2015 Aegon Classic
Tennis tournament
| 2015 Aegon Classic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 15–21 June | |||
| Edition | 34th | |||
| Category | WTA Premier | |||
| Draw | 56S / 16D | |||
| Prize money | $731,000 | |||
| Surface | Grass | |||
| Location | Birmingham, United Kingdom | |||
| Venue | Edgbaston Priory Club | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Angelique Kerber | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro | ||||
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The 2015 Aegon Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 34th edition of the event, and the second edition of the event as a Premier tournament on the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, from 15 June until 21 June 2015. Fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber won the singles title.
Sabine Lisicki set the WTA Tour record for the most aces hit in a women's singles match at this tournament, hitting 27 aces in her second-round win over Belinda Bencic on 17 June 2015.[1]
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $124,000 | $66,000 | $32,525 | $16,725 | $8,670 | $4,440 | $2,280 | $1,035 | $620 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | $39,000 | $20,650 | $11,360 | $5,785 | $3,140 | — | — | — | — |
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 ROU | Simona Halep | 3 | 1 |
 SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 6 | 2 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 9 | 3 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 10 | 4 |
 CAN | Eugenie Bouchard | 11 | 5 |
 CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 12 | 6 |
| GER | Andrea Petkovic | 14 | 7 |
| GER | Sabine Lisicki | 19 | 8 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 21 | 9 |
| CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 22 | 10 |
 FRA | Alizé Cornet | 25 | 11 |
 BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 26 | 12 |
 RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 28 | 13 |
| ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | 29 | 14 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 30 | 15 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | 31 | 16 |
- 1 Rankings as of June 8, 2015.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Tímea Babos
Kateryna Bondarenko
Misaki Doi
Marina Erakovic
Klára Koukalová
Aleksandra Krunić
Michelle Larcher de Brito
Tatjana Maria
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Timea Bacsinszky →replaced by Tereza Smitková- Mona Barthel →replaced by
Ajla Tomljanović 
Madison Brengle →replaced by 
Monica Niculescu
Dominika Cibulková →replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
Camila Giorgi (right hip injury) →replaced by 
Zheng Saisai- Madison Keys →replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
- Peng Shuai →replaced by Lauren Davis
- Lucie Šafářová →replaced by Christina McHale
Yaroslava Shvedova →replaced by Bojana Jovanovski
- During the tournament
Victoria Azarenka (left foot injury)
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 AUS | Casey Dellacqua |  IND | Sania Mirza | 17 | 1 |
 HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 17 | 2 |
 USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 28 | 3 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 36 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of June 8, 2015.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Eugenie Bouchard / 
Svetlana Kuznetsova- Simona Halep /
Heather Watson - Jocelyn Rae / Anna Smith
Withdrawals
- During the tournament
- Simona Halep (right arm strain)
Kristina Mladenovic (low back injury)
Finals
Singles
- Angelique Kerber defeated Karolína Plíšková, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Doubles
Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro defeated Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 6–4, 6–4
References
- ^ New WTA Record: Lisicki Hits 27 Aces.
- http://www.lta.org.uk/major-events/aegon-classic-birmingham/aegon-classic-news/ Archived 9 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Official website Archived 16 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
