2015 Hobart International – Singles
# 2015 Hobart International – Singles

Garbiñe Muguruza was the defending champion heading into the tournament but chose to compete at the Sydney tennis event instead of Hobart. In the final, it was unseeded Brit Heather Watson who defeated the American qualifier in Madison Brengle, 6–3, 6–4 to record her second WTA title.

## Seeds

* Casey Dellacqua (second round)
* Zarina Diyas (quarterfinals)
* Camila Giorgi (quarterfinals)
* Varvara Lepchenko (withdrew)
* Sloane Stephens (second round)
* Klára Koukalová (first round)
* Mona Barthel (first round)
* Alison Riske (semifinals)
* Roberta Vinci (quarterfinals)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Q | Madison Brengle | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| | Kurumi Nara | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | Kurumi Nara | 4 | 6 | 3 | Q | Madison Brengle | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | | Heather Watson | 6 | 6 |
| | Heather Watson | 6 | 7 | | | Heather Watson | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Alison Riske | 3 | 5 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | C Dellacqua | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Davis | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | C Dellacqua | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Knapp | 7 | 6 | | | K Knapp | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Tomljanović | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | K Knapp | $7^7$ | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | K Kozlova | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | M Brengle | $6^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | K Flipkens | 6 | 3 | 4 | Q | K Kozlova | 1 | $6^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Brengle | $6^6$ | 7 | $7^7$ | Q | M Brengle | 6 | $7^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Barthel | $7^8$ | 5 | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | Q | M Brengle | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | C Giorgi | 5 | 6 | $7^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | K Nara | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| WC | S Sanders | 7 | 1 | $6^6$ | 3 | C Giorgi | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Puig | 4 | 1 | | | K Kanepi | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kanepi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | C Giorgi | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | J Larsson | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | K Nara | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| SE | S Zheng | 6 | $0^r$ | | Q | J Larsson | $6^1$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Nara | 0 | 6 | 6 | | K Nara | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | K Koukalová | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | R Vinci | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | O Rogowska | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | R Vinci | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Čepelová | $7^7$ | 5 | 4 | | A Beck | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Beck | $6^4$ | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 9 | R Vinci | $6^0$ | 2 | | | | |
| | H Watson | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | H Watson | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | M Rybáriková | 5 | 1 | | | H Watson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Niculescu | 4 | 2 | | 5 | S Stephens | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | S Stephens | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | H Watson | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | A Riske | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | A Riske | 3 | 5 |
| | C McHale | 4 | $0^r$ | | 8 | A Riske | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Lučić-Baroni | $2^r$ | | | | B Jovanovski | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Jovanovski | 5 | | | | | | | | 8 | A Riske | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | R Hogenkamp | $6^{10}$ | $6^5$ | | | | | | | 2 | Z Diyas | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| WC | D Hantuchová | $7^{12}$ | $7^7$ | | WC | D Hantuchová | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Soler Espinosa | 3 | 4 | | 2 | Z Diyas | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Z Diyas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Sílvia Soler Espinosa (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Kiki Bertens (second round)
* Johanna Larsson (qualified)
* Vitalia Diatchenko (second round)
* Lara Arruabarrena (first round)
* María Teresa Torró Flor (second round)
* Madison Brengle (qualified)
* An-Sophie Mestach (second round, withdrew)

### Qualifiers

* Madison Brengle
* Kateryna Kozlova
* Johanna Larsson
* Richèl Hogenkamp

### Lucky loser

* Sílvia Soler Espinosa

### Draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sílvia Soler Espinosa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Mariana Duque Mariño | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Mariana Duque Mariño | 3 | 2 | 1 | Sílvia Soler Espinosa | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | Taylor Townsend | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | Taylor Townsend | 6 | 7 | | Taylor Townsend | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | Carina Witthöft | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | Carina Witthöft | 3 | 5 | | | | | 1 | Sílvia Soler Espinosa | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | 7 | Madison Brengle | 6 | 6 |
| | Katarzyna Piter | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 7 | Madison Brengle | 6 | 6 |
| | Naomi Broady | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Naomi Broady | 6 | 6 | | Naomi Broady | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | 7 | Madison Brengle | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Marina Melnikova | 4 | 1 | 7 | Madison Brengle | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Madison Brengle | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Kiki Bertens | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Denisa Allertová | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Denisa Allertová | 3 | 4 | | 2 | Kiki Bertens | 4 | $6^1$ | | | |
| | | | | | | Barbora Krejčíková | 6 | $7^7$ | | | |
| | Alison Van Uytvanck | 2 | 6 | 2 | | Barbora Krejčíková | 6 | $7^7$ | | | |
| | Barbora Krejčíková | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | Barbora Krejčíková | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | Barbora Krejčíková | 0 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | Kateryna Kozlova | 6 | 7 |
| | Kateryna Kozlova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | Kateryna Kozlova | 6 | 7 |
| | Virginie Razzano | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | Virginie Razzano | 3 | 1 | | | Kateryna Kozlova | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | María Teresa Torró Flor | 0 | 3 | | | |
| | Grace Min | 5 | 3 | | 6 | María Teresa Torró Flor | 0 | 3 | | | |
| 6 | María Teresa Torró Flor | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Johanna Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Naiktha Bains | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Naiktha Bains | 0 | 3 | | 3 | Johanna Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Danka Kovinić | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | Danka Kovinić | 6 | 6 | | | Danka Kovinić | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| Alt | María Irigoyen | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | María Irigoyen | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | Johanna Larsson | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Paula Ormaechea | 3 | 2 |
| | Anastasiya Vasylyeva | 6 | $6^2$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | Paula Ormaechea | 3 | 2 |
| | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | 3 | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | 3 | $7^7$ | 7 | | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Paula Ormaechea | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Paula Ormaechea | 2 | 6 | 7 | | Paula Ormaechea | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Lara Arruabarrena | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Vitalia Diatchenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Kimberly Birrell | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Kimberly Birrell | 3 | 3 | 4 | Vitalia Diatchenko | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | Zhu Lin | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| WC | Maddison Inglis | $6^5$ | 4 | | Zhu Lin | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Zhu Lin | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Zhu Lin | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | Zhu Lin | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | Richèl Hogenkamp | 6 | 6 |
| | Richèl Hogenkamp | $7^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | Richèl Hogenkamp | 6 | 6 |
| | Patricia Mayr-Achleitner | $6^5$ | $2^r$ | | | | | | | | |
| | Patricia Mayr-Achleitner | $6^5$ | $2^r$ | | Richèl Hogenkamp | w/o | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | An-Sophie Mestach | | | | | | |
| WC | Priscilla Hon | 5 | 4 | 8 | An-Sophie Mestach | | | | | | |
| 8 | An-Sophie Mestach | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
