Surface Hard
LocationTokyo, Japan
Venue Ariake Coliseum
Champions
Singles
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Yanina Wickmayer
Doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan
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The 2015 Japan Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from September 14 through September 20, 2015. The tournament was moved from Osaka to Tokyo starting this year.

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Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles280180110603011814101
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1
Singles$43,000$21,400$11,500$6,175$3,400$2,100$1,020$600
Doubles2$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
2 Per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 101
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Zarina Diyas 352
Flag of the United States.svg USA Madison Brengle 473
Flag of the United States.svg USA Alison Riske 574
Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Johanna Larsson 585
Flag of the United States.svg USA Christina McHale 596
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ajla Tomljanović 637
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Polona Hercog 648

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 421
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chuang Chia-jung Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Liang Chen 782
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of Poland.svg  POL Alicja Rosolska 903
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Saisai 994

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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