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.
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1 Singles2801801106030118121Doubles1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1Singles$43,000$21,400$11,500$6,200$3,420$2,220$1,285$750Doubles *$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960 1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money * per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedGarbiñe Muguruza51Angelique Kerber102Venus Williams143Jelena Janković244Samantha Stosur255Daria Gavrilova356Caroline Garcia397Alizé Cornet448 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)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedLara ArruabarrenaAndreja Klepač611Klaudia Jans-IgnacikAnastasia Rodionova942Liang ChenWang Yafan1293Alizé CornetYaroslava Shvedova1844 1 Rankings are as of October 5, 2015
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Ki Yan-tung / Maggie Ng 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)
Champions
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
External links Official site