2015 Wuhan Open
# 2015 Wuhan Open

The 2015 Wuhan Open (also known as 2015 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 27 and October 3, 2015. It was part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. The 2015 tournament was the 2nd edition of the Wuhan Open. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
| Doubles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $456,000 | $227,700 | $113,860 | $52,430 | $26,000 | $13,335 | $6,855 | $3,825 | $1,970 |
| Doubles | $130,300 | $65,930 | $32,250 | $16,425 | $8,320 | $4,115 | — | — | — |

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
| - | - | - | - |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 2 | 1 |
| RUS | Maria Sharapova | 3 | 2 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 4 | 3 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 6 | 4 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 8 | 5 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 9 | 6 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 10 | 7 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 11 | 8 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 12 | 9 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 13 | 10 |
| SUI | Belinda Bencic | 15 | 11 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 16 | 12 |
| GER | Andrea Petkovic | 17 | 13 |
| USA | Madison Keys | 18 | 14 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 19 | 15 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 21 | 16 |

* Rankings are as of September 21, 2015

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

* Daniela Hantuchová
* Liu Fangzhou
* Maria Sharapova
* Zheng Saisai

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

* Dominika Cibulková

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

* Tímea Babos
* Lauren Davis
* Mariana Duque Mariño
* Julia Görges
* Johanna Konta
* Danka Kovinić
* Patricia Maria Țig
* Heather Watson

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:

* Ajla Tomljanović

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by Alison Riske
* Eugenie Bouchard (ongoing concussion) → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
* Karin Knapp → replaced by Alexandra Dulgheru
* Ekaterina Makarova (leg injury) → replaced by Varvara Lepchenko
* Flavia Pennetta → replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
* Lucie Šafářová (bacterial infection and belly muscle injury) → replaced by Magdaléna Rybáriková

### Retirements

* Victoria Azarenka (left leg injury)
* Belinda Bencic (left thigh injury)
* Garbiñe Muguruza (left ankle injury and gastrointestinal illness)
* Maria Sharapova (left forearm injury)
* CoCo Vandeweghe (left ankle injury)

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SUI | Martina Hingis | IND | Sania Mirza | 3 | 1 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 19 | 2 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 25 | 3 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-Ching | TPE | Chan Yung-Jan | 3- | 4 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 32 | 5 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 37 | 6 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 46 | 7 |
| TPE | Chuang Chia-jung | TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | 60 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of September 21, 2015

### Other entrants

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

* Liu Chang / Yang Zhaoxuan

The following pair received entry as alternates:

* Mona Barthel / Darija Jurak

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Belinda Bencic (Left Thigh Injury)

**During the tournament**

* Garbiñe Muguruza (Gastrointestinal Illness And Left Ankle Injury)
* Ajla Tomljanović (Right Shoulder Injury)

## Champions

### Singles

* Venus Williams def. Garbiñe Muguruza, 6-3 3-0 Retired

### Doubles

* Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza def. Irina-Camelia Begu / Monica Niculescu, 6-2 6-3
