BNP Paribas Open 2015 / women

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BNP Paribas Open 2015

date	March 9, 2015 - March 22, 2015
Edition	27
navigation	2014 ◄ 2015 ► 2016
venue	Indian Wells United States United States
Tournament number	609
category	WTA Premier Madatory
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	96E / 48Q / 32D
Prize money	US $ 6,157,160
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Italy Flavia Pennetta
Last year's winner (double)	Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai China People's Republic

Winner (singles)	Romania Simona Halep
Winner (doubles)	Switzerland Martina Hingis Sania Mirza India

Tournament director	Steve Simon
Tournament supervisor	Donna Kelso
Last direct assumption	Croatia Donna Vekic (86)
Player representatives	United States Taylor Townsend Donna Vekic Croatia

As of March 22, 2015

The BNP Paribas Open 2015 was a tennis tournament that took place in Indian Wells from March 11th to March 22nd, 2015 . It was part of the WTA Tour 2015 and was played on hard court. At the same time, the men's BNP Paribas Open 2015 took place in Indian Wells .

The defending champions were Flavia Pennetta in singles and Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai in doubles .

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 96 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 32 pairs. The 32 top seeded players in the singles each received a bye into the second round.

qualification

The qualification for the BNP Paribas Open 2015 took place from March 9th to 10th, 2015. Twelve qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers
Russia Daria Gavrilova	Bulgaria Sesil Karatancheva
Ukraine Kateryna Koslowa	Kazakhstan Yulia Putinseva
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká	Russia Yevgenia Rodina
Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck	Spain Lara Arruabarrena Vecino
Tunisia Ons Jabeur	Ukraine Lesja Zurenko
China People's Republic Zhu Lin	Slovenia Polona Hercog

singles

Seeding list

No.	Player	Round reached
01.	United States Serena Williams	Semifinals
02.	Russia Maria Sharapova	Round of 16
03.	Romania Simona Halep	victory
04th	Denmark Caroline Wozniacki	3rd round
05.	Serbia Ana Ivanović	3rd round
06th	Canada Eugenie Bouchard	Round of 16
07th	Poland Agnieszka Radwańska	3rd round
08th.	Russia Ekaterina Makarova	3rd round
09.	Germany Andrea Petković	2nd round
10.	Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová	3rd round
11.	Italy Sara Errani	3rd round
12.	Spain Carla Suarez Navarro	Quarter finals
13.	Germany Angelique Kerber	2nd round
14th	Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková	Round of 16
15th	Italy Flavia Pennetta	Quarter finals
16.	United States Madison Keys	3rd round

No.	Player	Round reached
17th	Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	2nd round
18th	Serbia Jelena Janković	final
19th	Spain Garbiñe Muguruza	3rd round
20th	France Alizé Cornet	3rd round
21st	Australia Samantha Stosur	3rd round
22nd	Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova	3rd round
23.	Ukraine Elina Switolina	Round of 16
24.	Germany Sabine Lisicki	Semifinals
25th	France Caroline Garcia	Round of 16
26th	United States Varvara Lepchenko	3rd round
27.	Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky	Quarter finals
28.	Kazakhstan Sarina Dijas	3rd round
29	Italy Camila Giorgi	2nd round
30th	United States Coco Vandeweghe	3rd round
31.	Switzerland Belinda Bencic	Round of 16
32.	Belarus Viktoriya Azaranka	3rd round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

Quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1 toilet

United States Serena Williams

7th

6th

27

Timea Bacsinszky

5

3

1 toilet

Serena Williams

3

Romania Simona Halep

w.

O.

3

Romania Simona Halep

5

6th

12

Carla Suarez Navarro

7th

1

3

Romania Simona Halep

2

7th

6th

18th

Jelena Janković

6th

5

4th

Q

L. Zurenko

1

r

18th

Serbia Jelena Janković

6th

4th

18th

Serbia Jelena Janković

3

6th

24

Sabine Lisicki

6th

3

1

24

Germany Sabine Lisicki

6th

6 ³

7th

15th

Flavia Pennetta

4th

7th

6 ⁴

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

1 toilet

United States S. Williams

7th

Romania M. Niculescu

6th

M. Niculescu

5

A. Krunić

2

1

1 toilet

United States S. Williams

6th

WC

L. Chirico

4th

3

28

S. Dijas

2

0

Croatia D. Vekic

6th

D. Vekic

3

28

Kazakhstan S. Dijas

6th

1 toilet

United States S. Williams

6 ³

6th

S. Stephens

7th

2

22nd

Russia S. Kuznetsova

7th

6th

Czech Republic K. Siniaková

6th

K. Siniaková

6 ²

2

Q

J. Rodina

3

22nd

S. Kuznetsova

6 ⁴

6th

4th

United States S. Stephens

7th

United States S. Stephens

7th

1

6th

C. Scheepers

5

United States S. Stephens

7th

6th

13

A. Kerber

6 ⁶

2

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

10

Czech Republic L. Šafářová

6th

7th

Germany M. Barthel

6th

5

6th

M. Barthel

4th

6 ⁴

K. Mladenovic

3

7th

4th

10

L. Šafářová

6 ⁵

5

K. Nara

6th

3

2

23

Ukraine E. Switolina

7th

Q

Belgium A. Van Uytvanck

4th

6th

Q

A. Van Uytvanck

6th

6 ⁴

1

23

Ukraine E. Switolina

4th

7th

6th

23

E. Switolina

6th

1

27

Switzerland T. Bacsinszky

4th

6th

27

Switzerland T. Bacsinszky

4th

6th

New Zealand M. Eraković

6th

M. Eraković

6th

3

2

WC

G. Min

3

1

27

Switzerland T. Bacsinszky

3

7th

6th

Russia J. Wesnina

6th

8th

J. Makarova

6th

5

4th

Q

K. Koslowa

3

J. Wesnina

4th

0

8th

Russia J. Makarova

6th

Upper half 3

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

3

Romania S. Halep

2

6th

Q

Russia D. Gavrilova

6th

Q

D. Gavrilova

6th

1

2

S. Soler Espinosa

3

4th

3

Romania S. Halep

6th

3

6th

A. Kudryavtseva

6 ⁶

26th

V. Lepchenko

1

6th

1

WC

United States S. Vickery

7th

WC

S. Vickery

4th

1

26th

United States V. Lepchenko

6th

3

Romania S. Halep

6th

14th

K. Plíšková

4th

19th

Spain G. Muguruza

4th

6th

WC

United States I. Falconi

7th

6th

WC

I. Falconi

6th

2

3

A. Tomljanović

6 ⁶

4th

19th

G. Muguruza

5

4th

Q

Spain L. Arruabarrena Vecino

6th

14th

Czech Republic K. Plíšková

7th

6th

M. Rybáriková

0

1

Q

L. Arruabarrena Vecino

3

5

14th

Czech Republic K. Plíšková

6th

7th

Upper half 4

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

12

Spain C. Suarez Navarro

6th

WC

N. Gibbs

3

5

M. Puig

1

Puerto Rico M. Puig

6th

7th

12

Spain C. Suarez Navarro

7th

6 ⁵

6th

Russia A. Pavlyuchenkova

6th

A. Pavlyuchenkova

6 ⁴

7th

0

J. Larsson

4th

3

Russia A. Pavlyuchenkova

6th

17th

B. Záhlavová-Strýcová

3

12

Spain C. Suarez Navarro

7th

3

6th

H. Watson

6 ⁵

6th

1

29

C. Giorgi

5

J. Goerges

4th

7th

3

United Kingdom H. Watson

7th

United Kingdom H. Watson

6th

5

6th

United Kingdom H. Watson

6th

M. Lučić-Baroni

2

3

7th

A. Radwańska

4th

United States A. Riske

6th

A. Riske

3

1

7th

Poland A. Radwańska

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

6th

Canada E. Bouchard

6th

J. Čepelová

3

1

Q

L. Hradecká

2

Q

Czech Republic L. Hradecká

6th

6th

Canada E. Bouchard

6th

Z. Pironkowa

5

1

30th

C. Vandeweghe

3

2

Q

Bulgaria S. Karatancheva

7th

6th

Q

S. Karatancheva

2

3

30th

United States C. Vandeweghe

6th

6th

E. Bouchard

7th

5

4th

Q

Ukraine L. Zurenko

6 ⁵

7th

6th

20th

France A. Cornet

4th

6th

P. Cetkovská

4th

5

C. McHale

6th

2

1

United States C. McHale

6th

7th

20th

A. Cornet

5

6th

2

A. Beck

1

3

Q

Ukraine L. Zurenko

7th

1

6th

Q

Ukraine L. Zurenko

6th

Q

Ukraine L. Zurenko

6th

4th

6th

9

A. Petković

3

6th

4th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

16

United States M. Keys

6th

D. Hantuchová

4th

6th

3

K. Koukalová

3

2

Czech Republic K. Koukalová

6th

1

6th

16

M. Keys

7th

4th

3

AK Schmiedlová

2

18th

Serbia J. Janković

5

6th

United States L. Davis

6th

L. Davis

7th

0

4th

18th

Serbia J. Janković

6 ⁵

6th

18th

Serbia J. Janković

6th

3

6th

31

B. Bencic

3

6th

3

31

Switzerland B. Bencic

6th

7th

Serbia B. Jovanovski

6th

B. Jovanovski

2

6 ²

K. Bertens

3

4th

31

Switzerland B. Bencic

6th

K. Kanepi

5

2

4th

C. Wozniacki

4th

Q

Tunisia O. Jabeur

7th

6th

Q

O. Jabeur

6 ³

4th

Denmark C. Wozniacki

7th

6th

Lower half 3

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

5

Serbia A. Ivanović

6th

T. Smitková

4th

Q

J. Putinseva

3

1

Q

Kazakhstan J. Putinseva

6th

5

A. Ivanović

2

7th

2

PR

W. Swonaryova

1

25th

France C. Garcia

6th

5

6th

Q

Slovenia P. Hercog

6th

Q

P. Hercog

4th

7th

4th

25th

France C. Garcia

6th

6 ⁵

6th

25th

C. Garcia

4th

24

Germany S. Lisicki

6th

24

Germany S. Lisicki

6th

5

6th

J. Gajdošová

6th

1

2

R. Vinci

1

7th

4th

Italy R. Vinci

4th

6th

24

Germany S. Lisicki

6th

Q

China People's Republic L. Zhu

0

6th

11

S. Errani

4th

2

F. Schiavone

6th

3

Q

L. Zhu

0

6th

2

11

Italy S. Errani

6th

4th

6th

Lower half 4

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

15th

Italy F. Pennetta

6th

United States M. Brengle

6th

M. Brengle

4th

2

S. Zheng

3

0

15th

Italy F. Pennetta

6th

WC

B. Mattek-Sands

4th

7th

5

21st

S. Stosur

4th

2

WC

United States T. Townsend

6th

5

7th

WC

T. Townsend

4th

2

21st

Australia S. Stosur

6th

15th

Italy F. Pennetta

3

6th

2

M. Sharapova

6th

3

2

32

Belarus W. Asaranka

6th

S. Rogers

2

4th

K. Flipkens

2

4th

Belgium K. Flipkens

6th

32

W. Asaranka

4th

3

K. Knapp

1

5

2

Russia M. Sharapova

6th

Belgium Y. Wickmayer

6th

7th

Y. Wickmayer

1

5

2

Russia M. Sharapova

6th

7th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Switzerland Martina Hingis Sania Mirza India	victory
02.	Russia Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina Russia	final
03.	United States Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears United States	1 round
04th	Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei Flavia Pennetta Italy	1 round

No.	pairing	Round reached
05.	Spain Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro Spain	Round of 16
06th	Hungary Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic France	1 round
07th	France Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik Slovenia	Quarter finals
08th.	Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká Czech Republic	Round of 16

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

1 round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Switzerland M. Hingis S. Mirza
India

6th

Ka. Plíšková M. Rybáriková

2

1

Switzerland M. Hingis S. Mirza
India

6th

Russia A. Kudryavtseva A. Pavlyuchenkova
Russia

7th

A. Kudryavtseva A. Pavlyuchenkova

3

2

G. Dabrowski A. Rosolska

5

1

Switzerland M. Hingis S. Mirza
India

6th

J. Görges A.-L. Grönefeld

1

4th

WC

D. Hantuchová K. Knapp

4th

2

WC

Slovakia D. Hantuchová K. Knapp
Italy

6th

WC

Slovakia D. Hantuchová K. Knapp
Italy

6th

7th

M. Eraković A. Parra Santonja

1

4th

5

G. Muguruza C. Suarez Navarro

3

6 ⁰

5

Spain G. Muguruza C. Suarez Navarro
Spain

6th

1

Switzerland M. Hingis S. Mirza
India

6th

3

R. Kops-Jones A. Spears

4th

6th

[8th]

L. Raymond S. Stosur

0

4th

WC

United States S. Stephens T. Townsend
United States

6th

2

[10]

WC

S. Stephens T. Townsend

L. Arruabarrena Vecino A. Medina Garrigues

6th

3

[8th]

Israel S. Peer W. Swonaryova
Russia

w.

O.

Israel S. Peer W. Swonaryova
Russia

1

6th

[10]

S. Peer W. Swonaryova

2

1

S. Aoyama R. Voráčová

5

3

United States L. Raymond S. Stosur
Australia

6th

United States L. Raymond S. Stosur
Australia

7th

6th

United States L. Raymond S. Stosur
Australia

6th

Romania M. Niculescu A. Panowa
Russia

3

7th

[11]

M. Niculescu A. Panowa

3

2

6th

T. Babos K. Mladenovic

6th

6 ⁴

[9]

1

Switzerland M. Hingis S. Mirza
India

6th

8th

Czech Republic A. Hlaváčková L. Hradecká
Czech Republic

6th

2

J. Makarova J. Wesnina

3

4th

J. Gajdošová, M. T. Torró Flor

1

2

8th

A. Hlaváčková L. Hradecká

3

4th

H.-c. Chan J. Janković

1

7th

[5]

Germany S. Lisicki A. Petković
Germany

6th

Germany S. Lisicki A. Petković
Germany

6th

6 ⁴

[10]

S. Lisicki A. Petković

6 ⁵

6 ⁷

On. Rodionowa Ar. Rodionova

6th

2

[10]

Poland K. Jans-Ignacik A. Klepač
Slovenia

7th

WC

Russia S. Kuznetsova C. Vandeweghe
United States

4th

6th

[12]

WC

S. Kuznetsova C. Vandeweghe

2

3

Poland K. Jans-Ignacik A. Klepač
Slovenia

6th

3

[10]

Poland K. Jans-Ignacik A. Klepač
Slovenia

6th

4th

S.-w. Hsieh F. Pennetta

1

6th

[8th]

K. Jans-Ignacik A. Klepač

4th

1

7th

France C. Garcia K. Srebotnik
Slovenia

6th

2

Russia J. Makarova J. Wesnina
Russia

6th

WC

A. Ivanović A. Kerber

4th

7th

France C. Garcia K. Srebotnik
Slovenia

6th

B. Mattek-Sands L. Šafářová

6th

5

[9]

IR Olaru O. Savchuk

0

4th

Romania IR Olaru O. Savchuk
Ukraine

3

7th

[11]

7th

C. Garcia K. Srebotnik

5

4th

D. Jurak K. Koukalová

7th

5

[6]

2

Russia J. Makarova J. Wesnina
Russia

7th

6th

Netherlands M. Krajicek B. Záhlavová-Strýcová
Czech Republic

5

7th

[10]

M. Krajicek B. Záhlavová-Strýcová

3

4th

C.-j. Chuang S. Soler Espinosa

6th

0

[8th]

2

Russia J. Makarova J. Wesnina
Russia

6th

2

Russia J. Makarova J. Wesnina
Russia

4th

6th

[10]

Web links and sources

Official homepage of the tournament
Tournament schedule single as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
Tournament schedule doubles as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage