2015 Lale Cup

2015 Lale Cup
Date	20–26 April
Edition	3rd
Category	ITF Women's Circuit
Prize money	$50,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Champions
Singles
	Shahar Pe'er
Doubles
	Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok

Last updated March 04, 2019

The 2015 Lale Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament and part of the 2015 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, on 20–26 April 2015.

The Lale Cup is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hard courts. The event is classified as a $60,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament and has been held in Istanbul, Turkey, annually, since 2013.

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 2015 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2015 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
CRO	Donna Vekić	108	1
BEL	An-Sophie Mestach	111	2
ISR	Shahar Pe'er	123	3
CZE	Kristýna Plíšková	135	4
BLR	Olga Govortsova	136	5
RUS	Margarita Gasparyan	143	6
BLR	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	146	7
RUS	Ekaterina Bychkova	170	8

¹ Rankings as of 13 April 2015

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Jana Fett is a Croatian tennis player.

Valeria Dmitrievna Savinykh is a Russian tennis player.

Nina Zander is a German former professional tennis player.

Champions

Singles

Shahar Pe'er def. Kristýna Plíšková, 1–6, 7–6^(7–4), 7–5

Shahar Pe'er is an Israeli retired professional tennis player.

Kristýna Plíšková is a Czech professional tennis player.

Doubles

Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok def. Valentyna Ivakhnenko / Polina Monova, 6–4, 6–3

Lyudmyla Viktorivna Kichenok is a Ukrainian tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 156, which she reached on 21 July 2014. In doubles, she reached No. 35 on 2 April 2018. She is the twin sister of Nadiia Kichenok, also professional tennis player.

Nadiia Viktorivna Kichenok is a Ukrainian tennis player. She has won three WTA doubles titles, including two with her twin sister Lyudmyla Kichenok.

External links

2015 Lale Cup at ITFtennis.com

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