2015 Aegon Classic
# 2015 Aegon Classic

The 2015 Aegon Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 34th edition of the event, and the second edition of the event as a Premier tournament on the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, from 15 June until 21 June 2015. Fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber won the singles title.

Sabine Lisicki set the WTA Tour record for the most aces hit in a women's singles match at this tournament, hitting 27 aces in her second-round win over Belinda Bencic on 17 June 2015.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
| Doubles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $124,000 | $66,000 | $32,525 | $16,725 | $8,670 | $4,440 | $2,280 | $1,035 | $620 |
| Doubles | $39,000 | $20,650 | $11,360 | $5,785 | $3,140 | — | — | — | — |

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 3 | 1 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 6 | 2 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 9 | 3 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 10 | 4 |
| CAN | Eugenie Bouchard | 11 | 5 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 12 | 6 |
| GER | Andrea Petkovic | 14 | 7 |
| GER | Sabine Lisicki | 19 | 8 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 21 | 9 |
| CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 22 | 10 |
| FRA | Alizé Cornet | 25 | 11 |
| BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 26 | 12 |
| RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 28 | 13 |
| ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | 29 | 14 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 30 | 15 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | 31 | 16 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of June 8, 2015.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

* Eugenie Bouchard
* Naomi Broady
* Jelena Janković
* Johanna Konta
* Katie Swan

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

* Petra Cetkovská

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Tímea Babos
* Kateryna Bondarenko
* Misaki Doi
* Marina Erakovic
* Klára Koukalová
* Aleksandra Krunić
* Michelle Larcher de Brito
* Tatjana Maria

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Zheng Saisai

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Timea Bacsinszky →replaced by Tereza Smitková
* Mona Barthel →replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
* Madison Brengle →replaced by Monica Niculescu
* Dominika Cibulková →replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
* Camila Giorgi (right hip injury) →replaced by Zheng Saisai
* Madison Keys →replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
* Peng Shuai →replaced by Lauren Davis
* Lucie Šafářová →replaced by Christina McHale
* Yaroslava Shvedova →replaced by Bojana Jovanovski

**During the tournament**

* Victoria Azarenka (left foot injury)

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AUS | Casey Dellacqua | IND | Sania Mirza | 17 | 1 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 17 | 2 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 28 | 3 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 36 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of June 8, 2015.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Eugenie Bouchard / Svetlana Kuznetsova
* Simona Halep / Heather Watson
* Jocelyn Rae / Anna Smith

### Withdrawals

**During the tournament**

* Simona Halep (right arm strain)
* Kristina Mladenovic (low back injury)

## Finals

### Singles

* Angelique Kerber defeated Karolína Plíšková, $6–7^{(5–7)},$ 6–3, $7–6^{(7–4)}$

### Doubles

* Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro defeated Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 6–4, 6–4
