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2015 Connecticut Open

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Date
  
August 23 – August 29

Category
  
WTA Premier

Prize money
  
$731,000

Edition
  
47th

Draw
  
30S / 16D

Surface
  
Hard

The 2015 Connecticut Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 47th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 23 through August 29. It was the last event of the 2015 US Open Series before the 2015 US Open.

Contents

Seeds

  • Rankings are as of August 17, 2015

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Agnieszka Radwańska
  • Alison Riske
  • Lucie Šafářová
  • Caroline Wozniacki

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Olga Govortsova
  • Polona Hercog
  • Yulia Putintseva
  • Magdaléna Rybáriková
  • Olga Savchuk
  • Roberta Vinci

    • The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

  • Lesia Tsurenko

    • Withdrawals

    Before the tournament
  • Belinda Bencic →replaced by Daria Gavrilova
  • Simona Halep (Left thigh injury) →replaced by Lesia Tsurenko
  • Ekaterina Makarova →replaced by Barbora Strýcová
  • Sloane Stephens →replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova

    • Retirements

  • Olga Govortsova
  • Elina Svitolina

    • Seeds

  • Rankings are as of August 17, 2015

    • Other entrants

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

  • Lauren Davis / Alison Riske

    • Singles

  • Petra Kvitová def. Lucie Šafářová, 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–2

    • Doubles

  • Julia Görges / Lucie Hradecká def. Chuang Chia-jung / Liang Chen, 6–3, 6–1

    • References

    2015 Connecticut Open Wikipedia
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