2015 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2015 Western & Southern Open
Final
Champion	Serena Williams
Runner-up	Simona Halep
Score	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Details
Draw	56
Seeds	16
Events

Defending champion Serena Williams defeated Simona Halep in the final, 6–3, 7–6^(7–5) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2015 Cincinnati Masters.

Seeds

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

01.

Serena Williams (champion)

02.

Maria Sharapova (withdrew because of a right leg injury)

03.

Simona Halep (final)

04.

Petra Kvitová (second round)

05.

Caroline Wozniacki (second round)

06.

Ana Ivanovic (quarterfinals)

07.

Lucie Šafářová (quarterfinals)

08.

Karolína Plíšková (third round)

09.

Garbiñe Muguruza (first round)

10.

Carla Suárez Navarro (first round)

11.

Angelique Kerber (first round)

12.

Timea Bacsinszky (first round)

13.

Agnieszka Radwańska (first round)

14.

Elina Svitolina (semifinals)

15.

Andrea Petkovic (third round)

16.

Sara Errani (first round)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Serena Williams	3	6	6

6	Ana Ivanovic	6	4	2
					1	Serena Williams	6	6

					14	Elina Svitolina	4	3
14	Elina Svitolina	6	2	6

7	Lucie Šafářová	4	6	0
									1	Serena Williams	6	7⁷

									3	Simona Halep	3	6⁵
	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6³	2

3	Simona Halep	7⁷	6
					3	Simona Halep	6	6

						Jelena Janković	1	2
	Jelena Janković	6	6

Q	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	4	2

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					1	S Williams	7	6
Q	L Hradecká	5	6	1		T Pironkova	5	3
	T Pironkova	7	3	6						1	S Williams	6	6
	K Knapp	7	6								K Knapp	0	2
Q	A Konjuh	5	1			K Knapp	6	6
	D Gavrilova	6	4	6		D Gavrilova	4	1
16	S Errani	1	6	2											1	S Williams	3	6	6
10	C Suárez Navarro	1	2												6	A Ivanovic	6	4	2
	S Stephens	6	6			S Stephens	3	7⁷	6
Q	M Barthel	2	6	7⁷	Q	M Barthel	6	6¹	2
Q	C Dellacqua	6	3	6⁴							S Stephens	6	4	1
	Z Diyas	6⁶	4							6	A Ivanovic	2	6	6
	V Williams	7⁸	6			V Williams
					6	A Ivanovic	w/o

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					4	P Kvitová	5	6	2
	C Garcia	3	6	6		C Garcia	7	4	6
	S Lisicki	6	3	4							C Garcia	0	3
Q	K Bondarenko	6²	6⁵							14	E Svitolina	6	6
	E Bouchard	7⁷	7⁷			E Bouchard	6⁶	5
WC	A Riske	2	6	0	14	E Svitolina	7⁸	7
14	E Svitolina	6	4	6										14	E Svitolina	6	2	6
11	A Kerber	5	3											7	L Šafářová	4	6	0
	B Bencic	7	6			B Bencic	6	6
	F Pennetta	7	6			F Pennetta	1	4
PR	D Cibulková	5	2								B Bencic	2	0^r
WC	C Vandeweghe	6	6							7	L Šafářová	6	0
Q	Y Putintseva	3	2		WC	C Vandeweghe	4	5
					7	L Šafářová	6	7

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					5	C Wozniacki	0	4
	V Azarenka	6	6			V Azarenka	6	6
Q	L Davis	1	2								V Azarenka	6	0^r
	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	0	6							A Pavlyuchenkova	1	3
	R Vinci	3	6	2		A Pavlyuchenkova	2	6	6
Q	Y Shvedova	6	7⁷		Q	Y Shvedova	6	3	2
9	G Muguruza	4	6⁰													A Pavlyuchenkova	6³	2
15	A Petkovic	6	6												3	S Halep	7⁷	6
Q	J Görges	4	2		15	A Petkovic	5	6	6
	C Giorgi	5	6	6		C Giorgi	7	3	3
Q	C McHale	7	3	2						15	A Petkovic	6	4	2
	K Mladenovic	6	6							3	S Halep	4	6	6
WC	D Hantuchová	2	1			K Mladenovic	5	7	4
					3	S Halep	7	5	6

Section 4

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

					8	Ka Plíšková	6	7
	S Stosur	6⁶	6	5	Q	T Babos	4	5
Q	T Babos	7⁸	4	7					8	Ka Plíšková	2	6	5
	M Brengle	6	4	2						J Janković	6	3	7
	J Janković	4	6	6		J Janković	7⁷	6
	M Keys	6	6			M Keys	6⁴	4
12	T Bacsinszky	4	3												J Janković	6	6
13	A Radwańska	6	3	1										Q	AK Schmiedlová	4	2
Q	AK Schmiedlová	4	6	6	Q	AK Schmiedlová	6	6
	I-C Begu	6	6			I-C Begu	1	3
	A Cornet	4	4						Q	AK Schmiedlová	6	3	6
	B Strýcová	6	5	6⁶						V Lepchenko	3	6	4
	V Lepchenko	2	7	7⁸		V Lepchenko	7	6
					LL	M Lučić-Baroni	5	4

Qualifying

Seeds

Monica Niculescu (first round)
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (qualified)
Johanna Larsson (first round)
Magdaléna Rybáriková (first round)
Alexandra Dulgheru (first round)
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Alison Van Uytvanck (withdrew)
Annika Beck (first round)
Carina Witthöft (first round)
Lucie Hradecká (qualified)
Christina McHale (qualified)
Mona Barthel (qualified)
Julia Görges (qualified)
Casey Dellacqua (qualified)
Aleksandra Krunić (first round)
Tatjana Maria (qualifying competition)
Heather Watson (first round)
Polona Hercog (qualifying competition)
Lara Arruabarrena (first round)
Kurumi Nara (qualifying competition, retired)
Andreea Mitu (first round)
Irina Falconi (qualifying competition)
Jarmila Gajdošová (first round)
Olga Govortsova (qualifying competition)
Yulia Putintseva (qualified)

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Mirjana Lučić-Baroni

Draw

First qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

1	Monica Niculescu	6	6⁷	6⁹

	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	3	7⁹	7¹¹
						Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6²	4

						Tímea Babos	7⁷	6
	Tímea Babos	6	1	6

17	Heather Watson	2	6	3

Second qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

2	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	1	6	6

WC	Taylor Townsend	6	0	2
					2	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	6	6

					24	Olga Govortsova	4	2
WC	Sachia Vickery	6³	6⁰

24	Olga Govortsova	7⁷	7⁷

Third qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

3	Johanna Larsson	0	6²

	Ana Konjuh	6	7⁷
					Ana Konjuh	5	7⁷	6

					Misaki Doi	7	6³	3
	Misaki Doi	6	6

15	Aleksandra Krunić	2	0

Fourth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

4	Magdaléna Rybáriková	7	4	3

	Sesil Karatantcheva	5	6	6
						Sesil Karatantcheva	4	6⁷

					13	Julia Görges	6	7⁹
	Urszula Radwańska	4	6	5

13	Julia Görges	6	4	7

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Alexandra Dulgheru	7⁷	1	3

	Jana Čepelová	6⁵	6	6
						Jana Čepelová	3	0

						Kateryna Bondarenko	6	6
	Kateryna Bondarenko	6	6

19	Lara Arruabarrena	1	4

Sixth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

6	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	7⁹	6

	Hsieh Su-wei	6⁷	3
				6	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	4	6	3

				14	Casey Dellacqua	6	2	6
WC	Alexa Glatch	6⁴	2

14	Casey Dellacqua	7⁷	6

Seventh qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

25	Yulia Putintseva	6	6

WC	Louisa Chirico	0	4
				25	Yulia Putintseva	7	1

				20	Kurumi Nara	5	0^r
	Marina Erakovic	4	3

20	Kurumi Nara	6	6

Eighth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

8	Annika Beck	2	4

WC	Nicole Gibbs	6	6
					WC	Nicole Gibbs	6¹	4

						Lauren Davis	7⁷	6
	Lauren Davis	5	6	6

21	Andreea Mitu	7	2	3

Ninth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

9	Carina Witthöft	4	4

	Mariana Duque Mariño	6	6
					Mariana Duque Mariño	1	4

					Yaroslava Shvedova	6	6
	Yaroslava Shvedova	6	7

23	Jarmila Gajdošová	4	5

Tenth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

10	Lucie Hradecká	6	6

	Monica Puig	4	4
				10	Lucie Hradecká	6	6

				16	Tatjana Maria	4	4
	Evgeniya Rodina	4	2

16	Tatjana Maria	6	6

Eleventh qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

11	Christina McHale	6⁵	6	6

	Kristýna Plíšková	7⁷	4	1
					11	Christina McHale	7¹¹	2	6

					18	Polona Hercog	6⁹	6	4
Alt	Tamira Paszek	3	3

18	Polona Hercog	6	6

Twelfth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

12	Mona Barthel	6	6

	Elena Vesnina	1	2
				12	Mona Barthel	6	6

				22	Irina Falconi	4	1
WC	Jennifer Brady	1	3

22	Irina Falconi	6	6

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2015 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

Ninth qualifier

Tenth qualifier

Eleventh qualifier

Twelfth qualifier

References

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