2015 Aegon Classic

2015 Aegon Classic
2015 Aegon Classic
Date	15–21 June
Edition	34th
Category	WTA Premier
Draw	56S / 16D
Prize money	$731,000
Surface	Grass
Location	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue	Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
	Angelique Kerber
Doubles
	Garbiñe Muguruza ; 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	470	305	185	100	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:

Petra Cetkovská

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Zheng Saisai

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Timea Bacsinszky →replaced by Tereza Smitková
Mona Barthel →replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
Madison Brengle →replaced by Monica Niculescu
Dominika Cibulková →replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
Camila Giorgi (right hip injury) →replaced by Zheng Saisai
Madison Keys →replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
Peng Shuai →replaced by Lauren Davis
Lucie Šafářová →replaced by Christina McHale
Yaroslava Shvedova →replaced by Bojana Jovanovski

During the tournament

Victoria Azarenka (left foot injury)