OEC Taipei WTA Challenger 2015

OEC Taipei WTA Challenger 2015
date	11/16/2014 - 11/22/2015
Edition	4th
navigation	2014  ◄  2015  ►  2016
WTA Challenger Series
venue	Taipei Chinese Taipei
Tournament number	1059
category	Challenger
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	carpet
draw	32E / 16D / 8Q
Prize money	US $ 125,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Vitalia Dyachenko
Last year's winner (double)	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
Winner (singles)	Tímea Babos
Winner (doubles)	Kanae Hisami Kotomi Takahata
Tournament director	Philip Liu
Tournament supervisor	Chen Shu
Last direct assumption	Zhang Ling (307)
Player representatives	Lee Ya-hsuan
As of November 15, 2015

The OEC Taipei WTA Challenger 2015 was a women's tennis tournament from the 2015 WTA Challenger Series . The fourth edition of the carpet court tournament, introduced in 2012, took place from November 16-22, 2015 in Taipei .

The defending champions were Vitalija Djatschenko in singles and Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan in doubles .

qualification

The qualification for the OEC Taipei WTA Challenger 2015 took place on November 16, 2015. Four places were played for participation in the main draw of the tournament.

→ Main article : OEC Taipei WTA Challenger 2015 / Qualification

The following players had qualified for the main draw:

Qualifiers
Hiroko Kuwata	Tena Lukas
Kotomi Takahata	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai

Prize money and world ranking points

At the OEC Taipei WTA Challenger 2015 the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. The amounts are not to be understood as cumulative - exception: players who qualified for the main field received the qualification points in addition to the points for reaching the respective round. The amounts for the double competition apply per player.

singles round Points Prize money victory 160 $ 20,000 final 95 $ 11,000 Semifinals 57 $ 6,000 Quarter finals 29 $ 4,000 Round of 16 15th $ 2,250 First round 1 $ 1,100

Qualification individual round Points Prize money Qualifier 6th 2nd round 4th $ 550 1 round 1 $ 350

Double round Points Prize money victory 160 $ 5,500 final 95 $ 2,700 Semifinals 57 $ 1,400 Quarter finals 29 $ 750 First round 1 $ 500

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Misaki Doi final 02.  Jaroslawa Schwedowa Quarter finals 03.  Yevgenia Rodina Semifinals 04th  Tímea Babos victory

No. Player Round reached 05.  Kirsten Flipkens Semifinals 06th  Patricia Maria Țig 1 round 07th  Stefanie Vögele Quarter finals 08th.  Wang Yafan 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

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

M. Doi

6th

7th

R. Ozaki

3

5

1

M. Doi

6th

6th

L. Zhang

6th

6 6

6th

L. Zhang

4th

4th

WC

C.-y. Hsu

1

7th

2

1

M. Doi

6th

6th

L. Kumkhum

5

6th

6th

L. Kumkhum

3

4th

WC

C.-w. Hsu

7th

2

2

L. Kumkhum

3

6th

6th

Q

K. Takahata

2

6th

2

8th

Y. Wang

6th

3

1

8th

Y. Wang

6th

3

6th

1

M. Doi

7th

6th

3

J. Rodina

7th

6th

3

J. Rodina

6 3

2

J. Lu

6 5

3

3

J. Rodina

6th

6th

Y. Zhang

6th

6th

Y. Zhang

4th

3

J. Namigata

0

3

3

J. Rodina

4th

6th

6th

A. Raina

6 2

1

C. Liu

6th

2

4th

C. Liu

7th

6th

C. Liu

6th

6th

K. Date-Krumm

7th

1

6th

K. Date-Krumm

3

3

6th

PM Țig

5

6th

3

1

M. Doi

5

3

7th

S. Vögele

7th

6th

4th

T. Babos

7th

6th

Y.-h. lee

6 4

4th

7th

S. Vögele

6th

6th

Q

N. Lertpitaksinchai

4th

3

M. Sakkari

1

1

M. Sakkari

6th

6th

7th

S. Vögele

4th

5

E. Mertens

6th

6th

4th

T. Babos

6th

7th

X. Han

2

4th

E. Mertens

2

2

Q

T. Lukas

5

3

4th

T. Babos

6th

6th

4th

T. Babos

7th

6th

4th

T. Babos

6th

7th

5

K. Flipkens

6th

6th

5

K. Flipkens

3

6 1

WC

You Cho

3

3

5

K. Flipkens

6th

6th

WC

C.-w. Chan

2

0

K. Zhang

3

1

K. Zhang

6th

6th

5

K. Flipkens

4th

2

Q

H. Kuwata

5

6th

0

2

J. Schwedowa

6th

1r

A. Hesse

7th

4th

6th

A. Hesse

6th

6 2

2

M. Melnikova

0

4th

2

J. Schwedowa

3

7th

6th

2

J. Schwedowa

6th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Han Xinyun Zhang Kailin   Semifinals 02.  Chan Chin-wei Junri Namigata   Semifinals 03.  Marina Melnikowa Elise Mertens   final 04th  Amandine Hesse Hiroko Kuwata   Quarter finals

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

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

X. Han K. Zhang

6th

6th

WC

Y.-l. Chen T.-f. Juan

2

4th

1

X. Han K. Zhang

6th

6th

I.-h. Cho C.-y. Hsu

3

6th

[8th]

C.-w. Hsu A. Raina

2

2

C.-w. Hsu A. Raina

6th

4th

[10]

1

X. Han K. Zhang

6th

5

[6]

4th

A. Hesse H. Kuwata

6th

6th

K. Hisami K. Takahata

2

7th

[10]

Y.-h. Lee C. Liu

4th

4th

4th

A. Hesse H. Kuwata

1

6th

[8th]

K. Hisami K. Takahata

6th

6th

K. Hisami K. Takahata

6th

3

[10]

Y.-h. Lee Y.-y. Pai

0

1

K. Hisami K. Takahata

6th

6th

S. Vögele L. Zhang

6th

6 2

[6]

3

M. Melnikova E. Mertens

1

2

N. Lertpitaksinchai P. Plipuech

2

7th

[10]

N. Lertpitaksinchai P. Plipuech

4th

7th

[7]

L. Kumkhum J. Lu

6th

1

[7]

3

M. Melnikova E. Mertens

6th

6 4

[10]

3

M. Melnikova E. Mertens

0

6th

[10]

3

M. Melnikova E. Mertens

5

6th

[10]

WC

P.-c. Lee C.-h. Yang

4th

6th

[10]

2

C.-w. Chan J. Namigata

7th

4th

[4]

WC

Y.-s. Cho F.-h. Wu

6th

3

[4]

WC

P.-c. Lee C.-h. Yang

1

0

WC

Y. Lee H.-y. Shih

0

0

2

C.-w. Chan J. Namigata

6th

6th

2

C.-w. Chan J. Namigata

6th

6th

Web links

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