2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open

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2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open
DateOctober 12–18
Edition6th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
Surface Hard
LocationHong Kong
Venue Victoria Park Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković
Doubles
Flag of France.svg Alizé Cornet / Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yaroslava Shvedova
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The 2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open (also known as the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, from October 12 to 18.

Contents

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles2801801106030118121
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1
Singles$43,000$21,400$11,500$6,200$3,420$2,220$1,285$750
Doubles *$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960N/AN/AN/A

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 51
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 102
Flag of the United States.svg USA Venus Williams 143
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 244
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 255
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Daria Gavrilova 356
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 397
Flag of France.svg  FRA Alizé Cornet 448

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Lara Arruabarrena Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Andreja Klepač 611
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Anastasia Rodionova 942
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Liang Chen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Wang Yafan 1293
Flag of France.svg  FRA Alizé Cornet Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 1844

1 Rankings are as of October 5, 2015

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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