2015 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Explained

The 2015 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters was a tennis tournament for male professional players, played from 12 April through 19 April 2015, on outdoor clay courts. It was the 109th edition of the annual Monte Carlo Masters tournament, which was sponsored by Rolex for the seventh time. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (though billed as Monte Carlo, Monaco).

Points and prize money

Points distribution

Because the Monte Carlo Masters is the non-mandatory Masters 1000 event, special rules regarding points distribution are in place. The Monte Carlo Masters counts as one of a player's 500 level tournaments, while distributing Masters 1000 points.^[1]

Event					Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	width=85		width=85	width=85
Singles^[2]	1,000	600	360	180	90	45	10	25	16	0
Doubles	1,000	600	360	180	90	45	0

Prize money

The total prize money pot for the 2015 competition is €3,288,530, distributed throughout both competitions.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

width=70	Country	width=175	Player	Rank	Seed
Serbia	Novak Djokovic	1	1
	Roger Federer	2	2
Spain	Rafael Nadal	5	3
Canada	Milos Raonic	6	4
Spain	David Ferrer	7	5
Czech Republic	Tomáš Berdych	8	6
	Stan Wawrinka	9	7
	Marin Čilić	10	8
	Grigor Dimitrov	11	9
France	Gilles Simon	13	10
France	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	14	11
Spain	Roberto Bautista Agut	15	12
	Ernests Gulbis	17	13
France	Gaël Monfils	18	14
United States	John Isner	19	15
Spain	Tommy Robredo	20	16

Rankings are as of April 6, 2015

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players used a protected ranking to gain entry into the main draw:

Florian Mayer

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Nicolás Almagro →replaced by Robin Haase
Julien Benneteau →replaced by Víctor Estrella Burgos
Pablo Cuevas →replaced by Borna Ćorić
Richard Gasquet →replaced by Andreas Haider-Maurer
Nick Kyrgios →replaced by Pablo Carreño Busta
Sam Querrey →replaced by Jan-Lennard Struff

Retirements

Víctor Estrella Burgos
Milos Raonic (right foot injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	Seed
United States	Bob Bryan	United States	Mike Bryan	2	1
	Ivan Dodig	Brazil	Marcelo Melo	9	2
	Jean-Julien Rojer	Romania	Horia Tecău	22	3
Poland	Marcin Matkowski	Serbia	Nenad Zimonjić	25	4
Spain	Marcel Granollers	Spain	Marc López	27	5
Canada	Daniel Nestor	India	Leander Paes	30	6
Austria	Alexander Peya	Brazil	Bruno Soares	31	7
France	Nicolas Mahut	France	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	32	8