:2015 Japan Women's Open

{{TennisEventInfo|2015|Japan Women's Open|

| date=September 14–20

| edition=7th

| category=WTA International

| draw = 32S / 16D

| prize_money = US$250,000

| surface=Hard

| location=Tokyo, Japan

| venue=Ariake Coliseum

| champs={{flagicon|BEL}} Yanina Wickmayer

| champd={{flagicon|TPE}} Chan Hao-ching / {{flagicon|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan

}}

The 2015 Japan Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from September 14 through September 20, 2015. The tournament was moved from Osaka to Tokyo starting this year.

Point distribution

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style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"\|Event \| style="width:80px; background:lime;"\|W \| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"\|F \| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"\|SF \| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"\|QF \| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 16 \| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 32 \|width=85 \|Q \|width=85 \|Q3 \|width=85 \|Q2 \|width=85 \|Q1
style="background:#ededed;"\| Singles \|rowspan=2\|280 \|rowspan=2\|180 \|rowspan=2\|110 \|rowspan=2\|60 \|30 \|1 \|18 \|14 \|10 \|1
style="background:#ededed;"\|Doubles \|1 \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}}

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style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event

| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F

| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF

| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32

|width=85 |Q

|width=85 |Q3

|width=85 |Q2

|width=85 |Q1

style="background:#ededed;"| Singles

|rowspan=2|280

|rowspan=2|180

|rowspan=2|110

|rowspan=2|60

|30

|18

|14

|10

style="background:#ededed;"|Doubles

| {{n/a}}

=Prize money=

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width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9|Event

|width=80 bgcolor=lime|W

|width=85 bgcolor=thistle|F

|width=85 bgcolor=ffff00|SF

|width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 16

|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 32¹

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style="background:#ededed;"|Singles

|$43,000

|$21,400

|$11,500

|$6,175

|$3,400

|$2,100

|$1,020

|$600

style="background:#ededed;"|Doubles²

|$12,300

|$6,400

|$3,435

|$1,820

|$960

|{{n/a}}

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

_{² Per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

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width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|ESP}} \|Carla Suárez Navarro \|10 \|1
{{flag\|KAZ}} \|Zarina Diyas \|35 \|2
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Madison Brengle \|47 \|3
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Alison Riske \|57 \|4
{{flag\|SWE}} \|Johanna Larsson \|58 \|5
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Christina McHale \|59 \|6
{{flag\|CRO}} \|Ajla Tomljanović \|63 \|7
{{flag\|SLO}} \|Polona Hercog \|64 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|Carla Suárez Navarro

|10

|35

|47

|57

|58

|59

|63

|64

Rankings are as of August 31, 2015.

=Other entrants=

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|JPN}} Kimiko Date-Krumm
{{flagicon|JPN}} Nao Hibino
{{flagicon|ESP}} Carla Suárez Navarro

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroko Kuwata
{{flagicon|JPN}} Naomi Osaka
{{flagicon|JPN}} Risa Ozaki
{{flagicon|RUS}} Alexandra Panova

=Withdrawals=

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|SVK}} Jana Čepelová → replaced by {{flagicon|NED}} Kiki Bertens
{{flagicon|RUS}} Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by {{flagicon|SRB}} Bojana Jovanovski
{{flagicon|ITA}} Karin Knapp → replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} Misaki Doi
{{flagicon|SVK}} Anna Karolína Schmiedlová → replaced by {{flagicon|TPE}} Hsieh Su-wei
{{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Strýcová → replaced by {{flagicon|UKR}} Kateryna Bondarenko

Doubles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

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width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|TPE}} \|Chan Hao-ching \|{{flag\|TPE}} \|Chan Yung-jan \|42 \|1
{{flag\|TPE}} \|Chuang Chia-jung \|{{flag\|CHN}} \|Liang Chen \|78 \|2
{{flag\|CAN}} \|Gabriela Dabrowski \|{{flag\|POL}} \|Alicja Rosolska \|90 \|3
{{flag\|CHN}} \|Xu Yifan \|{{flag\|CHN}} \|Zheng Saisai \|99 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|TPE}}

|{{flag|TPE}}

|42

|{{flag|CHN}}

|78

|{{flag|POL}}

|90

|{{flag|CHN}}

|99

¹ Rankings are as of August 31, 2015.

=Other entrants=

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|JPN}} Misaki Doi / {{flagicon|JPN}} Kurumi Nara
{{flagicon|JPN}} Eri Hozumi / {{flagicon|JPN}} Miyu Kato

Champions

=Singles=

{{flagicon|BEL}} Yanina Wickmayer def. {{flagicon|POL}} Magda Linette, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/13698005/yanina-wickmayer-beats-magda-linette-3-sets-win-japan-open|title=Yanina Wickmayer beats Magda Linette in 3 sets to win Japan Open|work=ESPN|date=20 September 2015|access-date=18 February 2024}}

=Doubles=

{{flagicon|TPE}} Chan Hao-ching / {{flagicon|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan def. {{flagicon|JPN}} Misaki Doi / {{flagicon|JPN}} Kurumi Nara, 6–1, 6–2

References

External links

{{Official website|www.jw-open.jp}}

Japan Women's Open

Category:Japan Women's Open

Japan Women's Open

Category:September 2015 sports events in Japan