The 2015 Baku Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. This was the fifth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan between 27 July and 2 August 2015.
2015 Baku Cup | |
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Date | 27 July – 2 August |
Edition | 5th |
Category | WTA International |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $250,000 |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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Points and prize money
editPoint distribution
editEvent | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
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Women's doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
editEvent | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
Women's singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | $1,020 | $600 |
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Women's doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — |
Singles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 41 | 1 |
ITA | Karin Knapp | 43 | 2 |
SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 56 | 3 |
JPN | Kurumi Nara | 60 | 4 |
SRB | Bojana Jovanovski | 67 | 5 |
RUS | Vitalia Diatchenko | 74 | 7 |
ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 85 | 8 |
MNE | Danka Kovinić | 86 | 9 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 20, 2015
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
edit- Before the tournament
- Denisa Allertová → replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko
- Klára Koukalová → replaced by Donna Vekić
- Andreea Mitu → replaced by Alexandra Panova
- Monica Niculescu → replaced by Barbora Krejčíková
- Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan
- Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Elizaveta Kulichkova
- Tereza Smitková → replaced by Çağla Büyükakçay
- Lesia Tsurenko (right wrist injury) → replaced by Yuliya Beygelzimer
- Roberta Vinci → replaced by Misa Eguchi
- Yanina Wickmayer → replaced by Zhu Lin
Retirements
edit- Yuliya Beygelzimer (neck injury)
- Kateryna Bondarenko (right lower leg injury)
- Danka Kovinić (gastrointestinal illness)
Doubles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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RUS | Margarita Gasparyan | RUS | Alexandra Panova | 132 | 1 |
RUS | Vitalia Diatchenko | UKR | Olga Savchuk | 162 | 2 |
JPN | Hiroko Kuwata | NED | Demi Schuurs | 201 | 3 |
GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | MNE | Danka Kovinić | 226 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 20, 2015
Other entrants
editThe following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Champions
editSingles
edit- Margarita Gasparyan def. Patricia Maria Țig, 6–3, 5–7, 6–0
Doubles
edit- Margarita Gasparyan / Alexandra Panova def. Vitalia Diatchenko / Olga Savchuk, 6–3, 7–5