The 2015 İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the İstanbul Cup, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 20 July through 27 July 2015. Unseeded Lesia Tsurenko won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Lesia Tsurenko defeated Urszula Radwańska, 7–5, 6–1 It was Tsurenko's only singles title of the year and the 1st of her career.
Doubles
Daria Gavrilova / Elina Svitolina defeated Çağla Büyükakçay / Jelena Janković, 5–7, 6–1, [10–4]
Points and prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1Singles2801801106030118121Doubles1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1Singles$43,000$21,400$11,500$6,175$3,400$2,100$1,020$600Doubles$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedVenus Williams151 Elina Svitolina172Jelena Janković253Alizé Cornet284Camila Giorgi315Daria Gavrilova396Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova407Tsvetana Pironkova428
Rankings are as of July 13, 2015.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Çağla Büyükakçay Alizé Cornet İpek Soylu
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Kateryna Bondarenko Margarita Gasparyan Jeļena Ostapenko Alexandra Panova Olga Savchuk Anna Tatishvili
Withdrawals Before the tournament Belinda Bencic → replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova Alexandra Dulgheru → replaced by Yanina Wickmayer Kristina Mladenovic → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens Monica Niculescu → replaced by Elizaveta Kulichkova Flavia Pennetta → replaced by Vitalia Diatchenko
Retirements Anna Tatishvili
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedAndrea HlaváčkováAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova441Margarita GasparyanAlexandra Panova1332 Oksana KalashnikovaNadiia Kichenok1513Vitalia DiatchenkoOlga Savchuk1704 1 Rankings as of July 6, 2015.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doublesmain draw: Ayla Aksu / Melis Sezer Anett Kontaveit / Elizaveta Kulichkova
The following pair received entry as alternates: Daria Gavrilova / Elina Svitolina
Withdrawals Before the tournament Anna Tatishvili
References
External links Official website WTA tournament draws ITF tournament draws