2015 WTA Tour

2015 WTA Tour
Details
Duration	4 January 2015 – 8 November 2015
Edition	45th
Tournaments	59
Categories	Grand Slam (4) ; WTA Finals; WTA Premier Mandatory (4) ; WTA Premier 5 (5) ; WTA Premier (12) ; WTA International (32) ; WTA Elite Trophy
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Simona Halep (3)
Most finals	Timea Bacsinszky ; Simona Halep (3)
Prize money ; leader	Serena Williams ($3,777,399)
Points leader	Serena Williams (3,390)
Awards
Player of the year	N/A
Doubles team ; of the year	N/A ; N/A
Most improved ; player of the year	N/A
Newcomer ; of the year	N/A
Comeback ; player of the year	N/A
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Serena Williams won her record sixth Australian Open title and nineteenth Grand Slam singles title at the event to surpass both Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova for second-most Grand Slam singles titles won in the Open Era.

The 2015 WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2015 tennis season. The 2015 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2015 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.^[1]

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2015 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.

Key

Grand Slam tournaments
Year-end championships
WTA Premier Mandatory
WTA Premier 5
WTA Premier
WTA International
Team events

January

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
January 5	Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships $1,000,000 – Hard (i) – 8 teams (RR)	Poland 2–1	United States	Round robin (Group A) Canada Czech Republic Italy	Round robin (Group B) Australia France Great Britain
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier $1,000,000 – Hard – 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Maria Sharapova 6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 6–3	Ana Ivanovic	Elina Svitolina Varvara Lepchenko	Carla Suárez Navarro Angelique Kerber Alla Kudryavtseva Kaia Kanepi
		Martina Hingis Sabine Lisicki 6–2, 7–5	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik	Elina Svitolina Varvara Lepchenko
	Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA International $500,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Simona Halep 6–2, 6–2	Timea Bacsinszky	Zheng Saisai Petra Kvitová	Aleksandra Krunić Zarina Diyas Vera Zvonareva Tereza Smitková
		Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 6–4, 7–6^(8–6)	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	Zheng Saisai Petra Kvitová
	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Venus Williams 2–6, 6–3, 6–3	Caroline Wozniacki	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Lauren Davis	Julia Görges Coco Vandeweghe Elena Vesnina Urszula Radwańska
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 6–1	Shuko Aoyama Renata Voráčová	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Lauren Davis
January 12	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia WTA Premier $731,000 – Hard – 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Petra Kvitová 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(8–6)	Karolína Plíšková	Angelique Kerber Tsvetana Pironkova	Carla Suárez Navarro Garbiñe Muguruza Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Jarmila Gajdošová
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–3	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Angelique Kerber Tsvetana Pironkova
	Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Heather Watson 6–3, 6–4	Madison Brengle	Kurumi Nara Alison Riske	Karin Knapp Camila Giorgi Roberta Vinci Zarina Diyas
		Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 7–5, 6–3	Vitalia Diatchenko Monica Niculescu	Kurumi Nara Alison Riske	Karin Knapp Camila Giorgi Roberta Vinci Zarina Diyas
January 19 January 26	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $12,122,762 – Hard 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	Serena Williams 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)	Maria Sharapova	Madison Keys Ekaterina Makarova	Dominika Cibulková Venus Williams Simona Halep Eugenie Bouchard
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie
		Martina Hingis Leander Paes 6–4, 6–3	Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor

February

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
February 2	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Quarterfinals Québec City, Canada – Hard (i) Genoa, Italy – Clay (i) Kraków, Poland – Hard (i) Stuttgart, Germany – Hard (i)	Quarterfinals winners Czech Republic 4–0 France 3–2 Russia 4–0 Germany 4–1	Quarterfinals losers Canada Italy Poland Australia
February 9	BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium WTA Premier $731,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Andrea Petkovic Walkover	Carla Suárez Navarro	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Karolína Plíšková	Mona Barthel Dominika Cibulková Lucie Šafářová Francesca Schiavone
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]	An-Sophie Mestach Alison Van Uytvanck	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Karolína Plíšková
	PTT Thailand Open Pattaya, Thailand WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Daniela Hantuchová 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Ajla Tomljanović	Mónica Puig Marina Erakovic	Misaki Doi Evgeniya Rodina Duan Yingying Vera Zvonareva
		Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 2–6, 6–4, [10–3]	Shuko Aoyama Tamarine Tanasugarn	Mónica Puig Marina Erakovic	Misaki Doi Evgeniya Rodina Duan Yingying Vera Zvonareva
February 16	Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier 5 $2,513,000 – Hard – 54S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Simona Halep 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)	Karolína Plíšková	Caroline Wozniacki Garbiñe Muguruza	Ekaterina Makarova Flavia Pennetta Lucie Šafářová Carla Suárez Navarro
		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 6–3, 6–2	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	Caroline Wozniacki Garbiñe Muguruza
	Rio Open Rio de Janeiro, Brazil WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Sara Errani 7–6^(7–2), 6–1	Anna Schmiedlová	Johanna Larsson Irina-Camelia Begu	Beatriz Haddad Maia Dinah Pfizenmaier Verónica Cepede Royg Julia Glushko
		Ysaline Bonaventure Rebecca Peterson 3–0, retired	Irina-Camelia Begu María Irigoyen	Johanna Larsson Irina-Camelia Begu
February 23	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier $731,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Lucie Šafářová 6–4, 6–3	Victoria Azarenka	Carla Suárez Navarro Venus Williams	Petra Kvitová Andrea Petkovic Agnieszka Radwańska Caroline Wozniacki
		Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–4, 6–4	Hsieh Su-wei Sania Mirza	Carla Suárez Navarro Venus Williams
	Abierto Mexicano TELCEL Acapulco, Mexico WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Timea Bacsinszky 6–3, 6–0	Caroline Garcia	Maria Sharapova Sesil Karatantcheva	Magdaléna Rybáriková Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Johanna Larsson Mónica Puig
		Lara Arruabarrena María Teresa Torró Flor 7–6^(7–2), 5–7, [13–11]	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	Maria Sharapova Sesil Karatantcheva

March

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
March 2	Abierto Monterrey Afirme Monterrey, Mexico WTA International $500,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Timea Bacsinszky 4–6, 6–2, 6–4	Caroline Garcia	Ana Ivanovic Sara Errani	Kristina Mladenovic Magdaléna Rybáriková Urszula Radwańska Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
		Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska 6–3, 2–6, [10–3]	Anastasia Rodionova Arina Rodionova	Ana Ivanovic Sara Errani
	BMW Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Caroline Wozniacki 4–6, 6–2, 6–1	Alexandra Dulgheru	Hsieh Su-wei Jarmila Gajdošová	Carina Witthöft Elizaveta Kulichkova Kurumi Nara Julia Görges
		Liang Chen Wang Yafan 4–6, 6–3, [10–4]	Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk	Hsieh Su-wei Jarmila Gajdošová
March 9 March 16	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $6,157,160 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Simona Halep 2–6, 7–5, 6–4	Jelena Janković	Serena Williams Sabine Lisicki	Timea Bacsinszky Carla Suárez Navarro Lesia Tsurenko Flavia Pennetta
March 9 March 16		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–4	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	Serena Williams Sabine Lisicki
March 23 March 30	Miami Open Miami, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $6,157,160 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Serena Williams 6–2, 6–0	Carla Suárez Navarro	Simona Halep Andrea Petkovic	Sabine Lisicki Sloane Stephens Venus Williams Karolína Plíšková
March 23 March 30		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 7–5, 6–1	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	Simona Halep Andrea Petkovic

April

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
April 6	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States WTA Premier $731,000 – Clay (Green) – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Madison Keys vs Angelique Kerber		Lucie Hradecká Andrea Petkovic	Lauren Davis Sara Errani Danka Kovinić Irina-Camelia Begu
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6-0, 6-4	Casey Dellacqua Darija Jurak	Lucie Hradecká Andrea Petkovic	Lauren Davis Sara Errani Danka Kovinić Irina-Camelia Begu
	Katowice Open Katowice, Poland WTA International $250,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 6-4, 6-3	Camila Giorgi	Agnieszka Radwańska Alison Van Uytvanck	Klára Koukalová Elizaveta Kulichkova Kirsten Flipkens Alizé Cornet
		Ysaline Bonaventure Demi Schuurs 7–5, 4–6, [10–6]	Gioia Barbieri Karin Knapp	Agnieszka Radwańska Alison Van Uytvanck
April 13	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Semifinals Ostrava, Czech Republic – Hard (i) Sochi, Russia – Clay (i)	Semifinals Czech Republic vs France Russia vs Germany
	Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
April 20	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier $731,000 – Clay (Red) (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
April 20		/ vs /		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
April 27	Marrakech Grand Prix Marrakesh, Morocco WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	J&T Banka Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /		vs vs	vs vs vs vs

May

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 4	Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory €4,785,714 – Clay (Red) – 64S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
May 4		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
May 11	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 $2,729,240 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
May 11		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
May 18	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Nürnberger Versicherungscup Nürnberg, Germany WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
May 25 June 1	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam $11,315,740 – Clay (Red) 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /
		/ vs. /

June

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
June 8	Aegon Nottingham Open Nottingham, United Kingdom WTA International $250,000 – Grass – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Topshelf Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA International $250,000 – Grass – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
June 15	Aegon Classic Birmingham, United Kingdom WTA Premier $731,000 – Grass – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
June 15		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
June 22	Aegon International Eastbourne, United Kingdom WTA Premier $731,000 – Grass – 48S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
June 22		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
June 29 July 6	The Championships, Wimbledon London, United Kingdom Grand Slam $11,174,883 – Grass 128S/96Q/64D/16Q/48X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /
		/ vs. /

July

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
July 13	BRD Bucharest Open Bucharest, Romania WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
July 20	Istanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
July 27	Baku Cup Baku, Azerbaijan WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Brasil Tennis Cup Florianópolis, Brazil WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs

August

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
August 3	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States WTA Premier $731,000 – Hard – 28S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Citi Open Washington D.C., United States WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
August 10	Rogers Cup Toronto, Canada WTA Premier 5 $2,513,000 – Hard – 56S/48Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
August 10		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
August 17	Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, United States WTA Premier 5 $2,513,000 – Hard – 56S/48Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
August 17		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
August 24	Connecticut Open New Haven, United States WTA Premier $731,000 – Hard – 30S/48Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
August 24		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
August 31 September 7	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam $11,517,008 – Hard 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /
		/ vs. /

September

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
September 14	Coupe Banque Nationale Quebec City, Canada WTA International $250,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	HP Japan Women's Open Tennis Osaka, Japan WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
September 21	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier $1,000,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Kia Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International $500,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
September 28	Wuhan Tennis Open Wuhan, China WTA Premier 5 $2,513,000 – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs

October

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
October 5	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory $6,157,160 – Hard – 60S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
October 5		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
October 12	Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA International $500,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Hong Kong Open Hong Kong WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria WTA International $250,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
October 19	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier $731,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open Luxembourg City, Luxembourg WTA International $250,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
October 26	WTA Finals Singapore Year-end championships $7,000,000 – Hard (i) – 8S (RR)/8D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs
October 26		/ vs /

November

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
November 2	WTA Elite Trophy^[2] Zhuhai, China Year-end championships $2,150,000 – Hard (i) – 12S (RR)/6D (RR) Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
November 2		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
November 9	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final TBA

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2014 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments.^[3] The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Grand Slam tournaments
Year-end championships
WTA Premier Mandatory
WTA Premier 5
WTA Premier
WTA International

Titles won by player

Total	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles
4	Martina Hingis (SUI)			●		● ●				●			0	3	1
3	Simona Halep (ROU)				●		●				●		3	0	0
3	Sania Mirza (IND)					● ●				●			0	3	0
2	Serena Williams (USA)	●			●								2	0	0
2	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)		●						●				1	1	0
2	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)		●							●			0	2	0
2	Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)										● ●		2	0	0
2	Sara Errani (ITA)										●	●	1	1	0
1	Timea Babos (HUN)							●					0	1	0
1	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)							●					0	1	0
1	Petra Kvitová (CZE)								●				1	0	0
1	Andrea Petkovic (GER)								●				1	0	0
1	Maria Sharapova (RUS)								●				1	0	0
1	Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)									●			0	1	0
1	Sabine Lisicki (GER)									●			0	1	0
1	Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)									●			0	1	0
1	Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)									●			0	1	0
1	Abigail Spears (USA)									●			0	1	0
1	Daniela Hantuchová (SVK)										●		1	0	0
1	Heather Watson (GBR)										●		1	0	0
1	Venus Williams (USA)										●		1	0	0
1	Caroline Wozniacki (DNK)										●		1	0	0
1	Lara Arruabarrena (ESP)											●	0	1	0
1	Kiki Bertens (NED)											●	0	1	0
1	Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL)											●	0	1	0
1	Chan Hao-ching (TPE)											●	0	1	0
1	Chan Yung-jan (TPE)											●	0	1	0
1	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)											●	0	1	0
1	Liang Chen (CHN)											●	0	1	0
1	Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)											●	0	1	0
1	Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)											●	0	1	0
1	Johanna Larsson (SWE)											●	0	1	0
1	Rebecca Peterson (SWE)											●	0	1	0
1	Alicja Rosolska (POL)											●	0	1	0
1	María Teresa Torró Flor (ESP)											●	0	1	0
1	Roberta Vinci (ITA)											●	0	1	0
1	Wang Yafan (CHN)											●	0	1	0

Titles won by nation

Total	Nation	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles
6	United States (USA)	1	1		1					2	1		3	3	0
6	Switzerland (SUI)			1		2				1	2		2	3	1
3	Czech Republic (CZE)		1						2				2	1	0
3	Romania (ROU)				1		1				1		3	0	0
3	India (IND)					2				1			0	3	0
2	Germany (GER)								1	1			1	1	0
2	Spain (ESP)									1		1	0	2	0
2	Italy (ITA)										1	1	1	1	0
2	Sweden (SWE)											2	0	2	0
1	France (FRA)							1					0	1	0
1	Hungary (HUN)							1					0	1	0
1	Russia (RUS)								1				1	0	0
1	Denmark (DNK)										1		1	0	0
1	Great Britain (GBR)										1		1	0	0
1	Slovakia (SVK)										1		1	0	0
1	Belgium (BEL)											1	0	1	0
1	Canada (CAN)											1	0	1	0
1	China (CHN)											1	0	1	0
1	Netherlands (NED)											1	0	1	0
1	Poland (POL)											1	0	1	0
1	Chinese Taipei (TPE)											1	0	1	0
1	Ukraine (UKR)											1	0	1	0

Titles information

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

Anna Karolína Schmiedlová – Katowice (draw)

Doubles

Lyudmyla Kichenok – Shenzhen (draw)
Nadiia Kichenok – Shenzhen (draw)
Kiki Bertens – Hobart (draw)
Ysaline Bonaventure – Rio de Janeiro (draw)
Rebecca Peterson – Rio de Janeiro (draw)
Wang Yafan – Kuala Lumpur (draw)
Demi Schuurs – Katowice (draw)

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

Serena Williams – Miami (draw)

Doubles

Martina Hingis – Miami (draw)

Top 10 entry

The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:

Singles

Ekaterina Makarova (enters at n° 9 on February 2)
Carla Suárez Navarro (enters at n°10 on April 6)

Doubles

Garbiñe Muguruza (enters at n° 10 on February 23)
Raquel Kops-Jones (enters at n° 10 on March 2)
Abigail Spears (enters at n° 10 on March 2)
Kristina Mladenovic (enters at n°10 on April 6)

WTA rankings

These are the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the WTA Tour, at the current date of the 2015 season.^[4] Players with a gold background qualified for the WTA Tour Championships.

Singles

WTA Championships Race Rankings, as of 6 April 2015^[5]
#	Player	Points	Tours
1	Serena Williams (USA)	3390	4(3)
2	Simona Halep (ROU)	3000	5
3	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	2010	5
4	Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)	1755	8
5	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	1650	8
6	Venus Williams (USA)	1215	6
7	Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)	1211	6
8	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	1166	8
9	Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)	1085	6
10	Andrea Petkovic (GER)	983	8
11	Madison Keys (USA)	965	5
12	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	915	7(5)
13	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)	846	7
14	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	811	6
15	Jelena Janković (SRB)	786	6
16	Sara Errani (ITA)	737	8
17	Caroline Garcia (FRA)	696	8
18	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)	685	6
19	Sabine Lisicki (GER)	679	8
20	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	676	5

Template:Current Women's Singles WTA Rankings

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date Gained	Date Forfeited
Serena Williams (USA)	Year end 2014

Doubles

WTA Championships Race Rankings as of 6 April 2015^[5]
#	Player	Points	Tours
1	Elena Vesnina (RUS) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)	2,105	5
2	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) Lucie Šafářová (CZE)	2,010	2
3	Martina Hingis (SUI) Sania Mirza (IND)	2,000	2
4	Tímea Babos (HUN) Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	1,711	7
5	Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) Caroline Garcia (FRA)	1,326	6
6	Chan Yung-jan (TPE) Zheng Jie (CHN)	1,300	2
7	Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) Abigail Spears (USA)	1,227	7
8	Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) Julia Goerges (GER)	1,212	7
9	Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) Lucie Hradecka (CZE)	1,150	6
10	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (POL) Andreja Klepač (SLO)	1,100	8

Team has qualified for the 2015 WTA Tour Championships

Template:Current Women's Doubles Individual WTA Rankings

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Sara Errani (ITA) Roberta Vinci (ITA)	Year-end 2014

Points distribution

The points distribution was mostly the same for the 2015 season.^[6] Main draw rounds usually give a little less points, but there is no change for the champion (W). Points for qualifying rounds (Q) have changed in both directions depending on the tournament category. Points earned in 2014 retain their value until they expire after 52 weeks. What changed are the distribution of points for the WTA Finals and WTA Elite Trophy.

Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	70	10	40	30	20	2
Grand Slam (D)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	10	–	40	–	–	–
WTA Finals (S)	1500*	1050*	690*	(+70 per Round Robin Match; +160 per Round Robin Win)
WTA Finals (D)	1500	1050	690	460	–
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	35	10	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	10	–	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D)	1000	650	390	215	120	10	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (56S,64Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	22	15	1
WTA Premier 5 (56/54S,48/32Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier 5 (28D)	900	585	350	190	105	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (16D)	900	585	350	190	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Elite Trophy (S)	700*	440*	240*	(+40 per Round Robin Match; +80 per Round Robin Win)
WTA Premier (56S)	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	–	25	–	13	1
WTA Premier (32S)	470	305	185	100	55	1	–	–	25	18	13	1
WTA Premier (16D)	470	305	185	100	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA International (32S,32Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	14	10	1
WTA International (32S,16Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	–	12	1
WTA International (16D)	280	180	110	60	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Assumes undefeated Round Robin match record.

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA Rankings top 100 (singles) or (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2015 season:

Natalie Grandin (born 27 February 1981, in East London, South Africa), joined the pro tour in 1999, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 144 in 2005, reaching a career high doubles ranking of number 22 in 2012. Grandin won one doubles title on the WTA tour. In Grand Slams doubles she reached a Quarterfinals on the 2011 Australian Open. She decided to retire in January 2015 at the age of 33.

Comebacks

Following are notable players who will come back after retirements during the 2015 WTA Tour season:

María José Martínez Sánchez (born 12 August 1982 in Murcia, Spain), turned pro in 1998, ultimately winning five singles titles and 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also won 12 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ITF circuit. She reached a career-high ranking of world number 19 in singles on 10 May 2010, and of world no 5 in doubles on 18 January 2010. Her best singles performance at grand slam was reaching the third round, a feat she achieved six times in total and at least once at all four tournaments. In doubles, she reached the semi-finals of a grand slam three times; at the 2010 French Open, the 2012 French Open and the 2012 US Open. She also won the WTA Tour Championships doubles title in 2009, partnering Nuria Llagostera Vives, and reached the semi-finals of the 2009 Tournament of Champions (the first edition of the event to be held). After the pregnancy, she returned to the tour in the doubles draw of Miami Open in pair with Vera Dushevina.

Katalin Marosi (born 12 November 1979 in Gheorgheni, Romania), turned professional in October 1995, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 101 in May 2000 and the doubles no. 38 ranking in February 2013. Marosi lost all three WTA doubles finals she reached, but won 15 singles titles and 31 doubles titles on the ITF tour. After two years, she returned to the main tour in the doubles draw of Katowice Open in pair with Oksana Kalashnikova.

Anastasija Sevastova (born 13 April 1990 in Liepāja, Latvia), turned professional in 2006 (first retirement in 2013). She is a former world No. 37 in singles. Sevastova won one one singles title on the WTA tour. In Grand Slams singles, she reached a fourth round on the 2011 Australian Open. She returned to the tour receiving a wildcard to compete in Sharm-El Sheik, an ITF $10,000 event, starting on January 26.

References

^ "2015 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
^ "WTA Elite Trophy To Debut In Zhuhai". WTA Tour. 2014-10-08. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
^ "2014 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
^ "Singles Rankings". Women's Tennis Association.
^ ^a ^b "WTA Championships Road to Singapore Singles Rankings". Women's Tennis Association. Cite error: The named reference "RaceSinglesRankings" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ "All About Rankings". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2014-09-01.

http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/AboutTheTour/TourCalendar_2015.pdf

External links

[WTACalendar2015-1] "2015 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2015-01-06.

[2] "WTA Elite Trophy To Debut In Zhuhai". WTA Tour. 2014-10-08. Retrieved 2014-10-09.

[WTACalendar2014-3] "2014 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2014-09-01.

[SinglesRankings-4] "Singles Rankings". Women's Tennis Association.

[RaceSinglesRankings-5] "WTA Championships Road to Singapore Singles Rankings". Women's Tennis Association. Cite error: The named reference "RaceSinglesRankings" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[6] "All About Rankings". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2014-09-01.

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Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments	Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Beijing (S, D)
WTA Premier 5 tournaments	Dubai (S, D) Rome (S, D) Toronto (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Wuhan (S, D)
WTA Premier tournaments	Brisbane (S, D) Sydney (S, D) Antwerp (S, D) Doha (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Moscow (S, D)
WTA International tournaments	Auckland (S, D) Shenzhen (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Pattaya City (S, D) Rio de Janeiro (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Kuala Lumpur (S, D) Katowice (S, D) Bogotà (S, D) Marrakech (S, D) Prague (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Nuremberg (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Bad Gastein (S, D) Istanbul (S, D) Baku (S, D) Florianópolis (S, D) Washington D.C. (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Seoul (S, D) Guangzhou (S, D) Tashkent (S, D) Linz (S, D) Hong Kong (S, D) Tianjin (S, D) Luxembourg City (S, D)
Team events	Fed Cup World Group I + World Group II WG I play-offs WG II play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa
WTA Finals, Singapore (S, D) WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai (S, D)

v t e 2015 in tennis « 2014 2016 »
Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Men	ATP World Tour ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour Finals ATP Challenger Tour ATP Challenger Tour Finals ITF Men's Circuit
Women	WTA Tour WTA Premier Mandatory WTA Finals WTA Elite Trophy WTA 125K series ITF Women's Circuit
Team events	Davis Cup World Group Fed Cup World Group Hopman Cup World TeamTennis International Premier Tennis League Champions Tennis League
Other events	African Games European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Games of the Small States of Europe Pacific Games Pan American Games Parapan American Games Southeast Asian Games Summer Universiade

Schedule

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

Statistical information

Key

Titles won by player

Titles won by nation

Titles information

Top 10 entry

WTA rankings

Singles

Number 1 ranking

Doubles

Number 1 ranking

Points distribution

Retirements

Comebacks

See also

References

External links