2015 Diamond Games Explained

Date:	9–15 February
Category:	WTA Premier
Edition:	8th
Draw:	28S / 16D
Surface:	Hard
Prize Money:	$731,000
Location:	Antwerp, Belgium
Venue:	Sportpaleis Merksem
Before Name:	Proximus Diamond Games
Before Year:	2008
Champs:	Andrea Petkovic
After Year:	no

The 2015 Diamond Games (known as 2015 BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games for sponsorship reason) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the Diamond Games, and part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Sportpaleis Merksem in Antwerp, Belgium, from 9 to 15 February 2015.

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^1	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$124,000	$66,000	$35,455	$19,050	$10,220	$5,580	$2,920	$1,555	$860
Doubles*	$39,000	$20,650	$11,360	$5,875	$3,140

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.}

• per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

width=70	Country	width=175	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Canada	Eugenie Bouchard	7	1
	Angelique Kerber	10	2
	Andrea Petkovic	12	3
Czech Republic	Lucie Šafářová	15	4
Spain	Carla Suárez Navarro	17	5
Slovakia	Dominika Cibulková	18	6
France	Alizé Cornet	19	7
Czech Republic	Karolína Plíšková	22	8

• ¹ Rankings as of February 2, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Alison Van Uytvanck
• Yanina Wickmayer

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kateryna Bondarenko
• Indy de Vroome
• Klaartje Liebens
• Francesca Schiavone

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Carla Suárez Navarro (neck injury)

Retirements

• Sílvia Soler Espinosa (right shoulder injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Spain	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Spain	Arantxa Parra Santonja	63	1
	Michaëlla Krajicek	Romania	Monica Niculescu	69	2
Poland	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik		Andreja Klepač	85	3
Canada	Gabriela Dabrowski	Poland	Alicja Rosolska	113	4

• ¹ Rankings as of February 2, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Dominika Cibulková / Kirsten Flipkens
• An-Sophie Mestach / Alison Van Uytvanck

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Monica Niculescu (right thigh injury)

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2015 Diamond Games – Singles.

• Andrea Petkovic defeated Carla Suárez Navarro, walkover

Doubles

See main article: 2015 Diamond Games – Doubles.

• Anabel Medina Garrigues / Arantxa Parra Santonja defeated An-Sophie Mestach / Alison Van Uytvanck, 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]