2015 Aegon Classic
Date15–21 June
Edition34th
CategoryWTA Premier
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$731,000
SurfaceGrass
LocationBirmingham, United Kingdom
VenueEdgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Germany Angelique Kerber
Doubles
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro

The 2015 Aegon Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 34th edition of the event, and the second edition of the event as a Premier tournament on the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, from 15 June until 21 June 2015. Fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber won the singles title.

Sabine Lisicki set the WTA Tour record for the most aces hit in a women's singles match at this tournament, hitting 27 aces in her second-round win over Belinda Bencic on 17 June 2015.[1]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Singles 470 305 185 100 55 30 1 25 13 1
Doubles 1 — — — — —

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
Singles $124,000 $66,000 $32,525 $16,725 $8,670 $4,440 $2,280 $1,035 $620
Doubles $39,000 $20,650 $11,360 $5,785 $3,140 — — — —

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ROU Simona Halep 3 1
 SRB Ana Ivanovic 6 2
 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 9 3
 GER Angelique Kerber 10 4
 CAN Eugenie Bouchard 11 5
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 12 6
 GER Andrea Petkovic 14 7
 GER Sabine Lisicki 19 8
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 21 9
 CZE Barbora Strýcová 22 10
 FRA Alizé Cornet 25 11
 BLR Victoria Azarenka 26 12
 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 28 13
 ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 29 14
 SRB Jelena Janković 30 15
 FRA Caroline Garcia 31 16
  • 1 Rankings as of June 8, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 AUS Casey Dellacqua  IND Sania Mirza 17 1
 HUN Tímea Babos  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 17 2
 USA Raquel Kops-Jones  USA Abigail Spears 28 3
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 36 4
  • 1 Rankings as of June 8, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Finals

Singles

Doubles

References

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