2015 WTA Tour

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2015 WTA Tour
Details
Duration	January 5, 2015 – N/A
Edition	45th
Tournaments	59
Achievements
Awards
Player of the year	N/A
Most improved player of the year	N/A
Newcomer of the year	N/A
Comeback player of the year	N/A
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized 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 Tournament of Champions). 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	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
January 5	Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships $1,000,000 – Hard (i) – 8 teams (RR)
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier $1,000,000 – Hard – 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand 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
	Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA International $500,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
January 12	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia WTA Premier $710,000 – Hard – 30S/48Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia 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
January 19 January 26	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $12,122,762 – Hard 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /
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February

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
February 2	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Quarterfinals TBD TBD TBD TBD	Quarterfinals winners	Quarterfinals losers
February 9	Open GDF Suez Paris, France WTA Premier $710,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya City, Thailand 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
February 16	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier 5 $2,369,000 – Hard – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Rio Open Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 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
February 23	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier $2,000,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Abierto Mexicano TELCEL Acapulco, Mexico 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

March

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
March 2	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico 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
	BMW Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 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
March 9 March 16	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $5,185,625 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
March 9 March 16		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
March 23 March 30	Sony Open Tennis Miami, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $5,185,625 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
March 23 March 30		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs

April

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
April 6	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States WTA Premier $795,707 – Clay (Green) – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	BNP Paribas Katowice Open Katowice, Poland WTA International $235,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
April 13	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Semifinals TBD TBD	Semifinals winners	Semifinals losers
	Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International $235,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/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 $795,707 – Clay (Red) (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Marrakech Grand Prix Marrakesh, Morocco WTA International $235,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
April 27	Portugal Open Oeiras, Portugal WTA International $235,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
April 27		/ vs /		vs vs	vs vs vs vs

May

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 4	Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory €4,033,254 – 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 $2,369,000 – 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	Nürnberger Versicherungscup Nurnberg, Germany WTA International $235,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International $235,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
May 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 Trophy Nottingham, United Kingdom WTA International $235,000 – Grass – 32S/16Q/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 $235,000 – Grass – 32S/16Q/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 $690,000 – 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 $690,000 – Grass – 32S/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	TBD 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 $235,000 – 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 $235,000 – 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 $235,000 – 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 $235,000 – 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 $795,707 – 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 $235,000 – 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 $2,369,000 – 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 $2,369,000 – 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	New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, United States WTA Premier $795,707 – 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	Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada WTA International $235,000 – 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 $235,000 – 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 $795,707 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	KDB 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 $2,369,000 – 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 $235,000 – 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 $5,185,625 – 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	Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria WTA International $235,000 – Hard (i) – 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 $235,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA International $235,000 – Hard – 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 $795,000 – 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 $235,000 – 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 Championships Singapore Year-end championships $4,900,000 – Hard (i) – 8S (RR)/8D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs
October 26		/ vs /

November

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
November 2	WTA Tournament of Champions Sofia, Bulgaria Year-end championships $750,000 – Hard (i) – 8S Singles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
November 9	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final TBA

Key

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

Points distribution

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	–	48	–	–	–
WTA Championships (S)	+450	+360	(230 for each win, 70 for each loss)
WTA Championships (D)	1500	1050	690
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	35	10	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (64S)	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)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	20	12	1
WTA Premier 5 (28D)	900	585	350	190	105	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier (56S)	470	305	180	100	55	30	1	–	12	–	8	1
WTA Premier (32S)	470	305	180	100	55	1	–	–	25	16	10	1
WTA Premier (16D)	470	305	180	100	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tournament of Champions	+195	+75	(60 for each win, 25 for each loss)
WTA International (56S)	280	180	110	60	30	15	1	–	10	–	6	1
WTA International (32S)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	14	10	1
WTA International (16D)	280	180	110	60	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

References

↑ "2014 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2013-12-25.

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