2015 Qatar ExxonMobil Open
# 2015 Qatar ExxonMobil Open

The 2015 Qatar Open (also known as 2015 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 23rd edition of the Qatar Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2015 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar, from January 5 to 11, 2015.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Doubles | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $195,000 | $102,675 | $55,615 | $31,690 | $18,670 | $11,060 |
| Doubles | $62,430 | $32,820 | $17,790 | $10,180 | $5,960 | |
| Doubles prize money per team |||||||

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| ESP | Rafael Nadal | 3 | 2 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 3 |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 10 | 4 |
| GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 24 | 5 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 26 | 6 |
| CRO | Ivo Karlović | 27 | 7 |
| ARG | Leonardo Mayer | 28 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of December 29, 2014

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Jabor Mohammed Ali Mutawa
* Malek Jaziri
* Mohamed Safwat

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Nikoloz Basilashvili
* Michael Berrer
* Thiemo de Bakker
* Blaž Kavčič

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Nicolás Almagro → replaced by Ivan Dodig
* Ernests Gulbis → replaced by João Souza
* Dominic Thiem (flu) → replaced by Dustin Brown

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| BRA | Bruno Soares | AUT | Alexander Peya | 20 | 1 |
| PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 37 | 2 |
| COL | Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL | Robert Farah | 45 | 3 |
| CRO | Ivan Dodig | BLR | Max Mirnyi | 59 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of December 29, 2014

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Jabor Mohammed Ali Mutawa / Malek Jaziri
* Novak Djokovic / Filip Krajinović

### Retirement

* Alexander Peya (left leg injury)

## Champions

### Singles

* David Ferrer def. Tomáš Berdych, 6–4, 7–5

### Doubles

* Juan Mónaco / Rafael Nadal def. Julian Knowle / Philipp Oswald, 6–3, 6–4
