2015 Japan Women's Open Explained

The 2015 Japan Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from September 14 through September 20, 2015. The tournament was moved from Osaka to Tokyo starting this year.

Point distribution

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Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

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Event

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W

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F

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SF

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QF

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Round of 16

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Round of 32^1

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Q2

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Q1

Singles

$43,000

$21,400

$11,500

$6,175

$3,400

$2,100

$1,020

$600

Doubles^2

$12,300

$6,400

$3,435

$1,820

$960

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
² Per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Spain	Carla Suárez Navarro	10	1
Kazakhstan	Zarina Diyas	35	2
	Madison Brengle	47	3
	Alison Riske	57	4
Sweden	Johanna Larsson	58	5
	Christina McHale	59	6
	Ajla Tomljanović	63	7
	Polona Hercog	64	8

• Rankings are as of August 31, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Kimiko Date-Krumm
• Nao Hibino
• Carla Suárez Navarro

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Hiroko Kuwata
• Naomi Osaka
• Risa Ozaki
• Alexandra Panova

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Jana Čepelová → replaced by Kiki Bertens
• Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by Bojana Jovanovski
• Karin Knapp → replaced by Misaki Doi
• Anna Karolína Schmiedlová → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei
• Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Chan Hao-ching		Chan Yung-jan	42	1
	Chuang Chia-jung	China	Liang Chen	78	2
Canada	Gabriela Dabrowski	Poland	Alicja Rosolska	90	3
China	Xu Yifan	China	Zheng Saisai	99	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of August 31, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Misaki Doi / Kurumi Nara
• Eri Hozumi / Miyu Kato

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2015 Japan Women's Open – Singles.

• Yanina Wickmayer def. Magda Linette, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3^[1]

Doubles

See main article: 2015 Japan Women's Open – Doubles.

• Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan def. Misaki Doi / Kurumi Nara, 6–1, 6–2

Notes and References

1. News: Yanina Wickmayer beats Magda Linette in 3 sets to win Japan Open. ESPN. 20 September 2015. 18 February 2024.