The 2015 Baku Cup was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. This was the fifth and last edition of the tournament, and part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan between 27 July and 2 August 2015. Unseeded Margarita Gasparyan won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Margarita Gasparyan defeated Patricia Maria Țig, 6–3, 5–7, 6–0 It was Gasparyan's only singles title of the year and the 1st of her career.
Doubles
Margarita Gasparyan / Alexandra Panova defeated Vitalia Diatchenko / Olga Savchuk, 6–3, 7–5
Points and prize money
Point distribution 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 SeedAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova411Karin Knapp432Dominika Cibulková563Kurumi Nara604Bojana Jovanovski675Lesia Tsurenko716Vitalia Diatchenko747Francesca Schiavone858Danka Kovinić869 1 Rankings are as of July 20, 2015
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Oleksandra Korashvili Magda Linette Zuleykha Šafářová
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Nigina Abduraimova Olga Ianchuk Valentyna Ivakhnenko Olga Savchuk Patricia Maria Țig Yang Zhaoxuan
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Yuliya Beygelzimer
Withdrawals Before the tournament Denisa Allertová → replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko Klára Koukalová → replaced by Donna Vekić Andreea Mitu → replaced by Alexandra Panova Monica Niculescu → replaced by Barbora Krejčíková Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Elizaveta Kulichkova Tereza Smitková → replaced by Çağla Büyükakçay Lesia Tsurenko (right wrist injury) → replaced by Yuliya Beygelzimer Roberta Vinci → replaced by Misa Eguchi Yanina Wickmayer → replaced by Zhu Lin
Retirements Yuliya Beygelzimer (neck injury) Kateryna Bondarenko (right lower leg injury) Danka Kovinić (gastrointestinal illness)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedMargarita GasparyanAlexandra Panova1321Vitalia DiatchenkoOlga Savchuk1622Hiroko KuwataDemi Schuurs2013Oksana KalashnikovaDanka Kovinić2264 1 Rankings are as of July 20, 2015
Other entrants The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Amina Dik / Zuleykha Šafářová
References
External links Official website