2015 Aegon International Explained

The 2015 Aegon International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 41st edition of the event, and was classified as a WTA Premier tournament on the 2015 WTA Tour. The event took place at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, United Kingdom from 22 June through 27 June 2015.^[1]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	25	13	1
Women's doubles					1

Prize money

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style=background:#ededed	Women's singles	$124,000	$66,000	$33,005	$16,725	$8,700	$4,550	$3,000	$1,245	$750
style=background:#ededed	Women's doubles	$39,000	$20,650	$11,360	$5,785	$3,140

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Czech Republic	Petra Kvitová	2	1
	Caroline Wozniacki	5	2
Czech Republic	Lucie Šafářová	6	3
Russian Federation	Ekaterina Makarova	8	4
Spain	Carla Suárez Navarro	9	5
	Angelique Kerber	10	6
Canada	Eugenie Bouchard	11	7
Czech Republic	Karolína Plíšková	12	8
Poland	Agnieszka Radwańska	13	9
	Andrea Petkovic	14	10
Ukraine	Elina Svitolina	17	11
	Madison Keys	18	12
Italy	Sara Errani	20	13
Spain	Garbiñe Muguruza	21	14
Italy	Flavia Pennetta	22	15
Australia	Samantha Stosur	23	16

• ¹ Rankings are as of 15 June 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Naomi Broady
• Harriet Dart
• Johanna Konta

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Lauren Davis
• Alexandra Dulgheru
• Marina Erakovic
• Irina Falconi
• Jarmila Gajdošová
• Christina McHale
• Polona Hercog
• Magdaléna Rybáriková

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Daria Gavrilova
• Monica Niculescu

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Timea Bacsinszky →replaced by Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
• Angelique Kerber (viral illness) →replaced by Monica Niculescu
• Petra Kvitová (viral illness) →replaced by Daria Gavrilova

During the tournament

• Daria Gavrilova (abdominal injury)

Retirements

• Eugenie Bouchard (abdominal injury)
• Caroline Wozniacki (lower back injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Martina Hingis	India	Sania Mirza	3	1
Russian Federation	Ekaterina Makarova	Russian Federation	Elena Vesnina	6	2
Hungary	Tímea Babos	France	Kristina Mladenovic	16	3
France	Caroline Garcia		Katarina Srebotnik	44	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of 15 June 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Eugenie Bouchard / Marina Erakovic
• Petra Kvitová / Caroline Wozniacki
• Jocelyn Rae / Anna Smith

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

• Lara Arruabarrena / Irina-Camelia Begu
• Monica Niculescu / Arina Rodionova

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Eugenie Bouchard (abdominal injury)
• Petra Kvitová (viral illness)

During the tournament

• Ekaterina Makarova (left Achilles tendon injury)

Retirements

• Jocelyn Rae (tonsillitis)

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2015 Aegon International – Singles.

• Belinda Bencic def. Agnieszka Radwańska, 6–4, 4–6, 6–0

Doubles

See main article: 2015 Aegon International – Doubles.

• Caroline Garcia / Katarina Srebotnik def. Chan Yung-jan / Zheng Jie, 7–6^(7–5), 6–2

External links

• Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aegon International Top women's grass-court tennis event at Eastbourne. 22 - 27 June 2015. 13 June 2015. Aegon Tennis. https://web.archive.org/web/20170302151655/http://www.aegontennis.co.uk/watch/aegon-international/. 2 March 2017. dead. dmy-all.