2015 Brisbane International

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2015 Brisbane International
Date	4 – 11 January 2015
Edition	7th
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Tennyson, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Venue	Queensland Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's Singles
Roger Federer
Women's Singles
Maria Sharapova
Men's Doubles
Jamie Murray / John Peers
Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis / Sabine Lisicki

The 2015 Brisbane International was a tournament of the 2015 ATP World Tour and 2015 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 4 to 11 January 2015. It was part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.

It was announced on 1 September 2014 that Roger Federer had again committed to the event.^[1] Federer and Sharapova won the singles titles.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's Singles	250	150	90	45	20	0	12	6	0	0
Men's Doubles					0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Women's Singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Women's Doubles					1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^1	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's Singles	$82,040	$43,210	$23,405	$13,335	$7,860	$4,655	$750	$360	N/A
Men's Doubles *	$24,920	$13,100	$7,100	$4,060	$2,380	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Women's Singles	$195,026	$104,014	$55,827	$22,141	$11,874	$6,477	$3,327	$1,770	$1,003
Women's Doubles *	$45,576	$23,987	$13,194	$6,716	$3,640	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team}

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed[2]
SUI	Roger Federer	2	1
JPN	Kei Nishikori	5	2
CAN	Milos Raonic	8	3
BUL	Grigor Dimitrov	11	4
RSA	Kevin Anderson	16	5
FRA	Gilles Simon	21	6
UKR	Alexandr Dolgopolov	23	7
FRA	Julien Benneteau	25	8

• ¹ Rankings as of December 29, 2014.^[3]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• James Duckworth
• Thanasi Kokkinakis
• John Millman

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Łukasz Kubot
• Denis Kudla
• Marius Copil
• Rhyne Williams

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Marin Čilić →replaced by Andrey Golubev
• Donald Young →replaced by Marinko Matosevic
• Juan Martín del Potro →replaced by Sam Groth

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed[2]
NLD	Jean-Julien Rojer	ROU	Horia Tecău	32	1
IND	Rohan Bopanna	CAN	Daniel Nestor	34	2
SWE	Robert Lindstedt	POL	Marcin Matkowski	40	3
USA	Eric Butorac	AUS	Sam Groth	51	4

• ¹ Rankings as of December 29, 2014.^[4]

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Grigor Dimitrov / Thanasi Kokkinakis
• James Duckworth / Marinko Matosevic

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed[5]
RUS	Maria Sharapova	2	1
SRB	Ana Ivanovic	7	2
GER	Angelique Kerber	9	3
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	11	4
GER	Andrea Petkovic	13	5
SRB	Jelena Janković	16	6
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	17	7
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza[6]	20	8

• ¹ Rankings as of January 5, 2015.^[7]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:^[5]

• Jarmila Gajdošová
• Ajla Tomljanović

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:^[5]

• Madison Brengle
• Daria Gavrilova
• Yaroslava Shvedova
• Lesia Tsurenko

The following player received entry as lucky loser:^[5]

• Alla Kudryavtseva

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Camila Giorgi (mouth injury) →replaced by Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Garbiñe Muguruza (ankle injury) →replaced by Alla Kudryavtseva

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed[5]
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	IND	Sania Mirza	11	1
USA	Raquel Kops-Jones	USA	Abigail Spears	24	2
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	CZE	Květa Peschke	36	3
FRA	Caroline Garcia	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	36	4

• ¹ Rankings as of December 29, 2014.^[7]

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:^[5]

• Ana Ivanovic / Angelique Kerber
• Mirjana Lučić-Baroni / Lisa Raymond
• Daria Gavrilova / Storm Sanders

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Ana Ivanovic (abdominal injury)

Champions

Men's Singles

• Roger Federer def. Milos Raonic, 6–4, 6–7^(2–7), 6–4.^[8]

Women's Singles

• Maria Sharapova def. Ana Ivanovic, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 6–3.^[9]

Men's Doubles

• Jamie Murray / John Peers def. Alexandr Dolgopolov / Kei Nishikori, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4).^[10]

Women's Doubles

• Martina Hingis / Sabine Lisicki def. Caroline Garcia / Katarina Srebotnik, 6–2, 7–5.^[11]

References

1. Roger Federer makes good on promise to play in Brisbane. The Courier Mail. 1 September 2014.
2. "Men's - 2015 Brisbane". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
3. "ATP Singles Rankings 29 December 2014". Association of Tennis Professionals. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
4. "ATP Doubles Rankings 29 December 2014". Association of Tennis Professionals. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
5. "Women's - 2015 Brisbane International". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
6. Malone, Paul (5 January 2015). "Brisbane International 2015: Eighth seed Garbine Muguruza withdraws". Fox Sports. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
7. "WTA Rankings Search 5 January 2015". Women's Tennis Association. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
8. "Roger Federer in 1,000th career win with Brisbane International title". BBC Sport. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
9. "Maria Sharapova Beats Ana Ivanovic for Title in Brisbane". New York Times. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
10. "Jamie Murray & John Peers win Brisbane International title". BBC Sport. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
11. "Tennis: Lisicki und Hingis triumphieren in Brisbane" (in German). Spiegel Online. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.

External links

• Official website