2015 PTT Thailand Open explained

The 2015 PTT Thailand Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 24th and last edition of the PTT Thailand Open and part of the International category on the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Pattaya, Thailand from 9 February until 15 February 2015. Unseeded Daniela Hantuchová won the singles title, her third at the event after 2011 and 2012, and earned $43,000 first-prize money.^[1]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles	280	180	110	60	1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32¹	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,200	$3,420	$2,200	$1,285	$750
Doubles*	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960

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

per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking¹	Seed
China	Peng Shuai	21	1
~~Ukraine~~	~~Elina Svitolina~~	26	2
Kazakhstan	Zarina Diyas	33	3
Japan	Kurumi Nara	44	4
~~Kazakhstan~~	~~Yaroslava Shvedova~~	51	5
Australia	Jarmila Gajdošová	54	6
	Monica Puig	60	7
China	Zhang Shuai	64	8

¹ Rankings as of February 2, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Denisa Allertová → replaced by Evgeniya Rodina
Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by Zhu Lin
Tereza Smitková → replaced by Duan Yingying
Elina Svitolina → replaced by Yuliya Beygelzimer

Retirements

Zhu Lin (right shoulder injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
	Chan Hao-ching		Chan Yung-jan	60	1
Japan	Kimiko Date-Krumm	Russian Federation	Alexandra Panova	80	2
Australia	Jarmila Gajdošová		Ajla Tomljanović	120	3
	Chan Chin-wei	China	Xu Yifan	152	4