Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2015

ATP World Tour
Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2015
date	5.1.2015 - 10.1.2015
Edition	23
navigation	2014 ◄ 2015 ► 2016
venue	Doha Qatar Qatar
Tournament number	451
category	World Tour 250
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Financial. Obligation	US $ 1,221,320
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Spain Rafael Nadal
Last year's winner (double)	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych Jan Hájek Czech Republic

Winner (singles)	Spain David Ferrer
Winner (doubles)	Argentina Juan Mónaco Rafael Nadal Spain

Tournament director	Karim Alami
Tournament supervisor	Carlos Sanches
Last direct assumption	Croatia Ivan Dodig (96)

As of January 10, 2015

The Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2015 was a tennis tournament that took place in Doha from January 5th to 10th, 2015 . It was part of the 2015 ATP World Tour and was played outdoors on hard courts. In the same week the Brisbane International was played in Brisbane and the Aircel Chennai Open in Chennai , which, like the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, belonged to the ATP World Tour 250 category .

Defending champion in the singles was Rafael Nadal , who surprisingly lost to qualifier Michael Berrer in the first round of this year's event . His compatriot David Ferrer won the final against Tomáš Berdych , who won the title together with Jan Hájek in the double competition last year . This year Rafael Nadal secured himself together with Juan Mónaco after a final victory over the Austrian duo Julian Knowle and Philipp Oswald in two sets.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs.

qualification

Qualification for the Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2015 took place from January 3rd to 5th, 2015. Four 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
Georgia Nikolos Bassilashvili
Germany Michael Berrer
Netherlands Thiemo de Bakker
Slovenia Blaž Kavčič

Prize money and world ranking points

At the Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2015, the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The amounts for the double competition were per player.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 195,000
final	150	$ 102,675
Semifinals	90	$ 55,615
Quarter finals	45	$ 31,690
Round of 16	20th	$ 18,670
First round	0	$ 11,060

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	12
Qualifying round	6th	$ 1,880
1 round	0	$ 900

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 62,430
final	150	$ 32,820
Semifinals	90	$ 17,790
Quarter finals	45	$ 10,180
First round	0	$ 5,960

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Serbia Novak Đoković	Quarter finals
02.	Spain Rafael Nadal	1 round
03.	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych	final
04th	Spain David Ferrer	victory

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber	1 round
06th	France Richard Gasquet	Quarter finals
07th	Croatia Ivo Karlović	Semifinals
08th.	Argentina Leonardo Mayer	1 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

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

D. Lajović

2

1

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

Ukraine S. Stachowskyj

6th

S. Stachowskyj

2

1

WC

JM Ali Mutawa

1

N. Đoković

7th

6 ⁶

4th

M. Juschny

5

2

7th

Croatia I. Karlović

6 ²

7th

6th

Q

Georgia N. Bassilashvili

7th

6th

Q

N. Bassilashvili

6 ³

3

L. Rosol

6 ⁴

3

7th

Croatia I. Karlović

7th

6th

7th

Croatia I. Karlović

7th

6th

7th

I. Karlović

7th

6 ⁵

6 ⁴

4th

Spain D. Ferrer

6 ⁴

6th

4th

Spain D. Ferrer

6 ²

7th

Q

T. de Bakker

7th

4th

3

4th

Spain D. Ferrer

6th

T. Gabashvili

6th

3

6 ⁴

F. Verdasco

3

2

Spain F. Verdasco

4th

6th

7th

4th

Spain D. Ferrer

6th

Germany D. Brown

7th

6th

D. Brown

2

P. Lorenzi

6 ³

3

Germany D. Brown

7th

6th

Germany J.-L. Struff

7th

4th

6th

J.-L. Struff

6 ⁹

4th

5

P. Kohlschreiber

6 ³

6th

1

4th

Spain D. Ferrer

6th

7th

6th

France R. Gasquet

6th

7th

3

T. Berdych

4th

5

P. Andújar

3

5

6th

France R. Gasquet

6th

Italy S. Bolelli

6th

7th

S. Bolelli

3

2

B. Becker

3

6 ²

6th

R. Gasquet

2

1

J. Mónaco

6 ³

4th

3

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

Q

Slovenia B. Kavčič

7th

6th

Q

B. Kavčič

1

2

D. Istomin

1

4th

3

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

3

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

3

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

8th

L. Mayer

7th

6 ⁴

A. Seppi

2

3

Italy A. Seppi

5

7th

Italy A. Seppi

7th

6th

Brazil J. Souza

3

6th

J. Souza

5

2

WC

M. Jaziri

6th

4th

3

Italy A. Seppi

7th

6th

Croatia I. Dodig

6th

I. Dodig

5

4th

WC

M. Safwat

3

1

Croatia I. Dodig

7th

6th

Q

Germany M. Berrer

1

6th

Q

M. Berrer

6 ¹

2

R. Nadal

6th

3

4th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Austria Alexander Peya Bruno Soares Brazil	1 round
02.	Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Nenad Zimonjić Serbia	1 round
03.	Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah Colombia	Quarter finals
04th	Croatia Ivan Dodig Max Mirny Belarus	1 round