2015 Apia International Sydney

2015 Apia International Sydney
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

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

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	250	150	90	45	0	—	—	—	—	—
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Women's doubles	470	305	185	100	1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

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}

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

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

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

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:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Marcel Granollers (knee injury) → replaced by Simone Bolelli

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

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

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

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.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Nicole Gibbs

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Simona Halep (gastrointestinal illness) → replaced by Nicole Gibbs

Retirements

Caroline Wozniacki (wrist injury)
Madison Keys

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

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