2015 US Open – Women's singles

July 2023 July 2023 2015 US Open ITA Flavia Pennetta ITA Roberta Vinci 7–6(7–4), 6–2 128 (16 Q Qualifiers / 8 WC Wild Cards) 32 US Open – Women's singles US Open – Women's singles 2015 US Open (tennis) Flavia Pennetta defeated Roberta Vinci in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2015 US Open.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/12/flavia-pennetta-us-open-roberta-vinci-match-report Flavia Pennetta wins US Open with straight-sets victory over Roberta Vinci 12 September 2015 Guardian 15 September 2015 It was her first and only major singles title, becoming the first woman to win her first major title after turning 30 years old. Pennetta was competing in her 49th major main draw, setting a record for the most appearances in major main draws before reaching a final. This also marked Pennetta's last major appearance, as she retired from the sport at the end of the year.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/sports/tennis/flavia-pennetta-defeats-roberta-vinci-for-us-open-title.html Flavia Pennetta Defeats Roberta Vinci for U.S. Open Title The New York Times David Waldstein 12 September 2015 12 September 2015https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/34236198 US Open 2015: Flavia Pennetta beats Roberta Vinci in final 12 September 2015 BBC Sport 15 September 2015 Vinci was the first unseeded woman to reach a major final since Justine Henin at the 2010 Australian Open.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/us-open-2015-flavia-pennetta-beats-fellow-italian-roberta-vinci-to-title-and-then-announces-her-10498539.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/us-open-2015-flavia-pennetta-beats-fellow-italian-roberta-vinci-to-title-and-then-announces-her-10498539.html 2022-05-01 subscription Flavia Pennetta lifts US Open title then promptly announces retirement Independent.co.uk Press Association 2015-09-13 2016-06-21 The final made Italy the fifth country in the Open Era to have two countrywomen contest a major final (after Australia, the United States, Belgium, and Russia). This also marked the first final with two first-time major finalists since the 2010 French Open. Serena Williams was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Vinci. Williams was attempting to become the fourth woman (after Maureen Connolly, Margaret Court and Steffi Graf) to complete the Grand Slam. Williams' defeat to Vinci is widely regarded as one of the biggest upsets in tennis history.https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/women-s-match-of-the-decade-no-1-vinci-d-serena-2015-us-open Women's Match of the Decade No. 1: Vinci d. Serena, 2015 US Open 6 December 2019 Steve Tignor Tennis This marked the major main draw debut of future Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin, who lost to Mariana Duque Mariño in the first round. Petra Kvitová became the first player born in the 1990s to reach the quarterfinals at all four singles majors.https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/34181882 US Open 2015: Johanna Konta run ended by Petra Kvitova BBC Sport Newbery Piers September 8, 2015 January 24, 2022 Seeds 30em 1 1 USA Serena Williams (semifinals) 2 8 ROU Simona Halep (semifinals) 3 RUS Maria Sharapova (withdrew because of a right leg injury) 4 6 DEN Caroline Wozniacki (second round) 5 5 CZE Petra Kvitová (quarterfinals) 6 7 CZE Lucie Šafářová (first round) 7 4 SRB Ana Ivanovic (first round) 8 2 CZE Karolína Plíšková (first round) 9 5 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza (second round) 10 4 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro (first round) 11 7 GER Angelique Kerber (third round) 12 2 SUI Belinda Bencic (third round) 13 3 RUS Ekaterina Makarova (fourth round) 14 8 SUI Timea Bacsinszky (first round) 15 1 POL Agnieszka Radwańska (third round) 16 6 ITA Sara Errani (third round) 17 3 UKR Elina Svitolina (third round) 18 5 GER Andrea Petkovic (third round) 19 1 USA Madison Keys (fourth round) 20 7 BLR Victoria Azarenka (quarterfinals) 21 4 SRB Jelena Janković (first round) 22 6 AUS Samantha Stosur (fourth round) 23 2 USA Venus Williams (quarterfinals) 24 8 GER Sabine Lisicki (fourth round) 25 4 CAN Eugenie Bouchard (fourth round, withdrew because of a concussion) 26 6 ITA Flavia Pennetta (champion) 27 8 FRA Alizé Cornet (first round) 28 7 ROM Irina-Camelia Begu (first round) 29 1 USA Sloane Stephens (first round) 30 3 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (first round) 31 2 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (second round) 32 5 SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (third round) Qualifying 2015 US Open – Women's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Serena Williams 6 1 6 23 USA Venus Williams 2 6 3 FRA Kristina Mladenovic 3 7 4 ITA Roberta Vinci 6 5 6 5 CZE Petra Kvitová 6 4 2 26 ITA Flavia Pennetta 4 6 6 20 BLR Victoria Azarenka 3 6 4 2 ROU Simona Halep 6 4 6 1 USA Serena Williams 6 4 4 ITA Roberta Vinci 2 6 6 26 ITA Flavia Pennetta 6 6 2 ROU Simona Halep 1 3 ITA Roberta Vinci 64 2 26 ITA Flavia Pennetta 77 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 USA S Williams 6 2 RUS V Diatchenko 0 0r Q NED K Bertens 3 6 6 CRO M Lučić-Baroni 6 4 2 Q UKR K Kozlova 4 3 WC USA B Mattek-Sands 6 6 USA C Vandeweghe 6 6 29 USA S Stephens 4 3 19 USA M Keys 6 6 CZE K Koukalová 2 4 CZE T Smitková 77 6 ROU A Mitu 64 2 POL M Linette 77 6 POL U Radwańska 63 1 CZE K Siniaková 2 3 15 POL A Radwańska 6 6 1 USA S Williams 77 6 Q NED K Bertens 65 3 WC USA B Mattek-Sands 6 6 USA C Vandeweghe 2 1 19 USA M Keys 6 6 CZE T Smitková 1 2 POL M Linette 3 2 15 POL A Radwańska 6 6 1 USA S Williams 3 7 6 WC USA B Mattek-Sands 6 5 0 19 USA M Keys 6 6 15 POL A Radwańska 3 2 1 USA S Williams 6 6 19 USA M Keys 3 3 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 12 SUI B Bencic 6 6 BUL S Karatantcheva 1 2 SVK D Hantuchová 3 3 JPN M Doi 6 6 USA I Falconi 6 6 WC USA S Crawford 4 2 PUR M Puig 4 79 3 23 USA V Williams 6 67 6 31 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 7 SVK M Rybáriková 4 5 Q EST A Kontaveit 7 6 AUS C Dellacqua 5 2 CHN S Zheng 2 7 5 USA M Brengle 6 5 7 Q USA A Tatishvili 6 6 8 CZE Ka Plíšková 2 1 12 SUI B Bencic 5 77 6 JPN M Doi 7 63 3 USA I Falconi 3 77 2 23 USA V Williams 6 62 6 31 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 5 4 Q EST A Kontaveit 7 6 USA M Brengle 6 6 Q USA A Tatishvili 3 2 12 SUI B Bencic 3 4 23 USA V Williams 6 6 Q EST A Kontaveit 6 3 6 USA M Brengle 2 6 0 23 USA V Williams 6 6 Q EST A Kontaveit 2 1 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round LL RUS D Kasatkina 6 4 7 AUS D Gavrilova 2 6 5 CRO A Konjuh 6 6 GER T Maria 4 4 ESP L Arruabarrena 2 2 SRB B Jovanovski 6 6 FRA K Mladenovic 6 7 30 RUS S Kuznetsova 3 5 17 UKR E Svitolina 6 6 Q RUS E Kulichkova 1 4 GER A-L Friedsam 1 1 EST K Kanepi 6 6 USA L Davis 77 77 GBR H Watson 63 60 BRA T Pereira 3 3 13 RUS E Makarova 6 6 LL RUS D Kasatkina 6 6 CRO A Konjuh 4 4 SRB B Jovanovski 5 1 FRA K Mladenovic 7 6 17 UKR E Svitolina 6 6 EST K Kanepi 3 4 USA L Davis 1 2 13 RUS E Makarova 6 6 LL RUS D Kasatkina 2 3 FRA K Mladenovic 6 6 17 UKR E Svitolina 3 5 13 RUS E Makarova 6 7 FRA K Mladenovic 77 4 6 13 RUS E Makarova 62 6 1 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 10 ESP C Suárez Navarro 1 65 CZE D Allertová 6 77 PR USA V King 4 4 ITA R Vinci 6 6 WC USA S Kenin 3 1 COL M Duque Mariño 6 6 WC FRA O Dodin 2 7 6 21 SRB J Janković 6 5 3 25 CAN E Bouchard 6 6 USA A Riske 4 3 SLO P Hercog 6 7 KAZ Z Diyas 2 5 Q USA J Pegula 7 6 BEL A Van Uytvanck 5 3 SVK D Cibulková 6 3 6 7 SRB A Ivanovic 3 6 3 CZE D Allertová 6 3 1 ITA R Vinci 2 6 6 COL M Duque Mariño 6 5 6 WC FRA O Dodin 1 7 2 25 CAN E Bouchard 6 62 6 SLO P Hercog 3 77 3 Q USA J Pegula 7 5 3 SVK D Cibulková 5 7 6 ITA R Vinci 6 5 6 COL M Duque Mariño 1 7 2 25 CAN E Bouchard 711 4 6 SVK D Cibulková 69 6 3 ITA R Vinci w/o 25 CAN E Bouchard Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 CZE P Kvitová 6 6 Q GER L Siegemund 1 1 ESP L Domínguez Lino 3 6 4 WC USA N Gibbs 6 3 6 SRB A Krunić 6 5 1 MNE D Kovinić 4 7 6 GER J Görges 3 4 32 SVK AK Schmiedlová 6 6 18 GER A Petkovic 3 6 7 FRA C Garcia 6 4 5 PR GBR L Robson 6 3 5 RUS E Vesnina 3 6 7 WC USA L Chirico 3 0 Q GBR J Konta 6 6 GER C Witthöft 2 4 9 ESP G Muguruza 6 6 5 CZE P Kvitová 6 6 WC USA N Gibbs 3 4 MNE D Kovinić 4 7 4 32 SVK AK Schmiedlová 6 5 6 18 GER A Petkovic 6 77 RUS E Vesnina 3 64 Q GBR J Konta 77 64 6 9 ESP G Muguruza 64 77 2 5 CZE P Kvitová 6 6 32 SVK AK Schmiedlová 2 1 18 GER A Petkovic 62 3 Q GBR J Konta 77 6 5 CZE P Kvitová 7 6 Q GBR J Konta 5 3 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 16 ITA S Errani 6 6 Q JPN M Hibi 0 1 Q LAT J Ostapenko 6 1 6 GER A Beck 4 6 4 RUS E Rodina 6 6 Q CRO T Mrdeža 2 2 HUN T Babos 3 4 22 AUS S Stosur 6 6 26 ITA F Pennetta 6 3 6 AUS J Gajdošová 1 6 1 Q RUS A Panova 63 7 3 ROU M Niculescu 77 5 6 USA C McHale 6 4 3 PR CZE P Cetkovská 4 6 6 WC USA J Loeb 2 0 4 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6 16 ITA S Errani 0 6 6 Q LAT J Ostapenko 6 4 3 RUS E Rodina 1 1 22 AUS S Stosur 6 6 26 ITA F Pennetta 6 6 ROU M Niculescu 1 4 PR CZE P Cetkovská 6 5 77 4 DEN C Wozniacki 4 7 61 16 ITA S Errani 5 6 1 22 AUS S Stosur 7 2 6 26 ITA F Pennetta 1 6 6 PR CZE P Cetkovská 6 1 4 22 AUS S Stosur 4 4 26 ITA F Pennetta 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 CZE L Šafářová 4 1 UKR L Tsurenko 6 6 USA V Lepchenko 6 6 BEL K Flipkens 1 1 BUL T Pironkova 7 64 1 GER M Barthel 5 77 6 BLR O Govortsova 6 0 77 28 ROU I-C Begu 1 6 63 20 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 CZE L Hradecká 1 2 ITA F Schiavone 3 1 BEL Y Wickmayer 6 6 AUS A Tomljanović 77 2 4 ITA K Knapp 61 6 6 ROU A Dulgheru 3 1 11 GER A Kerber 6 6 UKR L Tsurenko 67 2 USA V Lepchenko 79 6 GER M Barthel 2 6 6 BLR O Govortsova 6 2 4 20 BLR V Azarenka 7 6 BEL Y Wickmayer 5 4 ITA K Knapp 5 2 11 GER A Kerber 7 6 USA V Lepchenko 1 6 6 GER M Barthel 6 3 4 20 BLR V Azarenka 7 2 6 11 GER A Kerber 5 6 4 USA V Lepchenko 3 4 20 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 14 SUI T Bacsinszky 5 0 CZE B Strýcová 7 6 Q GRE M Sakkari 5 2 CHN Q Wang 7 6 ITA C Giorgi 6 6 SWE J Larsson 3 3 Q BLR A Sasnovich 1 4 24 GER S Lisicki 6 6 27 FRA A Cornet 6 4 4 JPN K Nara 2 6 6 Q USA S Rogers 6 6 WC USA S Vickery 2 2 KAZ Y Putintseva 0 3 Q UKR K Bondarenko 6 6 NZL M Erakovic 2 0r 2 ROU S Halep 6 3 CZE B Strýcová 6 4 7 CHN Q Wang 2 6 5 ITA C Giorgi 4 0 24 GER S Lisicki 6 6 JPN K Nara 4 4 Q USA S Rogers 6 6 Q UKR K Bondarenko 3 4 2 ROU S Halep 6 6 CZE B Strýcová 4 6 5 24 GER S Lisicki 6 4 7 Q USA S Rogers 2 3 2 ROU S Halep 6 6 24 GER S Lisicki 78 5 2 2 ROU S Halep 66 7 6 Championship match statistics Category ITA Pennetta ITA Vinci 1st serve % 48/75 (64%) 47/73 (64%) 1st serve points won33 of 48 = 69% 26 of 47 = 55% 2nd serve points won14 of 27 = 52%13 of 26 = 50% Total service points won47 of 75 = 62.67% 39 of 73 = 53.42% Aces4 0 Double faults 1 1 Winners2120 Unforced errors25 36 Net points won 14 of 18 = 78% 11 of 24 = 46% Break points converted 4 of 11 = 36% 2 of 4 = 50% Return points won 34 of 73 = 47% 28 of 75 = 37% Total points won 81 67Source References External links Women's Singles main draw 2015 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Grand Slam women's singles 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles 2016 Australian Open – Women's singles Women's Singles US Open - Women's Singles Category:US Open (tennis) by year – Women's singles Category:2015 in women's tennis Category:2015 in American women's sports