2015 Aegon Classic

The 2015 Aegon Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 34th edition of the event, and the second edition of the event as a Premier tournament on the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 15–21 June 2015.

2015 Aegon Classic
Date15 – 21 June
Edition34th
CategoryWTA Premier
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$731,000
SurfaceGrass
LocationBirmingham, United Kingdom
VenueEdgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Angelique Kerber
Doubles
Garbiñe Muguruza
Carla Suárez Navarro

Sabine Lisicki set the WTA Tour record for the most aces hit in a women's singles match at this tournament, hitting 27 aces in her second-round win over Belinda Bencic on 17 June 2015.[1]

Points and Prize Money

Point distribution

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Women's Singles 470 305 185 100 55 30 1 25 13 1
Women's Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
Women's Singles $124,000 $66,000 $32,525 $16,725 $8,670 $4,440 $2,280 $1,035 $620
Women's Doubles $39,000 $20,650 $11,360 $5,785 $3,140 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ROU Simona Halep 3 1
 SRB Ana Ivanovic 6 2
 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 9 3
 GER Angelique Kerber 10 4
 CAN Eugenie Bouchard 11 5
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 12 6
 GER Andrea Petkovic 14 7
 GER Sabine Lisicki 19 8
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 21 9
 CZE Barbora Strýcová 22 10
 FRA Alizé Cornet 25 11
 BLR Victoria Azarenka 26 12
 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 28 13
 ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 29 14
 SRB Jelena Janković 30 15
 FRA Caroline Garcia 31 16
  • 1 Rankings as of June 8, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 AUS Casey Dellacqua  IND Sania Mirza 17 1
 HUN Tímea Babos  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 17 2
 USA Raquel Kops-Jones  USA Abigail Spears 28 3
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 36 4
  • 1 Rankings as of June 8, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Finals

Singles

Doubles

References

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