2015 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's singles
# 2015 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's singles

Petra Kvitová defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2015 Madrid Open. It was her second Madrid Open title.

Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but lost to Kuznetsova in the semifinals.

## Seeds

    01. Serena Williams (semifinals)
    02. Simona Halep (first round)
    03. Maria Sharapova (semifinals)
    04. Petra Kvitová (champion)
    05. Caroline Wozniacki (quarterfinals)
    06. Eugenie Bouchard (first round)
    07. Ana Ivanovic (third round)
    08. Ekaterina Makarova (first round)
    09. Agnieszka Radwańska (third round)
    10. Carla Suárez Navarro (quarterfinals)
    11. Andrea Petkovic (second round, withdrew)
    12. Angelique Kerber (first round)
    13. Lucie Šafářová (quarterfinals)
    14. Karolína Plíšková (second round)
    15. Sara Errani (second round)
    16. Venus Williams (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

## 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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Serena Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Carla Suárez Navarro | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Carla Suárez Navarro | 1 | 3 | | 1 | Serena Williams | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Petra Kvitová | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Petra Kvitová | 7 | 6 | | 4 | Petra Kvitová | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Irina-Camelia Begu | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Irina-Camelia Begu | 5 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | Petra Kvitová | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Caroline Wozniacki | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Maria Sharapova | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Maria Sharapova | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | Maria Sharapova | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 5 | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 13 | Lucie Šafářová | 7 | $6^5$ | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | S Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Brengle | 0 | 1 | | 1 | S Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | B Mattek-Sands | 6 | 1 | 4 | | S Stephens | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stephens | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 1 | S Williams | $7^7$ | 3 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| | A Tomljanović | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | V Azarenka | $6^5$ | 6 | $6^1$ | | | | |
| | B Bencic | 4 | 3 | | | A Tomljanović | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Azarenka | 6 | 7 | | | V Azarenka | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | V Williams | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | S Williams | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | C Suárez Navarro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | C Suárez Navarro | 1 | 3 |
| | Z Diyas | 4 | 4 | | 10 | C Suárez Navarro | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Erakovic | 1 | 6 | 4 | Q | J Görges | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Görges | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | 10 | C Suárez Navarro | 7 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| | E Svitolina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | A Ivanovic | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | D Hantuchová | 0 | 3 | | | E Svitolina | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Dulgheru | 6 | $6^1$ | $0^r$ | 7 | A Ivanovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Ivanovic | 2 | $7^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | P Kvitová | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | O Govortsova | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | P Kvitová | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Lisicki | $6^3$ | 6 | 5 | | C Vandeweghe | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Vandeweghe | $7^7$ | 3 | 7 | | | | | | 4 | P Kvitová | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Peng | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | A Pavlyuchenkova | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | 6 | | | A Pavlyuchenkova | 3 | $7^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Badosa Gibert | $0^r$ | | | 15 | S Errani | 6 | $6^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | S Errani | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | P Kvitová | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | A Petkovic | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | I-C Begu | 5 | 3 |
| | F Pennetta | 3 | 5 | | 11 | A Petkovic | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I-C Begu | $7^8$ | 6 | | | I-C Begu | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Nara | $6^6$ | 1 | | | | | | | | I-C Begu | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | A Mitu | $6^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | B Strýcová | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | V Lepchenko | $7^7$ | 6 | | | V Lepchenko | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Strýcová | 0 | 6 | 6 | | B Strýcová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | E Bouchard | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

**Section 3**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | C Wozniacki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Gajdošová | 3 | 0 | | 5 | C Wozniacki | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C McHale | 6 | 6 | | Q | C McHale | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Barthel | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | C Wozniacki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | C Dellacqua | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | 9 | A Radwańska | 3 | 2 | | | | | | |
| WC | F Schiavone | 4 | $6^5$ | | | C Dellacqua | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Arruabarrena | 4 | 3 | | 9 | A Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | A Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | C Wozniacki | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 14 | Ka Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Sharapova | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| WC | S Soler Espinosa | 1 | 2 | | 14 | Ka Plíšková | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Garcia | 6 | 6 | | | C Garcia | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Lučić-Baroni | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | C Garcia | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | |
| | H Watson | 6 | 3 | $6^{11}$ | | | | | | 3 | M Sharapova | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | |
| Q | M Duque Mariño | 0 | 6 | $7^{13}$ | Q | M Duque Mariño | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Bacsinszky | 2 | 3 | | 3 | M Sharapova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Sharapova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | E Makarova | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 | | | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Muguruza | 6 | 6 | | | G Muguruza | 3 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | MT Torró Flor | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | S Kuznetsova | 5 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
| | K Kanepi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Stosur | 7 | 2 | $6^5$ | | | | | |
| | M Keys | 4 | 3 | | | K Kanepi | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stosur | 4 | 6 | 6 | | S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | A Kerber | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Kuznetsova | 5 | $7^7$ | $7^7$ |
| 13 | L Šafářová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | L Šafářová | 7 | $6^5$ | $6^3$ |
| | A Riske | 4 | 2 | | 13 | L Šafářová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Giorgi | 1 | 1 | | | T Pironkova | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Pironkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 13 | L Šafářová | 6 | $6^6$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Vinci | 2 | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | R Vinci | 4 | $7^8$ | 0 | | | | | |
| | M Puig | 6 | $6^6$ | 4 | | R Vinci | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cornet | $7^8$ | 6 | | | A Cornet | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Halep | $6^6$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Yaroslava Shvedova (first round)
* Lesia Tsurenko (first round)
* Lauren Davis (qualifying competition)
* Kristina Mladenovic (first round)
* Monica Niculescu (qualifying competition)
* Bojana Jovanovski (qualifying competition)
* Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (qualified)
* Christina McHale (qualified)
* Julia Görges (qualified)
* Polona Hercog (first round)
* Elena Vesnina (first round)
* Lucie Hradecká (withdrew, still competing in Prague)
* Annika Beck (first round)
* Marina Erakovic (qualified)
* Ana Konjuh (first round)
* Stefanie Vögele (qualifying competition)
* Andreea Mitu (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Julia Görges
* Andreea Mitu
* Paula Badosa Gibert
* Olga Govortsova
* Marina Erakovic
* Mariana Duque Mariño
* Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
* Christina McHale

### Qualifying draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yaroslava Shvedova | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Sesil Karatantcheva | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Sesil Karatantcheva | 6 | 6 | | Sesil Karatantcheva | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | 9 | Julia Görges | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| WC | Rocío de la Torre Sánchez | 5 | 4 | 9 | Julia Görges | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | Julia Görges | 7 | 6 | | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Lesia Tsurenko | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | Richèl Hogenkamp | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Richèl Hogenkamp | 7 | 6 | | Richèl Hogenkamp | 0 | $6^5$ |
| | | | | 17 | Andreea Mitu | 6 | $7^7$ |
| | Alla Kudryavtseva | 5 | $6^3$ | 17 | Andreea Mitu | 6 | $7^7$ |
| 17 | Andreea Mitu | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Lauren Davis | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | 1 | $6^5$ | | | | |
| | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | 1 | $6^5$ | 3 | Lauren Davis | 5 | 4 |
| | | | | WC | Paula Badosa Gibert | 7 | 6 |
| WC | Paula Badosa Gibert | 6 | 6 | WC | Paula Badosa Gibert | 7 | 6 |
| 15 | Ana Konjuh | 3 | 3 | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Kristina Mladenovic | 3 | 5 | | | |
| | Misaki Doi | 6 | 7 | | | |
| | Misaki Doi | 6 | 7 | Misaki Doi | $6^4$ | $6^1$ |
| | | | | Olga Govortsova | $7^7$ | $7^7$ |
| | Olga Govortsova | 6 | 6 | Olga Govortsova | $7^7$ | $7^7$ |
| 10 | Polona Hercog | 4 | 3 | | | |

**Fifth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Monica Niculescu | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Alt | Gabriela Dabrowski | 6 | 3 | 0 | | | | | |
| Alt | Gabriela Dabrowski | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Monica Niculescu | 6 | $6^8$ | 3 |
| | | | | | 14 | Marina Erakovic | 2 | $7^{10}$ | 6 |
| | Kateryna Bondarenko | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | Marina Erakovic | 2 | $7^{10}$ | 6 |
| 14 | Marina Erakovic | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |

**Sixth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Bojana Jovanovski | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
| WC | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 5 | $6^4$ | | | | | |
| WC | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 5 | $6^4$ | | 6 | Bojana Jovanovski | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | | Mariana Duque Mariño | 6 | 6 |
| | Mariana Duque Mariño | 6 | $6^6$ | 6 | | Mariana Duque Mariño | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | Annika Beck | 2 | $7^8$ | 4 | | | | |

**Seventh qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Mirjana Lučić-Baroni | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | Anastasia Rodionova | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | Anastasia Rodionova | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | Mirjana Lučić-Baroni | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 16 | Stefanie Vögele | 2 | 0 |
| WC | Olga Sáez Larra | 3 | 0 | | 16 | Stefanie Vögele | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Stefanie Vögele | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

**Eighth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Christina McHale | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Zhu Lin | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Zhu Lin | 3 | 3 | | 8 | Christina McHale | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Donna Vekić | 3 | 2 |
| | Donna Vekić | 1 | $7^7$ | 6 | | Donna Vekić | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | Elena Vesnina | 6 | $6^5$ | 3 | | | | |
