2015 İstanbul Cup

2015 İstanbul Cup
Date	July 20–27
Edition	8th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Champions
Singles
Lesia Tsurenko
Doubles
Daria Gavrilova / Elina Svitolina

The 2015 İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the İstanbul Cup, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from July 20 through July 27, 2015.^[1]

Points and prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Women's doubles					1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
Women's doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
USA	Venus Williams	15	1
UKR	Elina Svitolina	17	2
SRB	Jelena Janković	25	3
FRA	Alizé Cornet	28	4
ITA	Camila Giorgi	31	5
RUS	Daria Gavrilova	39	6
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	40	7
BUL	Tsvetana Pironkova	42	8

• Rankings are as of July 13, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Çağla Büyükakçay
• Alizé Cornet
• İpek Soylu

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kateryna Bondarenko
• Margarita Gasparyan
• Jeļena Ostapenko
• Alexandra Panova
• Olga Savchuk
• Anna Tatishvili

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Belinda Bencic → replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova
• Alexandra Dulgheru → replaced by Yanina Wickmayer
• Kristina Mladenovic → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
• Monica Niculescu → replaced by Elizaveta Kulichkova
• Flavia Pennetta → replaced by Vitalia Diatchenko

Retirements

• Anna Tatishvili

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	44	1
RUS	Margarita Gasparyan	RUS	Alexandra Panova	133	2
GEO	Oksana Kalashnikova	UKR	Nadiia Kichenok	151	3
RUS	Vitalia Diatchenko	UKR	Olga Savchuk	170	4

• ¹ Rankings as of July 6, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doublesmain draw:

• Ayla Aksu / Melis Sezer
• Anett Kontaveit / Elizaveta Kulichkova

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Daria Gavrilova / Elina Svitolina

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Anna Tatishvili

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2015 İstanbul Cup – Singles

• Lesia Tsurenko def. Urszula Radwańska, 7–5, 6–1

Doubles

Main article: 2015 İstanbul Cup – Doubles

• Daria Gavrilova / Elina Svitolina def. Çağla Büyükakçay / Jelena Janković, 5–7, 6–1, [10–4]

References

1. "İSTANBUL CUP'TA ŞAMPİYON TSURENKO". eurosport.com.tr. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

External links

• Official website