2015 İstanbul Cup

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2015 İstanbul Cup
Date	July 20 – July 27
Edition	8th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard
Location	İstanbul, Turkey
Champions
Singles
Lesia Tsurenko
Doubles
Daria Gavrilova / Elina Svitolina
← 2014 · İstanbul Cup · 2016 →

The 2015 İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the İstanbul Cup, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in İstanbul, Turkey, from July 20 through July 27, 2015.

Points and prize money[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Women's Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Women's Doubles					1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Women's Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
Women's Doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	N/A	N/A	N/A

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Venus Williams	15	1
UKR	Elina Svitolina	17	2
SRB	Jelena Janković	25	3
FRA	Alizé Cornet	28	4
ITA	Camila Giorgi	31	5
RUS	Daria Gavrilova	39	6
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	40	7
BUL	Tsvetana Pironkova	42	8

• Rankings are as of July 13, 2015.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Çağla Büyükakçay
• Alizé Cornet
• İpek Soylu

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kateryna Bondarenko
• Margarita Gasparyan
• Jeļena Ostapenko
• Alexandra Panova
• Olga Savchuk
• Anna Tatishvili

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Belinda Bencic → replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova
• Alexandra Dulgheru → replaced by Yanina Wickmayer
• Kristina Mladenovic → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
• Monica Niculescu → replaced by Elizaveta Kulichkova
• Flavia Pennetta → replaced by Vitalia Diatchenko

Retirements[]

• Anna Tatishvili

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	44	1
RUS	Margarita Gasparyan	RUS	Alexandra Panova	133	2
GEO	Oksana Kalashnikova	UKR	Nadiia Kichenok	151	3
RUS	Vitalia Diatchenko	UKR	Olga Savchuk	170	4

• ¹ Rankings as of July 6, 2015.

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doublesmain draw:

• Ayla Aksu / Melis Sezer
• Anett Kontaveit / Elizaveta Kulichkova

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Daria Gavrilova / Elina Svitolina

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Anna Tatishvili

Champions[]

Singles[]

• Lesia Tsurenko def. Urszula Radwańska, 7–5, 6–1

Doubles[]

• Daria Gavrilova / Elina Svitolina def. Çağla Büyükakçay / Jelena Janković, 5–7, 6–1, [10–4]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website