2015 WTA Shenzhen Open explained

The 2015 Shenzhen Open (known as 2015 Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship reason) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the Shenzhen Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, from 4 to 10 January 2015.

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					1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^1	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$111,163	$55,323	$29,730	$8,934	$4,928	$3,199	$1,852	$1,081
Doubles *	$17,724	$9,222	$4,951	$2,623	$1,383

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

• per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Romania	Simona Halep^[1]	3	1
Czech Republic	Petra Kvitová	4	2
China	Peng Shuai	22	3
Kazakhstan	Zarina Diyas	32	4
Czech Republic	Klára Koukalová	39	5
Romania	Irina-Camelia Begu	40	6
Romania	Monica Niculescu	46	7
	Timea Bacsinszky	47	8

• ¹ Rankings as of January 5, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Duan Yingying
• Natalia Vikhlyantseva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Çağla Büyükakçay
• Olga Govortsova
• Aleksandra Krunić
• Zhu Lin

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Sorana Cîrstea (shoulder injury) → replaced by Tímea Babos

Retirements

• Vera Zvonareva (lower back injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
China	Peng Shuai	China	Xu Yifan	76	1
Spain	Lara Arruabarrena	Romania	Irina-Camelia Begu	119	2
Spain	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Spain	María Teresa Torró Flor	122	3
	Chan Chin-wei	Georgia	Oksana Kalashnikova	158	4

• ¹ Rankings as of December 29, 2014

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Vera Zvonareva (lower back injury)

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2015 WTA Shenzhen Open – Singles.

• Simona Halep def. Timea Bacsinszky, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles

See main article: 2015 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles.

• Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok def. Liang Chen / Wang Yafan, 6–4, 7–6^(8–6)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: WIMBLEDON CHAMPION AND WORLD NUMBER THREE SIGN UP TO PLAY SHENZHEN OPEN. 14 November 2014. tennisworldusa.org. 12 November 2014.