WTA Tour 2015

◄ WTA Tour 2015 ►
Period:	December 2014 - November 2015
Edition:	45
Categories:	Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships (2) WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (35)
successes
Most tournament victories:	Serena Williams (5)
Most of the finals:	Karolína Plíšková (6)
Most prize money:	Serena Williams ($ 10,582,642)
Most points:	Serena Williams (9,945)
Awards
Player of the year:	Serena Williams
Double team of the year:	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
Newcomer of the year:	Timea Bacsinszky
Newcomer of the year:	Daria Gavrilova
Returner of the year:	Venus Williams

The 2015 Grand Slam winners

Australian Open , French Open and Wimbledon Championships :
Serena Williams

US Open :
Flavia Pennetta

The 2015 WTA Tour was the 45th year of the women 's tennis tournament series hosted by the Women's Tennis Association .

Like the Grand Slam tournaments, the Hopman Cup and Fed Cup team competitions are not organized by the WTA but by the ITF . They are listed here, however, as the top players usually play these tournaments as well.

Changes

Compared to 2014, the tournament calendar has seen the following changes:

• The WTA Paris , WTA Ōsaka and WTA Oeiras tournaments were no longer part of the tour.
• The tournaments WTA Antwerp , WTA Tokyo (Kōtō) and WTA Prague were back in the tournament calendar.
• The WTA Nottingham tournament was new to the tournament calendar.

Tournament schedule

category Grand Slam Year-end event Premier Mandatory Premier 5 premier International

Others Hopman Cup Fed Cup

Explanations

The string from e.g. B. 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M has the following meaning:
128E = 128 players play in single
96Q = 96 players play the qualification
64D = 64 pairings play in doubles
32M = 32 pairings play in mixed

January

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
05.01.	Hopman Cup Perth , Australia ITF - A $ Hard Court (indoor)	Agnieszka Radwańska Jerzy Janowicz	Serena Williams John Isner	2: 1
	Shenzhen Open Shenzhen , China International - $ 500,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 15D	Simona Halep	Timea Bacsinszky	6: 2, 6: 2
		Lyudmyla Kitschenok Nadija Kitschenok	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	6: 4, 7: 6 6
	Brisbane International Brisbane , Australia Premier - $ 1,000,000 Hard Court - 30E / 32Q / 16D	Maria Sharapova	Ana Ivanović	6: 7 4 , 6: 3, 6: 3
		Martina Hingis Sabine Lisicki	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik	6: 2, 7: 5
	ASB Classic Auckland , New Zealand International - $ 250,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Venus Williams	Caroline Wozniacki	2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Shūko Aoyama Renata Voráčová	6: 2, 6: 1
12.01.	Apia International Sydney Sydney , Australia Premier - $ 731,000 Hard Court - 30E / 32Q / 16D	Petra Kvitová	Karolína Plíšková	7: 6 5 , 7: 6 6
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6: 3, 6: 3
	Hobart International Hobart , Australia International - $ 250,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 15D	Heather Watson	Madison Brengle	6: 3, 6: 4
		Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	Vitalia Dyachenko Monica Niculescu	7: 5, 6: 3
19.01.	Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam - A $ 40,000,000 Hard Court - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova	6: 3, 7: 6 5
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	6: 4, 7: 6 5
		Martina Hingis Leander Paes	Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor	6: 4, 6: 3

February

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
02.02.	Fed Cup , 1st round Québec (city) , Canada Hard court (indoor) Genoa , Italy Clay court (indoor) Krakow , Poland Hard court (indoor) Stuttgart , Germany Hard court (indoor)	Czech Republic France Russia Germany	Canada Italy Poland Australia	4: 0 3: 2 4: 0 4: 1
02/09	PTT Thailand Open Pattaya , Thailand International - $ 250,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16Q / 16D	Daniela Hantuchová	Ajla Tomljanović	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
		Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Shūko Aoyama Tamarine Tanasu yarn	2: 6, 6: 4, [10: 3]
	BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games Antwerp , Belgium Premier - $ 731,000 Hard Court (Indoor) - 28E / 32Q / 16D	Andrea Petković	Carla Suarez Navarro	without a fight
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	To-Sophie Mestach Alison Van Uytvanck	6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 5]
16.02.	Rio Open Rio de Janeiro , Brazil International - $ 250,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16Q / 16D	Sara Errani	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	7: 6 2 , 6: 1
		Ysaline Bonaventure Rebecca Peterson	Irina-Camelia Begu María Irigoyen	3-0 task
	Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Dubai , United Arab Emirates Premier 5 - $ 2,513,000 Hard Court 54E / 32Q / 16D	Simona Halep	Karolína Plíšková	6: 4, 7: 6 4
		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6: 3, 6: 2
02/23	Qatar Total Open Doha , Qatar Premier - $ 731,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D	Lucie Šafářová	Viktoriya Azaranka	6: 4, 6: 3
		Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Hsieh Su-wei Sania Mirza	6: 4, 6: 4
	Abierto Mexicano TELCEL Acapulco , Mexico International - $ 250,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Timea Bacsinszky	Caroline Garcia	6: 3, 6: 0
		Laura Arruabarrena Vecino María Teresa Torró Flor	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	7: 6 2 , 5: 7, [13:11]

March

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
02.03.	Abierto Monterrey Afirme Monterrey , Mexico International - $ 500,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Timea Bacsinszky	Caroline Garcia	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
		Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska	Anastassija Rodionova Arina Rodionova	6: 3, 2: 6, [10: 3]
	BMW Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia International - $ 250,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Caroline Wozniacki	Alexandra Dulgheru	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
		Liang Chen Wang Yafan	Julija Bejhelsymer Olha Savchuk	4: 6, 6: 3, [10: 4]
09.03.	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells , United States Premier Mandatory - $ 6,157,160 Hard Court - 96E / 48Q / 32D	Simona Halep	Jelena Janković	2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina	6: 3, 6: 4
23.03.	Miami Open Miami , United States Premier Mandatory - $ 5,427,105 Hard Court - 96E / 48Q / 32D	Serena Williams	Carla Suarez Navarro	6: 2, 6: 0
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina	7: 5, 6: 1

April

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
06.04.	Family Circle Cup Charleston , United States Premier - $ 731,000 Clay (Green) - 56E / 48Q / 16D	Angelique Kerber	Madison Keys	6: 2, 4: 6, 7: 5
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	Casey Dellacqua Darija Jurak	6-0, 6-4
	Katowice Open Katowice , Poland International - $ 250,000 Hard Court (Indoor) - 32E / 30Q / 16D	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Camila Giorgi	6: 4, 6: 3
		Ysaline Bonaventure Demi Schuurs	Gioia Barbieri Karin Knapp	7: 5, 4: 6, [10: 6]
April 13th	Claro Open Colsanitas Bogotá , Colombia International - $ 250,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 24Q / 16D	Teliana Pereira	Jaroslawa Schwedowa	7: 6 2 , 6: 1
		Paula Cristina Gonçalves Beatriz Haddad Maia	Irina Falconi Shelby Rogers	6: 3, 3: 6, [10: 6]
April 18	Fed Cup , semifinals Ostrava , Czech Republic Hard court (indoor) Sochi , Russia Clay court (indoor)	Czech Republic Russia	France Germany	3: 1 3: 2
April 20	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart , Germany Premier - $ 731,000 Clay Court (Red) (Indoor) - 28E / 32Q / 16D	Angelique Kerber	Caroline Wozniacki	3: 6, 6: 1, 7: 5
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik	6: 4, 6: 3
04/27	Grand Prix de SAR LA Princesse Lalla Meryem Marrakech , Morocco International - $ 250,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Elina Switolina	Tímea Babos	7: 5, 7: 6 3
		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	Laura Siegemund Maryna Sanewska	6: 1, 7: 6 5
	J&T Banka Prague Open Prague , Czech Republic International - $ 250,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Karolína Plíšková	Lucie Hradecká	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
		Belinda Bencic Kateřina Siniaková	Kateryna Bondarenko Eva Hrdinová	6: 2, 6: 2

May

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04.05	Mutua Madrid Open Madrid , Spain Premier Mandatory - € 4,185,405 Clay Court (red) - 64E / 32Q / 28D	Petra Kvitová	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6: 1, 6: 2
		Casey Dellacqua Jaroslawa Schwedowa	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6: 3, 6: 7 4 , [10: 5]
05/11	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome , Italy Premier 5 - € 2,183,600 Clay Court (red) - 56E / 32Q / 28D	Maria Sharapova	Carla Suarez Navarro	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 1
		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	6: 4, 6: 3
May 18	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg , France International - $ 250,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 21Q / 16D	Samantha Stosur	Kristina Mladenovic	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
		Chuang Chia-jung Liang Chen	Nadija Kitschenok Zheng Saisai	4: 6, 6: 4, [12:10]
	Nürnberger Versicherungscup Nürnberg , Germany International - € 250,000 clay court (red) - 32E / 24Q / 16D	Karin Knapp	Roberta Vinci	7: 6 5 , 4: 6, 6: 1
		Chan Hao-ching Anabel Medina Garrigues	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino Ioana Raluca Olaru	6: 4, 7: 6 5
25.05.	French Open Paris , France Grand Slam - € 28,028,600 clay court (red) - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M	Serena Williams	Lucie Šafářová	6: 3, 6: 7 2 , 6: 2
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	Casey Dellacqua Jaroslawa Schwedowa	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Mike Bryan	Lucie Hradecká Marcin Matkowski	7: 6 3 , 6: 1

June

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
08.06.	Aegon Open Nottingham Nottingham , UK International - $ 250,000 Lawn - 56E / 32Q / 16D	Ana Konjuh	Monica Niculescu	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
		Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	3: 6, 6: 3, [11: 9]
	Topshelf Open ’s-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands International - $ 250,000 Turf - 32E / 16Q / 16D	Camila Giorgi	Belinda Bencic	7: 5, 6: 3
		Asia Muhammad Laura Siegemund	Jelena Janković Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	6: 3, 7: 5
15.06.	Aegon Birmingham Classic Birmingham , UK Premier - $ 731,000 Lawn - 56E / 32Q / 16D	Angelique Kerber	Karolína Plíšková	6: 7 5 , 6: 3, 7: 6 4
		Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6: 4, 6: 4
22.06.	Aegon Eastbourne International Eastbourne , UK Premier - $ 665,900 Lawn - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Belinda Bencic	Agnieszka Radwańska	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 0
		Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	7: 6 5 , 6: 2
29.06.	Wimbledon Championships London , Great Britain Grand Slam - £ Lawn - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M	Serena Williams	Garbiñe Muguruza	6: 4, 6: 4
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina	5: 7, 7: 6 4 , 7: 5
		Martina Hingis Leander Paes	Tímea Babos Alexander Peya	6: 1, 6: 1

July

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
07/13	BRD Bucharest Open Bucharest , Romania International - $ 250,000 Clay Court (red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Sara Errani	7: 6 3 , 6: 3
		Oksana Kalashnikova Demi Schuurs	Andreea Mitu Patricia Maria Țig	6: 2, 6: 2
	Collector Swedish Open Båstad , Sweden International - $ 250,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Johanna Larsson	Mona Barthel	6: 3, 7: 6 2
		Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	Tatjana Maria Olha Savchuk	7: 5, 6: 4
07/20	Nuremberg Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein , Austria International - $ 250,000 Clay Court (red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Samantha Stosur	Karin Knapp	3: 6, 7: 6 3 , 6: 2
		Danka Kovinić Stephanie Vogt	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino Lucie Hradecká	4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 3]
	TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup Istanbul , Turkey International - $ 250,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 24Q / 16D	Lesja Zurenko	Urszula Radwańska	7: 5, 6: 1
		Darja Gavrilowa Elina Switolina	Çağla Büyükakçay Jelena Janković	5: 7, 6: 1, [10: 4]
07/27	Baku Cup Baku , Azerbaijan International - $ 250,000 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D	Margarita Gasparjan	Patricia Maria Țig	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 0
		Margarita Gasparjan Alexandra Panova	Vitalia Dyachenko Olha Savchuk	6: 3, 7: 5
	Brasil Tennis Cup Florianópolis , Brazil International - $ 250,000 Clay Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Teliana Pereira	Annika Beck	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 1
		Annika Beck Laura Siegemund	María Irigoyen Paula Kania	6: 3, 7: 6 1

August

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
03.08.	Bank of the West Classic Stanford , United States Premier - $ 665,900 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D	Angelique Kerber	Karolína Plíšková	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 4
		Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6: 1, 6: 3
	Citi Open Washington DC , United States International - $ 250,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Sloane Stephens	Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	6: 1, 6: 2
		Belinda Bencic Kristina Mladenovic	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino Andreja Klepač	7: 5, 7: 6 7
08/10	Rogers Cup Toronto , Canada Premier 5 - $ 2,377,305 Hard Court - 56E / 48Q / 28D	Belinda Bencic	Simona Halep	7: 6 5 , 6: 7 4 , 3: 0 task
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik	6: 1, 6: 2
08/17	Western & Southern Open Cincinnati , United States Premier 5 - $ 2,400,490 Hard Court - 56E / 48Q / 28D	Serena Williams	Simona Halep	6: 3, 7: 6 5
		Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Casey Dellacqua Jaroslawa Schwedowa	7: 5, 6: 4
08/23	Connecticut Open New Haven , United States Premier - $ 689,063 Hard - 30E / 48Q / 16D	Petra Kvitová	Lucie Šafářová	6: 7 6 , 6: 2, 6: 2
		Julia Görges Lucie Hradecká	Chuang Chia-jung Liang Chen	6: 3, 6: 1
08/31	US Open New York , United States Grand Slam - $ 20,102,700 Hard Court - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M	Flavia Pennetta	Roberta Vinci	7: 6 4 , 6: 2
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	Casey Dellacqua Jaroslawa Schwedowa	6: 3, 6: 3
		Martina Hingis Leander Paes	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sam Querrey	6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 7]

September

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
14.09.	Coupe Banque Nationale Québec , Canada International - $ 250,000 Carpet (Hall) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Annika Beck	Jeļena Ostapenko	6: 2, 6: 2
		Barbora Krejčíková An-Sophie Mestach	María Irigoyen Paula Kania	4: 6, 6: 3, [12:10]
	Japan Women's Open Tennis Tokyo , Japan International - $ 250,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Yanina Wickmayer	Magda Linette	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
		Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Misaki Doi Kurumi Nara	6: 1, 6: 2
09/21	Korea Open Seoul , South Korea International - $ 500,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Irina-Camelia Begu	Aljaksandra Sasnovich	6: 3, 6: 1
		Lara Arruabarrena Vecino Aandreja Klepač	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	2: 6, 6: 3, [10: 6]
	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou , China International - $ 250,000 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D	Jelena Janković	Denisa Allertová	6: 2, 6: 0
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	Xu Shilin You Xiaodi	6: 3, 6: 1
	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo , Japan Premier - $ 1,000,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D	Agnieszka Radwańska	Belinda Bencic	6: 2, 6: 2
		Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	7: 5, 6: 1
28.09.	Wuhan Open Wuhan , China Premier 5 - $ 2,513,000 hard court - 56E / 32Q / 16D	Venus Williams	Garbiñe Muguruza	6: 3, 3: 0 task
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	6: 2, 6: 3
	Tashkent Open Tashkent , Uzbekistan International - $ 250,000 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D	Nao Hibino	Donna Vekic	6: 2, 6: 2
		Margarita Gasparjan Alexandra Panova	Wera Duschewina Kateřina Siniaková	6: 1, 3: 6, [10: 3]

October

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
05.10.	China Open Beijing , China Premier Mandatory - $ 4,720,380 Hard Court - 60E / 32Q / 28D	Garbiñe Muguruza	Timea Bacsinszky	7: 5, 6: 4
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	6: 7 9 , 6: 1, [10: 8]
12.10.	Generali Ladies Linz Linz , Austria International - $ 250,000 Hard Court (Indoor) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	Anna-Lena Friedsam	6: 4, 6: 3
		Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6: 3, 7: 5
	Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open Hong Kong , China International - $ 426,750 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D	Jelena Janković	Angelique Kerber	3: 6, 7: 6 4 , 6: 1
		Alizé Cornet Jaroslawa Schwedowa	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino Andreja Klepač	7: 5, 6: 4
	Tianjin Open Tianjin , China International - $ 426,750 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Agnieszka Radwańska	Danka Kovinić	6: 1, 6: 2
		Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai	Darija Jurak Nicole Melichar	6: 2, 3: 6, [10: 8]
19.10.	Kremlin Cup Moscow , Russia Premier - $ 750,000 Hard Court (Indoor) - 28E / 32Q / 16D	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	6: 2, 6: 1
		Darja Kassatkina Jelena Wesnina	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	6: 3, 6: 7 7 , [10: 5]
	BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open Luxembourg City , Luxembourg International - $ 250,000 Hard Court (Indoor) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Misaki Doi	Mona Barthel	6: 4, 6: 7 7 , 6: 0
		Mona Barthel Laura Siegemund	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6: 2, 7: 6 2
10/26	WTA Championships Singapore Year End Event - $ 7,000,000 Hard Court - 8E / 8D	Agnieszka Radwańska	Petra Kvitová	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	Carla Suárez Navarro Garbiñe Muguruza	6: 0, 6: 3

November

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
11/02	WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai , China Year-End Event - $ 2,150,000 Hard Court ( Indoor ) - 12E / 6D	Venus Williams	Karolína Plíšková	7: 5, 7: 6 6
		Liang Chen Wang Yafan	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6: 4, 6: 3
11/14	Fed Cup , Final Prague , Czech Republic hard court (indoor)	Czech Republic	Russia	3: 2

¹ the date is always the Monday of the corresponding week

Resignations

The following players ended their tennis careers in 2015:

•  Natalie Grandin - January 2015
•  Chanelle Scheepers - May 11, 2015
•  Lisa Raymond - September 9, 2015
•  Patricia Mayr-Achleitner - October 2015
•  Ashleigh Barty - Oct 14, 2015
•  Flavia Pennetta - October 29, 2015
•  Xenija Pervak - November 5, 2015
•  Julie Coin - November 11, 2015
•  Marta Domachowska - December 5th, 2015

Money ranking

A total of US $ 129 million in prize money was awarded on the WTA Tour in 2015. In addition to the tournament prize money, the WTA transferred a total of 2,400,000 US dollars as bonus payments to the players.

The top 30 earners of the 2015 season (in US dollars)

space	Player	singles	Double	Mixed	bonus	total
1.	Serena Williams	10,582,642				10,582,642
2.	Simona Halep	3,890,231	22,896	5,000	650,000	4,568,127
3.	Garbiñe Muguruza	4,168,418	329,890			4,498,308
4th	Agnieszka Radwańska	4,062,293			350,000	4,412,293
5.	Flavia Pennetta	4,174,427	231,578			4,406,005
6th	Maria Sharapova	3,949,284				3,949,284
7th	Petra Kvitová	3,038,722			250,000	3,288,722
8th.	Lucie Šafářová	2,195,988	750.273			2,946,261
9.	Venus Williams	2,336,419			68,000	2,404,419
10.	Roberta Vinci	2.220.284	89,537			2,309,821
11.	Carla Suarez Navarro	1,601,788	331.917			2,001,705
12.	Timea Bacsinszky	1,924,915	38,730			1,963,645
13.	Ana Ivanović	1,390,943	7,779		500,000	1,898,722
14th	Angelique Kerber	1,664,499	8,548		225,000	1,898,047
15th	Martina Hingis		1,532,881	223,519		1,756,400
16.	Ekaterina Makarova	1,288,897	416,541			1,705,438
17th	Madison Keys	1,654,691	35,555	2,440		1,692,686
18th	Karolína Plíšková	1,520,550	137.605			1,658,155
19th	Sania Mirza		1,535,934	30,269		1,566,203
20th	Belinda Bencic	1,407,660	70,412	2,500		1,480,572
21st	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	535,543	777.769	125.014		1,438,326
22nd	Kristina Mladenovic	941.083	439,599	45.910		1,426,592
23.	Viktoriya Azaranka	1,366,764	2,893			1,369,657
24.	Caroline Wozniacki	1,129,338			225,000	1,354,338
25th	Elina Switolina	1,293,085	14,881	8,610		1,316,576
26th	Jelena Janković	1,234,089	71,660			1,314,749
27.	Sara Errani	1,178,769	116.258			1,295,027
28.	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1,095,780	41,023			1,136,803
29	Andrea Petković	1,034,828	50.107			1,084,935
30th	Sabine Lisicki	942.290	63,594			1,005,884

All players who earned more than one million US dollars in prize money in the 2015 season are taken into account.

See also

• ATP World Tour 2015

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WTA Mediaguide 2015 (wtatennis.com, accessed January 5, 2016)
2. ↑ WTA tournament calendar 2015 (wtatennis.com, accessed on January 5, 2016)
3. ↑ WTA Elite Trophy To Debut In Zhuhai. Retrieved October 10, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Chanelle Scheepers is stepping down - and starting her second career , tennisnet.com. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
5. ↑ Two tour veterans end their careers , tennisnet.com from September 9, 2015. Accessed September 9, 2015.
6. ↑ [1]
7. ↑ Cricket instead of tennis - Australia is losing its greatest talent for women , tennisnet.com from October 14, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
8. ↑ “Ciao Bella!” - Maria Sharapova sends Flavia Pennetta into tennis retirement. October 29, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Coming out, или Переворачивая страницу (Russian), championat.com, November 5, 2015. Accessed December 23, 2015.
10. ↑ Limoges: Clap de fin pour Julie Coin (French), lequipe.fr of November 11, 2015. Accessed December 24, 2015.
11. ↑ Marta Domachowska zakończyła karierę! (Polish), sportowefakty.wp.pl from December 11, 2015. Accessed December 24, 2015.
12. ↑ WTA prize money leaders (wtatennis.com, accessed August 20, 2017)