2015 Connecticut Open Explained

Date:	August 23–29
Edition:	47th
Category:	WTA Premier
Draw:	30S / 16D
Prize Money:	$731,000
Surface:	Hard / outdoor
Location:	New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Champs:	Petra Kvitová
Champd:	Julia Görges / Lucie Hradecká

The 2015 Connecticut Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 47th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 23 through August 29. It was the last event of the 2015 US Open Series before the 2015 US Open.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event					Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85		width=85		width=85		width=85
Singles^[1]	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

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style=background:#f3f3f3	Singles^[2] ^[3]	$128,250	$68,385	$36,185	$19,470	$10,366	$5,755	$2,360	$1,080	$675
style=background:#f3f3f3	Doubles^[4]	$40,600	$21,380	$11,760	$5,985	$3,240

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank*	Seed
Romania	Simona Halep	3	1
Czech Republic		4	2
	Caroline Wozniacki	5	3
Czech Republic	Lucie Šafářová	6	4
Czech Republic	Karolína Plíšková	7	5
	Timea Bacsinszky	14	6
Poland	Agnieszka Radwańska	15	7
Italy	Sara Errani	16	8

• Rankings are as of August 17, 2015

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Agnieszka Radwańska
• Alison Riske
• Lucie Šafářová
• Caroline Wozniacki

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

• Dominika Cibulková

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Olga Govortsova
• Polona Hercog
• Yulia Putintseva
• Magdaléna Rybáriková
• Olga Savchuk
• Roberta Vinci

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Lesia Tsurenko

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Belinda Bencic → replaced by Daria Gavrilova
• Simona Halep (Left thigh injury) → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko
• Ekaterina Makarova → replaced by Barbora Strýcová
• Sloane Stephens → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova

Retirements

• Olga Govortsova
• Elina Svitolina

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank*	Seed
	Katarina Srebotnik	Russian Federation	Elena Vesnina	14	1
	Raquel Kops-Jones		Abigail Spears	31	2
	Chan Hao-ching	Australia	Casey Dellacqua	48	3
	Julia Görges	Czech Republic	Lucie Hradecká	60	4

• Rankings are as of August 17, 2015

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Lauren Davis / Alison Riske

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2015 Connecticut Open – Singles.

• Petra Kvitová defeated Lucie Šafářová, 6–7^(6–8), 6–2, 6–2

Doubles

See main article: 2015 Connecticut Open – Doubles.

• Julia Görges / Lucie Hradecká defeated Chuang Chia-jung / Liang Chen, 6–3, 6–1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rankings explained . 21 August 2015 . WTA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121214232116/http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings . 14 December 2012 .
2. Web site: 2015 Connecticut Open Main Draw Singles. 27 August 2015. wtatennis.com.
3. Web site: 2015 Connecticut Open Qualifying Singles. 27 August 2015. wtatennis.com.
4. Web site: 2015 Connecticut Open Main Draw Doubles. 27 August 2015. wtatennis.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906033451/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/602/MDD.pdf. 2015-09-06. dead.