2015 in tennis

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This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2015. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

ITF[]

Grand Slam events[]

Category Championship Champion Finalist Score in the final
Men's singles Australian Open Serbia Novak Djokovic United Kingdom Andy Murray 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–0
French Open Switzerland Stan Wawrinka Serbia Novak Djokovic 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Wimbledon Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer 7–6(7–1), 6–7(10–12), 6–4, 6–3
US Open Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer 6–4, 5–7, 6-4, 6-4
Category Championship Champion Finalist Score in the final
Women's singles Australian Open United States Serena Williams Russia Maria Sharapova 6–3, 7-6(7–5)
French Open United States Serena Williams Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–2
Wimbledon United States Serena Williams Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 6–4, 6–4
US Open Italy Flavia Pennetta Italy Roberta Vinci 7-6(7–4), 6-2
Category Championship Champions Finalists Score in the final
Men's Doubles Australian Open Italy Simone Bolelli
Italy Fabio Fognini		 France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut		 6–4, 6–4
French Open Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo		 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan		 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Wimbledon Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău		 United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Australia John Peers		 7-6(7–5), 6–4, 6–4
US Open France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut		 United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Australia John Peers		 6-4, 6-4
Category Championship Champions Finalists Score in the final
Women's Doubles Australian Open United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová		 Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
China Zheng Jie		 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
French Open United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová		 Australia Casey Dellacqua
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova		 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Wimbledon Switzerland Martina Hingis
India Sania Mirza		 Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Elena Vesnina		 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 7–5
US Open Switzerland Martina Hingis
India Sania Mirza		 Australia Casey Dellacqua
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova		 6-3, 6-3
Category Championship Champions Finalists Score in the final
Mixed Doubles Australian Open Switzerland Martina Hingis
India Leander Paes		 France Kristina Mladenovic
Canada Daniel Nestor		 6–4, 6–3
French Open United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Mike Bryan		 Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Poland Marcin Matkowski		 7–6(7–3), 6–1
Wimbledon India Leander Paes
Switzerland Martina Hingis		 Austria Alexander Peya
Hungary Tímea Babos		 6–1, 6–1
US Open India Leander Paes
Switzerland Martina Hingis		 United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Sam Querrey		 6–4, 3-6, [10-7]

Davis Cup[]

  First Round
6–8 March 		Quarterfinals
17–19 July 		Semifinals
18–20 September 		Final
27–29 November
                                     
Frankfurt, Germany (indoor hard)
1   France 3  
London, Great Britain (grass)
  Germany 2  
  1   France 1  
Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)
    Great Britain 3  
7   United States 2
Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)
  Great Britain 3  
    Great Britain 3  
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
    Australia 2  
3   Czech Republic 2  
Darwin, Australia (grass)
  Australia 3  
    Australia 3
Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)
    Kazakhstan 2  
6   Italy 2
Ghent, Belgium (indoor clay)
  Kazakhstan 3  
    Great Britain 3
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
    Belgium 1
  Brazil 2  
Buenos Aires, Argentina (indoor clay)
5   Argentina 3  
  5   Argentina 4
Kraljevo, Serbia (indoor hard)
  4   Serbia 1  
  Croatia 0
Brussels, Belgium (indoor hard)
4   Serbia 5  
  5   Argentina 2
Vancouver, Canada (indoor hard)
    Belgium 3  
  Japan 2  
Middelkerke, Belgium (clay)
8   Canada 3  
  8   Canada 0
Liège, Belgium (indoor hard)
    Belgium 5  
  Belgium 3
2    Switzerland 2  

Fed Cup[]

  Quarterfinals
7–8 February 		Semifinals
18–19 April 		Final
14–15 November
                           
  Quebec City, Canada (indoor hard)
  1   Czech Republic 4  
    Canada 0     Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
    1   Czech Republic 3  
  Genoa, Italy (indoor clay)     France 1  
    France 3
  3   Italy 2     Prague, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
    1   Czech Republic 3
  Kraków, Poland (indoor hard)     4   Russia 2
  4   Russia 4  
    Poland 0     Sochi, Russia (indoor clay)
    4   Russia 3
  Stuttgart, Germany (indoor hard)   2   Germany 2  
    Australia 1
  2   Germany 4  

IOC[]

Important events[]

Further information: 2015 ATP World Tour, 2015 WTA Tour, and 2015 US Open Series

January[]

  • The Australian Open along with five ATP tournaments, five WTA tournaments, the Hopman Cup, were scheduled in January.
  • Polish duo Jerzy Janowicz and Agnieszka Radwańska defeated United States in the Hopman Cup Final to give Poland its first Hopman Cup victory.[1]
  • Roger Federer secured his 1,000th match win, along with his 83rd career title, by defeating Milos Raonic in three sets in the final of Brisbane International.[2]
WTA Premier Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the final
Brisbane
Premier
(January 4 – January 11) 		Women's singles Russia Maria Sharapova Serbia Ana Ivanovic 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3
Women's doubles Switzerland Martina Hingis
Germany Sabine Lisicki		 France Caroline Garcia
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik		 6–2, 7–5
Sydney
Premier
(January 11 – January 17) 		Women's singles Czech Republic Petra Kvitová Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
Women's doubles United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
India Sania Mirza		 United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Abigail Spears		 6–3, 6–3

February[]

ATP World Tour 500 Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the final
Rotterdam
(February 9 – February 15) 		Men's singles Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Men's doubles Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău		 United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Australia John Peers		 3–6, 6–3, [10–8]

2015 in tennis results[]

Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)[]

  • January 4 – November 29: 2015 ATP World Tour[3]
    • November 15 – 22: 2015 ATP World Tour Finals in United Kingdom London
      • Men's Singles: Serbia Novak Djokovic
      • Men's Doubles: Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer / Romania Horia Tecău

ATP World Tour Masters 1000[]

  • March 12 – November 8: 2015 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Tournament
    • March 12 – 22: 2015 BNP Paribas Open in United States Indian Wells, California[4]
      • Men's Singles: Serbia Novak Djokovic
      • Men's Doubles: Canada Vasek Pospisil / United States Jack Sock
    • March 25 – April 5: 2015 Miami Open in the  United States (new sponsor of event from Sony)[5]
      • Men's Singles: Serbia Novak Djokovic
      • Men's Doubles: United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan
    • April 12 – 19: 2015 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, promoted as held in  Monaco; venue in France Roquebrune-Cap-Martin[6]
      • Men's Singles: Serbia Novak Djokovic
      • Men's Doubles: United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan
    • May 3 – 10: 2015 Mutua Madrid Open in  Spain[7]
      • Men's Singles: United Kingdom Andy Murray
      • Men's Doubles: India Rohan Bopanna / Romania Florin Mergea
    • May 11 – 18: 2015 Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Italy Rome[8]
      • Men's Singles: Serbia Novak Djokovic
      • Men's Doubles: Uruguay Pablo Cuevas / Spain David Marrero
    • August 10 – 16: 2015 Rogers Cup for men in Canada Montreal[9]
      • Men's Singles: United Kingdom Andy Murray
      • Men's Doubles: United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan
    • August 17 – 23: 2015 Western & Southern Open in United States Mason, Ohio (Cincinnati)[10]
    • October 11 – 18: 2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters in  China[11]
      • Men's Singles: Serbia Novak Djokovic
      • Men's Doubles: South Africa Raven Klaasen / Brazil Marcelo Melo
    • November 2 – 8: 2015 BNP Paribas Masters in France Paris (final)
      • Men's Singles: Serbia Novak Djokovic
      • Men's Doubles: Croatia Ivan Dodig / Brazil Marcelo Melo

ATP World Tour 500 series[]

ATP World Tour 250 series[]

ATP Champions Tour (Senior Men)[]

  • February 13 – December 6: 2015 ATP Champions Tour[12]
    • February 13 – 15: 2015 Delray Beach Open in the  United States[13]
      • Team International (Australia Mark Philippoussis, Croatia Goran Ivanišević, and Sweden Mikael Pernfors) defeated Team USA (New York (state) James Blake, California Brad Gilbert, and New Jersey Justin Gimelstob) 6–3.
    • August 13 – 16: 2015 Optima Open in Belgium Knokke-Heist[14]
      • Belgium Xavier Malisse defeated United States Pete Sampras 6–7 (5), 7–5, 13–11, in the final.
    • October 8 – 11: 2015 Reyes Del Tenis in Spain Majorca[15]
      • Spain Àlex Corretja defeated Sweden Thomas Enqvist 3–6, 6–4, 10–7, in the final.
    • October 24 & 25: 2015 Kia Motors Champions Cup Tennis in South Korea Seoul (debut event)[16]
    • October 27 – 29: 2015 Monterrey Open in  Mexico[17]
      • United States Pete Sampras defeated fellow American, John McEnroe, 6–3 and 7–6, in the final.
    • November 20 – 22: 2015 La Grande Sfida in Italy Modena / Verona[18]
      • United States John McEnroe defeated Spain Sergi Bruguera, 6–3 and 6–4, in the final.
    • December 2 – 6: 2015 Champions Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall in United Kingdom London (final)[19]
      • Chile Fernando González defeated United Kingdom Tim Henman, 1–6, 7–6, and 10–6, in the final.

Women's Tennis Association (WTA)[]

  • January 4 – November 8: 2015 WTA Tour[20][21]
    • July 27 – August 2: Zhonghong Jiangxi International Women's Open in China Nanchang
    • October 25 – November 1: 2015 WTA Finals in  Singapore[22]
    • November 2 – 8: 2015 WTA Elite Trophy in China Zhuhai (debut event and replaces the WTA Tournament of Champions)[23]
      • Women's Singles: United States Venus Williams
      • Women's Doubles: China Liang Chen / China Wang Yafan

WTA Premier tournaments[]

WTA International tournaments[]

Premier Mandatory events[]

  • March 11 – October 11: 2015 WTA Premier Mandatory events

Premier 5 events[]

  • February 15 – October 3: 2015 WTA Premier 5 events
    • February 15 – 21: 2015 Dubai Tennis Championships in the  United Arab Emirates[25]
      • Women's Singles: Romania Simona Halep
      • Women's Doubles: Hungary Tímea Babos / France Kristina Mladenovic
    • May 12 – 18: 2015 Internazionali BNL d'Italia[8]
      • Women's Singles: Russia Maria Sharapova
      • Women's Doubles: Hungary Tímea Babos / France Kristina Mladenovic
    • August 8 – 16: 2015 Rogers Cup for women in Canada Toronto[9]
      • Women's Singles: Switzerland Belinda Bencic
      • Women's Doubles: United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
    • August 17 – 23: 2015 Western & Southern Open[10]
      • Women's Singles: United States Serena Williams
      • Women's Doubles: Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching / Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
    • September 27 – October 3: 2015 Wuhan Open in  China[26]
      • Women's Singles: United States Venus Williams
      • Women's Doubles: Switzerland Martina Hingis / India Sania Mirza

Other tennis events[]

  • January 4 – 10: 2015 Hopman Cup in Australia Perth[27]
    •  Poland defeated the  United States, 2–1 in matches, to win its first Hopman Cup title.
  • February 7 – November 15: 2015 Fed Cup
  • March 6 – November 29: 2015 Davis Cup
    •  Great Britain defeated  Belgium, 3–1, to win their tenth Davis Cup title.
  • May 25 – 31: 2015 BNP Paribas World Team Cup (wheelchair tennis) in Turkey Antalya[28]
    • Men's World Group #1 winners:  Great Britain (Gordon Reid, Marc McCarroll, Dave Phillipson, Alfie Hewett)
    • Men's World Group #2 winners:  Spain (Daniel Caverzaschi, Martin de la Puente, Roberto Chamizo, Françesc Tur)[
    • Women's World Group winners:  Netherlands (Jiske Griffioen, Aniek van Koot, Diede de Groot)
    • Quad World Group winners:  United States (David Wagner, Nick Taylor, Greg Hasterok, Bryan Barten)
    • Juniors World Group winners:  United States (Christopher Herman, Conner Stroud, Casey Ratzlaff)
  • August 2: 2015 World TeamTennis Finals in United States Washington, D.C.[29]
  • November 3 – 7: 2015 UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters in United States Mission Viejo, California[30]
  • December 2 – 6: 2015 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters (singles) in United Kingdom London[31]
    • Men's Singles winner: Belgium Joachim Gérard
    • Women's Singles winner: Netherlands Jiske Griffioen
    • Quads Singles winner: United States David Wagner
  • December 2 – 20: 2015 International Premier Tennis League season in  India,  Philippines,  Singapore,  United Arab Emirates, and  Japan[32]
  • December 10 – 12: Brazil Masters Cup in Brazil Rio de Janeiro (Olympic and Paralympic Test Event)[33]
    • Men's Singles winner: Brazil Thiago Monteiro
    • Men's Wheelchair Singles winner: Brazil Daniel Rodrigues
    • Women's Singles winner: Brazil Gabriela Cé
    • Women's Wheelchair Singles winner: Brazil Natalia Mayara

International Tennis Hall of Fame[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Poles vault into history". Hopmancup.com.
  2. ^ "Roger Federer in 1,000th career win with Brisbane International title". BBC Sport. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. ^ 2015 ATP World Tour Calendar of Events Archived 2010-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b BNP Paribas Open Website
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Miami Open Website
  6. ^ "Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Website". Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Mutua Madrid Open Website
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Internazionali BNL d'Italia Website
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Rogers Cup Website
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Western & Southern Open Website
  11. ^ 2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters Website
  12. ^ ATP Champions Tour Website
  13. ^ ATP's 2015 Delray Beach Open Page
  14. ^ "2015 Optima Open Website". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  15. ^ Reyes Del Tenis Legends Cup Website
  16. ^ "2015 Kia Motors Champions Cup Tennis Website (Korean only)". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  17. ^ 2015 Monterrey Open Website
  18. ^ 2015 La Grande Sfida Website
  19. ^ "2015 Champions Tennis Website". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  20. ^ 2015 WTA Calendar of Events
  21. ^ WTA Website
  22. ^ BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore Website
  23. ^ WTA Elite Trophy Website
  24. ^ China Open Website
  25. ^ Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Website
  26. ^ Wuhan Open Website
  27. ^ Hopman Cup Website
  28. ^ ITF's 2015 BNP Paribas World Team Cup Page
  29. ^ "Washington Kastles Defeat Austin Aces 24-18 to Win Record 5th Consecutive Mylan World TeamTennis Title". World TeamTennis. August 2, 2015. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  30. ^ "2015 UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters Website". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  31. ^ 2015 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters Website
  32. ^ "2015 International Premier Tennis League season Website". Archived from the original on 2014-09-28. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  33. ^ "Aquece Rio Brazil Masters Cup Page". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-22.

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