2015 Hobart International Explained

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The 2015 Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 11 through 17 January 2015.

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2015 Hobart International – Singles.

• Heather Watson defeated Madison Brengle, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

See main article: 2015 Hobart International – Doubles.

• Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson defeaated Vitalia Diatchenko / Monica Niculescu, 7–5, 6–3

Points and prize money

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	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	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	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$1,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960
Doubles prize money per team

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

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Australia	Casey Dellacqua	29	1
	Varvara Lepchenko	30	2
Kazakhstan	Zarina Diyas	31	3
	Sloane Stephens	34	4
Italy	Camila Giorgi	35	5
	Mona Barthel	40	6
	Alison Riske	42	7
Italy	Roberta Vinci	44	8
Czech Republic	Klára Koukalová	45	9

• ¹ Rankings as of 12 January 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Daniela Hantuchová
• Olivia Rogowska
• Storm Sanders

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

• Zheng Saisai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Madison Brengle
• Richèl Hogenkamp
• Kateryna Kozlova
• Johanna Larsson

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Sílvia Soler Espinosa

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Varvara Lepchenko (right ankle injury) → replaced by Sílvia Soler Espinosa

During the tournament

• Kaia Kanepi (viral illness)

Retirements

• Christina McHale (right shoulder injury)
• Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (left leg injury)
• Zheng Saisai (left thigh injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Cara Black	China	Zheng Saisai	90	1
Poland	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik		Andreja Klepač	103	2
	Darija Jurak		Megan Moulton-Levy	111	3
Spain	Lara Arruabarrena	Romania	Raluca Olaru	117	4

• ¹ Rankings as of 5 January 2015.

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (left leg injury)
• Sloane Stephens (abdominal injury)

Retirements

• Cara Black (viral illness)

References

• Official website