2015 Miami Open Explained

Date:	March 24 – April 5
Edition:	31st
Category:	Masters 1000 (ATP) Premier Mandatory (WTA)
Draw:	96S/48Q/32D
Prize Money:	$6,267,755 (ATP) $6,157,160 (WTA)
Surface:	Hard (Outdoor)
Location:	Key Biscayne, Florida, United States
Venue:	Tennis Center at Crandon Park
Champms:	Novak Djokovic
Champws:	Serena Williams
Champmd:	Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Champwd:	Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
Before Name:	Sony Open Tennis
After Name:	Miami Open

The 2015 Miami Open presented by Itaú (also known as 2015 Miami Masters) was a professional men and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts.^[1] It was the 31st edition of the Miami Masters, and was part of the Masters 1000 category on the 2015 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Mandatory category on the 2015 WTA Tour. All men and women's events took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, United States, from March 24 through April 5, 2015.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event					Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	width=85		width=85		width=85
Men's singles	1000	600	360	180	90	45	25*	10	16	8	0
Men's doubles		600	360	180	90	0
Women's singles		650	390	215	120	65	35*	10	30	20	2
Women's doubles		650	390	215	120	10

Players with byes receive first round points.

Prize money

width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9	Event	width=80 bgcolor=lime	W	width=85 bgcolor=thistle	F	width=85 bgcolor=ffff00	SF	width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd	QF	width=85 bgcolor=afeeee	Round of 16	width=85 bgcolor=afeeee	Round of 32	width=85 bgcolor=afeeee	Round of 64	width=85 bgcolor=afeeee	Round of 128	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
style=background:#ededed	Men's singles	$900,400	$439,420	$220,230	$112,270	$59,185	$31,670	$17,100	$10,485	$3,125	$1,600
style=background:#ededed	Women's singles	$900,400	$439,420	$220,230	$112,270	$59,185	$31,670	$17,100	$10,485	$3,125	$1,600
style=background:#ededed	Men's doubles	$295,000	$143,980	$72,170	$36,770	$19,390	$10,380
style=background:#ededed	Women's doubles	$295,000	$143,980	$72,170	$36,770	$19,390	$10,380

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
Serbia	Novak Djokovic	1	1
Spain	Rafael Nadal	3	2
United Kingdom	Andy Murray	4	3
Japan	Kei Nishikori	5	4
Canada	Milos Raonic	6	5
Spain	David Ferrer	7	6
	Stan Wawrinka	8	7
Czech Republic	Tomáš Berdych	9	8
	Grigor Dimitrov	11	9
Spain	Feliciano López	12	10
France	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	13	11
France	Gilles Simon	14	12
Spain	Roberto Bautista Agut	15	13
	Ernests Gulbis	16	14
	Kevin Anderson	17	15
Spain	Tommy Robredo	18	16
France	Gaël Monfils	19	17
Belgium	David Goffin	20	18
	Pablo Cuevas	21	19
	Ivo Karlović	22	20
Italy	Fabio Fognini	23	21
	John Isner	24	22
Spain	Guillermo García López	25	23
Argentina	Leonardo Mayer	27	24
Australia	Bernard Tomic	29	25
Czech Republic	Lukáš Rosol	30	26
Colombia	Santiago Giraldo	31	27
France	Adrian Mannarino	32	28
Spain	Fernando Verdasco	34	29
Luxembourg	Gilles Müller	36	30
France	Jérémy Chardy	38	31
Serbia	Viktor Troicki	39	32

¹ Rankings are as of March 23, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players got wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Julien Benneteau → replaced by Borna Ćorić
Marin Čilić → replaced by Lleyton Hewitt
Roger Federer (schedule change) → replaced by Jarkko Nieminen
Mardy Fish → replaced by Tim Smyczek
Richard Gasquet (back injury) → replaced by Dušan Lajović
Philipp Kohlschreiber → replaced by Ričardas Berankis
Nick Kyrgios (foot injury) → replaced by Marinko Matosevic
Andreas Seppi → replaced by Go Soeda
Radek Štěpánek → replaced by Andrey Golubev
Janko Tipsarević → replaced by Jürgen Melzer

Retirements

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
	Bob Bryan		Mike Bryan	2	1
Canada	Vasek Pospisil		Jack Sock	18	2
Brazil	Marcelo Melo	Brazil	Bruno Soares	19	3
	Jean-Julien Rojer	Romania	Horia Tecău	24	4
Spain	Marcel Granollers	Spain	Marc López	25	5
Poland	Marcin Matkowski	Serbia	Nenad Zimonjić	26	6
France	Nicolas Mahut	France	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	29	7
India	Rohan Bopanna	Canada	Daniel Nestor	31	8

¹ Rankings as of March 23, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Retirements

Roberto Bautista Agut (left eye injury)
Marc López (ankle injury)

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
	Serena Williams	1	1
Russian Federation	Maria Sharapova	2	2
Romania	Simona Halep	3	3
	Caroline Wozniacki	5	4
Serbia	Ana Ivanovic	6	5
Canada	Eugenie Bouchard	7	6
Poland	Agnieszka Radwańska	8	7
Russian Federation	Ekaterina Makarova	9	8
	Andrea Petkovic	10	9
Czech Republic	Lucie Šafářová	11	10
Italy	Sara Errani	12	11
Spain	Carla Suárez Navarro	13	12
	Angelique Kerber	14	13
Czech Republic	Karolína Plíšková	15	14
Italy	Flavia Pennetta	16	15
	Venus Williams	17	16
	Madison Keys	18	17
~~China~~	~~Peng Shuai~~	19	18
Czech Republic		20	19
Serbia	Jelena Janković	21	20
Spain	Garbiñe Muguruza	22	21
France	Alizé Cornet	24	22
Australia	Samantha Stosur	25	23
Russian Federation	Svetlana Kuznetsova	27	24
France	Caroline Garcia	28	25
Ukraine	Elina Svitolina	29	26
	Sabine Lisicki	30	27
	Varvara Lepchenko	31	28
Kazakhstan	Zarina Diyas	32	29
Italy	Camila Giorgi	33	30
Romania	Irina-Camelia Begu	34	31
Australia	Casey Dellacqua	35	32

¹ Rankings are as of March 9, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players got wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

Vera Zvonareva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:

Zheng Saisai

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Timea Bacsinszky (left ankle injury)^[2] → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić
Dominika Cibulková (Achilles surgery) → replaced by Polona Hercog
Jarmila Gajdošová (bacterial infection)^[3] → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
Petra Kvitová (exhaustion)^[4] → replaced by Shelby Rogers
Peng Shuai (back injury) → replaced by Zheng Saisai

Retirements

Marina Erakovic (left ankle injury)

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
	Martina Hingis	India	Sania Mirza	12	1
Russian Federation	Ekaterina Makarova	Russian Federation	Elena Vesnina	16	2
	Raquel Kops-Jones		Abigail Spears	20	3
	Hsieh Su-wei	Italy	Flavia Pennetta	21	4
Spain	Garbiñe Muguruza	Spain	Carla Suárez Navarro	25	5
~~China~~	~~Peng Shuai~~	~~Czech Republic~~	~~Lucie Šafářová~~	27	6
Hungary	Tímea Babos	France	Kristina Mladenovic	31	7
France	Caroline Garcia		Katarina Srebotnik	43	8
Czech Republic	Andrea Hlaváčková	Czech Republic	Lucie Hradecká	46	9

¹ Rankings as of March 9, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Marina Erakovic (left ankle injury during first round singles match)
Peng Shuai (back injury)

Champions

Men's singles

See main article: 2015 Miami Open – Men's singles.

Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray, 7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 6–0

Women's singles

See main article: 2015 Miami Open – Women's singles.

Serena Williams defeated Carla Suárez Navarro, 6–2, 6–0

Men's doubles

See main article: 2015 Miami Open – Men's doubles.

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Vasek Pospisil / Jack Sock, 6–3, 1–6, [10–8]

Women's doubles

See main article: 2015 Miami Open – Women's doubles.

Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza defeated Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina, 7–5, 6–1

Notes and References

Web site: Emon Reiser. Sony Open tennis tournament gets new sponsor, changes name. South Florida Business Journal. August 19, 2014.
Web site: Bacsinszky withdraws . 23 March 2015.
Web site: Gajdošová withdraws . 23 March 2015.
Web site: Kvitová withdraws . 18 March 2015.