2015 Aegon Classic

2015 Aegon Classic
Date	15 – 21 June
Edition	34th
Category	WTA Premier
Draw	56S / 16D
Prize money	$731,000
Surface	Grass
Location	Birmingham, England
Venue	Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Angelique Kerber
Doubles
Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro

The 2015 Aegon Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 34th edition of the event, and the second edition of the event as a Premier tournament on the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, England, on 15–21 June 2015.

Sabine Lisicki set the WTA Tour record for the most aces hit in a women's singles match at this tournament, hitting 27 aces in her second-round win over Belinda Bencic on 17 June 2015.^[1]

Points and Prize Money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q	Q2	Q1
Women's Singles	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	25	13	1
Women's Doubles					1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q2	Q1
Women's Singles	$124,000	$66,000	$32,525	$16,725	$8,670	$4,440	$2,280	$1,035	$ 620
Women's Doubles	$39,000	$20,650	$11,360	$5,785	$3,140	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
ROU	Simona Halep	3	1
SRB	Ana Ivanovic	6	2
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	9	3
GER	Angelique Kerber	10	4
CAN	Eugenie Bouchard	11	5
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	12	6
GER	Andrea Petkovic	14	7
GER	Sabine Lisicki	19	8
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	21	9
CZE	Barbora Strýcová	22	10
FRA	Alizé Cornet	25	11
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	26	12
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	28	13
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	29	14
SRB	Jelena Janković	30	15
FRA	Caroline Garcia	31	16

• ¹ Rankings as of June 8, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Eugenie Bouchard
• Naomi Broady
• Jelena Janković
• Johanna Konta
• Katie Swan

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Tímea Babos
• Kateryna Bondarenko
• Misaki Doi
• Marina Erakovic
• Klára Koukalová
• Aleksandra Krunić
• Michelle Larcher de Brito
• Tatjana Maria

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Zheng Saisai

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Timea Bacsinszky →replaced by Tereza Smitková
• Mona Barthel →replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
• Madison Brengle →replaced by Monica Niculescu
• Dominika Cibulková →replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
• Camila Giorgi (Right hip injury) →replaced by Zheng Saisai
• Madison Keys →replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
• Peng Shuai →replaced by Lauren Davis
• Lucie Šafářová →replaced by Christina McHale
• Yaroslava Shvedova →replaced by Bojana Jovanovski

During the tournament

• Victoria Azarenka (left foot injury)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
AUS	Casey Dellacqua	IND	Sania Mirza	17	1
HUN	Tímea Babos	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	17	2
USA	Raquel Kops-Jones	USA	Abigail Spears	28	3
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	36	4

• ¹ Rankings as of June 8, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Eugenie Bouchard / Svetlana Kuznetsova
• Simona Halep / Heather Watson
• Jocelyn Rae / Anna Smith

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Simona Halep (right arm strain)
• Kristina Mladenovic (low back injury)

Champions

Singles

• Angelique Kerber def. Karolína Plíšková, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)

Doubles

• Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro def. Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 6–4, 6–4

References

1. New WTA Record: Lisicki Hits 27 Aces.

• http://www.lta.org.uk/major-events/aegon-classic-birmingham/aegon-classic-news/

External links

• Official website