2015 Hobart International

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Coordinates: 42°52′24″S 147°19′47″E / 42.87333°S 147.32972°E / -42.87333; 147.32972

2015 Hobart International
Date	11 – 17 January 2015
Edition	22nd
Category	WTA International tournaments
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Hobart, Australia
Venue	Hobart International Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Heather Watson
Doubles
Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson
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The 2015 Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 11 through 17 January 2015.

Points and prize money[]

Point distribution[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$1,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

<sub>¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team</sub>

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUS	Casey Dellacqua	29	1
USA	Varvara Lepchenko	30	2
KAZ	Zarina Diyas	31	3
USA	Sloane Stephens	34	4
ITA	Camila Giorgi	35	5
GER	Mona Barthel	40	6
USA	Alison Riske	42	7
ITA	Roberta Vinci	44	8
CZE	Klára Koukalová	45	9

• ¹ Rankings as of January 12, 2015.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Daniela Hantuchová
• Olivia Rogowska
• Storm Sanders

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

• Zheng Saisai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Madison Brengle
• Richèl Hogenkamp
• Kateryna Kozlova
• Johanna Larsson

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Sílvia Soler Espinosa

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Varvara Lepchenko (right ankle injury) → replaced by Sílvia Soler Espinosa

During the tournament

• Kaia Kanepi (viral illness)

Retirements[]

• Christina McHale (right shoulder injury)
• Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (left leg injury)
• Zheng Saisai (left thigh injury)

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ZIM	Cara Black	CHN	Zheng Saisai	90	1
POL	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik	SLO	Andreja Klepač	103	2
CRO	Darija Jurak	USA	Megan Moulton-Levy	111	3
ESP	Lara Arruabarrena	ROU	Raluca Olaru	117	4

• ¹ Rankings as of January 5, 2015.

Withdrawals[]

During the tournament

• Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (left leg injury)
• Sloane Stephens (abdominal injury)

Retirements[]

• Cara Black (viral illness)

Champions[]

Singles[]

• Heather Watson def. Madison Brengle, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles[]

• Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson def. Vitalia Diatchenko / Monica Niculescu, 7–5, 6–3

References[]

• Official website