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2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open

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Date
  
October 12–18

Category
  
WTA International

Prize money
  
$250,000

Edition
  
6th

Draw
  
32S / 16D

Surface
  
Hard

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

Prize money

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

Seeds

  • 1 Rankings are as of October 5, 2015

    • Other Entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Jelena Janković
  • Angelique Kerber
  • Samantha Stosur
  • Zhang Ling

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Ana Bogdan
  • Jang Su-jeong
  • Miyu Kato
  • Kateryna Kozlova
  • Lee Ya-hsuan
  • Irina Ramialison

    • The following players received entry as lucky losers:

  • Yuliya Beygelzimer
  • Anastasiya Komardina

    • Withdrawals

    Before the tournament
  • Victoria Azarenka →replaced by Wang Yafan
  • Eugenie Bouchard (concussion) →replaced by Anastasia Rodionova
  • Casey Dellacqua (concussion)→replaced by Yuliya Beygelzimer
  • Zarina Diyas →replaced by Risa Ozaki
  • Sabine Lisicki (knee injury) →replaced by Francesca Schiavone
  • Garbiñe Muguruza (left ankle injury)→replaced by Anastasiya Komardina
  • Ajla Tomljanović →replaced by Zhang Kailin
  • Coco Vandeweghe →replaced by Luksika Kumkhum

    • Retirements

  • Christina McHale (left elbow injury)

    • Seeds

    1 Rankings are as of October 5, 2015

    Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Ki Yan-tung / Ng Man-ying
  • Sher Chun-wing / Wu Ho-ching

    • Withdrawals

    During the tournament
  • Chang Kai-chen (neck injury)
  • Christina McHale (left elbow injury)
  • Lee Ya-hsuan (right hamstring strain)

    • Singles

  • Jelena Janković def. Angelique Kerber 3–6 , 7–6(7–4), 6–1

    • Doubles

  • Alizé Cornet / Yaroslava Shvedova def. Lara Arruabarrena / Andreja Klepač 7–5, 6–4

    • References

    2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open Wikipedia
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