2015 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2015 Dubai Tennis Championships
Final
Champion	Simona Halep
Runner-up	Karolína Plíšková
Score	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Details
Draw	54
Seeds	16
Events

Simona Halep defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2015 Dubai Tennis Championships.

Venus Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Lucie Šafářová.

Seeds

The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.

01.

Simona Halep (champion)

02.

Petra Kvitová (third round)

03.

Caroline Wozniacki (semifinals)

04.

Ana Ivanovic (third round)

05.

Agnieszka Radwańska (third round)

06.

Ekaterina Makarova (quarterfinals)

07.

Angelique Kerber (third round)

08.

Venus Williams (third round)

09.

Andrea Petkovic (second round)

10.

Flavia Pennetta (quarterfinals)

11.

Lucie Šafářová (quarterfinals)

12.

Jelena Janković (second round)

13.

Carla Suárez Navarro (quarterfinals)

14.

Dominika Cibulková (withdrew because of Achilles injury)

15.

Alizé Cornet (third round)

16.

Peng Shuai (second round)

17.

Karolína Plíšková (final)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

The two Antwerp finalists also received a bye into the second round. They were as follows:

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Simona Halep	6	1	7

6	Ekaterina Makarova	3	6	5
					1	Simona Halep	2	6	6

					3	Caroline Wozniacki	6	1	1
3	Caroline Wozniacki	7	6

10/WC	Flavia Pennetta	5	0
										1	Simona Halep	6	7⁷

										17	Karolína Plíšková	4	6⁴
11	Lucie Šafářová	6	6⁵	1

17	Karolína Plíšková	3	7⁷	6
					17	Karolína Plíšková	6	5	7

						Garbiñe Muguruza	4	7	5
	Garbiñe Muguruza	6⁴	6	6

13	Carla Suárez Navarro	7⁷	3	3

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					1	S Halep	6	6
	M Barthel	6⁵	6	3	WC	D Hantuchová	2	0
WC	D Hantuchová	7⁷	3	6						1	S Halep	6	6
	T Pironkova	6	4	6							T Pironkova	4	3
	K Koukalová	3	6	3		T Pironkova	3	6	7⁷
LL	E Vesnina	5	1		16	S Peng	6	4	6⁵
16	S Peng	7	6											1	S Halep	6	1	7
														6	E Makarova	3	6	5
					9	A Petkovic	5	3
	Z Diyas	6	6			Z Diyas	7	6
	A Beck	2	2								Z Diyas	3	4
	H Watson	4	5							6	E Makarova	6	6
Q	K Kozlova	6	7		Q	K Kozlova	3	3
					6	E Makarova	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					3	C Wozniacki	4	6	7
Q	M Lučić-Baroni	3	1			S Stosur	6	1	5
	S Stosur	6	6							3	C Wozniacki	6	6
Q	G Dabrowski	2	7⁹	4						15	A Cornet	4	0
WC	Ç Büyükakçay	6	6⁷	6	WC	Ç Büyükakçay	2	4
	K Flipkens	0	7⁸	3	15	A Cornet	6	6
15	A Cornet	6	6⁶	6											3	C Wozniacki	7	6
10/WC	F Pennetta	2	7⁷	6											10/WC	F Pennetta	5	0
LL	J Görges	6	6³	4	10/WC	F Pennetta	6	7
Q	Q Wang	5	6	7	Q	Q Wang	3	5
	K Nara	7	1	5						10/WC	F Pennetta	6	3	6
	K Kanepi	1^r								7	A Kerber	2	6	1
	S Kuznetsova	4				S Kuznetsova	6⁹	4
					7	A Kerber	7¹¹	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round				Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

				8	V Williams	6	6
	B Bencic	6	6		B Bencic	1	2
	K Knapp	4	4						8	V Williams	4	2
LL	K Siniaková	3	4						11	L Šafářová	6	6
WC	C Dellacqua	6	6	WC	C Dellacqua	7⁸	6⁴	5
	M Puig	1	4	11	L Šafářová	6⁶	7⁷	7
11	L Šafářová	6	6											11	L Šafářová	6	6⁵	1
17	Ka Plíšková	6	6											17	Ka Plíšková	3	7⁷	6
	A Pavlyuchenkova	2	4	17	Ka Plíšková	6	6
	B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	6		B Záhlavová-Strýcová	4	2
Q	Y Beygelzimer	4	2						17	Ka Plíšková	6	4	6
	S Lisicki	6	6						4	A Ivanovic	2	6	4
	M Niculescu	3	4		S Lisicki	0	3
				4	A Ivanovic	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					5	A Radwańska	6	2	6
	C Garcia	6	6			C Garcia	3	6	3
Q	Ar Rodionova	3	2							5	A Radwańska	4	2
Q	J Gajdošová	6	1	2							G Muguruza	6	6
	G Muguruza	3	6	6		G Muguruza	6	6
Q	T Babos	3	6	1	12	J Janković	3	1
12	J Janković	6	4	6												G Muguruza	6⁴	6	6
															13	C Suárez Navarro	7⁷	3	3
					13	C Suárez Navarro	6	6
PR	V Zvonareva	4	2			C Giorgi	3	4
	C Giorgi	6	6							13	C Suárez Navarro	6	4	6
	C Vandeweghe	1^r								2	P Kvitová	3	6	3
	E Svitolina	3				E Svitolina	6	3	2
					2	P Kvitová	2	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Jarmila Gajdošová (qualified)
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (qualified)
Tereza Smitková (first round, retired)
Zhang Shuai (first round, retired)
Julia Görges (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Elena Vesnina (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Kateřina Siniaková (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Zheng Saisai (withdrew)
Marina Erakovic (withdrew, still playing in Pattaya)
Tímea Babos (qualified)
Stefanie Vögele (first round)
Alexandra Dulgheru (qualifying competition)
Wang Qiang (qualified)
Ana Konjuh (first round)
Misaki Doi (withdrew)
Alla Kudryavtseva (first round)
Evgeniya Rodina (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Draw

First qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

1	Jarmila Gajdošová	6	4	6

	Shahar Pe'er	2	6	3
					1	Jarmila Gajdošová	6	6

						Misa Eguchi	2	2
	Misa Eguchi	4	6	6

11	Stefanie Vögele	6	1	4

Second qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

2	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	6	6

Alt	Raquel Kops-Jones	2	4
					2	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	5	6	6

					12	Alexandra Dulgheru	7	2	2
	Yulia Putintseva	6	5	3

12	Alexandra Dulgheru	4	7	6

Third qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

3	Tereza Smitková	6	1	2^r

WC	Arina Rodionova	4	6	4
					WC	Arina Rodionova	6	0

					WC	Anastasia Rodionova	2	1^r
WC	Anastasia Rodionova	6	6

Alt	Alicja Rosolska	1	1

Fourth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

4	Zhang Shuai	3	4^r

	Yuliya Beygelzimer	6	3
					Yuliya Beygelzimer	7	6

				WC	Aleksandrina Naydenova	5	1
WC	Aleksandrina Naydenova	w/o

15	Misaki Doi

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Julia Görges	3	6	6

	Mandy Minella	6	4	3
					5	Julia Görges	4	6	3

						Gabriela Dabrowski	6	3	6
	Gabriela Dabrowski	6	6

16	Alla Kudryavtseva	4	2

Sixth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

6	Elena Vesnina	7⁷	6

Alt	Abigail Spears	6³	3
				6	Elena Vesnina	6⁵	4

					Kateryna Kozlova	7⁷	6
	Kateryna Kozlova	6	6

14	Ana Konjuh	4	3

Seventh qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

7	Kateřina Siniaková	6	4	6

	Ekaterina Bychkova	0	6	1
					7	Kateřina Siniaková	1	6	1

					10	Tímea Babos	6	4	6
	Alexandra Panova	4	4

10	Tímea Babos	6	6

Eighth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

17	Evgeniya Rodina	6	6

WC	Fatma Al-Nabhani	3	1
					17	Evgeniya Rodina	1	6	2

					13	Wang Qiang	6	4	6
	Kristína Kučová	2	6	2

13	Wang Qiang	6	4	6

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