2015 Brisbane International
27°31′30″S 153°0′26″E / 27.52500°S 153.00722°E / -27.52500; 153.00722 (Queensland Tennis Centre)
Tennis tournament
| 2015 Brisbane International | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 4–11 January 2015 | |||
| Edition | 7th | |||
| Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
| Location | Tennyson, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||
| Venue | Queensland Tennis Centre | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Men's singles | ||||
 Roger Federer | ||||
| Women's singles | ||||
 Maria Sharapova | ||||
| Men's doubles | ||||
 Jamie Murray /  John Peers | ||||
| Women's doubles | ||||
Martina Hingis /  Sabine Lisicki | ||||
| ||||
The 2015 Brisbane International was a tournament of the 2015 ATP World Tour and 2015 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 4 to 11 January 2015. It was part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.
It was announced on 1 September 2014 that Roger Federer had again committed to the event.[1] Federer and Sharapova won the singles titles.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Women's singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $82,040 | $43,210 | $23,405 | $13,335 | $7,860 | $4,655 | $750 | $360 | — |
| Men's doubles * | $24,920 | $13,100 | $7,100 | $4,060 | $2,380 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | $195,026 | $104,014 | $55,827 | $22,141 | $11,874 | $6,477 | $3,327 | $1,770 | $1,003 |
| Women's doubles * | $45,576 | $23,987 | $13,194 | $6,716 | $3,640 | — | — | — | — |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUI | Roger Federer | 2 | 1 |
 JPN | Kei Nishikori | 5 | 2 |
 CAN | Milos Raonic | 8 | 3 |
 BUL | Grigor Dimitrov | 11 | 4 |
 RSA | Kevin Anderson | 16 | 5 |
 FRA | Gilles Simon | 21 | 6 |
 UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 23 | 7 |
| FRA | Julien Benneteau | 25 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of December 29, 2014.[3]
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
James Duckworth- Thanasi Kokkinakis
- John Millman
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Marin Čilić → replaced by 
Andrey Golubev
Donald Young → replaced by Marinko Matosevic
Juan Martín del Potro → replaced by Sam Groth
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 NLD | Jean-Julien Rojer |  ROU | Horia Tecău | 32 | 1 |
 IND | Rohan Bopanna | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 34 | 2 |
 SWE | Robert Lindstedt |  POL | Marcin Matkowski | 40 | 3 |
 USA | Eric Butorac | AUS | Sam Groth | 51 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of December 29, 2014.[4]
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Grigor Dimitrov / Thanasi Kokkinakis- James Duckworth / Marinko Matosevic
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUS | Maria Sharapova | 2 | 1 |
 SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 7 | 2 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 9 | 3 |
 SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 11 | 4 |
| GER | Andrea Petkovic | 13 | 5 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 16 | 6 |
 ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 17 | 7 |
| ESP |
- 1 Rankings as of January 5, 2015.[7]
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:[5]
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:[5]
The following player received entry as lucky loser:[5]
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Camila Giorgi (mouth injury) → replaced by Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Garbiñe Muguruza (ankle injury) → 
replaced by Alla Kudryavtseva
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | IND | Sania Mirza | 11 | 1 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 24 | 2 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching |  CZE | Květa Peschke | 36 | 3 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia |  SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 36 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of December 29, 2014.[7]
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:[5]
Withdrawals
- During the tournament
Ana Ivanovic (abdominal injury)
Champions
Men's singles
Roger Federer def. 
Milos Raonic, 6–4, 6–7(2–7), 6–4.[8]
Women's singles
- Maria Sharapova def. Ana Ivanovic, 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3.[9]
Men's doubles
Jamie Murray / John Peers def. 
Alexandr Dolgopolov / 
Kei Nishikori, 6–3, 7–6(7–4).[10]
Women's doubles
- Martina Hingis /
Sabine Lisicki def. 
Caroline Garcia / 
Katarina Srebotnik, 6–2, 7–5.[11]
References
- ^ Roger Federer makes good on promise to play in Brisbane. The Courier Mail. 1 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Men's - 2015 Brisbane". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "ATP Singles Rankings 29 December 2014". Association of Tennis Professionals. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "ATP Doubles Rankings 29 December 2014". Association of Tennis Professionals. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "Women's - 2015 Brisbane International". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ Malone, Paul (5 January 2015). "Brisbane International 2015: Eighth seed Garbine Muguruza withdraws". Fox Sports. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ a b "WTA rankings Search 5 January 2015". Women's Tennis Association. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "Roger Federer in 1,000th career win with Brisbane International title". BBC Sport. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "Maria Sharapova Beats Ana Ivanovic for Title in Brisbane". The New York Times. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "Jamie Murray & John Peers win Brisbane International title". BBC Sport. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "Tennis: Lisicki und Hingis triumphieren in Brisbane" (in German). Spiegel Online. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
External links
- Official website
