2015 Apia International Sydney

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2015 Apia International Sydney
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
Champions
Men's singles
Viktor Troicki
Women's singles
Petra Kvitová
Men's doubles
Rohan Bopanna / Daniel Nestor
Women's doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza
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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.

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	—	—	—	—	—
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Women's doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	$80,000	$42,100	$22,800	$12,990	$7,655	$4,535	$730	$350	—
Men's doubles*	$24,280	$12,760	$6,920	$3,960	$2,320	—	—	—	—
Women's singles	$124,000	$66,000	$35,455	$19,050	$10,220	$5,580	$2,920	$1,555	$860
Women's doubles*	$39,000	$20,650	$11,360	$5,875	$3,140	—	—	—	—

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

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ITA	Fabio Fognini	19	1
BEL	David Goffin	22	2
GER	Philipp Kohlschreiber	24	3
FRA	Julien Benneteau	25	4
ARG	Leonardo Mayer	28	5
URU	Pablo Cuevas	29	6
FRA	Jérémy Chardy	31	7
SVK	Martin Kližan	34	8

• ¹ Rankings as of January 5, 2015

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Juan Martín del Potro
• Sam Groth
• Marinko Matosevic

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

• Nicolás Almagro

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Mikhail Kukushkin
• Jarkko Nieminen
• Igor Sijsling
• Viktor Troicki

Before the tournament

• Marcel Granollers (knee injury) → replaced by Simone Bolelli

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
FRA	Julien Benneteau	FRA	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	12	1
NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	ROU	Horia Tecău	32	2
IND	Rohan Bopanna	CAN	Daniel Nestor	34	3
PAK	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	SRB	Nenad Zimonjić	37	4

• ¹ Rankings as of January 5, 2015

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• James Duckworth / Chris Guccione
• Nick Kyrgios / Marinko Matosevic

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Simona Halep	3	1
CZE	Petra Kvitová	4	2
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	6	3
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	8	4
GER	Angelique Kerber	9	5
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	10	6
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	11	7
ITA	Flavia Pennetta	12	8

• ¹ Rankings as of January 12, 2015.

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Jarmila Gajdošová
• Daria Gavrilova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Polona Hercog
• Kristina Mladenovic
• Tsvetana Pironkova
• Lesia Tsurenko

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Nicole Gibbs

Before the tournament

• Simona Halep (gastrointestinal illness) → replaced by Nicole Gibbs

• Caroline Wozniacki (wrist injury)
• Madison Keys

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
SUI	Martina Hingis	ITA	Flavia Pennetta	23	1
USA	Raquel Kops-Jones	USA	Abigail Spears	24	2
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	33	3
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	CZE	Květa Peschke	37	4

• ¹ Rankings as of January 12, 2015.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Belinda Bencic / Lucie Šafářová
• Dominika Cibulková / Jarmila Gajdošová
• Arina Rodionova / Olga Savchuk

• Viktor Troicki defeated Mikhail Kukushkin, 6–2, 6–3^[1]

• Petra Kvitová defeated Karolína Plíšková, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(8–6)

• Rohan Bopanna / Daniel Nestor defeated Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)[2]

• Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza defeated Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears, 6–3, 6–3^[3]

• Official website