2015 Wuhan Open

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2015 Wuhan Open
DateSeptember 27 – October 3
Edition2nd
Category WTA Premier 5
Draw56S / 28D
Prize money$2,513,000
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Wuhan, China
Venue Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams
Doubles
Flag of Switzerland.svg Martina Hingis / Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza
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The 2015 Wuhan Open (also known as 2015 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 27 and October 3, 2015. It was part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. The 2015 tournament was the 2nd edition of the Wuhan Open. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.

Contents

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventW F SF QF Round of 16Round of 32Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Singles [1] 90058535019010560130201
Doubles [1] 1N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
Singles [2] [3] $456,000$227,700$113,860$52,430$26,000$13,335$6,855$3,825$1,970
Doubles [4] $130,300$65,930$32,250$16,425$8,320$4,115N/AN/AN/A

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayer [5] RankingSeeds
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 21
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Sharapova 32
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 43
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 64
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 85
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 96
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 107
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 118
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Ana Ivanovic 129
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 1310
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Belinda Bencic 1511
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 1612
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Andrea Petkovic 1713
Flag of the United States.svg USA Madison Keys 1814
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 1915
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani 2116

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main singles draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Martina Hingis Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza 31
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 192
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 253
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-Ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Yung-Jan 3-4
Flag of the United States.svg USA Raquel Kops-Jones Flag of the United States.svg USA Abigail Spears 325
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Hlaváčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Hradecká 376
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 467
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chuang Chia-jung Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei 608

Other entrants

The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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