2015 Nürnberger Versicherungscup
# 2015 Nürnberger Versicherungscup

The 2015 Nürnberger Versicherungscup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament, and part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Nuremberg, Germany, on 17–23 May 2015.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | 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 |
| Women's doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Women's singles | €34,677 | €17,258 | €9,274 | €4,980 | €2,742 | €1,694 | €823 | €484 |
| Women's doubles | €9,919 | €5,161 | €2,770 | €1,468 | €774 | — | — | — |

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| GER | Andrea Petkovic | 9 | 1 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 11 | 2 |
| GER | Sabine Lisicki | 22 | 3 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 44 | 4 |
| SVK | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 46 | 5 |
| ITA | Karin Knapp | 51 | 6 |
| JPN | Kurumi Nara | 54 | 7 |
| GER | Carina Witthöft | 56 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of May 11, 2015.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Anna-Lena Friedsam
* Antonia Lottner
* Tatjana Maria

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Misaki Doi
* Andreea Mitu
* Rebecca Peterson
* Yulia Putintseva
* Alison Van Uytvanck
* Renata Voráčová

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Alexandra Dulgheru →replaced by Evgeniya Rodina
* Daria Gavrilova →replaced by Yanina Wickmayer
* Marina Erakovic →replaced by Kiki Bertens
* Kirsten Flipkens →replaced by Tímea Babos

**During the tournament**

* Angelique Kerber

### Retirements

* Andrea Petkovic

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ITA | Karin Knapp | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 63 | 1 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 75 | 2 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | POL | Alicja Rosolska | 81 | 3 |
| ESP | Lara Arruabarrena | ROU | Raluca Olaru | 108 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of May 11, 2015.

### Other entrants

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

* Anna-Lena Friedsam / Carina Witthöft
* Katharina Gerlach / Lena Rüffer

## Champions

### Singles

* Karin Knapp def. Roberta Vinci, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 4–6, 6–1

### Doubles

* Chan Hao-ching / Anabel Medina Garrigues def. Lara Arruabarrena / Raluca Olaru, 6–4, $7–6^{(7–5)}$
