AEGON Classic Birmingham 2015

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AEGON Classic Birmingham 2015
date June 15, 2015 - June 21, 2015
Edition 34
navigation 2014  ◄  2015  ►  2016
WTA tour
venue Birmingham United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Tournament number 1052
category WTA Premier
Tournament type Free place tournament
Game surface race
draw 56E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money US $ 731,000 
Website Official website
Last year's winner (individual) SerbiaSerbia Ana Ivanović
Last year's winner (double) United StatesUnited States Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
United StatesUnited States 
Winner (singles) GermanyGermany Angelique Kerber
Winner (doubles) SpainSpain Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro
SpainSpain 
Tournament director Patrick Hughesman
Tournament supervisor Tony Cho / Kerrilyn Crame
Last direct assumption SerbiaSerbia Boyana Jovanovski (67)
Player representatives AustraliaAustralia Casey Dellacqua
As of June 21, 2015

The AEGON Classic Birmingham 2015 was a women's tennis tournament from the 2015 WTA Tour . The Premier category grass court tournament took place in Birmingham from June 15-21, 2015 .

qualification

The qualification for the AEGON Classic Birmingham 2015 took place from June 14th to 15th, 2015. Eight places were played for participation in the main draw of the tournament. There was also a lucky loser.

The following players prevailed in the qualification:

Qualifiers Lucky Loser
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Klára Koukalová JapanJapan Misaki Doi China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zheng Saisai
GermanyGermany Tatiana Maria SerbiaSerbia Aleksandra Krunić
HungaryHungary Tímea Babos PortugalPortugal Michelle Larcher de Brito
UkraineUkraine Kateryna Bondarenko New ZealandNew Zealand Marina Eraković

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached

01. RomaniaRomania Simona Halep Quarter finals
02. SerbiaSerbia Ana Ivanović 2nd round
03. SpainSpain Carla Suarez Navarro Quarter finals
04th GermanyGermany Angelique Kerber victory

05. CanadaCanada Eugenie Bouchard 2nd round

06th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Karolína Plíšková final

07th GermanyGermany Andrea Petković 2nd round

08th. GermanyGermany Sabine Lisicki Semifinals
No. Player Round reached
09. SpainSpain Garbiñe Muguruza 1 round

10. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Barbora Strýcová Round of 16

11. FranceFrance Alizé Cornet 1 round

12. BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka 2nd round

13. RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova Round of 16

14th RomaniaRomania Irina-Camelia Begu 1 round

15th SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković Round of 16

16. FranceFrance Caroline Garcia 2nd round

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

  Semifinals final
                         
 FranceFrance Kristina Mladenovic 2 6 6      
6th  Czech RepublicCzech Republic Karolína Plíšková 6th 7th  
6th  Czech RepublicCzech Republic Karolína Plíšková 7th 3 6 4
  4th  GermanyGermany Angelique Kerber 6 5 6th 7th
4th  GermanyGermany Angelique Kerber 6th 6th
 
8th  GermanyGermany Sabine Lisicki 3 3  

Upper half

Upper half 1
First round   Second round   Round of 16   Quarter finals
 
  1  RomaniaRomania S. Halep 6th 6th  
WC  United KingdomUnited Kingdom N. Broady 6th 6th     WC  United KingdomUnited Kingdom N. Broady 4th 2  
 CroatiaCroatia A. Tomljanović 3 4th       1  RomaniaRomania S. Halep 6th 6th  
 United StatesUnited States C. Vandeweghe 5 3       Q  Czech RepublicCzech Republic K. Koukalová 1 3  
Q  Czech RepublicCzech Republic K. Koukalová 7th 6th     Q  Czech RepublicCzech Republic K. Koukalová 6th 6th  
Q  GermanyGermany T. Maria 2 6th 6 6     16  FranceFrance C. Garcia 3 0  
16  FranceFrance C. Garcia 6th 2 7th       1  RomaniaRomania S. Halep 6th 0 6 4
10  Czech RepublicCzech Republic B. Strýcová 6th 3 6th        FranceFrance K. Mladenovic 2 6th 7th
 RomaniaRomania M. Niculescu 2 6th 2     10  Czech RepublicCzech Republic B. Strýcová 6th 6th
 UkraineUkraine L. Zurenko 4th 3      Czech RepublicCzech Republic L. Hradecká 3 4th  
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic L. Hradecká 6th 6th       10  Czech RepublicCzech Republic B. Strýcová 6 4 2
 FranceFrance K. Mladenovic 6th 7th        FranceFrance K. Mladenovic 7th 6th  
 United StatesUnited States A. Riske 3 6 7      FranceFrance K. Mladenovic 6th 4th 6th
  5 toilets  CanadaCanada E. Bouchard 3 6th 0  
 
Upper half 2
First round   Second round   Round of 16   Quarter finals
 
  3  SpainSpain C. Suarez Navarro 6th 3 6th  
 ItalyItaly R. Vinci 2 7th 6 5     Q  HungaryHungary T. Babos 2 6th 4th  
Q  HungaryHungary T. Babos 6th 6 5 7th       3  SpainSpain C. Suarez Navarro 6th 6th  
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom H. Watson 6 5 4th       13  RussiaRussia S. Kuznetsova 3 4th  
Q  SerbiaSerbia A. Krunić 7th 6th     Q  SerbiaSerbia A. Krunić 2 1  
 ItalyItaly K. Knapp 6 4 7th 2     13  RussiaRussia S. Kuznetsova 6th 6th  
13  RussiaRussia S. Kuznetsova 7th 5 6th       3  SpainSpain C. Suarez Navarro 2 2
12  BelarusBelarus W. Asaranka 7th 6th       6th  Czech RepublicCzech Republic Ka. Plíšková 6th 6th
 United StatesUnited States V. Lepchenko 6 7 4th     12  BelarusBelarus W. Asaranka
Q  UkraineUkraine K. Bondarenko 6 7 6 5      KazakhstanKazakhstan S. Dijas w. O.  
 KazakhstanKazakhstan S. Dijas 7th 7th        KazakhstanKazakhstan S. Dijas 2 2
WC  United KingdomUnited Kingdom J. Konta 6th 6th       6th  Czech RepublicCzech Republic Ka. Plíšková 6th 6th  
 AustraliaAustralia J. Gajdošová 1 3     WC  United KingdomUnited Kingdom J. Konta 6th 3 4th
  6th  Czech RepublicCzech Republic Ka. Plíšková 3 6th 6th  
 

Bottom half

Lower half 1
First round   Second round   Round of 16   Quarter finals
 
  7th  GermanyGermany A. Petković 6th 1 6 4  
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic K. Siniaková 6th 7th      Czech RepublicCzech Republic K. Siniaková 4th 6th 7th  
 JapanJapan K. Nara 3 6 3        Czech RepublicCzech Republic K. Siniaková 6th 6th  
 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico M. Puig 4th 1        United StatesUnited States C. McHale 4th 0  
Q  JapanJapan M. Doi 6th 6th     Q  JapanJapan M. Doi 3 4th  
 United StatesUnited States C. McHale 4th 6th 6th      United StatesUnited States C. McHale 6th 6th  
11  FranceFrance A. Cornet 6th 2 2        Czech RepublicCzech Republic K. Siniaková 2 4th
15 toilet  SerbiaSerbia J. Janković 6th 6th       4th  GermanyGermany A. Kerber 6th 6th
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic T. Smitková 4th 4th     15 toilet  SerbiaSerbia J. Janković 7th 6th
 AustraliaAustralia C. Dellacqua 6th 6th      AustraliaAustralia C. Dellacqua 6 11 3  
 United StatesUnited States L. Davis 4th 1       15 toilet  SerbiaSerbia J. Janković 4th 2
 BulgariaBulgaria Z. Pironkowa 6th 6th       4th  GermanyGermany A. Kerber 6th 6th  
WC  United KingdomUnited Kingdom K. Swan 2 2      BulgariaBulgaria Z. Pironkowa 4th 6th 4th
  4th  GermanyGermany A. Kerber 6th 2 6th  
 
Lower half 2
First round   Second round   Round of 16   Quarter finals
 
  8th  GermanyGermany S. Lisicki 6th 7th  
 CroatiaCroatia M. Lučić-Baroni 5 3      SwitzerlandSwitzerland B. Bencic 1 6 4  
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland B. Bencic 7th 6th       8th  GermanyGermany S. Lisicki 7th 6th  
 SlovakiaSlovakia AK Schmiedlová 6th 6th        SlovakiaSlovakia M. Rybáriková 6 7 4th  
 SerbiaSerbia B. Jovanovski 2 3      SlovakiaSlovakia AK Schmiedlová 6 0 1  
 SlovakiaSlovakia M. Rybáriková 6th 6th      SlovakiaSlovakia M. Rybáriková 7th 6th  
9  SpainSpain G. Muguruza 3 1       8th  GermanyGermany S. Lisicki 7th 6th
14th  RomaniaRomania I.-C. Begu 6th 6 10 4th        SlovakiaSlovakia D. Hantuchová 6 2 2
 SlovakiaSlovakia D. Hantuchová 4th 7th 6th      SlovakiaSlovakia D. Hantuchová 7th 6th
PR  Czech RepublicCzech Republic P. Cetkovská 4th 2     Q  New ZealandNew Zealand M. Eraković 6 6 4th  
Q  New ZealandNew Zealand M. Eraković 6th 6th        SlovakiaSlovakia D. Hantuchová 6th 7th
LL  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China S. Zheng 3 2       Q  PortugalPortugal M. Larcher de Brito 4th 5  
Q  PortugalPortugal M. Larcher de Brito 6th 6th     Q  PortugalPortugal M. Larcher de Brito 6th 3 7th
  2  SerbiaSerbia A. Ivanović 4th 6th 6 6  
 

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. AustraliaAustralia Casey Dellacqua Sania Mirza
IndiaIndia 
1 round
02. HungaryHungary Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
FranceFrance 
Quarter finals
03. United StatesUnited States Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
United StatesUnited States 
Quarter finals
04th SpainSpain Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro
SpainSpain 
victory

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

First round   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1  AustraliaAustralia C. Dellacqua S. Mirza
 IndiaIndia 
4th 2        
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Y.-j. Chan J. Zheng
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
6th 6th      Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Y.-j. Chan J. Zheng
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
w. O.  
 SpainSpain A. Medina Garrigues A. Parra Santonja
 SpainSpain 
6th 3 [7]   WC  RomaniaRomania S. Halep H. Watson
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
 
WC  RomaniaRomania S. Halep H. Watson
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
1 6th [10]        Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Y.-j. Chan J. Zheng
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
5 3  
4th  SpainSpain G. Muguruza C. Suarez Navarro
 SpainSpain 
6th 6 5 [10]     4th  SpainSpain G. Muguruza C. Suarez Navarro
 SpainSpain 
7th 6th  
 AustraliaAustralia On. Rodionowa Ar. Rodionova
 AustraliaAustralia 
4th 7th [5]     4th  SpainSpain G. Muguruza C. Suarez Navarro
 SpainSpain 
6th 4th [10]  
 FranceFrance C. Garcia K. Srebotnik
 SloveniaSlovenia 
4th 3    RussiaRussia A. Kudryavtseva A. Pavlyuchenkova
 RussiaRussia 
4th 6th [7]  
 RussiaRussia A. Kudryavtseva A. Pavlyuchenkova
 RussiaRussia 
6th 6th       4th  SpainSpain G. Muguruza C. Suarez Navarro
 SpainSpain 
6th 6th
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic A. Hlaváčková L. Hradecká
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6th 6th      Czech RepublicCzech Republic A. Hlaváčková L. Hradecká
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
4th 4th
WC  United KingdomUnited Kingdom J. Rae A. Smith
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
4th 1      Czech RepublicCzech Republic A. Hlaváčková L. Hradecká
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
3 6th [10]    
 GermanyGermany J. Görges A.-L. Grönefeld
 GermanyGermany 
4th 3   3  United StatesUnited States R. Kops-Jones A. Spears
 United StatesUnited States 
6th 3 [8th]  
3  United StatesUnited States R. Kops-Jones A. Spears
 United StatesUnited States 
6th 6th        Czech RepublicCzech Republic A. Hlaváčková L. Hradecká
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6th 6th
WC  CanadaCanada E. Bouchard S. Kuznetsova
 RussiaRussia 
2 3      NetherlandsNetherlands M. Krajicek B. Strýcová
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
2 2  
 NetherlandsNetherlands M. Krajicek B. Strýcová
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6th 6th      NetherlandsNetherlands M. Krajicek B. Strýcová
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
w. O.  
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei H.-c. Chan A. Klepač
 SloveniaSlovenia 
5 6th [7]   2  HungaryHungary T. Babos K. Mladenovic
 FranceFrance 
 
2  HungaryHungary T. Babos K. Mladenovic
 FranceFrance 
7th 4th [10]    

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