2015 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger – Singles

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Singles
2015 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger
Champion Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Babos
Runner-up Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Doi
Final score7–5 , 6–3
Events
Singles Doubles
  2014  · OEC Taipei WTA Challenger ·  2016  

Vitalia Diatchenko was the defending champion, but she chose not to participate.

Contents

Tímea Babos won the title, defeating Misaki Doi in the final 7–5, 6–3.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Doi (final)
  2. Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yaroslava Shvedova (quarterfinals, retired)
  3. Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniya Rodina (semifinals)
  4. Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Babos (champion)
  5. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kirsten Flipkens (semifinals)
  6. Flag of Romania.svg Patricia Maria Țig (first round)
  7. Flag of Switzerland.svg Stefanie Vögele (quarterfinals)
  8. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yafan (second round)

Main draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Doi 776
3 Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniya Rodina 632
1 Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Doi 5 3
4 Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Babos 76
4 Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Babos 677
5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kirsten Flipkens 3 61

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of Japan.svg M Doi 67
Flag of Japan.svg R Ozaki 3 5 1 Flag of Japan.svg M Doi 66
Flag of Hong Kong.svg L Zhang 6666 Flag of Hong Kong.svg L Zhang 4 4
WC Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg C-y Hsu 1 782 1 Flag of Japan.svg M Doi 66
Flag of Thailand.svg L Kumkhum 5 66 Flag of Thailand.svg L Kumkhum 3 4
WC Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg C-w Hsu 72 2 Flag of Thailand.svg L Kumkhum 3 66
Q Flag of Japan.svg K Takahata 2 62 8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Wang 63 1
8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Wang 63 61 Flag of Japan.svg M Doi 776
3 Flag of Russia.svg E Rodina 7763 Flag of Russia.svg E Rodina 632
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg J Lu 653 3 Flag of Russia.svg E Rodina 66
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Zhang 66 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Zhang 4 3
Flag of Japan.svg J Namigata 0 3 3 Flag of Russia.svg E Rodina 4 66
Flag of India.svg A Raina 621 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg C Liu 62 4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg C Liu 776 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg C Liu 66
Flag of Japan.svg K Date-Krumm 71 6 Flag of Japan.svg K Date-Krumm 3 3
6 Flag of Romania.svg PM Țig 5 63

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 Flag of Switzerland.svg S Vögele 776
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y-h Lee 644 7 Flag of Switzerland.svg S Vögele 66
Q Flag of Thailand.svg N Lertpitaksinchai 4 3 Flag of Greece.svg M Sakkari 1 1
Flag of Greece.svg M Sakkari 667 Flag of Switzerland.svg S Vögele 4 5
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg E Mertens 664 Flag of Hungary.svg T Babos 67
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg X Han 2 4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg E Mertens 2 2
Q Flag of Croatia.svg T Lukas 5 3 4 Flag of Hungary.svg T Babos 66
4 Flag of Hungary.svg T Babos 764 Flag of Hungary.svg T Babos 677
5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg K Flipkens 665 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg K Flipkens 3 61
WC Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg I-h Cho 3 3 5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg K Flipkens 66
WC Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg C-w Chan 2 0 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg K Zhang 3 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg K Zhang 665 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg K Flipkens 4 2
Q Flag of Japan.svg H Kuwata 5 60 2 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Y Shvedova 61r
Flag of France.svg A Hesse 74 6 Flag of France.svg A Hesse 6622
Flag of Russia.svg M Melnikova 0 4 2 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Y Shvedova 3 776
2 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Y Shvedova 66

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Flag of Japan.svg Hiroko Kuwata (qualified)
  2. Flag of Croatia.svg Tena Lukas (qualified)
  3. Flag of Thailand.svg Peangtarn Plipuech (qualifying competition)
  4. Flag of Thailand.svg Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (qualified)

Qualifiers

Draw

First qualifier

Qualifying competition
     
1 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroko Kuwata 66
  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Pei-chi 2 4

Second qualifier

Qualifying competition
     
2 Flag of Croatia.svg Tena Lukas66
WC Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cho Yi-tsen 3 2

Third qualifier

Qualifying competition
     
3 Flag of Thailand.svg Peangtarn Plipuech 6164
  Flag of Japan.svg Kotomi Takahata 7777

Fourth qualifier

Qualifying competition
     
4 Flag of Thailand.svg Nicha Lertpitaksinchai 66
WC Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Yang 2 2

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