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The 2015 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2015 tennis season. The 2015 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Finals and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2015 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.[3]
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![]() Serena Williams finished the year as world No. 1 for the fifth time in her career. She won five tournaments during the season, including three majors at the Australian Open, the French Open, and the Wimbledon Championships (completing a non-calendar year Grand Slam). She also won two Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 events. | |
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Duration | 4 January – 8 November 2015 |
Edition | 45th |
Tournaments | 59 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Finals WTA Elite Trophy WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (32) |
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Most titles | Serena Williams (5) |
Most finals | Karolína Plíšková (6) |
Prize money leader | Serena Williams (US$10,582,642)[1] |
Points leader | Serena Williams (9,945)[2] |
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Player of the year | Serena Williams |
Doubles team of the year | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza |
Most improved player of the year | Timea Bacsinszky |
Newcomer of the year | Daria Gavrilova |
Comeback player of the year | Venus Williams |
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Serena Williams won the first three Majors of the year, the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon, and was on course for the Grand Slam until she lost in the semifinals of the US Open to Roberta Vinci; Flavia Pennetta went on to win her maiden Major singles title by defeating Vinci in the US Open final. Pennetta then retired from professional tennis at the WTA Finals in Singapore.
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2015 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.
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2 Nov | WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Year-end championships Hard – $2,150,000 – 12S (RR)/6D (RR) Singles – Doubles | ![]() 7–5, 7–6(8–6) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Nov 14–15 | Fed Cup Final Prague, Czech Republic – Hard (i) |
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Statistical information
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These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2015 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments.[4] The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).
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Titles won by nation
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19 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | |||
19 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3 | |||
12 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
11 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
10 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
9 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
7 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Titles information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
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The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
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Top 10 entry
The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:
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WTA rankings
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These are the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the WTA Tour, at the current date of the 2015 season.[5] Players with a gold background qualified for the WTA Finals.
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Number 1 ranking
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Year-end 2014 | 12 April 2015 |
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13 April 2015 | Year-end 2015 |
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Prize money leaders
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# | Player | Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Year-to-date | |
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1 | ![]() | $10,582,642 | $0 | $0 | $10,582,642 | |
2 | ![]() | $4,168,418 | $329,890 | $0 | $4,498,308 | |
3 | ![]() | $4,174,427 | $231,578 | $0 | $4,406,005 | |
4 | ![]() | $4,102,293 | $0 | $0 | $4,102,293 | |
5 | ![]() | $3,949,284 | $0 | $0 | $3,949,284 | |
6 | ![]() | $3,890,231 | $22,896 | $5,000 | $3,918,127 | |
7 | ![]() | $3,038,722 | $0 | $0 | $3,038,722 | |
8 | ![]() | $2,195,988 | $750,273 | $0 | $2,946,261 | |
9 | ![]() | $2,404,419 | $0 | $0 | $2,404,419 | |
10 | ![]() | $2,220,284 | $89,537 | $0 | $2,309,821 | |
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Statistics leaders
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as of November 16, 2015[update][11]
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Points distribution
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The points distribution was mostly the same for the 2015 season.[12] Main draw rounds usually give a little less points, but there is no change for the champion (W). Points for qualifying rounds (Q) have changed in both directions depending on the tournament category. Points earned in 2014 retain their value until they expire after 52 weeks. What changed are the distribution of points for the WTA Finals and WTA Elite Trophy.
Category | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | |
Grand Slam (S) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
Grand Slam (D) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 10 | – | 40 | – | – | – | |
WTA Finals (S) | 1500* | 1050* | 690* | (+70 per round robin match; +160 per round robin win) | |||||||||
WTA Finals (D) | 1500* | 1050* | 690* | (+70 per round robin match; +160 per round robin win) | |||||||||
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 35 | 10 | 30 | – | 20 | 2 | |
WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 2 | |
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
WTA Premier 5 (56S,64Q) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | – | 30 | 22 | 15 | 1 | |
WTA Premier 5 (56/54S,48/32Q) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 1 | |
WTA Premier 5 (28D) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
WTA Premier 5 (16D) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
WTA Elite Trophy (S) | 700* | 440* | 240* | (+40 per round robin match; +80 per round robin win) | |||||||||
WTA Premier (56S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | – | 25 | – | 13 | 1 | |
WTA Premier (32S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | – | – | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 | |
WTA Premier (16D) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
WTA International (32S,32Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 | |
WTA International (32S,16Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | – | 12 | 1 | |
WTA International (16D) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record.
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Player of the Month
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January | Serena Williams | ![]() |
February | Simona Halep | ![]() |
March | Serena Williams (2) | ![]() |
April | Angelique Kerber | ![]() |
May | Serena Williams (3) | ![]() |
June | Serena Williams (4) | ![]() |
July | Samantha Stosur | ![]() |
August | Belinda Bencic | ![]() |
September | Flavia Pennetta | ![]() |
October | Agnieszka Radwańska | ![]() |
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Shot of the Month
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January | Maria Sharapova | ![]() |
February | Simona Halep | ![]() |
March | Agnieszka Radwańska | ![]() |
April | Angelique Kerber | ![]() |
May | Agnieszka Radwańska (2) | ![]() |
June | Ana Ivanovic | ![]() |
July | Not Awarded | |
August | Simona Halep (2) | ![]() |
September | Agnieszka Radwańska (3) | ![]() |
October | Agnieszka Radwańska (4) | ![]() |
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Retirements
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Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 (singles) or (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2015 season:
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Comebacks
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Following are notable players who will come back after retirements during the 2015 WTA Tour season:
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Player of the Year | Serena Williams | ![]() |
Doubles Team of the Year | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza |
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Newcomer of the Year | Daria Gavrilova | ![]() |
Most Improved Player | Timea Bacsinszky | ![]() |
Most Improved Player | Venus Williams | ![]() |
Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award | Petra Kvitová | ![]() |
Peachy Kellmeyer Player Service Award | Lucie Šafářová | ![]() |
Fan Favorite Player | Agnieszka Radwańska | ![]() |
Fan Favorite WTA Match of the Year | Agnieszka Radwańska def. Garbiñe Muguruza |
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Fan Favorite Grand Slam Match of the Year | Victoria Azarenka def. Angelique Kerber |
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Fan Favorite Shot of the Year | Agnieszka Radwańska | ![]() |
Premier Mandatory Tournament of the Year | BNP Paribas Open | ![]() |
Premier 5 Tournament of the Year | Dubai Tennis Championships | ![]() |
International Tournament of the Year (Americas) | Abierto Mexicano Telcel | ![]() |
International Tournament of the Year (Asia/Pacific) | ASB Classic | ![]() |
International Tournament of the Year (Europe/Middle East) | Swedish Open | ![]() |
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