2015 WTA Tour

2015 WTA Tour

Serena Williams (US$10,582,642)
Points leader	Sania Mirza
Most improved player of the year	Venus Williams
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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.

Schedule

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.

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

Team events

January

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Jan	Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships Hard (i) – $1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR)	Poland 2–1	United States	Round robin (Group A) Italy	Round robin (Group B) Great Britain
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $1,000,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3	Ana Ivanovic	Varvara Lepchenko	Kaia Kanepi
		Sabine Lisicki 6–2, 7–5	Katarina Srebotnik
	Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Simona Halep 6–2, 6–2	Timea Bacsinszky	Petra Kvitová	Tereza Smitková
		Nadiia Kichenok 6–4, 7–6(8–6)	Wang Yafan
	Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Venus Williams 2–6, 6–3, 6–3	Caroline Wozniacki	Lauren Davis	Urszula Radwańska
		Roberta Vinci 6–2, 6–1	Renata Voráčová
12 Jan	Sydney International Sydney, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $731,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)	Karolína Plíšková	Tsvetana Pironkova	Jarmila Gajdošová
		Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–3	Abigail Spears
	Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Heather Watson 6–3, 6–4	Madison Brengle	Alison Riske	Zarina Diyas
		Johanna Larsson 7–5, 6–3	Monica Niculescu
19 Jan 26 Jan	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard – $12,122,762 128S/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Serena Williams 6–3, 7–6(7–5)	Maria Sharapova	Ekaterina Makarova	Eugenie Bouchard
		Lucie Šafářová 6–4, 7–6(7–5)	Zheng Jie
		Leander Paes 6–4, 6–3	Daniel Nestor

February

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Feb	Fed Cup Quarterfinals Québec City, Canada – hard (i) Genoa, Italy – Clay (i) Kraków, Poland – hard (i) Stuttgart, Germany – hard (i)	Quarterfinals winners Germany 4–1	Quarterfinals losers Australia
9 Feb	Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium WTA Premier Hard (i) – $731,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Andrea Petkovic Walkover	Carla Suárez Navarro	Karolína Plíšková	Francesca Schiavone
		Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]	Alison Van Uytvanck
	Thailand Open Pattaya, Thailand WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Daniela Hantuchová 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Ajla Tomljanović	Marina Erakovic	Vera Zvonareva
		Chan Yung-jan 2–6, 6–4, [10–3]	Tamarine Tanasugarn
16 Feb	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,513,000 – 54S/28D Singles – Doubles	Simona Halep 6–4, 7–6(7–4)	Karolína Plíšková	Garbiñe Muguruza	Carla Suárez Navarro
		Kristina Mladenovic 6–3, 6–2	Carla Suárez Navarro
	Rio Open Rio de Janeiro, Brazil WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Sara Errani 7–6(7–2), 6–1	Anna Schmiedlová	Irina-Camelia Begu	Julia Glushko
		Rebecca Peterson 3–0, retired	María Irigoyen
23 Feb	Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier $731,000 – hard – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Lucie Šafářová 6–4, 6–3	Victoria Azarenka	Venus Williams	Caroline Wozniacki
		Abigail Spears 6–4, 6–4	Sania Mirza
	Mexican Open Acapulco, Mexico WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Timea Bacsinszky 6–3, 6–0	Caroline Garcia	Sesil Karatantcheva	Monica Puig
		María Teresa Torró Flor 7–6(7–2), 5–7, [13–11]	Lucie Hradecká

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Mar	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International $500,000 – hard – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Timea Bacsinszky 4–6, 6–2, 6–4	Caroline Garcia	Sara Errani	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
		Alicja Rosolska 6–3, 2–6, [10–3]	Arina Rodionova
	Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 4–6, 6–2, 6–1	Alexandra Dulgheru	Jarmila Gajdošová	Julia Görges
		Wang Yafan 4–6, 6–3, [10–4]	Olga Savchuk
9 Mar 16 Mar	Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $6,157,160 – hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles	Simona Halep 2–6, 7–5, 6–4	Jelena Janković	Sabine Lisicki	Flavia Pennetta
		Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–4	Elena Vesnina
23 Mar 30 Mar	Miami Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $6,157,160 – hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 6–2, 6–0	Carla Suárez Navarro	Andrea Petkovic	Karolína Plíšková
		Sania Mirza 7–5, 6–1	Elena Vesnina

April

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Apr	Charleston Open Charleston, United States WTA Premier Clay – $731,000 (Green) – 56S/16D Singles – Doubles	Angelique Kerber 6–2, 4–6, 7–5	Madison Keys	Andrea Petkovic	Irina-Camelia Begu
		Sania Mirza 6–0, 6–4	Darija Jurak
	Katowice Open Katowice, Poland WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 6–4, 6–3	Camila Giorgi	Alison Van Uytvanck	Alizé Cornet
		Demi Schuurs 7–5, 4–6, [10–6]	Karin Knapp
13 Apr	Fed Cup Semifinals Ostrava, Czech Republic – hard (i) Sochi, Russia – Clay (i)	Semifinals winners Russia 3–2	Semifinals losers Germany
	Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Teliana Pereira 7–6(7–2), 6–1	Yaroslava Shvedova	Mariana Duque Mariño	Monica Puig
		Beatriz Haddad Maia 6–3, 3–6, [10–6]	Shelby Rogers
20 Apr	Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier Clay (red) (i) – $731,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Angelique Kerber 3–6, 6–1, 7–5	Caroline Wozniacki	Simona Halep	Sara Errani
		Lucie Šafářová 6–4, 6–3	Katarina Srebotnik
27 Apr	Morocco Open Marrakesh, Morocco WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Elina Svitolina 7–5, 7–6(7–3)	Tímea Babos	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Timea Bacsinszky
		Kristina Mladenovic 6–1, 7–6(7–5)	Maryna Zanevska
	Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Karolína Plíšková 4–6, 7–5, 6–3	Lucie Hradecká	Kateřina Siniaková	Klára Koukalová
		Kateřina Siniaková 6–2, 6–2	Eva Hrdinová

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 May	Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay (red) – €4,185,405 – 64S/28D Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–1, 6–2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Maria Sharapova	Lucie Šafářová
		Yaroslava Shvedova 6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5]	Carla Suárez Navarro
11 May	Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay (red) – $2,183,600 – 56S/28D Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova 4–6, 7–5, 6–1	Carla Suárez Navarro	Simona Halep	Alexandra Dulgheru
		Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–3	Sania Mirza
18 May	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Samantha Stosur 3–6, 6–2, 6–3	Kristina Mladenovic	Sloane Stephens	Jelena Janković
		Liang Chen 4–6, 6–4, [12–10]	Zheng Saisai
	Nuremberg Cup Nürnberg, Germany WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Karin Knapp 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1	Roberta Vinci	Angelique Kerber	Misaki Doi
		Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–2, 7–6(7–5)	Raluca Olaru
25 May 1 Jun	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) – $11,315,740 128S/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Serena Williams 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–2	Lucie Šafářová	Ana Ivanovic	Garbiñe Muguruza
		Lucie Šafářová 3–6, 6–4, 6–2	Yaroslava Shvedova
		Mike Bryan 7–6(7–3), 6–1	Marcin Matkowski

June

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
8 Jun	Nottingham Open Nottingham, Great Britain WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Ana Konjuh 1–6, 6–4, 6–2	Monica Niculescu	Alison Riske	Sachia Vickery
		Abigail Spears 3–6, 6–3, [11–9]	Anna Smith
	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships Rosmalen, Netherlands WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Camila Giorgi 7–5, 6–3	Belinda Bencic	Jelena Janković	Annika Beck
		Laura Siegemund 6–3, 7–5	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
15 Jun	Birmingham Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $731,000 – 56S/16D Singles – Doubles	Angelique Kerber 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)	Karolína Plíšková	Sabine Lisicki	Daniela Hantuchová
		Carla Suárez Navarro 6–4, 6–4	Lucie Hradecká
22 Jun	Eastbourne International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $731,000 – 48S/16D Singles – Doubles	Belinda Bencic 6–4, 4–6, 6–0	Agnieszka Radwańska	Caroline Wozniacki	Andrea Petkovic
		Katarina Srebotnik 7–6(7–5), 6–2	Zheng Jie
29 Jun 6 Jul	The Championships, Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – $11,174,883 128S/64D/48X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Serena Williams 6–4, 6–4	Garbiñe Muguruza	Agnieszka Radwańska	Madison Keys
		Sania Mirza 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 7–5	Elena Vesnina
		Leander Paes 6–1, 6–1	Alexander Peya

July

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
13 Jul	Bucharest Open Bucharest, Romania WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 7–6(7–3), 6–3	Sara Errani	Polona Hercog	Aleksandra Krunić
		Demi Schuurs 6–2, 6–2	Patricia Maria Țig
	Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Johanna Larsson 6–3, 7–6(7–2)	Mona Barthel	Lara Arruabarrena	Jana Čepelová
		Johanna Larsson 7–5, 6–4	Olga Savchuk
20 Jul	İstanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Lesia Tsurenko 7–5, 6–1	Urszula Radwańska	Magdaléna Rybáriková	Roberta Vinci
		Elina Svitolina 5–7, 6–1, [10–4]	Jelena Janković
	Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Samantha Stosur 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2	Karin Knapp	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Danka Kovinić
		Stephanie Vogt 4–6, 6–4, [10–3]	Lucie Hradecká
27 Jul	Baku Cup Baku, Azerbaijan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Margarita Gasparyan 6–3, 5–7, 6–0	Patricia Maria Țig	Karin Knapp	Alexandra Panova
		Alexandra Panova 6–3, 7–5	Olga Savchuk
	Brasil Tennis Cup Florianópolis, Brazil WTA International Clay – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Teliana Pereira 6–4, 4–6, 6–1	Annika Beck	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Tereza Martincová
		Laura Siegemund 6–3, 7–6(7–1)	Paula Kania

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Aug	Stanford Classic Stanford, United States WTA Premier Hard – $731,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Angelique Kerber 6–3, 5–7, 6–4	Karolína Plíšková	Elina Svitolina	Agnieszka Radwańska
		Zheng Saisai 6–1, 6–3	Arantxa Parra Santonja
	Washington Open Washington, D.C., United States WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Sloane Stephens 6–1, 6–2	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Samantha Stosur	Monica Niculescu
		Kristina Mladenovic 7–5, 7–6(9–7)	Andreja Klepač
10 Aug	Canadian Open Toronto, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,513,000 – 56S/48Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Belinda Bencic 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 3–0 ret.	Simona Halep	Sara Errani	Agnieszka Radwańska
		Lucie Šafářová 6–1, 6–2	Katarina Srebotnik
17 Aug	Cincinnati Open Mason, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,701,240 – 56S/48Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 6–3, 7–6(7–5)	Simona Halep	Jelena Janković	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
		Chan Yung-jan 7–5, 6–4	Yaroslava Shvedova
24 Aug	Connecticut Open New Haven, United States WTA Premier Hard – $731,000 – 30S/48Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–2	Lucie Šafářová	Caroline Wozniacki	Agnieszka Radwańska
		Lucie Hradecká 6–3, 6–1	Liang Chen
31 Aug 7 Sep	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $11,517,008 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Flavia Pennetta 7–6(7–4), 6–2	Roberta Vinci	Simona Halep	Victoria Azarenka
		Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–3	Yaroslava Shvedova
		Leander Paes 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]	Sam Querrey

September

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
14 Sep	Tournoi de Québec Québec City, Canada WTA International Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Annika Beck 6–2, 6–2	Jeļena Ostapenko	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	Samantha Crawford
		An-Sophie Mestach 4–6, 6–3, [12–10]	Paula Kania
	Japan Women's Open Tokyo, Japan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Yanina Wickmayer 4–6, 6–3, 6–3	Magda Linette	Christina McHale	Hsieh Su-wei
		Chan Yung-jan 6–1, 6–2	Kurumi Nara
21 Sep	Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier Hard – $1,000,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–2, 6–2	Belinda Bencic	Dominika Cibulková	Ana Ivanovic
		Carla Suárez Navarro 7–5, 6–1	Chan Yung-jan
	Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Irina-Camelia Begu 6–3, 6–1	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Mona Barthel
		Andreja Klepač 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]	Johanna Larsson
	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Jelena Janković 6–2, 6–0	Denisa Allertová	Yanina Wickmayer	Monica Niculescu
		Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–1	You Xiaodi
28 Sep	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,513,000 – 56S/28D Singles  – Doubles	Venus Williams 6–3, 3–0 ret.	Garbiñe Muguruza	Angelique Kerber	CoCo Vandeweghe
		Sania Mirza 6–2, 6–3	Monica Niculescu
	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Nao Hibino 6–2, 6–2	Donna Vekić	Evgeniya Rodina	Anna-Lena Friedsam
		Alexandra Panova 6–1, 3–6, [10–3]	Kateřina Siniaková

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Oct	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory $6,157,160 – hard – 60S/28D Singles – Doubles	Garbiñe Muguruza 7–5, 6–4	Timea Bacsinszky	Ana Ivanovic	Sara Errani
		Sania Mirza 6–7(9–11), 6–1, [10–8]	Chan Yung-jan
12 Oct	Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–1, 6–2	Danka Kovinić	Karolína Plíšková	Elizaveta Kulichkova
		Zheng Saisai 6–2, 3–6, [10–8]	Nicole Melichar
	Hong Kong Open Hong Kong WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Jelena Janković 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–1	Angelique Kerber	Samantha Stosur	Caroline Garcia
		Yaroslava Shvedova 7–5, 6–4	Andreja Klepač
	Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4, 6–3	Anna-Lena Friedsam	Kirsten Flipkens	Denisa Allertová
		Abigail Spears 6–3, 7–5	Lucie Hradecká
19 Oct	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $768,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–2, 6–1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Daria Kasatkina	Margarita Gasparyan
		Elena Vesnina 6–3, 6–7(7–9), [10–5]	Monica Niculescu
	Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Misaki Doi 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–0	Mona Barthel	Alison Van Uytvanck	Barbora Strýcová
		Laura Siegemund 6–2, 7–6(7–2)	Arantxa Parra Santonja
26 Oct	WTA Finals Singapore Year-end championships Hard (i) – $7,000,000 – 8S (RR)/8D (RR) Singles – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–2, 4–6, 6–3	Petra Kvitová	Garbiñe Muguruza	Round robin Lucie Šafářová
		Sania Mirza 6–0, 6–3	Carla Suárez Navarro

November

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Round robin
2 Nov	WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Year-end championships Hard – $2,150,000 – 12S (RR)/6D (RR) Singles – Doubles	Venus Williams 7–5, 7–6(8–6)	Karolína Plíšková	Elina Svitolina	Andrea Petkovic Anna Karolína Schmiedlová(Alt) Caroline Wozniacki
		Wang Yafan 6–4, 6–3	Arantxa Parra Santonja
Nov 14–15	Fed Cup Final Prague, Czech Republic  – Hard (i)	Czech Republic 3–2	Russia

Statistical information

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. 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).

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

Titles won by player

Total	Player	Grand Slam			Year-end		Premier Mandatory		Premier 5		Premier		Inter­national		Total
		S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
13	Martina Hingis (SUI)		● ●	● ● ●		●		● ● ●		●		● ●		●	0	10	3
10	Sania Mirza (IND)		● ●			●		● ● ●		●		● ●		●	0	10	0
6	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)		● ●	●				●		● ●		0	5	1
5	Serena Williams (USA)	● ● ●			●		●				5	0	0
5	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)		● ●					●	●	●		1	4	0
4	Belinda Bencic (SUI)				●		●			● ●	2	2	0
4	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)					● ●			● ●	0	4	0
4	Chan Hao-ching (TPE)					●			● ● ●	0	4	0
4	Angelique Kerber (GER)					● ● ● ●			4	0	0
3	Venus Williams (USA)		●			●			●		3	0	0
3	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)		●				●		●		3	0	0
3	Liang Chen (CHN)			●					● ●	0	3	0
3	Simona Halep (ROU)			●		●			●		3	0	0
3	Petra Kvitová (CZE)			●			● ●			3	0	0
3	Tímea Babos (HUN)					● ●			●	0	3	0
3	Chan Yung-jan (TPE)					●			● ●	0	3	0
3	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)			●				● ●		1	2	0
3	Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)						●		● ●	0	3	0
3	Abigail Spears (USA)						●		● ●	0	3	0
3	Johanna Larsson (SWE)						●	● ●	1	2	0
3	Margarita Gasparyan (RUS)						●	● ●	1	2	0
3	Laura Siegemund (GER)							● ● ●	0	3	0
2	Wang Yafan (CHN)			●					●	0	2	0
2	Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)				●				●	0	2	0
2	Maria Sharapova (RUS)				●		●			2	0	0
2	Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)						● ●		0	2	0
2	Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)						●		●	0	2	0
2	Xu Yifan (CHN)						●		●	0	2	0
2	Zheng Saisai (CHN)						●		●	0	2	0
2	Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)						● ●		2	0	0
2	Jelena Janković (SRB)						● ●		2	0	0
2	Teliana Pereira (BRA)						● ●		2	0	0
2	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (SVK)						● ●		2	0	0
2	Samantha Stosur (AUS)						● ●		2	0	0
2	Annika Beck (GER)						●	●	1	1	0
2	Sara Errani (ITA)						●	●	1	1	0
2	Elina Svitolina (UKR)						●	●	1	1	0
2	Lara Arruabarrena (ESP)							● ●	0	2	0
2	Kiki Bertens (NED)							● ●	0	2	0
2	Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL)							● ●	0	2	0
2	Alexandra Panova (RUS)							● ●	0	2	0
2	Demi Schuurs (NED)							● ●	0	2	0
1	Flavia Pennetta (ITA)	●							1	0	0
1	Casey Dellacqua (AUS)				●				0	1	0
1	Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)					●			1	0	0
1	Andrea Petkovic (GER)					●			1	0	0
1	Lucie Hradecká (CZE)						●		0	1	0
1	Caroline Garcia (FRA)						●		0	1	0
1	Julia Görges (GER)						●		0	1	0
1	Daria Kasatkina (RUS)						●		0	1	0
1	Sabine Lisicki (GER)						●		0	1	0
1	Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)						●		0	1	0
1	Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)						●		0	1	0
1	Elena Vesnina (RUS)						●		0	1	0
1	Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)						●		1	0	0
1	Misaki Doi (JPN)						●		1	0	0
1	Camila Giorgi (ITA)						●		1	0	0
1	Daniela Hantuchová (SVK)						●		1	0	0
1	Nao Hibino (JPN)						●		1	0	0
1	Karin Knapp (ITA)						●		1	0	0
1	Ana Konjuh (CRO)						●		1	0	0
1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)						●		1	0	0
1	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)						●		1	0	0
1	Sloane Stephens (USA)						●		1	0	0
1	Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)						●		1	0	0
1	Heather Watson (GBR)						●		1	0	0
1	Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)						●		1	0	0
1	Caroline Wozniacki (DNK)						●		1	0	0
1	Mona Barthel (GER)							●	0	1	0
1	Chuang Chia-jung (TPE)							●	0	1	0
1	Alizé Cornet (FRA)							●	0	1	0
1	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)							●	0	1	0
1	Daria Gavrilova (RUS)							●	0	1	0
1	Paula Cristina Gonçalves (BRA)							●	0	1	0
1	Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA)							●	0	1	0
1	Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)							●	0	1	0
1	Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)							●	0	1	0
1	Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)							●	0	1	0
1	Andreja Klepač (SLO)							●	0	1	0
1	Danka Kovinić (MNE)							●	0	1	0
1	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)							●	0	1	0
1	An-Sophie Mestach (BEL)							●	0	1	0
1	Asia Muhammad (USA)							●	0	1	0
1	Rebecca Peterson (SWE)							●	0	1	0
1	Alicja Rosolska (POL)							●	0	1	0
1	Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)							●	0	1	0
1	María Teresa Torró Flor (ESP)							●	0	1	0
1	Roberta Vinci (ITA)							●	0	1	0
1	Stephanie Vogt (LIE)							●	0	1	0

Titles won by nation

Total	Nation	Grand Slam			Year-end		Premier Mandatory		Premier 5		Premier		Inter­national		Total
		S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
19	United States (USA)	3	2	1	1		1		2	1		3	2	3	9	9	1
19	Switzerland (SUI)		2	3		1		3	1	1	2	2	3	4	12	3
12	Czech Republic (CZE)		2			1			1	3	2	1	2	5	7	0
11	Germany (GER)					5	2	1	3	6	5	0
10	India (IND)		2			1		3		1		2		1	0	10	0
9	Russia (RUS)				1		2	1	2	3	5	4	0
7	Spain (ESP)			1				3		3	1	6	0
6	France (FRA)					2		1		3	0	6	0
5	Italy (ITA)	1						3	1	4	1	0
5	China (CHN)			1				1		3	0	5	0
5	Chinese Taipei (TPE)					1			4	0	5	0
4	Poland (POL)		1				1		1	3	1	0
4	Romania (ROU)			1		1			2		4	0	0
4	Ukraine (UKR)						2	2	2	0
4	Belgium (BEL)						1	3	1	3	0
4	Sweden (SWE)						1	3	1	3	0
4	Netherlands (NED)							4	0	4	0
3	Australia (AUS)				1			2		2	1	0
3	Hungary (HUN)					2			1	0	3	0
3	Slovakia (SVK)						3		3	0	0
3	Brazil (BRA)						2	1	2	1	0
2	Kazakhstan (KAZ)				1				1	0	2	0
2	Slovenia (SLO)						1		1	0	2	0
2	Japan (JPN)						2		2	0	0
2	Serbia (SRB)						2		2	0	0
1	Croatia (CRO)						1		1	0	0
1	Denmark (DNK)						1		1	0	0
1	Great Britain (GBR)						1		1	0	0
1	Canada (CAN)							1	0	1	0
1	Georgia (GEO)							1	0	1	0
1	Liechtenstein (LIE)							1	0	1	0
1	Montenegro (MNE)							1	0	1	0

Titles information

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles
Serena Williams – Miami (draw), Cincinnati (draw) Petra Kvitová – New Haven (draw)

Doubles
Martina Hingis – Miami (draw), Wuhan (draw) Elina Svitolina – Istanbul (draw) Alexandra Panova – Baku (draw) Lara Arruabarrena – Seoul (draw) Sania Mirza – WTA Finals (draw)

Top 10 entry

The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:

Singles
Ekaterina Makarova (enters at #9 on February 2) Carla Suárez Navarro (enters at #10 on April 6) Lucie Šafářová (enters at #7 on June 8) Garbiñe Muguruza (enters at #9 on July 13) Karolína Plíšková (enters at #8 on August 10) Timea Bacsinszky (enters at #10 on October 12)

Doubles
Garbiñe Muguruza (enters at #10 on February 23) Raquel Kops-Jones (enters at #10 on March 2) Abigail Spears (enters at #10 on March 2) Kristina Mladenovic (enters at #10 on April 6) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (enters at #6 on June 8) Lucie Šafářová (enters at #5 on June 8) Tímea Babos (enters at #10 on June 8)

WTA rankings

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. Players with a gold background qualified for the WTA Finals.

Singles

WTA Championships Race Rankings, as of 26 October 2015
#	Player	Points
inj	Serena Williams	9,945
1	Simona Halep (ROU)	5790
2	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	4511
3	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	4322
4	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	3491
5	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)	3425
6	Angelique Kerber (GER)	3400
7	Flavia Pennetta (ITA)	3252
8	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)	3221
9	Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)	3133
10	Venus Williams (USA)	3091
11	Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)	3030
12	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	2955
13	Belinda Bencic (SUI)	2900
14	Roberta Vinci (ITA)	2655
15	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	2641
16	Ana Ivanovic (SRB)	2616
17	Sara Errani (ITA)	2525
18	Madison Keys (USA)	2495
19	Elina Svitolina (UKR)	2410
20	Jelena Janković (SRB)	2345

Champion

  Player has qualified for the 2015 WTA Finals

WTA Singles Year-End Rankings
#	Player	Points	#Trn	'14 Rk	High	Low	'14→'15
1	Serena Williams (USA)	9,945	16	1
2	Simona Halep (ROU)	6,060	18	3	2	4	1
3	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	5,200	20	21	3	24	18
4	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	5,011	17	2	4	2
5	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)	4,500	24	6	5	15	1
6	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	4,220	19	4	2	6	2
7	Venus Williams (USA)	3,790	18	19	7	24	12
8	Flavia Pennetta (ITA)	3,621	20	13	6	28	5
9	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)	3,590	22	17	5	17	8
10	Angelique Kerber (GER)	3,590	25	10	7	16
11	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	3,285	26	24	7	25	13
12	Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)	3,133	17	48	10	47	35
13	Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)	3,090	25	18	8	17	5
14	Belinda Bencic (SUI)	2,900	24	33	12	37	19
15	Roberta Vinci (ITA)	2,785	25	49	15	58	34
16	Ana Ivanovic (SRB)	2,645	19	5	16	11
17	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	2,641	24	8	4	17	9
18	Madison Keys (USA)	2,600	19	31	16	35	13
19	Elina Svitolina (UKR)	2,590	25	29	15	29	10
20	Sara Errani (ITA)	2,525	26	15	12	22	5

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Serena Williams (USA)	Year-End 2014	Year-End 2015

Doubles

WTA Championships Race Rankings as of 26 October 2015
#	Player	Points	Tours
1	Sania Mirza (IND)	10,085	15
2	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)	6,390	8
3	Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)	5,111	8
4	Elena Vesnina (RUS)	4,586	10
5	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	4,340	18
6	Chan Yung-jan (TPE)	3,705	13
7	Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)	3,705	18
8	Abigail Spears (USA)	3,380	19
9	Lucie Hradecká (CZE)	3,130	17
10	Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)	3,100	13

Champion

  Team has qualified for the 2015 WTA Finals

  Team has withdrawn for the 2015 WTA Finals due to injury

WTA Doubles Year-End Rankings
#	Player	Points	#Trn	2014 rank	'14→'15
1	Sania Mirza (IND)	11,355	22	6	5
2	Martina Hingis (SUI)	11,355	22	11	9
3	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)	7,450	13	268	265
4	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)	6,866	12	29	25
5	Casey Dellacqua (AUS)	5,835	17	31	26
6	Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)	5,720	13	24	18
7	Chan Yung-jan (TPE)	5,570	20	35	28
8	Elena Vesnina (RUS)	5,275	16	7	1
9	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	5,095	22	21	12
10	Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)	4,586	10	7	3
11	Tímea Babos (HUN)	4,580	20	21	10
12	Chan Hao-ching (TPE)	4485	27	15
13	Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)	3,885	14	20	7
14	Caroline Garcia (FRA)	3,860	19	26	12
	Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)	3,860	21	10	4
16	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	3,842	14
17	Lucie Hradecká (CZE)	3,720	23	22	5
18	Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)	3,650	25	12	6
	Abigail Spears (USA)	3,650	25	12	6
20	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)	3,380	20	15	5

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Roberta Vinci (ITA)	Year-end 2014	12 April 2015
Sania Mirza (IND)	13 April 2015	Year-end 2015

Prize money leaders

#	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Year-to-date
1	Serena Williams  (USA)	$10,582,642	$0	$10,582,642
2	Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP)	$4,168,418	$329,890	$0	$4,498,308
3	Flavia Pennetta  (ITA)	$4,174,427	$231,578	$0	$4,406,005
4	Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL)	$4,102,293	$0	$4,102,293
5	Maria Sharapova  (RUS)	$3,949,284	$0	$3,949,284
6	Simona Halep  (ROU)	$3,890,231	$22,896	$5,000	$3,918,127
7	Petra Kvitová  (CZE)	$3,038,722	$0	$3,038,722
8	Lucie Šafářová  (CZE)	$2,195,988	$750,273	$0	$2,946,261
9	Venus Williams  (USA)	$2,404,419	$0	$2,404,419
10	Roberta Vinci  (ITA)	$2,220,284	$89,537	$0	$2,309,821
Prize money given in US$ as of November 9, 2015

Statistics leaders

as of November 16, 2015

Aces
	Player	Aces	Matches
1	Karolína Plíšková	517	75
2	Serena Williams	498	53
3	Madison Keys	328	49
4	Samantha Stosur	282	55
5	Kristina Mladenovic	270	59
6	Lucie Šafářová	267	52
7	Sabine Lisicki	262	41
8	CoCo Vandeweghe	260	41
9	Caroline Garcia	255	56
10	Venus Williams	235	52

Double faults
	Player	DFs	Matches
1	Camila Giorgi	458	46
2	Alizé Cornet	302	49
3	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	274	42
4	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	260	55
5	Jelena Janković	256	64
6	Ana Ivanovic	235	47
7	Karolína Plíšková	234	75
8	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	233	58
9	Kristina Mladenovic	233	59
10	Maria Sharapova	232	44

First-serve percentage
	Player	%	Matches
1	Sara Errani	82.8	72
2	Teliana Pereira	73.2	25
3	Annika Beck	72.7	41
4	Kurumi Nara	71.2	43
5	Alexandra Dulgheru	69.7	27
6	Zarina Diyas	69.2	46
7	Monica Niculescu	68.8	41
8	Lara Arruabarrena	68.6	32
9	Angelique Kerber	68.4	72
10	Caroline Wozniacki	68.2	62

Second-serve percentage
	Player	%	Matches
1	Francesca Schiavone	47.2	30
2	Klára Koukalová	47.1	35
3	Danka Kovinić	46.6	30
4	Lucie Hradecká	46.6	34
5	CoCo Vandeweghe	46.0	41
6	Tatjana Maria	45.2	26
7	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	44.3	42
8	Camila Giorgi	44.2	46
9	Flavia Pennetta	43.8	46
10	Aleksandra Krunić	43.5	31

First-serve points won
	Player	%	Matches
1	Serena Williams	75.9	53
2	Lucie Hradecká	71.9	34
3	Karolína Plíšková	71.7	75
4	Maria Sharapova	71.5	44
5	CoCo Vandeweghe	70.3	41
6	Madison Keys	70.3	49
7	Lucie Šafářová	70.1	52
8	Venus Williams	69.8	52
9	Petra Kvitová	69.7	51
10	Samantha Stosur	68.8	55

Second-serve points won
	Player	%	Matches
1	Samantha Stosur	53.1	55
2	Ekaterina Makarova	51.4	41
3	CoCo Vandeweghe	49.7	41
4	Johanna Larsson	49.7	44
5	Lucie Šafářová	49.6	52
6	Sloane Stephens	49.6	52
7	Maria Sharapova	48.8	44
8	Serena Williams	48.8	53
9	Madison Keys	48.5	49
10	Timea Bacsinszky	48.2	51

Service points won
	Player	%	Matches
1	Serena Williams	64.4	53
2	Maria Sharapova	62.5	44
3	Lucie Šafářová	62.4	52
4	Samantha Stosur	62.2	55
5	Madison Keys	61.7	49
6	Petra Kvitová	61.4	51
7	Karolína Plíšková	61.2	75
8	CoCo Vandeweghe	60.8	41
9	Agnieszka Radwańska	60.6	72
10	Ekaterina Makarova	60.1	41

Return points won
	Player	%	Matches
1	Sara Errani	50.8	72
2	Simona Halep	48.4	64
3	Annika Beck	48.0	41
4	Victoria Azarenka	47.6	44
5	Serena Williams	47.5	53
6	Angelique Kerber	47.4	72
7	Agnieszka Radwańska	47.2	72
8	Caroline Wozniacki	47.0	62
9	Teliana Pereira	46.9	25
10	Maria Sharapova	46.8	44

Service games won
	Player	%	Matches
1	Serena Williams	81.1	53
2	Maria Sharapova	79.9	44
3	Lucie Šafářová	77.9	52
4	Samantha Stosur	76.0	55
5	Karolína Plíšková	75.8	75
6	Madison Keys	75.2	49
7	Petra Kvitová	74.8	51
8	Agnieszka Radwańska	73.4	72
9	Ekaterina Makarova	73.4	41
10	Garbiñe Muguruza	73.1	58

Return games won
	Player	%	Matches
1	Sara Errani	51.9	72
2	Simona Halep	47.1	64
3	Victoria Azarenka	45.4	44
4	Annika Beck	44.3	41
5	Agnieszka Radwańska	44.1	72
6	Angelique Kerber	43.9	72
7	Serena Williams	43.8	53
8	Caroline Wozniacki	43.2	62
9	Teliana Pereira	43.0	25
10	Lesia Tsurenko	42.5	37

Break points saved
	Player	%	Matches
1	Karolína Plíšková	64.3	75
2	Serena Williams	63.4	53
3	Maria Sharapova	62.4	44
4	Victoria Azarenka	62.1	44
5	Caroline Garcia	61.5	56
6	Madison Keys	61.5	49
7	Alison Van Uytvanck	61.0	37
8	Lucie Šafářová	60.9	52
9	Garbiñe Muguruza	60.6	58
10	Sloane Stephens	60.2	52

Break points converted
	Player	%	Matches
1	Teliana Pereira	56.7	25
2	Annika Beck	53.9	41
3	Sara Errani	53.3	72
4	Irina Falconi	52.6	29
5	Victoria Azarenka	51.0	44
6	Lauren Davis	50.9	34
7	Tsvetana Pironkova	50.3	39
8	Heather Watson	50.2	37
9	Agnieszka Radwańska	49.8	72
10	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	49.8	58

Points distribution

The points distribution was mostly the same for the 2015 season. 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.

WTA fan polls

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Nationality
January	Serena Williams	United States
February	Simona Halep	Romania
March	Serena Williams (2)	United States
April	Angelique Kerber	Germany
May	Serena Williams (3)	United States
June	Serena Williams (4)	United States
July	Samantha Stosur	Australia
August	Belinda Bencic	Switzerland
September	Flavia Pennetta	Italy
October	Agnieszka Radwańska	Poland

Shot of the Month

Month	Player	Nationality
January	Maria Sharapova	Russia
February	Simona Halep	Romania
March	Agnieszka Radwańska	Poland
April	Angelique Kerber	Germany
May	Agnieszka Radwańska (2)	Poland
June	Ana Ivanovic	Serbia
July	Not Awarded
August	Simona Halep (2)	Romania
September	Agnieszka Radwańska (3)	Poland
October	Agnieszka Radwańska (4)	Poland

Retirements

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:

List of Retirements

Julie Coin (born 2 December 1982, in Amiens, France), joined the pro tour in 1999. Her career-high singles ranking is world no. 60, achieved on 27 July 2009. Her career-high doubles ranking is world no. 49, achieved on 19 April 2010. Coin has won 10 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. Coin recorded the biggest win of her career by defeating the world no. 1 ranked female singles player, and top seed, Ana Ivanovic at the 2008 US Open. She announced November 2015 that the 2015 Open de Limoges will be her last tournament, her retirement from professional tennis. Marta Domachowska (born 16 January 1986 in Warsaw, Poland), joined the pro tour in 2001. Her career-high singles ranking is world no. 37, achieved on 3 April 2006. Her career-high doubles ranking is world no. 62, achieved on 30 January 2006. Domachowska won one doubles title on the WTA tour. Domachowska has won 8 singles and 5 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. In the 2008 Australian Open, she achieved her best grand slam result, reaching the fourth round, before she lost to Venus Williams. She announced December 2015 her retirement from professional tennis. Natalie Grandin (born 27 February 1981, in East London, South Africa), joined the pro tour in 1999, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 144 in 2005, and a career high doubles ranking of number 22 in 2012. Grandin won one doubles title on the WTA tour. In Grand Slams doubles she reached a Quarterfinals on the 2011 Australian Open. She decided to retire in January 2015 at the age of 33. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (born 8 November 1986 in Rum, Austria), joined the pro tour in 2003. On 4 May 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 70. On 29 September 2014, she peaked at world number 117 in the doubles rankings. Mayr-Achleitner has won 17 singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. She announced that the 2015 Generali Ladies Linz will be her last tournament, stating chronic joint pain as the reason for her retirement from professional tennis. Yvonne Meusburger (born 3 October 1983 in Dornbirn, Austria) joined the pro tour in 1999, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 37 in 2014. Meusburger won one singles title on the WTA tour. In Grand Slams, she reached the third round on one occasion, at the 2014 Australian Open. She was an active part on the Austrian Fed Cup team, playing 29 ties between 2003 and 2014. She decided to retire after losing in the first round of US Open in August, In December 2014, Meusburger announced that she would come out of retirement to play one more tournament—the 2015 Australian Open—telling the Austria Press Agency that she wanted to end her career at the tournament because it was the first Grand Slam she contested was the 2006 Australian Open. Meusburger played her final career match against 29th seed Australian Casey Dellacqua at the following 2015 Australian Open. Flavia Pennetta (born 25 February 1982, in Brindisi, Italy), turned pro in 2000 on her 18th birthday, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 6 on 28 September 2015 and a career high doubles ranking of number 1 on 28 February 2011. Pennetta is a Grand Slam champion as she won the 2015 US Open title in an all-Italian Grand Slam final against Roberta Vinci, becoming the first woman ever to win her first Grand Slam title after the age of 30 and the first Italian ever to win a singles title at the US Open. As a doubles specialist she also won her first Grand Slam Doubles title at the 2011 Australian Open and reached two other Grand Slam doubles finals at the US Open in 2005 and 2014. In her career she won 11 singles titles (including 2014 Indian Wells), 17 doubles titles and 4 Fed Cup tournaments representing Italy. She announced her retirement at the end of the season following her victory at US Open. Pennetta played her final match at the 2015 WTA Finals. Ksenia Pervak (born 27 May 1991, in Chelyabinsk, Russia), turned pro in 2005, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 37 on 19 September 2011 and a career high doubles ranking of number 123 on 30 January 2012. Pervak won one WTA singles title at the 2011 Tashkent Open where she defeated Eva Birnerová in the final. Pervak has also reached the fourth round of the Wimbledon Championships in 2011, where she defeated top ten player Andrea Petkovic in the third round. Pervak has also won 9 ITF singles titles and 3 ITF doubles titles. She announced her retirement from tennis at the end of the season, stating chronic injuries as the reason. She played her last professional match at the 2015 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open and retired at the age of 24. Lisa Raymond (born 10 August 1973, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA), turned pro in 1989, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 15 on 20 October 1997 and high doubles ranking of number 1 on 12 June 2000. Raymond has 11 Grand Slam titles to her name: 6 in women's doubles and 5 in mixed doubles. She also won four singles titles on the WTA. Earning more than US$9 million in prize money in her career, Raymond has reached the quarterfinals in singles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon. She also is one of the few players to win a career Grand Slam in doubles. Among her doubles partners are legends Lindsay Davenport, Martina Navrátilová and Rennae Stubbs, as well as Samantha Stosur, Květa Peschke, Cara Black and Liezel Huber among others. She is also a mixed partner of Mike Bryan, with whom she won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, her lone medal to date. Raymond played her last professional match at the 2015 US Open. Chanelle Scheepers (born 13 March 1984, in Harrismith, South Africa), joined the pro tour in 2000, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 37 in 2011, reaching a career high doubles ranking of number 42 in 2014. Scheepers won one singles title and one doubles title on the WTA tour. In Grand Slams singles she reached the 4th round once at the 2010 French Open and in doubles she reached a semifinal on the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. She decided to retire in April 2015 at the age of 31, for coaching Alison Riske.

Comebacks

Following are notable players who will come back after retirements during the 2015 WTA Tour season:

List of Comebacks

María José Martínez Sánchez (born 12 August 1982 in Murcia, Spain), turned pro in 1998, ultimately winning five singles titles and 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also won 12 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ITF circuit. She reached a career-high ranking of world number 19 in singles on 10 May 2010, and of world no 5 in doubles on 18 January 2010. Her best singles performance at Grand Slam was reaching the third round, a feat she achieved six times in total and at least once at all four tournaments. In doubles, she reached the semi-finals of a grand slam three times; at the 2010 French Open, the 2012 French Open and the 2012 US Open. She also won the WTA Tour Championships doubles title in 2009, partnering Nuria Llagostera Vives, and reached the semi-finals of the 2009 Tournament of Champions (the first edition of the event to be held). After the pregnancy, she returned to the tour in the doubles of Miami Open in pair with Vera Dushevina. Katalin Marosi (born 12 November 1979 in Gheorgheni, Romania), turned professional in October 1995, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 101 in May 2000 and the doubles no. 38 ranking in February 2013. Marosi lost all three WTA doubles finals she reached, but won 15 singles titles and 31 doubles titles on the ITF tour. After two years, she returned to the main tour in the doubles of Katowice Open in pair with Oksana Kalashnikova. Anastasija Sevastova (born 13 April 1990 in Liepāja, Latvia), turned professional in 2006 (first retirement in 2013). She is a former world No. 37 in singles. Sevastova won one singles title on the WTA tour. In Grand Slams singles, she reached a fourth round on the 2011 Australian Open. She returned to the tour receiving a wildcard to compete in Sharm-El Sheik, an ITF $10,000 event, starting on January 26. Amra Sadiković (born 6 May 1989 in Prilep, Yugoslavia), turned professional in 2007 (first retirement in 2014). She is a former world No. 179 in singles. Sadiković won eight singles titles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF tour. In Grand Slams singles, she reached a second round of qualification on the 2013 US Open. She returned to the tour receiving a wildcard to compete in Essen, an ITF $25,000 event, starting on June 8. Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978 in Basel, Switzerland), turned professional in 1994 (first retirement in 2011), reaching a career high ranking of 7 in 2005 and winning 11 WTA titles. She also made the semi-finals of the 2004 Australian Open and has made the quarter-finals at the French Open and US Open twice each. She will return at an ITF circuit event in Darmstadt where she will play Sofiya Kovalets of Ukraine in the first round.

Awards

List of Awards Winners
Award	Winner	Nationality
Player of the Year	Serena Williams	United States
Doubles Team of the Year	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	India
Newcomer of the Year	Daria Gavrilova	Russia
Most Improved Player	Timea Bacsinszky	Switzerland
Most Improved Player	Venus Williams	United States
Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award	Petra Kvitová	Czech Republic
Peachy Kellmeyer Player Service Award	Lucie Šafářová	Czech Republic
Fan Favorite Player	Agnieszka Radwańska	Poland
Fan Favorite WTA Match of the Year	Agnieszka Radwańska def. Garbiñe Muguruza	Spain
Fan Favorite Grand Slam Match of the Year	Victoria Azarenka def. Angelique Kerber	Germany
Fan Favorite Shot of the Year	Agnieszka Radwańska	Poland
Premier Mandatory Tournament of the Year	BNP Paribas Open	United States
Premier 5 Tournament of the Year	Dubai Tennis Championships	United Arab Emirates
International Tournament of the Year (Americas)	Abierto Mexicano Telcel	Mexico
International Tournament of the Year (Asia/Pacific)	ASB Classic	New Zealand
International Tournament of the Year (Europe/Middle East)	Swedish Open	Sweden

See also

• WTA Tour
• 2015 ATP World Tour
• 2015 WTA 125K series
• Women's Tennis Association
• 2015 ITF Women's Circuit
• 2015 Fed Cup
• 2015 WTA Finals

References

External links

• WTA Tour's 2015 match-facts statistics
• WTA Tour Calendar 2015
• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
• International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website