Date: | 15–21 June |
Edition: | 34th |
Category: | WTA Premier |
Draw: | 56S / 16D |
Surface: | Grass |
Prize Money: | $731,000 |
Location: | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Venue: | Edgbaston Priory Club |
Champs: | Angelique Kerber |
Champd: | Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro |
Main Name: | Birmingham Classic (tennis) Birmingham Classic |
The 2015 Aegon Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 34th edition of the event, and the second edition of the event as a Premier tournament on the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, from 15 June until 21 June 2015. Fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber won the singles title.
Sabine Lisicki set the WTA Tour record for the most aces hit in a women's singles match at this tournament, hitting 27 aces in her second-round win over Belinda Bencic on 17 June 2015.[1]
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 | |||
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Doubles | 1 |
width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9 | Event | width=80 bgcolor=lime | W | width=85 bgcolor=thistle | F | width=85 bgcolor=ffff00 | SF | width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd | QF | width=85 bgcolor=afeeee | Round of 16 | width=85 bgcolor=afeeee | Round of 32 | width=85 bgcolor=afeeee | Round of 64 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
style=background:#f3f3f3 | Singles | $124,000 | $66,000 | $32,525 | $16,725 | $8,670 | $4,440 | $2,280 | $1,035 | $620 | |||||||||
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style=background:#f3f3f3 | Doubles | $39,000 | $20,650 | $11,360 | $5,785 | $3,140 |
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
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Australia | Casey Dellacqua | India | Sania Mirza | 17 | 1 | |
Hungary | Tímea Babos | France | Kristina Mladenovic | 17 | 2 | |
United States | Raquel Kops-Jones | United States | Abigail Spears | 28 | 3 | |
Spain | Garbiñe Muguruza | Spain | Carla Suárez Navarro | 36 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: