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 | |
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Date | 15 – 21 June |
Edition | 34th |
Category | WTA Premier |
Draw | 56S / 16D |
Prize money | $731,000 |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Venue | Edgbaston 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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:
- Tímea Babos
- Kateryna Bondarenko
- Misaki Doi
- Marina Erakovic
- Klára Koukalová
- Aleksandra Krunić
- Michelle Larcher de Brito
- Tatjana Maria
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Timea Bacsinszky →replaced by Tereza Smitková
- Mona Barthel →replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
- Madison Brengle →replaced by Monica Niculescu
- Dominika Cibulková →replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
- Camila Giorgi (right hip injury) →replaced by Zheng Saisai
- Madison Keys →replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
- Peng Shuai →replaced by Lauren Davis
- Lucie Šafářová →replaced by Christina McHale
- Yaroslava Shvedova →replaced by Bojana Jovanovski
- During the tournament
- Victoria Azarenka (left foot injury)
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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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
- Simona Halep (right arm strain)
- Kristina Mladenovic (low back injury)
Finals
Singles
- Angelique Kerber defeated Karolína Plíšková, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Doubles
- Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro defeated Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 6–4, 6–4