2015 Connecticut Open

The 2015 Connecticut Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 47th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 23 through August 29. It was the last event of the 2015 US Open Series before the 2015 US Open.

2015 Connecticut Open
DateAugust 23 – August 29
Edition47th
CategoryWTA Premier
Draw30S / 16D
Prize money$731,000
SurfaceHard
LocationNew Haven, United States
VenueCullman-Heyman Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Petra Kvitová
Doubles
Julia Görges / Lucie Hradecká

Points and prize money

Point distribution
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles[1] 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 18 13 1
Doubles[1] 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles[2][3] $128,250 $68,385 $36,185 $19,470 $10,366 $5,755 $2,360 $1,080 $675
Doubles[4] $40,600 $21,380 $11,760 $5,985 $3,240 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank* Seed
 ROU Simona Halep 3 1
 CZE Petra Kvitová 4 2
 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 5 3
 CZE Lucie Šafářová 6 4
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 7 5
  SUI Timea Bacsinszky 14 6
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 15 7
 ITA Sara Errani 16 8
  • Rankings are as of August 17, 2015

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank* Seed
 SLO Katarina Srebotnik  RUS Elena Vesnina 14 1
 USA Raquel Kops-Jones  USA Abigail Spears 31 2
 TPE Chan Hao-ching  AUS Casey Dellacqua 48 3
 GER Julia Görges  CZE Lucie Hradecká 60 4
  • Rankings are as of August 17, 2015

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2015 Connecticut Open – Singles

Doubles
Main article: 2015 Connecticut Open – Doubles

References
  1. "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. "2015 Connecticut Open Main Draw Singles" (PDF). wtatennis.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. "2015 Connecticut Open Qualifying Singles" (PDF). wtatennis.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. "2015 Connecticut Open Main Draw Doubles" (PDF). wtatennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 27 August 2015.


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