2015 WTA Tour

2015 WTA Tour

Serena Williams won five titles, including three Majors, to finish the year at No. 1 for the fifth time.
Details
Duration	4 January – 8 November 2015
Edition	45th
Tournaments	59
Categories	Grand Slam (4) WTA Finals WTA Elite Trophy WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (32)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Serena Williams (5)
Most tournament finals	Karolína Plíšková (6)
Prize money leader	Serena Williams (US$10,582,642) [1]
Points leader	Serena Williams (9,945) [2]
Awards
Player of the year	Serena Williams
Doubles team of the year	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
Most improved player of the year	Timea Bacsinszky
Newcomer of the year	Daria Gavrilova
Comeback player of the year	Venus Williams
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Serena Williams won the first three Majors of the year, the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon, and was on course for the Grand Slam until she lost in the semifinals of the US Open to Roberta Vinci; Flavia Pennetta went on to win her maiden Major singles title by defeating Vinci in the US Open final. Pennetta then retired from professional tennis at the WTA Finals in Singapore.

The 2015 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2015 tennis season. The 2015 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Finals and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2015 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points. ^[3]

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2015 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

Team events

January

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Jan	Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships Hard (i) – $1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR)	Poland 2–1	United States	Round robin (Group A)   Canada   Czech Republic   Italy	Round robin (Group B)   Australia   France   Great Britain
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $1,000,000 – 30S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Maria Sharapova 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3	Ana Ivanovic	Elina Svitolina Varvara Lepchenko	Carla Suárez Navarro Angelique Kerber Alla Kudryavtseva Kaia Kanepi
		Martina Hingis Sabine Lisicki 6–2, 7–5	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik
	Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Simona Halep 6–2, 6–2	Timea Bacsinszky	Zheng Saisai Petra Kvitová	Aleksandra Krunić Zarina Diyas Vera Zvonareva Tereza Smitková
		Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 6–4, 7–6(8–6)	Liang Chen Wang Yafan
	Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Venus Williams 2–6, 6–3, 6–3	Caroline Wozniacki	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Lauren Davis	Julia Görges CoCo Vandeweghe Elena Vesnina Urszula Radwańska
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 6–1	Shuko Aoyama Renata Voráčová
12 Jan	Sydney International Sydney, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $731,000 – 30S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)	Karolína Plíšková	Angelique Kerber Tsvetana Pironkova	Carla Suárez Navarro Garbiñe Muguruza Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Jarmila Gajdošová
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–3	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
	Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Heather Watson 6–3, 6–4	Madison Brengle	Kurumi Nara Alison Riske	Karin Knapp Camila Giorgi Roberta Vinci Zarina Diyas
		Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 7–5, 6–3	Vitalia Diatchenko Monica Niculescu
19 Jan 26 Jan	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard – $12,122,762 128S/64D/32X Singles  – Doubles  – Mixed doubles	Serena Williams 6–3, 7–6(7–5)	Maria Sharapova	Madison Keys Ekaterina Makarova	Dominika Cibulková Venus Williams Simona Halep Eugenie Bouchard
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–4, 7–6(7–5)	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie
		Martina Hingis Leander Paes 6–4, 6–3	Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor

February

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Feb	Fed Cup Quarterfinals Québec City, Canada – hard (i) Genoa, Italy – Clay (i) Kraków, Poland – hard (i) Stuttgart, Germany – hard (i)	Quarterfinals winners Czech Republic 4–0 France 3–2 Russia 4–0 Germany 4–1	Quarterfinals losers Canada Italy Poland Australia
9 Feb	Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium WTA Premier Hard (i) – $731,000 – 28S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Andrea Petkovic Walkover	Carla Suárez Navarro	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Karolína Plíšková	Mona Barthel Dominika Cibulková Lucie Šafářová Francesca Schiavone
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]	An-Sophie Mestach Alison Van Uytvanck
	Thailand Open Pattaya, Thailand WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Daniela Hantuchová 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Ajla Tomljanović	Monica Puig Marina Erakovic	Misaki Doi Evgeniya Rodina Duan Yingying Vera Zvonareva
		Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 2–6, 6–4, [10–3]	Shuko Aoyama Tamarine Tanasugarn
16 Feb	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,513,000 – 54S/28D Singles  – Doubles	Simona Halep 6–4, 7–6(7–4)	Karolína Plíšková	Caroline Wozniacki Garbiñe Muguruza	Ekaterina Makarova Flavia Pennetta Lucie Šafářová Carla Suárez Navarro
		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 6–3, 6–2	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro
	Rio Open Rio de Janeiro, Brazil WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Sara Errani 7–6(7–2), 6–1	Anna Schmiedlová	Johanna Larsson Irina-Camelia Begu	Beatriz Haddad Maia Dinah Pfizenmaier Verónica Cepede Royg Julia Glushko
		Ysaline Bonaventure Rebecca Peterson 3–0, retired	Irina-Camelia Begu María Irigoyen
23 Feb	Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier $731,000 – hard – 28S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Lucie Šafářová 6–4, 6–3	Victoria Azarenka	Carla Suárez Navarro Venus Williams	Petra Kvitová Andrea Petkovic Agnieszka Radwańska Caroline Wozniacki
		Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–4, 6–4	Hsieh Su-wei Sania Mirza
	Mexican Open Acapulco, Mexico WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Timea Bacsinszky 6–3, 6–0	Caroline Garcia	Maria Sharapova Sesil Karatantcheva	Magdaléna Rybáriková Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Johanna Larsson Monica Puig
		Lara Arruabarrena María Teresa Torró Flor 7–6(7–2), 5–7, [13–11]	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Mar	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International $500,000 – hard – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Timea Bacsinszky 4–6, 6–2, 6–4	Caroline Garcia	Ana Ivanovic Sara Errani	Kristina Mladenovic Magdaléna Rybáriková Urszula Radwańska Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
		Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska 6–3, 2–6, [10–3]	Anastasia Rodionova Arina Rodionova
	Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 4–6, 6–2, 6–1	Alexandra Dulgheru	Hsieh Su-wei Jarmila Gajdošová	Carina Witthöft Elizaveta Kulichkova Kurumi Nara Julia Görges
		Liang Chen Wang Yafan 4–6, 6–3, [10–4]	Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk
9 Mar 16 Mar	Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $6,157,160 – hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles  – Doubles	Simona Halep 2–6, 7–5, 6–4	Jelena Janković	Serena Williams Sabine Lisicki	Timea Bacsinszky Carla Suárez Navarro Lesia Tsurenko Flavia Pennetta
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–4	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
23 Mar 30 Mar	Miami Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $6,157,160 – hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles  – Doubles	Serena Williams 6–2, 6–0	Carla Suárez Navarro	Simona Halep Andrea Petkovic	Sabine Lisicki Sloane Stephens Venus Williams Karolína Plíšková
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 7–5, 6–1	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina

April

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Apr	Charleston Open Charleston, United States WTA Premier Clay – $731,000 (Green) – 56S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Angelique Kerber 6–2, 4–6, 7–5	Madison Keys	Lucie Hradecká Andrea Petkovic	Lauren Davis Sara Errani Danka Kovinić Irina-Camelia Begu
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–0, 6–4	Casey Dellacqua Darija Jurak
	Katowice Open Katowice, Poland WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 6–4, 6–3	Camila Giorgi	Agnieszka Radwańska Alison Van Uytvanck	Klára Koukalová Elizaveta Kulichkova Kirsten Flipkens Alizé Cornet
		Ysaline Bonaventure Demi Schuurs 7–5, 4–6, [10–6]	Gioia Barbieri Karin Knapp
13 Apr	Fed Cup Semifinals Ostrava, Czech Republic – hard (i) Sochi, Russia – Clay (i)	Semifinals winners Czech Republic 3–1 Russia 3–2	Semifinals losers France Germany
	Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Teliana Pereira 7–6(7–2), 6–1	Yaroslava Shvedova	Elina Svitolina Mariana Duque Mariño	Irina Falconi Lourdes Domínguez Lino Julia Glushko Monica Puig
		Paula Cristina Gonçalves Beatriz Haddad Maia 6–3, 3–6, [10–6]	Irina Falconi Shelby Rogers
20 Apr	Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier Clay (red) (i) – $731,000 – 28S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Angelique Kerber 3–6, 6–1, 7–5	Caroline Wozniacki	Madison Brengle Simona Halep	Ekaterina Makarova Caroline Garcia Carla Suárez Navarro Sara Errani
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–4, 6–3	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik
27 Apr	Morocco Open Marrakesh, Morocco WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Elina Svitolina 7–5, 7–6(7–3)	Tímea Babos	Kristina Mladenovic Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Lara Arruabarrena Flavia Pennetta Karin Knapp Timea Bacsinszky
		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 6–1, 7–6(7–5)	Laura Siegemund Maryna Zanevska
	Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Karolína Plíšková 4–6, 7–5, 6–3	Lucie Hradecká	Yanina Wickmayer Kateřina Siniaková	Denisa Allertová Danka Kovinić Barbora Strýcová Klára Koukalová
		Belinda Bencic Kateřina Siniaková 6–2, 6–2	Kateryna Bondarenko Eva Hrdinová

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 May	Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay (red) – €4,185,405 – 64S/28D Singles  – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–1, 6–2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Serena Williams Maria Sharapova	Carla Suárez Navarro Irina-Camelia Begu Caroline Wozniacki Lucie Šafářová
		Casey Dellacqua Yaroslava Shvedova 6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5]	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro
11 May	Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay (red) – $2,183,600 – 56S/28D Singles  – Doubles	Maria Sharapova 4–6, 7–5, 6–1	Carla Suárez Navarro	Daria Gavrilova Simona Halep	Christina McHale Victoria Azarenka Petra Kvitová Alexandra Dulgheru
		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–3	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
18 May	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Samantha Stosur 3–6, 6–2, 6–3	Kristina Mladenovic	Virginie Razzano Sloane Stephens	Madison Keys Elena Vesnina Ajla Tomljanović Jelena Janković
		Chuang Chia-jung Liang Chen 4–6, 6–4, [12–10]	Nadiia Kichenok Zheng Saisai
	Nuremberg Cup Nürnberg, Germany WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Karin Knapp 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1	Roberta Vinci	Lara Arruabarrena Angelique Kerber	Yulia Putintseva Carina Witthöft Kurumi Nara Misaki Doi
		Chan Hao-ching Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–2, 7–6(7–5)	Lara Arruabarrena Raluca Olaru
25 May 1 Jun	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) – $11,315,740 128S/64D/32X Singles  – Doubles  – Mixed doubles	Serena Williams 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–2	Lucie Šafářová	Timea Bacsinszky Ana Ivanovic	Sara Errani Alison Van Uytvanck Elina Svitolina Garbiñe Muguruza
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 3–6, 6–4, 6–2	Casey Dellacqua Yaroslava Shvedova
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Mike Bryan 7–6(7–3), 6–1	Lucie Hradecká Marcin Matkowski

June

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
8 Jun	Nottingham Open Nottingham, Great Britain WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Ana Konjuh 1–6, 6–4, 6–2	Monica Niculescu	Agnieszka Radwańska Alison Riske	Lauren Davis Johanna Konta Yanina Wickmayer Sachia Vickery
		Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 3–6, 6–3, [11–9]	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith
	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships Rosmalen, Netherlands WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Camila Giorgi 7–5, 6–3	Belinda Bencic	Kiki Bertens Jelena Janković	Yaroslava Shvedova CoCo Vandeweghe Kristina Mladenovic Annika Beck
		Asia Muhammad Laura Siegemund 6–3, 7–5	Jelena Janković Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
15 Jun	Birmingham Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $731,000 – 56S/16D Singles – Doubles	Angelique Kerber 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)	Karolína Plíšková	Kristina Mladenovic Sabine Lisicki	Simona Halep Carla Suárez Navarro Kateřina Siniaková Daniela Hantuchová
		Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro 6–4, 6–4	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
22 Jun	Eastbourne International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $731,000 – 48S/16D Singles – Doubles	Belinda Bencic 6–4, 4–6, 6–0	Agnieszka Radwańska	Sloane Stephens Caroline Wozniacki	Daria Gavrilova Tsvetana Pironkova Johanna Konta Andrea Petkovic
		Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik 7–6(7–5), 6–2	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie
29 Jun 6 Jul	The Championships, Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – $11,174,883 128S/64D/48X Singles  – Doubles  – Mixed doubles	Serena Williams 6–4, 6–4	Garbiñe Muguruza	Maria Sharapova Agnieszka Radwańska	Victoria Azarenka CoCo Vandeweghe Timea Bacsinszky Madison Keys
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 7–5	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
		Martina Hingis Leander Paes 6–1, 6–1	Tímea Babos Alexander Peya

July

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
13 Jul	Bucharest Open Bucharest, Romania WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 7–6(7–3), 6–3	Sara Errani	Monica Niculescu Polona Hercog	Anna Tatishvili Andreea Mitu Danka Kovinić Aleksandra Krunić
		Oksana Kalashnikova Demi Schuurs 6–2, 6–2	Andreea Mitu Patricia Maria Țig
	Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Johanna Larsson 6–3, 7–6(7–2)	Mona Barthel	Yulia Putintseva Lara Arruabarrena	Klára Koukalová Barbora Strýcová Rebecca Peterson Jana Čepelová
		Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 7–5, 6–4	Tatjana Maria Olga Savchuk
20 Jul	İstanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Lesia Tsurenko 7–5, 6–1	Urszula Radwańska	Kirsten Flipkens Magdaléna Rybáriková	Kateryna Bondarenko Francesca Schiavone Tsvetana Pironkova Roberta Vinci
		Daria Gavrilova Elina Svitolina 5–7, 6–1, [10–4]	Çağla Büyükakçay Jelena Janković
	Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Samantha Stosur 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2	Karin Knapp	Sara Errani Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Daria Kasatkina Polona Hercog Annika Beck Danka Kovinić
		Danka Kovinić Stephanie Vogt 4–6, 6–4, [10–3]	Lara Arruabarrena Lucie Hradecká
27 Jul	Baku Cup Baku, Azerbaijan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Margarita Gasparyan 6–3, 5–7, 6–0	Patricia Maria Țig	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Karin Knapp	Kirsten Flipkens Donna Vekić Evgeniya Rodina Alexandra Panova
		Margarita Gasparyan Alexandra Panova 6–3, 7–5	Vitalia Diatchenko Olga Savchuk
	Brasil Tennis Cup Florianópolis, Brazil WTA International Clay – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Teliana Pereira 6–4, 4–6, 6–1	Annika Beck	Anastasija Sevastova Bethanie Mattek-Sands	María Teresa Torró Flor Laura Siegemund Gabriela Cé Tereza Martincová
		Annika Beck Laura Siegemund 6–3, 7–6(7–1)	María Irigoyen Paula Kania

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Aug	Stanford Classic Stanford, United States WTA Premier Hard – $731,000 – 28S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Angelique Kerber 6–3, 5–7, 6–4	Karolína Plíšková	Varvara Lepchenko Elina Svitolina	Mona Barthel Ajla Tomljanović Alison Riske Agnieszka Radwańska
		Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai 6–1, 6–3	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja
	Washington Open Washington, D.C., United States WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Sloane Stephens 6–1, 6–2	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Ekaterina Makarova Samantha Stosur	Irina-Camelia Begu Christina McHale Louisa Chirico Monica Niculescu
		Belinda Bencic Kristina Mladenovic 7–5, 7–6(9–7)	Lara Arruabarrena Andreja Klepač
10 Aug	Canadian Open Toronto, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,513,000 – 56S/48Q/28D Singles  – Doubles	Belinda Bencic 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 3–0 ret.	Simona Halep	Serena Williams Sara Errani	Roberta Vinci Ana Ivanovic Lesia Tsurenko Agnieszka Radwańska
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–1, 6–2	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik
17 Aug	Cincinnati Open Mason, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,701,240 – 56S/48Q/28D Singles  – Doubles	Serena Williams 6–3, 7–6(7–5)	Simona Halep	Elina Svitolina Jelena Janković	Ana Ivanovic Lucie Šafářová Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
		Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 7–5, 6–4	Casey Dellacqua Yaroslava Shvedova
24 Aug	Connecticut Open New Haven, United States WTA Premier Hard – $731,000 – 30S/48Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–2	Lucie Šafářová	Lesia Tsurenko Caroline Wozniacki	Karolína Plíšková Dominika Cibulková Caroline Garcia Agnieszka Radwańska
		Julia Görges Lucie Hradecká 6–3, 6–1	Chuang Chia-jung Liang Chen
31 Aug 7 Sep	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $11,517,008 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles  – Doubles  – Mixed doubles	Flavia Pennetta 7–6(7–4), 6–2	Roberta Vinci	Serena Williams Simona Halep	Venus Williams Kristina Mladenovic Petra Kvitová Victoria Azarenka
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–3	Casey Dellacqua Yaroslava Shvedova
		Martina Hingis Leander Paes 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sam Querrey

September

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
14 Sep	Tournoi de Québec Québec City, Canada WTA International Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Annika Beck 6–2, 6–2	Jeļena Ostapenko	Naomi Broady Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	Anna Tatishvili Paula Kania Lucie Hradecká Samantha Crawford
		Barbora Krejčíková An-Sophie Mestach 4–6, 6–3, [12–10]	María Irigoyen Paula Kania
	Japan Women's Open Tokyo, Japan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Yanina Wickmayer 4–6, 6–3, 6–3	Magda Linette	Ajla Tomljanović Christina McHale	Kateryna Bondarenko Madison Brengle Zheng Saisai Hsieh Su-wei
		Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 6–1, 6–2	Misaki Doi Kurumi Nara
21 Sep	Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier Hard – $1,000,000 – 28S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–2, 6–2	Belinda Bencic	Caroline Wozniacki Dominika Cibulková	Angelique Kerber Garbiñe Muguruza Karolína Plíšková Ana Ivanovic
		Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro 7–5, 6–1	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
	Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Irina-Camelia Begu 6–3, 6–1	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	Alison Van Uytvanck Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Johanna Larsson Elizaveta Kulichkova Sloane Stephens Mona Barthel
		Lara Arruabarrena Andreja Klepač 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson
	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Jelena Janković 6–2, 6–0	Denisa Allertová	Sara Errani Yanina Wickmayer	Simona Halep Zheng Saisai Svetlana Kuznetsova Monica Niculescu
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–1	Xu Shilin You Xiaodi
28 Sep	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,513,000 – 56S/28D Singles  – Doubles	Venus Williams 6–3, 3–0 ret.	Garbiñe Muguruza	Roberta Vinci Angelique Kerber	Johanna Konta Karolína Plíšková Anna Karolína Schmiedlová CoCo Vandeweghe
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–2, 6–3	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu
	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Nao Hibino 6–2, 6–2	Donna Vekić	Bojana Jovanovski Evgeniya Rodina	Annika Beck Kateryna Kozlova Johanna Larsson Anna-Lena Friedsam
		Margarita Gasparyan Alexandra Panova 6–1, 3–6, [10–3]	Vera Dushevina Kateřina Siniaková

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Oct	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory $6,157,160 – hard – 60S/28D Singles  – Doubles	Garbiñe Muguruza 7–5, 6–4	Timea Bacsinszky	Agnieszka Radwańska Ana Ivanovic	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Angelique Kerber Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Sara Errani
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–7(9–11), 6–1, [10–8]	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
12 Oct	Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–1, 6–2	Danka Kovinić	Bojana Jovanovski Karolína Plíšková	Duan Yingying Kristina Mladenovic Tímea Babos Elizaveta Kulichkova
		Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai 6–2, 3–6, [10–8]	Darija Jurak Nicole Melichar
	Hong Kong Open Hong Kong WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Jelena Janković 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–1	Angelique Kerber	Venus Williams Samantha Stosur	Alizé Cornet Daria Gavrilova Heather Watson Caroline Garcia
		Alizé Cornet Yaroslava Shvedova 7–5, 6–4	Lara Arruabarrena Andreja Klepač
	Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4, 6–3	Anna-Lena Friedsam	Johanna Larsson Kirsten Flipkens	Margarita Gasparyan Madison Brengle Aleksandra Krunić Denisa Allertová
		Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–3, 7–5	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
19 Oct	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $768,000 – 28S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–2, 6–1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Lesia Tsurenko Daria Kasatkina	Flavia Pennetta Anastasija Sevastova Carla Suárez Navarro Margarita Gasparyan
		Daria Kasatkina Elena Vesnina 6–3, 6–7(7–9), [10–5]	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu
	Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles  – Doubles	Misaki Doi 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–0	Mona Barthel	Stefanie Vögele Alison Van Uytvanck	Laura Siegemund Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Jelena Janković Barbora Strýcová
		Mona Barthel Laura Siegemund 6–2, 7–6(7–2)	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja
26 Oct	WTA Finals Singapore Year-end championships Hard (i) – $7,000,000 – 8S (RR)/8D (RR) Singles  – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–2, 4–6, 6–3	Petra Kvitová	Maria Sharapova Garbiñe Muguruza	Round robin Simona Halep Flavia Pennetta Angelique Kerber Lucie Šafářová
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–0, 6–3	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro

November

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Round robin
2 Nov	WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Year-end championships Hard – $2,150,000 – 12S (RR)/6D (RR) Singles  – Doubles	Venus Williams 7–5, 7–6(8–6)	Karolína Plíšková	Roberta Vinci Elina Svitolina	Madison Keys Zheng Saisai Carla Suárez Navarro Andrea Petkovic Jelena Janković Sara Errani Svetlana Kuznetsova Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (Alt) Caroline Wozniacki
		Liang Chen Wang Yafan 6–4, 6–3	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja
Nov 14–15	Fed Cup Final Prague, Czech Republic  – Hard (i)	Czech Republic 3–2	Russia

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2015 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments. ^[4] The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

Titles won by player

Total	Player	Grand Slam			Year-end		Premier Mandatory		Premier 5		Premier		Inter­national		Total
		S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
13	Martina Hingis  (SUI)		● ●	● ● ●		●		● ● ●		●		● ●		●	0	10	3
10	Sania Mirza  (IND)		● ●			●		● ● ●		●		● ●		●	0	10	0
6	Bethanie Mattek-Sands  (USA)		● ●	●						●		● ●			0	5	1
5	Serena Williams  (USA)	● ● ●					●		●						5	0	0
5	Lucie Šafářová  (CZE)		● ●							●	●	●			1	4	0
4	Belinda Bencic  (SUI)								●		●			● ●	2	2	0
4	Kristina Mladenovic  (FRA)									● ●				● ●	0	4	0
4	Chan Hao-ching  (TPE)									●				● ● ●	0	4	0
4	Angelique Kerber  (GER)										● ● ● ●				4	0	0
3	Venus Williams  (USA)				●				●				●		3	0	0
3	Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL)				●						●		●		3	0	0
3	Liang Chen  (CHN)					●								● ●	0	3	0
3	Simona Halep  (ROU)						●		●				●		3	0	0
3	Petra Kvitová  (CZE)						●				● ●				3	0	0
3	Tímea Babos  (HUN)									● ●				●	0	3	0
3	Chan Yung-jan  (TPE)									●				● ●	0	3	0
3	Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP)						●					● ●			1	2	0
3	Raquel Kops-Jones  (USA)											●		● ●	0	3	0
3	Abigail Spears  (USA)											●		● ●	0	3	0
3	Johanna Larsson  (SWE)												●	● ●	1	2	0
3	Margarita Gasparyan  (RUS)												●	● ●	1	2	0
3	Laura Siegemund  (GER)													● ● ●	0	3	0
2	Wang Yafan  (CHN)					●								●	0	2	0
2	Yaroslava Shvedova  (KAZ)							●						●	0	2	0
2	Maria Sharapova  (RUS)								●		●				2	0	0
2	Carla Suárez Navarro  (ESP)											● ●			0	2	0
2	Anabel Medina Garrigues  (ESP)											●		●	0	2	0
2	Xu Yifan  (CHN)											●		●	0	2	0
2	Zheng Saisai  (CHN)											●		●	0	2	0
2	Timea Bacsinszky  (SUI)												● ●		2	0	0
2	Jelena Janković  (SRB)												● ●		2	0	0
2	Teliana Pereira  (BRA)												● ●		2	0	0
2	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová  (SVK)												● ●		2	0	0
2	Samantha Stosur  (AUS)												● ●		2	0	0
2	Annika Beck  (GER)												●	●	1	1	0
2	Sara Errani  (ITA)												●	●	1	1	0
2	Elina Svitolina  (UKR)												●	●	1	1	0
2	Lara Arruabarrena  (ESP)													● ●	0	2	0
2	Kiki Bertens  (NED)													● ●	0	2	0
2	Ysaline Bonaventure  (BEL)													● ●	0	2	0
2	Alexandra Panova  (RUS)													● ●	0	2	0
2	Demi Schuurs  (NED)													● ●	0	2	0
1	Flavia Pennetta  (ITA)	●													1	0	0
1	Casey Dellacqua  (AUS)							●							0	1	0
1	Svetlana Kuznetsova  (RUS)										●				1	0	0
1	Andrea Petkovic  (GER)										●				1	0	0
1	Lucie Hradecká  (CZE)											●			0	1	0
1	Caroline Garcia  (FRA)											●			0	1	0
1	Julia Görges  (GER)											●			0	1	0
1	Daria Kasatkina  (RUS)											●			0	1	0
1	Sabine Lisicki  (GER)											●			0	1	0
1	Arantxa Parra Santonja  (ESP)											●			0	1	0
1	Katarina Srebotnik  (SLO)											●			0	1	0
1	Elena Vesnina  (RUS)											●			0	1	0
1	Irina-Camelia Begu  (ROU)												●		1	0	0
1	Misaki Doi  (JPN)												●		1	0	0
1	Camila Giorgi  (ITA)												●		1	0	0
1	Daniela Hantuchová  (SVK)												●		1	0	0
1	Nao Hibino  (JPN)												●		1	0	0
1	Karin Knapp  (ITA)												●		1	0	0
1	Ana Konjuh  (CRO)												●		1	0	0
1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  (RUS)												●		1	0	0
1	Karolína Plíšková  (CZE)												●		1	0	0
1	Sloane Stephens  (USA)												●		1	0	0
1	Lesia Tsurenko  (UKR)												●		1	0	0
1	Heather Watson  (GBR)												●		1	0	0
1	Yanina Wickmayer  (BEL)												●		1	0	0
1	Caroline Wozniacki  (DNK)												●		1	0	0
1	Mona Barthel  (GER)													●	0	1	0
1	Chuang Chia-jung  (TPE)													●	0	1	0
1	Alizé Cornet  (FRA)													●	0	1	0
1	Gabriela Dabrowski  (CAN)													●	0	1	0
1	Daria Gavrilova  (RUS)													●	0	1	0
1	Paula Cristina Gonçalves  (BRA)													●	0	1	0
1	Beatriz Haddad Maia  (BRA)													●	0	1	0
1	Oksana Kalashnikova  (GEO)													●	0	1	0
1	Lyudmyla Kichenok  (UKR)													●	0	1	0
1	Nadiia Kichenok  (UKR)													●	0	1	0
1	Andreja Klepač  (SLO)													●	0	1	0
1	Danka Kovinić  (MNE)													●	0	1	0
1	Barbora Krejčíková  (CZE)													●	0	1	0
1	An-Sophie Mestach  (BEL)													●	0	1	0
1	Asia Muhammad  (USA)													●	0	1	0
1	Rebecca Peterson  (SWE)													●	0	1	0
1	Alicja Rosolska  (POL)													●	0	1	0
1	Kateřina Siniaková  (CZE)													●	0	1	0
1	María Teresa Torró Flor  (ESP)													●	0	1	0
1	Roberta Vinci  (ITA)													●	0	1	0
1	Stephanie Vogt  (LIE)													●	0	1	0

Titles won by nation

Total	Nation	Grand Slam			Year-end		Premier Mandatory		Premier 5		Premier		Inter­national		Total
		S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
19	United States  (USA)	3	2	1	1		1		2	1		3	2	3	9	9	1
19	Switzerland  (SUI)		2	3		1		3	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	12	3
12	Czech Republic  (CZE)		2				1			1	3	2	1	2	5	7	0
11	Germany  (GER)										5	2	1	3	6	5	0
10	India  (IND)		2			1		3		1		2		1	0	10	0
9	Russia  (RUS)								1		2	1	2	3	5	4	0
7	Spain  (ESP)						1					3		3	1	6	0
6	France  (FRA)									2		1		3	0	6	0
5	Italy  (ITA)	1											3	1	4	1	0
5	China  (CHN)					1						1		3	0	5	0
5	Chinese Taipei  (TPE)									1				4	0	5	0
4	Poland  (POL)				1						1		1	1	3	1	0
4	Romania  (ROU)						1		1				2		4	0	0
4	Ukraine  (UKR)												2	2	2	2	0
4	Belgium  (BEL)												1	3	1	3	0
4	Sweden  (SWE)												1	3	1	3	0
4	Netherlands  (NED)													4	0	4	0
3	Australia  (AUS)							1					2		2	1	0
3	Hungary  (HUN)									2				1	0	3	0
3	Slovakia  (SVK)												3		3	0	0
3	Brazil  (BRA)												2	1	2	1	0
2	Kazakhstan  (KAZ)							1						1	0	2	0
2	Slovenia  (SLO)											1		1	0	2	0
2	Japan  (JPN)												2		2	0	0
2	Serbia  (SRB)												2		2	0	0
1	Croatia  (CRO)												1		1	0	0
1	Denmark  (DNK)												1		1	0	0
1	Great Britain  (GBR)												1		1	0	0
1	Canada  (CAN)													1	0	1	0
1	Georgia  (GEO)													1	0	1	0
1	Liechtenstein  (LIE)													1	0	1	0
1	Montenegro  (MNE)													1	0	1	0

Titles information

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová – Katowice (draw) Teliana Pereira – Bogotá (draw) Camila Giorgi – Rosmalen (draw) Ana Konjuh – Nottingham (draw) Belinda Bencic – Eastbourne (draw) Johanna Larsson – Båstad (draw) Lesia Tsurenko – Istanbul (draw) Margarita Gasparyan – Baku (draw) Sloane Stephens – Washington, D.C. (draw) Nao Hibino – Tashkent (draw) Misaki Doi – Luxembourg (draw)

Doubles

Lyudmyla Kichenok – Shenzhen (draw) Nadiia Kichenok – Shenzhen (draw) Kiki Bertens – Hobart (draw) Ysaline Bonaventure – Rio de Janeiro (draw) Rebecca Peterson – Rio de Janeiro (draw) Wang Yafan – Kuala Lumpur (draw) Demi Schuurs – Katowice (draw) Paula Cristina Gonçalves – Bogotá (draw) Beatriz Haddad Maia – Bogotá (draw) Belinda Bencic – Prague (draw) Asia Muhammad – Rosmalen (draw) Laura Siegemund – Rosmalen (draw) Daria Gavrilova – Istanbul (draw) Danka Kovinić – Bad Gastein (draw) Annika Beck – Florianópolis (draw) Margarita Gasparyan – Baku (draw) Barbora Krejčíková – Québec City (draw) An-Sophie Mestach – Québec City (draw) Daria Kasatkina – Moscow (draw)

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles
Serena Williams – Miami (draw), Cincinnati (draw) Petra Kvitová – New Haven (draw)

Doubles
Martina Hingis – Miami (draw), Wuhan (draw) Elina Svitolina – Istanbul (draw) Alexandra Panova – Baku (draw) Lara Arruabarrena – Seoul (draw) Sania Mirza – WTA Finals (draw)

Top 10 entry

The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:

Singles
Ekaterina Makarova (enters at #9 on February 2) Carla Suárez Navarro (enters at #10 on April 6) Lucie Šafářová (enters at #7 on June 8) Garbiñe Muguruza (enters at #9 on July 13) Karolína Plíšková (enters at #8 on August 10) Timea Bacsinszky (enters at #10 on October 12)

Doubles
Garbiñe Muguruza (enters at #10 on February 23) Raquel Kops-Jones (enters at #10 on March 2) Abigail Spears (enters at #10 on March 2) Kristina Mladenovic (enters at #10 on April 6) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (enters at #6 on June 8) Lucie Šafářová (enters at #5 on June 8) Tímea Babos (enters at #10 on June 8)

WTA rankings

These are the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the WTA Tour, at the current date of the 2015 season. ^[5] Players with a gold background qualified for the WTA Finals.

Singles

WTA Championships Race Rankings, as of 26 October 2015 [6] # Player Points inj [7] Serena Williams 9,945 1   Simona Halep  (ROU) 5790 2   Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP) 4511 3   Maria Sharapova  (RUS) 4322 4   Petra Kvitová  (CZE) 3491 5   Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL) 3425 6   Angelique Kerber  (GER) 3400 7   Flavia Pennetta  (ITA) 3252 8   Lucie Šafářová  (CZE) 3221 9   Timea Bacsinszky  (SUI) 3133 10   Venus Williams  (USA) 3091 11   Carla Suárez Navarro  (ESP) 3030 12   Karolína Plíšková  (CZE) 2955 13   Belinda Bencic  (SUI) 2900 14   Roberta Vinci  (ITA) 2655 15   Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN) 2641 16   Ana Ivanovic  (SRB) 2616 17   Sara Errani  (ITA) 2525 18   Madison Keys  (USA) 2495 19   Elina Svitolina  (UKR) 2410 20   Jelena Janković  (SRB) 2345 Champion   Player has qualified for the 2015 WTA Finals

WTA Singles Year-End Rankings [8] # Player Points #Trn '14 Rk High Low '14→'15 1   Serena Williams  (USA) 9,945 16 1 1 1 2   Simona Halep  (ROU) 6,060 18 3 2 4 1 3   Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP) 5,200 20 21 3 24 18 4   Maria Sharapova  (RUS) 5,011 17 2 2 4 2 5   Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL) 4,500 24 6 5 15 1 6   Petra Kvitová  (CZE) 4,220 19 4 2 6 2 7   Venus Williams  (USA) 3,790 18 19 7 24 12 8   Flavia Pennetta  (ITA) 3,621 20 13 6 28 5 9   Lucie Šafářová  (CZE) 3,590 22 17 5 17 8 10   Angelique Kerber  (GER) 3,590 25 10 7 16 11   Karolína Plíšková  (CZE) 3,285 26 24 7 25 13 12   Timea Bacsinszky  (SUI) 3,133 17 48 10 47 35 13   Carla Suárez Navarro  (ESP) 3,090 25 18 8 17 5 14   Belinda Bencic  (SUI) 2,900 24 33 12 37 19 15   Roberta Vinci  (ITA) 2,785 25 49 15 58 34 16   Ana Ivanovic  (SRB) 2,645 19 5 5 16 11 17   Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN) 2,641 24 8 4 17 9 18   Madison Keys  (USA) 2,600 19 31 16 35 13 19   Elina Svitolina  (UKR) 2,590 25 29 15 29 10 20   Sara Errani  (ITA) 2,525 26 15 12 22 5 Holder Date gained Date forfeited   Serena Williams  (USA) Year-End 2014 Year-End 2015

Doubles

WTA Championships Race Rankings as of 26 October 2015 [6] # Player Points Tours 1   Martina Hingis  (SUI)   Sania Mirza  (IND) 10,085 15 2   Bethanie Mattek-Sands  (USA)   Lucie Šafářová  (CZE) 6,390 8 3   Casey Dellacqua  (AUS)   Yaroslava Shvedova  (KAZ) 5,111 8 4   Ekaterina Makarova  (RUS)   Elena Vesnina  (RUS) 4,586 10 5   Tímea Babos  (HUN)   Kristina Mladenovic  (FRA) 4,340 18 6   Chan Hao-ching  (TPE)   Chan Yung-jan  (TPE) 3,705 13 7   Caroline Garcia  (FRA)   Katarina Srebotnik  (SLO) 3,705 18 8   Raquel Kops-Jones  (USA)   Abigail Spears  (USA) 3,380 19 9   Andrea Hlaváčková  (CZE)   Lucie Hradecká  (CZE) 3,130 17 10   Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP)   Carla Suárez Navarro  (ESP) 3,100 13 Champion   Team has qualified for the 2015 WTA Finals   Team has withdrawn for the 2015 WTA Finals due to injury

WTA Doubles Year-End Rankings [9] # Player Points #Trn 2014 rank '14→'15 1   Sania Mirza  (IND) 11,355 22 6 5 2   Martina Hingis  (SUI) 11,355 22 11 9 3   Bethanie Mattek-Sands  (USA) 7,450 13 268 265 4   Lucie Šafářová  (CZE) 6,866 12 29 25 5   Casey Dellacqua  (AUS) 5,835 17 31 26 6   Yaroslava Shvedova  (KAZ) 5,720 13 24 18 7   Chan Yung-jan  (TPE) 5,570 20 35 28 8   Elena Vesnina  (RUS) 5,275 16 7 1 9   Kristina Mladenovic  (FRA) 5,095 22 21 12 10   Ekaterina Makarova  (RUS) 4,586 10 7 3 11   Tímea Babos  (HUN) 4,580 20 21 10 12   Chan Hao-ching  (TPE) 4485 27 27 15 13   Carla Suárez Navarro  (ESP) 3,885 14 20 7 14   Caroline Garcia  (FRA) 3,860 19 26 12   Katarina Srebotnik  (SLO) 3,860 21 10 4 16   Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP) 3,842 14 14 17   Lucie Hradecká  (CZE) 3,720 23 22 5 18   Raquel Kops-Jones  (USA) 3,650 25 12 6   Abigail Spears  (USA) 3,650 25 12 6 20   Andrea Hlaváčková  (CZE) 3,380 20 15 5

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Sara Errani  (ITA)   Roberta Vinci  (ITA)	Year-end 2014	12 April 2015
Sania Mirza  (IND)	13 April 2015	Year-end 2015

Prize money leaders

#	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Year-to-date
1	Serena Williams  (USA)	$10,582,642	$0	$0	$10,582,642
2	Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP)	$4,168,418	$329,890	$0	$4,498,308
3	Flavia Pennetta  (ITA)	$4,174,427	$231,578	$0	$4,406,005
4	Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL)	$4,102,293	$0	$0	$4,102,293
5	Maria Sharapova  (RUS)	$3,949,284	$0	$0	$3,949,284
6	Simona Halep  (ROU)	$3,890,231	$22,896	$5,000	$3,918,127
7	Petra Kvitová  (CZE)	$3,038,722	$0	$0	$3,038,722
8	Lucie Šafářová  (CZE)	$2,195,988	$750,273	$0	$2,946,261
9	Venus Williams  (USA)	$2,404,419	$0	$0	$2,404,419
10	Roberta Vinci  (ITA)	$2,220,284	$89,537	$0	$2,309,821
Prize money given in US$ as of November 9,2015 [update] [10]

Statistics leaders

as of November 16,2015 ^{[update] [11]}

Aces Player Aces Matches 1 Karolína Plíšková 517 75 2 Serena Williams 498 53 3 Madison Keys 328 49 4 Samantha Stosur 282 55 5 Kristina Mladenovic 270 59 6 Lucie Šafářová 267 52 7 Sabine Lisicki 262 41 8 CoCo Vandeweghe 260 41 9 Caroline Garcia 255 56 10 Venus Williams 235 52

Double faults Player DFs Matches 1 Camila Giorgi 458 46 2 Alizé Cornet 302 49 3 Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 274 42 4 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 260 55 5 Jelena Janković 256 64 6 Ana Ivanovic 235 47 7 Karolína Plíšková 234 75 8 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 233 58 9 Kristina Mladenovic 233 59 10 Maria Sharapova 232 44

First-serve percentage Player % Matches 1 Sara Errani 82.8 72 2 Teliana Pereira 73.2 25 3 Annika Beck 72.7 41 4 Kurumi Nara 71.2 43 5 Alexandra Dulgheru 69.7 27 6 Zarina Diyas 69.2 46 7 Monica Niculescu 68.8 41 8 Lara Arruabarrena 68.6 32 9 Angelique Kerber 68.4 72 10 Caroline Wozniacki 68.2 62

Second-serve percentage Player % Matches 1 Francesca Schiavone 47.2 30 2 Klára Koukalová 47.1 35 3 Danka Kovinić 46.6 30 4 Lucie Hradecká 46.6 34 5 CoCo Vandeweghe 46.0 41 6 Tatjana Maria 45.2 26 7 Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 44.3 42 8 Camila Giorgi 44.2 46 9 Flavia Pennetta 43.8 46 10 Aleksandra Krunić 43.5 31

First-serve points won Player % Matches 1 Serena Williams 75.9 53 2 Lucie Hradecká 71.9 34 3 Karolína Plíšková 71.7 75 4 Maria Sharapova 71.5 44 5 CoCo Vandeweghe 70.3 41 6 Madison Keys 70.3 49 7 Lucie Šafářová 70.1 52 8 Venus Williams 69.8 52 9 Petra Kvitová 69.7 51 10 Samantha Stosur 68.8 55

Second-serve points won Player % Matches 1 Samantha Stosur 53.1 55 2 Ekaterina Makarova 51.4 41 3 CoCo Vandeweghe 49.7 41 4 Johanna Larsson 49.7 44 5 Lucie Šafářová 49.6 52 6 Sloane Stephens 49.6 52 7 Maria Sharapova 48.8 44 8 Serena Williams 48.8 53 9 Madison Keys 48.5 49 10 Timea Bacsinszky 48.2 51

Service points won Player % Matches 1 Serena Williams 64.4 53 2 Maria Sharapova 62.5 44 3 Lucie Šafářová 62.4 52 4 Samantha Stosur 62.2 55 5 Madison Keys 61.7 49 6 Petra Kvitová 61.4 51 7 Karolína Plíšková 61.2 75 8 CoCo Vandeweghe 60.8 41 9 Agnieszka Radwańska 60.6 72 10 Ekaterina Makarova 60.1 41

Return points won Player % Matches 1 Sara Errani 50.8 72 2 Simona Halep 48.4 64 3 Annika Beck 48.0 41 4 Victoria Azarenka 47.6 44 5 Serena Williams 47.5 53 6 Angelique Kerber 47.4 72 7 Agnieszka Radwańska 47.2 72 8 Caroline Wozniacki 47.0 62 9 Teliana Pereira 46.9 25 10 Maria Sharapova 46.8 44

Service games won Player % Matches 1 Serena Williams 81.1 53 2 Maria Sharapova 79.9 44 3 Lucie Šafářová 77.9 52 4 Samantha Stosur 76.0 55 5 Karolína Plíšková 75.8 75 6 Madison Keys 75.2 49 7 Petra Kvitová 74.8 51 8 Agnieszka Radwańska 73.4 72 9 Ekaterina Makarova 73.4 41 10 Garbiñe Muguruza 73.1 58

Return games won Player % Matches 1 Sara Errani 51.9 72 2 Simona Halep 47.1 64 3 Victoria Azarenka 45.4 44 4 Annika Beck 44.3 41 5 Agnieszka Radwańska 44.1 72 6 Angelique Kerber 43.9 72 7 Serena Williams 43.8 53 8 Caroline Wozniacki 43.2 62 9 Teliana Pereira 43.0 25 10 Lesia Tsurenko 42.5 37

Break points saved Player % Matches 1 Karolína Plíšková 64.3 75 2 Serena Williams 63.4 53 3 Maria Sharapova 62.4 44 4 Victoria Azarenka 62.1 44 5 Caroline Garcia 61.5 56 6 Madison Keys 61.5 49 7 Alison Van Uytvanck 61.0 37 8 Lucie Šafářová 60.9 52 9 Garbiñe Muguruza 60.6 58 10 Sloane Stephens 60.2 52

Break points converted Player % Matches 1 Teliana Pereira 56.7 25 2 Annika Beck 53.9 41 3 Sara Errani 53.3 72 4 Irina Falconi 52.6 29 5 Victoria Azarenka 51.0 44 6 Lauren Davis 50.9 34 7 Tsvetana Pironkova 50.3 39 8 Heather Watson 50.2 37 9 Agnieszka Radwańska 49.8 72 10 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 49.8 58

Points distribution

The points distribution was mostly the same for the 2015 season. ^[12] Main draw rounds usually give a little less points, but there is no change for the champion (W). Points for qualifying rounds (Q) have changed in both directions depending on the tournament category. Points earned in 2014 retain their value until they expire after 52 weeks. What changed are the distribution of points for the WTA Finals and WTA Elite Trophy.

Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	70	10	40	30	20	2
Grand Slam (D)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	10	–	40	–	–	–
WTA Finals (S)	1500*	1050*	690*	(+70 per round robin match; +160 per round robin win)
WTA Finals (D)	1500*	1050*	690*	(+70 per round robin match; +160 per round robin win)
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	35	10	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	10	–	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D)	1000	650	390	215	120	10	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (56S,64Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	22	15	1
WTA Premier 5 (56/54S,48/32Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier 5 (28D)	900	585	350	190	105	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (16D)	900	585	350	190	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Elite Trophy (S)	700*	440*	240*	(+40 per round robin match; +80 per round robin win)
WTA Premier (56S)	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	–	25	–	13	1
WTA Premier (32S)	470	305	185	100	55	1	–	–	25	18	13	1
WTA Premier (16D)	470	305	185	100	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA International (32S,32Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	14	10	1
WTA International (32S,16Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	–	12	1
WTA International (16D)	280	180	110	60	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

* Assumes undefeated round robin match record.

WTA fan polls

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Nationality
January	Serena Williams	United States
February	Simona Halep	Romania
March	Serena Williams (2)	United States
April	Angelique Kerber	Germany
May	Serena Williams (3)	United States
June	Serena Williams (4)	United States
July	Samantha Stosur	Australia
August	Belinda Bencic	Switzerland
September	Flavia Pennetta	Italy
October	Agnieszka Radwańska	Poland

Shot of the Month

Month	Player	Nationality
January	Maria Sharapova	Russia
February	Simona Halep	Romania
March	Agnieszka Radwańska	Poland
April	Angelique Kerber	Germany
May	Agnieszka Radwańska (2)	Poland
June	Ana Ivanovic	Serbia
July	Not Awarded
August	Simona Halep (2)	Romania
September	Agnieszka Radwańska (3)	Poland
October	Agnieszka Radwańska (4)	Poland

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 (singles) or (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2015 season:

List of Retirements

Julie Coin (born 2 December 1982, in Amiens, France), joined the pro tour in 1999. Her career-high singles ranking is world no. 60, achieved on 27 July 2009. Her career-high doubles ranking is world no. 49, achieved on 19 April 2010. Coin has won 10 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. Coin recorded the biggest win of her career by defeating the world no. 1 ranked female singles player, and top seed, Ana Ivanovic at the 2008 US Open. She announced November 2015 that the 2015 Open de Limoges will be her last tournament, her retirement from professional tennis. Marta Domachowska (born 16 January 1986 in Warsaw, Poland), joined the pro tour in 2001. Her career-high singles ranking is world no. 37, achieved on 3 April 2006. Her career-high doubles ranking is world no. 62, achieved on 30 January 2006. Domachowska won one doubles title on the WTA tour. Domachowska has won 8 singles and 5 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. In the 2008 Australian Open, she achieved her best grand slam result, reaching the fourth round, before she lost to Venus Williams. She announced December 2015 her retirement from professional tennis. Natalie Grandin (born 27 February 1981, in East London, South Africa), joined the pro tour in 1999, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 144 in 2005, and a career high doubles ranking of number 22 in 2012. Grandin won one doubles title on the WTA tour. In Grand Slams doubles she reached a Quarterfinals on the 2011 Australian Open. She decided to retire in January 2015 at the age of 33. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (born 8 November 1986 in Rum, Austria), joined the pro tour in 2003. On 4 May 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 70. On 29 September 2014, she peaked at world number 117 in the doubles rankings. Mayr-Achleitner has won 17 singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. She announced that the 2015 Generali Ladies Linz will be her last tournament, stating chronic joint pain as the reason for her retirement from professional tennis. Yvonne Meusburger (born 3 October 1983 in Dornbirn, Austria) joined the pro tour in 1999, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 37 in 2014. Meusburger won one singles title on the WTA tour. In Grand Slams, she reached the third round on one occasion, at the 2014 Australian Open. She was an active part on the Austrian Fed Cup team, playing 29 ties between 2003 and 2014. She decided to retire after losing in the first round of US Open in August, In December 2014, Meusburger announced that she would come out of retirement to play one more tournament—the 2015 Australian Open—telling the Austria Press Agency that she wanted to end her career at the tournament because it was the first Grand Slam she contested was the 2006 Australian Open. Meusburger played her final career match against 29th seed Australian Casey Dellacqua at the following 2015 Australian Open. Flavia Pennetta (born 25 February 1982, in Brindisi, Italy), turned pro in 2000 on her 18th birthday, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 6 on 28 September 2015 and a career high doubles ranking of number 1 on 28 February 2011. Pennetta is a Grand Slam champion as she won the 2015 US Open title in an all-Italian Grand Slam final against Roberta Vinci, becoming the first woman ever to win her first Grand Slam title after the age of 30 and the first Italian ever to win a singles title at the US Open. As a doubles specialist she also won her first Grand Slam Doubles title at the 2011 Australian Open and reached two other Grand Slam doubles finals at the US Open in 2005 and 2014. In her career she won 11 singles titles (including 2014 Indian Wells), 17 doubles titles and 4 Fed Cup tournaments representing Italy. She announced her retirement at the end of the season following her victory at US Open. Pennetta played her final match at the 2015 WTA Finals. Ksenia Pervak (born 27 May 1991, in Chelyabinsk, Russia), turned pro in 2005, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 37 on 19 September 2011 and a career high doubles ranking of number 123 on 30 January 2012. Pervak won one WTA singles title at the 2011 Tashkent Open where she defeated Eva Birnerová in the final. Pervak has also reached the fourth round of the Wimbledon Championships in 2011, where she defeated top ten player Andrea Petkovic in the third round. Pervak has also won 9 ITF singles titles and 3 ITF doubles titles. She announced her retirement from tennis at the end of the season, stating chronic injuries as the reason. She played her last professional match at the 2015 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open and retired at the age of 24. Lisa Raymond (born 10 August 1973, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA), turned pro in 1989, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 15 on 20 October 1997 and high doubles ranking of number 1 on 12 June 2000. Raymond has 11 Grand Slam titles to her name: 6 in women's doubles and 5 in mixed doubles. She also won four singles titles on the WTA. Earning more than US$9 million in prize money in her career, Raymond has reached the quarterfinals in singles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon. She also is one of the few players to win a career Grand Slam in doubles. Among her doubles partners are legends Lindsay Davenport, Martina Navrátilová and Rennae Stubbs, as well as Samantha Stosur, Květa Peschke, Cara Black and Liezel Huber among others. She is also a mixed partner of Mike Bryan, with whom she won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, her lone medal to date. Raymond played her last professional match at the 2015 US Open. Chanelle Scheepers (born 13 March 1984, in Harrismith, South Africa), joined the pro tour in 2000, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 37 in 2011, reaching a career high doubles ranking of number 42 in 2014. Scheepers won one singles title and one doubles title on the WTA tour. In Grand Slams singles she reached the 4th round once at the 2010 French Open and in doubles she reached a semifinal on the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. She decided to retire in April 2015 at the age of 31, for coaching Alison Riske.

Comebacks

Following are notable players who will come back after retirements during the 2015 WTA Tour season:

List of Comebacks

María José Martínez Sánchez (born 12 August 1982 in Murcia, Spain), turned pro in 1998, ultimately winning five singles titles and 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also won 12 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ITF circuit. She reached a career-high ranking of world number 19 in singles on 10 May 2010, and of world no 5 in doubles on 18 January 2010. Her best singles performance at Grand Slam was reaching the third round, a feat she achieved six times in total and at least once at all four tournaments. In doubles, she reached the semi-finals of a grand slam three times; at the 2010 French Open, the 2012 French Open and the 2012 US Open. She also won the WTA Tour Championships doubles title in 2009, partnering Nuria Llagostera Vives, and reached the semi-finals of the 2009 Tournament of Champions (the first edition of the event to be held). After the pregnancy, she returned to the tour in the doubles of Miami Open in pair with Vera Dushevina. Katalin Marosi (born 12 November 1979 in Gheorgheni, Romania), turned professional in October 1995, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 101 in May 2000 and the doubles no. 38 ranking in February 2013. Marosi lost all three WTA doubles finals she reached, but won 15 singles titles and 31 doubles titles on the ITF tour. After two years, she returned to the main tour in the doubles of Katowice Open in pair with Oksana Kalashnikova. Anastasija Sevastova (born 13 April 1990 in Liepāja, Latvia), turned professional in 2006 (first retirement in 2013). She is a former world No. 37 in singles. Sevastova won one singles title on the WTA tour. In Grand Slams singles, she reached a fourth round on the 2011 Australian Open. She returned to the tour receiving a wildcard to compete in Sharm-El Sheik, an ITF $10,000 event, starting on January 26. Amra Sadiković (born 6 May 1989 in Prilep, Yugoslavia), turned professional in 2007 (first retirement in 2014). She is a former world No. 179 in singles. Sadiković won eight singles titles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF tour. In Grand Slams singles, she reached a second round of qualification on the 2013 US Open. She returned to the tour receiving a wildcard to compete in Essen, an ITF $25,000 event, starting on June 8. Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978 in Basel, Switzerland), turned professional in 1994 (first retirement in 2011), reaching a career high ranking of 7 in 2005 and winning 11 WTA titles. She also made the semi-finals of the 2004 Australian Open and has made the quarter-finals at the French Open and US Open twice each. She will return at an ITF circuit event in Darmstadt where she will play Sofiya Kovalets of Ukraine in the first round. [13]

Awards

List of Awards Winners
Award	Winner	Nationality
Player of the Year	Serena Williams	United States
Doubles Team of the Year	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	Switzerland  India
Newcomer of the Year	Daria Gavrilova	Russia
Most Improved Player	Timea Bacsinszky	Switzerland
Most Improved Player	Venus Williams	United States
Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award	Petra Kvitová	Czech Republic
Peachy Kellmeyer Player Service Award	Lucie Šafářová	Czech Republic
Fan Favorite Player	Agnieszka Radwańska	Poland
Fan Favorite WTA Match of the Year	Agnieszka Radwańska def. Garbiñe Muguruza	Poland  Spain
Fan Favorite Grand Slam Match of the Year	Victoria Azarenka def. Angelique Kerber	Belarus  Germany
Fan Favorite Shot of the Year	Agnieszka Radwańska	Poland
Premier Mandatory Tournament of the Year	BNP Paribas Open	United States
Premier 5 Tournament of the Year	Dubai Tennis Championships	United Arab Emirates
International Tournament of the Year (Americas)	Abierto Mexicano Telcel	Mexico
International Tournament of the Year (Asia/Pacific)	ASB Classic	New Zealand
International Tournament of the Year (Europe/Middle East)	Swedish Open	Sweden

See also

• Tennis portal

• WTA Tour
• 2015 ATP World Tour
• 2015 WTA 125K series
• Women's Tennis Association
• 2015 ITF Women's Circuit
• 2015 Fed Cup
• 2015 WTA Finals

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External links

• WTA Tour's 2015 match-facts statistics
• WTA Tour Calendar 2015
• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
• International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website