2015 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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2015 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date20–26 April
Edition38th
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$731,000
Surface Clay
Location Stuttgart, Germany
Venue Porsche-Arena
Attendance37,200
Champions
Singles
Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Šafářová
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The 2015 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 38th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and part of the Premier tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from 20 April through 26 April 2015. Unseeded Angelique Kerber won the singles title.

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles4703051851005512518131
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1
Singles$124,000$66,000$35,455$19,050$10,220$5,580$2,920$1,555$860
Doubles *$39,000$20,650$11,360$5,875$3,140N/AN/AN/AN/A

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayer [1] Rank1Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Sharapova 21
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 32
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 43
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 54
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Ana Ivanovic 65
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Makarova 86
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 97
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 108

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Martina Hingis Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza 51
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 432
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 493
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Andreja Klepač 724

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

Finals

Singles

Doubles

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