2015 Brisbane International

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.

2015 Brisbane International
Date4 – 11 January 2015
Edition7th
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationTennyson, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
VenueQueensland 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

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 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Women's Singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 18 13 1
Women's Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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 N/A
Men's Doubles * $24,920 $13,100 $7,100 $4,060 $2,380 N/A N/A N/A N/A
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 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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:

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

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:

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 Garbiñe Muguruza[6] 20 8
  • 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

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

Champions

Men's Singles
Main article: 2015 Brisbane International – Men's Singles

Women's Singles
Main article: 2015 Brisbane International – Women's Singles

Men's Doubles
Main article: 2015 Brisbane International – Men's Doubles

Women's Doubles
Main article: 2015 Brisbane International – Women's Doubles

References
  1. Roger Federer makes good on promise to play in Brisbane. The Courier Mail. 1 September 2014.
  2. "Men's - 2015 Brisbane". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. "ATP Singles Rankings 29 December 2014". Association of Tennis Professionals. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  4. "ATP Doubles Rankings 29 December 2014". Association of Tennis Professionals. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. "Women's - 2015 Brisbane International". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  6. Malone, Paul (5 January 2015). "Brisbane International 2015: Eighth seed Garbine Muguruza withdraws". Fox Sports. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  7. "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.
  8. "Roger Federer in 1,000th career win with Brisbane International title". BBC Sport. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  9. "Maria Sharapova Beats Ana Ivanovic for Title in Brisbane". The New York Times. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  10. "Jamie Murray & John Peers win Brisbane International title". BBC Sport. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  11. "Tennis: Lisicki und Hingis triumphieren in Brisbane" (in German). Spiegel Online. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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