2015 Malaysian Open

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2015 Malaysian Open
Date28 February – 8 March
Edition6th
Category WTA International tournaments
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
Surface Hard
Location Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Venue Royal Selangor Golf Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki
Doubles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Chen / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yafan
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The 2015 BMW Malaysian Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the 6th edition of the Malaysian Open and is an International tournament on the 2015 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from 28 February to 8 March 2015 at the Royal Selangor Golf Club. This tournament had been discontinued, but was restarted when the rights were bought off the tournament in Palermo, Italy. [1] Caroline Wozniacki defeated Alexandra Dulgheru in the championship match for her 1st title of the year and 23rd of her career.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money distribution

Points distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles280180110603011814101
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1
Singles$43,000$21,400$11,300$5,900$3,310$1,925$1,005$730$530
Doubles$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking1Seeds
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 51
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sabine Lisicki 282
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Casey Dellacqua 343
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jarmila Gajdošová 544
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Klára Koukalová 585
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kurumi Nara 606
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Bojana Jovanovski 637
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges 678

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Darija Jurak Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Klára Koukalová 1101
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Nadiia Kichenok 1392
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Yuliya Beygelzimer Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Olga Savchuk 1553
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Kailin 1714

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

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