2015 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles

January 2025 2015 Western & Southern Open USA Serena Williams ROU Simona Halep 6–3, 7–6(7–5) 56 16 2015 Western & Southern Open Defending champion Serena Williamshttps://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/serena-williams-finally-wins-elusive-cincinnati-title-1.2739148 Serena Williams finally wins elusive Cincinnati title CBC 14 May 2026 defeated Simona Halep in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2015 Cincinnati Masters.https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/9963469/serena-williams-beats-simona-halep-to-win-cincinnati-title Serena Williams beats Simona Halep to win Cincinnati title Sky Sports 14 May 2026 Seeds The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round. 1 1USA Serena Williams (champion) 2RUS Maria Sharapova (withdrew because of a right leg injury) 3 3ROU Simona Halep (final) 4 2CZE Petra Kvitová (second round) 5 3DEN Caroline Wozniacki (second round) 6 1SRB Ana Ivanovic (quarterfinals) 7 2CZE Lucie Šafářová (quarterfinals) 8 4CZE Karolína Plíšková (third round) 9 3 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza (first round) 10 1ESP Carla Suárez Navarro (first round) 11 2GER Angelique Kerber (first round) 12 4SUI Timea Bacsinszky (first round) 13 4POL Agnieszka Radwańska (first round) 14 2UKR Elina Svitolina (semifinals) 15 3GER Andrea Petkovic (third round) 16 1ITA Sara Errani (first round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Serena Williams 3 6 6 6 SRB Ana Ivanovic 6 4 2 14 UKR Elina Svitolina 6 2 6 7 CZE Lucie Šafářová 4 6 0 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 63 2 3 ROU Simona Halep 77 6 SRB Jelena Janković 6 6 Q SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 4 2 1 USA Serena Williams 6 6 14 UKR Elina Svitolina 4 3 3 ROU Simona Halep 6 6 SRB Jelena Janković 1 2 1 USA Serena Williams 6 77 3 ROU Simona Halep 3 65 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q CZE L Hradecká 5 6 1 BUL T Pironkova 7 3 6 ITA K Knapp 7 6 Q CRO A Konjuh 5 1 RUS D Gavrilova 6 4 6 16 ITA S Errani 1 6 2 10 ESP C Suárez Navarro 1 2 USA S Stephens 6 6 Q GER M Barthel 2 6 77 Q AUS C Dellacqua 6 3 64 KAZ Z Diyas 66 4 USA V Williams 78 6 1 USA S Williams 7 6 BUL T Pironkova 5 3 ITA K Knapp 6 6 RUS D Gavrilova 4 1 USA S Stephens 3 77 6 Q GER M Barthel 6 61 2 USA V Williams 6 SRB A Ivanovic w/o 1 USA S Williams 6 6 ITA K Knapp 0 2 USA S Stephens 6 4 1 6 SRB A Ivanovic 2 6 6 1 USA S Williams 3 6 6 6 SRB A Ivanovic 6 4 2 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals FRA C Garcia 3 6 6 GER S Lisicki 6 3 4 Q UKR K Bondarenko 62 65 CAN E Bouchard 77 77 WC USA A Riske 2 6 0 14 UKR E Svitolina 6 4 6 11 GER A Kerber 5 3 SUI B Bencic 7 6 ITA F Pennetta 7 6 PR SVK D Cibulková 5 2 WC USA C Vandeweghe 6 6 Q KAZ Y Putintseva 3 2 4 CZE P Kvitová 5 6 2 FRA C Garcia 7 4 6 CAN E Bouchard 66 5 14 UKR E Svitolina 78 7 SUI B Bencic 6 6 ITA F Pennetta 1 4 WC USA C Vandeweghe 4 5 7 CZE L Šafářová 6 7 FRA C Garcia 0 3 14 UKR E Svitolina 6 6 SUI B Bencic 2 0r 7 CZE L Šafářová 6 0 14 UKR E Svitolina 6 2 6 7 CZE L Šafářová 4 6 0 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals BLR V Azarenka 6 6 Q USA L Davis 1 2 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 0 6 ITA R Vinci 3 6 2 Q KAZ Y Shvedova 6 77 9 ESP G Muguruza 4 60 15 GER A Petkovic 6 6 Q GER J Görges 4 2 ITA C Giorgi 5 6 6 Q USA C McHale 7 3 2 FRA K Mladenovic 6 6 WC SVK D Hantuchová 2 1 5 DNK C Wozniacki 0 4 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 2 6 6 Q KAZ Y Shvedova 6 3 2 15 GER A Petkovic 5 6 6 ITA C Giorgi 7 3 3 FRA K Mladenovic 5 7 4 3 ROU S Halep 7 5 6 BLR V Azarenka 6 0r RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 1 3 15 GER A Petkovic 6 4 2 3 ROU S Halep 4 6 6 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 63 2 3 ROU S Halep 77 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals AUS S Stosur 66 6 5 Q HUN T Babos 78 4 7 USA M Brengle 6 4 2 SRB J Janković 4 6 6 USA M Keys 6 6 12 SUI T Bacsinszky 4 3 13 POL A Radwańska 6 3 1 Q SVK AK Schmiedlová 4 6 6 ROU I-C Begu 6 6 FRA A Cornet 4 4 CZE B Strýcová 6 5 66 USA V Lepchenko 2 7 78 8 CZE Ka Plíšková 6 7 Q HUN T Babos 4 5 SRB J Janković 77 6 USA M Keys 64 4 Q SVK AK Schmiedlová 6 6 ROU I-C Begu 1 3 USA V Lepchenko 7 6 LL CRO M Lučić-Baroni 5 4 8 CZE Ka Plíšková 2 6 5 SRB J Janković 6 3 7 Q SVK AK Schmiedlová 6 3 6 USA V Lepchenko 3 6 4 SRB J Janković 6 6 Q SVK AK Schmiedlová 4 2 Qualifying Seeds 30em ROU Monica Niculescu (first round) SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (qualified) SWE Johanna Larsson (first round) SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková (first round) ROU Alexandra Dulgheru (first round) CRO Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (qualifying competition, lucky loser) BEL Alison Van Uytvanck (withdrew) GER Annika Beck (first round) GER Carina Witthöft (first round) CZE Lucie Hradecká (qualified) USA Christina McHale (qualified) GER Mona Barthel (qualified) GER Julia Görges (qualified) AUS Casey Dellacqua (qualified) SRB Aleksandra Krunić (first round) GER Tatjana Maria (qualifying competition) GBR Heather Watson (first round) SLO Polona Hercog (qualifying competition) ESP Lara Arruabarrena (first round) JPN Kurumi Nara (qualifying competition, retired) ROU Andreea Mitu (first round) USA Irina Falconi (qualifying competition) AUS Jarmila Gajdošová (first round) BLR Olga Govortsova (qualifying competition) KAZ Yulia Putintseva (qualified) Qualifiers 30em HUN Tímea Babos SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová CRO Ana Konjuh GER Julia Görges UKR Kateryna Bondarenko AUS Casey Dellacqua KAZ Yulia Putintseva USA Lauren Davis KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova CZE Lucie Hradecká USA Christina McHale GER Mona Barthel Lucky loser CRO Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 ROU Monica Niculescu 6 67 69 BLR Aliaksandra Sasnovich 3 79 711 HUN Tímea Babos 6 1 6 17 GBR Heather Watson 2 6 3   BLR Aliaksandra Sasnovich 62 4 HUN Tímea Babos 77 6 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 1 6 6 WC USA Taylor Townsend 6 0 2 WC USA Sachia Vickery 63 60 24 BLR Olga Govortsova 77 77 2 SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 6 6 24 BLR Olga Govortsova 4 2 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 SWE Johanna Larsson 0 62 CRO Ana Konjuh 6 77 JPN Misaki Doi 6 6 15 SRB Aleksandra Krunić 2 0   CRO Ana Konjuh 5 77 6 JPN Misaki Doi 7 63 3 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková 7 4 3 BUL Sesil Karatantcheva 5 6 6 POL Urszula Radwańska 4 6 5 13 GER Julia Görges 6 4 7 BUL Sesil Karatantcheva 4 67 13 GER Julia Görges 6 79 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 ROU Alexandra Dulgheru 77 1 3 SVK Jana Čepelová 65 6 6 UKR Kateryna Bondarenko 6 6 19 ESP Lara Arruabarrena 1 4   SVK Jana Čepelová 3 0 UKR Kateryna Bondarenko 6 6 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 CRO Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 79 6 TPE Hsieh Su-wei 67 3 WC USA Alexa Glatch 64 2 14 AUS Casey Dellacqua 77 6 6 CRO Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 4 6 3 14 AUS Casey Dellacqua 6 2 6 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 25 KAZ Yulia Putintseva 6 6 WC USA Louisa Chirico 0 4 NZL Marina Erakovic 4 3 20 JPN Kurumi Nara 6 6 25 KAZ Yulia Putintseva 7 1 20 JPN Kurumi Nara 5 0r Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 GER Annika Beck 2 4 WC USA Nicole Gibbs 6 6 USA Lauren Davis 5 6 6 21 ROU Andreea Mitu 7 2 3 WC USA Nicole Gibbs 61 4 USA Lauren Davis 77 6 Ninth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 9 GER Carina Witthöft 4 4 COL Mariana Duque Mariño 6 6 KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 6 7 23 AUS Jarmila Gajdošová 4 5   COL Mariana Duque Mariño 1 4 KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 6 6 Tenth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 10 CZE Lucie Hradecká 6 6 PUR Monica Puig 4 4 RUS Evgeniya Rodina 4 2 16 GER Tatjana Maria 6 6 10 CZE Lucie Hradecká 6 6 16 GER Tatjana Maria 4 4 Eleventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 11 USA Christina McHale 65 6 6 CZE Kristýna Plíšková 77 4 1 Alt AUT Tamira Paszek 3 3 18 SLO Polona Hercog 6 6 11 USA Christina McHale 711 2 6 18 SLO Polona Hercog 69 6 4 Twelfth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 12 GER Mona Barthel 6 6 RUS Elena Vesnina 1 2 WC USA Jennifer Brady 1 3 22 USA Irina Falconi 6 6 12 GER Mona Barthel 6 6 22 USA Irina Falconi 4 1 References Main Draw Qualifying Draw Women's Singles