2015 Apia International Sydney

{{Infobox tennis event|2015|Apia International Sydney| |

| logo =

| logo_size = 200px

| date=11–17 January 2015

| edition=123rd

| category = ATP World Tour 250 series / WTA Premier

| draw=32S / 16D

| prize_money=$494,310 (men)
$731,000 (women)

| surface=Hard

| location=Sydney, Australia

| venue=NSW Tennis Centre

| champms={{flagicon|SRB}} Viktor Troicki

| champws={{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová

| champmd={{flagicon|IND}} Rohan Bopanna / {{flagicon|CAN}} Daniel Nestor

| champwd={{flagicon|USA}} Bethanie Mattek-Sands / {{flagicon|IND}} Sania Mirza

| main_name = Sydney International

}}

The 2015 Apia International Sydney was a joint 2015 ATP World Tour and 2015 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales. It was the 123rd edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia. It was held from 11 January through 17 January 2015 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the 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:#f5f5f5;"\| Men's singles \|rowspan=2\|250 \|rowspan=2\|150 \|rowspan=2\|90 \|rowspan=2\|45 \|20 \|0 \|12 \|6 \|0 \|0
style="background:#f5f5f5;"\| Men's doubles \| 0 \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}}
style="background:#f5f5f5;"\| Women's singles \|rowspan=2\|470 \|rowspan=2\|305 \|rowspan=2\|185 \|rowspan=2\|100 \|55 \|1 \|25 \|18 \|13 \|1
style="background:#f5f5f5;"\| Women's 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:#f5f5f5;"| Men's singles

|rowspan=2|250

|rowspan=2|150

|rowspan=2|90

|rowspan=2|45

|20

|12

style="background:#f5f5f5;"| Men's doubles

| 0

| {{n/a}}

style="background:#f5f5f5;"| Women's singles

|rowspan=2|470

|rowspan=2|305

|rowspan=2|185

|rowspan=2|100

|55

|25

|18

|13

style="background:#f5f5f5;"| Women's doubles

| 1

| {{n/a}}

Prize money

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

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 32¹

|width=85|Q3

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style="background:#f5f5f5;"|Men's singles

|$80,000

|$42,100

|$22,800

|$12,990

|$7,655

|$4,535

|$730

|$350

| {{n/a}}

style="background:#f5f5f5;"|Men's doubles*

|$24,280

|$12,760

|$6,920

|$3,960

|$2,320

| {{n/a}}

style="background:#f5f5f5;"|Women's singles

|$124,000

|$66,000

|$35,455

|$19,050

|$10,220

|$5,580

|$2,920

|$1,555

|$860

style="background:#f5f5f5;"|Women's doubles*

|$39,000

|$20,650

|$11,360

|$5,875

|$3,140

| {{n/a}}

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

_{*per team}

ATP singles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

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!width=70|Country

!width=175|Player

!Rank¹

!Seed

|Fabio Fognini

|19

|David Goffin

|22

|Philipp Kohlschreiber

|24

|25

|28

|29

|31

|34

¹ Rankings as of January 5, 2015

= Other entrants =

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Martín del Potro
{{flagicon|AUS}} Sam Groth
{{flagicon|AUS}} Marinko Matosevic

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

{{flagicon|ESP}} Nicolás Almagro

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|KAZ}} Mikhail Kukushkin
{{flagicon|FIN}} Jarkko Nieminen
{{flagicon|NED}} Igor Sijsling
{{flagicon|SRB}} Viktor Troicki

= Withdrawals =

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|ESP}} Marcel Granollers (knee injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Bolelli

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|FRA}} \|Julien Benneteau \|{{flag\|FRA}} \|Édouard Roger-Vasselin \|12 \|1
style="background:#fcc;" \|{{flag\|NED}} \|Jean-Julien Rojer \|{{flag\|ROU}} \|Horia Tecău \|32 \|2
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|IND}} \|Rohan Bopanna \|{{flag\|CAN}} \|Daniel Nestor \|34 \|3
{{flag\|PAK}} \|Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi \|{{flag\|SRB}} \|Nenad Zimonjić \|37 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|Julien Benneteau

|{{flag|FRA}}

|Édouard Roger-Vasselin

|12

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flag|NED}}

|Jean-Julien Rojer

|{{flag|ROU}}

|Horia Tecău

|32

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|IND}}

|Rohan Bopanna

|{{flag|CAN}}

|Daniel Nestor

|34

|Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

|{{flag|SRB}}

|Nenad Zimonjić

|37

¹ Rankings as of January 5, 2015

= Other entrants =

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|AUS}} James Duckworth / {{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Guccione
{{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios / {{flagicon|AUS}} Marinko Matosevic

WTA singles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"

!width=70|Country

!width=175|Player

!Rank¹

!Seed

~~{{flag|ROU}}~~

|~~Simona Halep~~

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|CZE}}

|10

|11

|12

¹ Rankings as of January 12, 2015.

= Other entrants =

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|AUS}} Jarmila Gajdošová
{{flagicon|RUS}} Daria Gavrilova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|SLO}} Polona Hercog
{{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic
{{flagicon|BUL}} Tsvetana Pironkova
{{flagicon|UKR}} Lesia Tsurenko

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

{{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Gibbs

= Withdrawals =

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Halep (gastrointestinal illness) → replaced by Nicole Gibbs

= Retirements =

{{flagicon|DEN}} Caroline Wozniacki (wrist injury)
{{flagicon|USA}} Madison Keys

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|SUI}} \|Martina Hingis \|{{flag\|ITA}} \|Flavia Pennetta \|23 \|1
style="background:#fcc;" \|{{flagu\|USA}} \|Raquel Kops-Jones \|{{flagu\|USA}} \|Abigail Spears \|24 \|2
~~{{flag\|ESP}}~~ \|~~Garbiñe Muguruza~~ \|~~{{flag\|ESP}}~~ \|~~Carla Suárez Navarro~~ \|33 \|3
{{flag\|TPE}} \|Chan Hao-ching \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Květa Peschke \|37 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|Martina Hingis

|{{flag|ITA}}

|Flavia Pennetta

|23

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flagu|USA}}

|Raquel Kops-Jones

|{{flagu|USA}}

|Abigail Spears

|24

~~{{flag|ESP}}~~

|~~Garbiñe Muguruza~~

|~~{{flag|ESP}}~~

|~~Carla Suárez Navarro~~

|33

|Chan Hao-ching

|{{flag|CZE}}

|Květa Peschke

|37

¹ Rankings as of January 12, 2015.

= Other entrants =

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|SUI}} Belinda Bencic / {{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Šafářová
{{flagicon|SVK}} Dominika Cibulková / {{flagicon|AUS}} Jarmila Gajdošová
{{flagicon|AUS}} Arina Rodionova / {{flagicon|UKR}} Olga Savchuk

Finals

= Men's singles =

{{flagicon|SRB}} Viktor Troicki defeated {{flagicon|KAZ}} Mikhail Kukushkin, 6–2, 6–3{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/2015/01/17/troicki-beats-kukushkin-in-1st-atp-final-with-2-qualifiers/21910647/|title=Troicki beats Kukushkin in 1st ATP final with 2 qualifiers|work=USA Today|date=17 January 2015|access-date=19 February 2024}}

= Women's singles =

{{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová defeated {{flagicon|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(8–6)

= Men's doubles =

{{flagicon|IND}} Rohan Bopanna / {{flagicon|CAN}} Daniel Nestor defeated {{flagicon|NED}} Jean-Julien Rojer / {{flagicon|ROU}} Horia Tecău, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5){{cite news|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/tennis/rohan-bopanna-daniel-nestor-win-sydney-international-1506574|title=Rohan Bopanna-Daniel Nestor Win Sydney International|work=NDTV Sports|date=17 January 2015|access-date=19 February 2024}}

= Women's doubles =

{{flagicon|USA}} Bethanie Mattek-Sands / {{flagicon|IND}} Sania Mirza defeated {{flagicon|USA}} Raquel Kops-Jones / {{flagicon|USA}} Abigail Spears, 6–3, 6–3{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/sania-mirza-wins-first-title-of-season-with-bethanie/articleshow/45912740.cms|title=Sania Mirza wins first title of season with Bethanie|work=The Times of India|date=16 January 2015|access-date=19 February 2024}}

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.apiainternational.com.au/}}

Apia International Sydney, 2015