2015 İstanbul Cup explained

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 July 20 through July 27, 2015.^[1]

Points and prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Women's singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Women's doubles					1

Prize money

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style=background:#ededed	Women's singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
style=background:#ededed	Women's doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Venus Williams	15	1
Ukraine	Elina Svitolina	17	2
Serbia	Jelena Janković	25	3
France	Alizé Cornet	28	4
Italy	Camila Giorgi	31	5
Russian Federation	Daria Gavrilova	39	6
Russian Federation	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	40	7
	Tsvetana Pironkova	42	8

• 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	Rank^1	Seed
Czech Republic	Andrea Hlaváčková	Russian Federation	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	44	1
Russian Federation	Margarita Gasparyan	Russian Federation	Alexandra Panova	133	2
	Oksana Kalashnikova	Ukraine	Nadiia Kichenok	151	3
Russian Federation	Vitalia Diatchenko	Ukraine	Olga Savchuk	170	4

• 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

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2015 İstanbul Cup – Singles.

• Lesia Tsurenko def. Urszula Radwańska, 7–5, 6–1

Doubles

See main article: 2015 İstanbul Cup – Doubles.

• Daria Gavrilova / Elina Svitolina def. Çağla Büyükakçay / Jelena Janković, 5–7, 6–1, [10–4]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: İSTANBUL CUP'TA ŞAMPİYON TSURENKO . eurosport.com.tr . 4 February 2024.