2015 Australian Open

Australian Open singles results at 2015 Australian Open – Men's singles Men's singles draw 2015 Australian Open – Women's singles Women's singles draw January 2015 2015 Australian Open 19 January – 1 February 2015 200px 103rd Grand Slam (ITF) 128S/64D/32X A$40,000,000 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Melbourne Park Hard (Plexicushion) 703,899 Serbia Novak Djokovic USA Serena Williams ITA Simone Bolelli / ITA Fabio Fognini USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands / CZE Lucie Šafářová SUI Martina Hingis / IND Leander Paes RUS Roman Safiullin SVK Tereza Mihalíková AUS Jake Delaney / AUS Marc Polmans CZE Miriam Kolodziejová / CZE Markéta Vondroušová JPN Shingo Kunieda NED Jiske Griffioen AUS Dylan Alcott FRA Stéphane Houdet / JPN Shingo Kunieda JPN Yui Kamiji / GBR Jordanne Whiley GBR Andrew Lapthorne / USA David Wagner Australian Open Australian Open Australian Open The 2015 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park from 19 January to 1 February 2015. It was the 103rd edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. Stan Wawrinka was the defending champion in men's singles but lost to four-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals. Reigning women's champion Li Na did not defend her title, as she retired from professional tennis in September, 2014.http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4155316/title/li-na-announces-retirement Li Na announces retirement wtatennis.com 21 December 2014 Novak Djokovic won an Open Era record fifth men's singles crown by defeating Andy Murray in the final, and this was the third time they met each other in the final.Piers Newbery Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray to win fifth Australian Open title https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/31073438 BBC Sport 1 February 2015 Serena Williams won an Open Era record six women's singles championships by defeating Maria Sharapova in the final, and this was the second time they met each other in the final.Christopher Clarey Serena Williams Wins Australian Open With Coughs, Guts and Aces https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/sports/tennis/serena-williams-beats-maria-sharapova-in-australian-open-final.html?_r=0 The New York Times 31 January 2015 1 February 2015 Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini teamed up to win the men's doubles title for the first time over the team of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut.Justin Bergman Fognini, Bolelli Win Men's Doubles at Australian Open ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/fognini-bolelli-win-mens-doubles-australian-open-28627015 ABC News 1 February 2015 Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová teamed up to win the women's doubles crown for the first time over the team of Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie.Justin Bergman Mattek-Sands, Safarova Win Australian Open Doubles Title ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/mattek-sands-safarova-win-australian-open-doubles-title-28599838 ABC News 1 February 2015 Martina Hingis and Leander Paes teamed up to win the mixed doubles title, it was the second for Hingis and third for Paes, over the defending champions Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor.Nick McCarvel Martina Hingis wins in mixed doubles at Australian Open https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/aus/2015/02/01/martina-hingis-leander-paes-australian-open-mixed-doubles-final-daniel-nestor-kristina-mladenovic/22685373/ USA Today 1 February 2015 Tournament thumb|right|Rod Laver Arena where the Finals of the Australian Open take place The 2015 Australian Open was the 103rd edition of the tournament and was held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2015 ATP World Tour and the 2015 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which was part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and also singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on hard courts and took place over a series of 16 courts with Plexicushion surface, including the three main showcourts – Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena.http://www.tennis.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/TEN0103-AO15-Grounds-Map.pdf Melbourne Park Grounds Map Tennis.com.au 21 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141220225227/http://www.tennis.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/TEN0103-AO15-Grounds-Map.pdf 20 December 2014 dead dmy-all The latter was unveiled with a capacity increase from 6,000 to 7,500 and also as the third Melbourne Park venue with fully operational retractable roof to make the Australian Open the first Grand Slam tournament with three such tennis stadiums.http://www.givemesport.com/510913-australian-open-2015-to-stage-revamped-margaret-court-arena Australian Open 2015 to stage revamped Margaret Court Arena GiveMeSport.com 21 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150127233357/http://www.givemesport.com/510913-australian-open-2015-to-stage-revamped-margaret-court-arena 27 January 2015 dead Partly due to the new roof, the 2015 event set an all-time attendance record of 703,899 fans. The cooler than normal temperatures may also have played a role.https://sports.yahoo.com/news/watch-aussie-open-keys-takes-another-williams-073352372--ten.html What We Learned at The Australian Open 2 February 2015 Broadcast The tournament was broadcast in more than 200 countries around the world. In Australia, all matches were broadcast live by the Seven Network on the network's primary channel under the banner Seven Sport. In the Asia/Pacific region, the tournament was covered by CCTV, iQiyi, SMG (China), Fiji One (Fiji), Sony SIX (India), Wowow, NHK (Japan), Sky TV (New Zealand) and Fox Sports Asia, in Europe by Eurosport, NOS (Netherlands), SRG SSR (Switzerland) and BBC (United Kingdom), in the Middle East by beIN Sports, in Africa by SuperSport, while in the Americas coverage was provided by ESPN.http://ds1.ausopen.com/event-guide/broadcasting Broadcasting AusOpen.com 25 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150710155529/http://ds1.ausopen.com/event-guide/broadcasting 10 July 2015 dead dmy-all In 2015, live coverage emanated from all sixteen courts. Qualifying tournaments, draw ceremony and Kids' Day were shown on official tournament website, AusOpen.com.http://www-pre.ausopen.com/en_AU/video/live.html Video AusOpen.com 25 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141225163047/http://www-pre.ausopen.com/en_AU/video/live.html 25 December 2014 dead dmy-all Point and prize money distribution Point distribution Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event. Senior points EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles0 Women's singles130078043024013070104030202Women's doubles10 30% Wheelchair points EventWFSF/3rdQF/4thSingles800500375100Doubles800500100Quad singles800500100Quad doubles800100 3% Junior points EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Boys' singles37527018012075302520Girls' singlesBoys' doubles2701801207545Girls' doubles Prize money The Australian Open total prize money for 2015 was increased to A$40,000,000, with men's and women's singles champions to receive a tournament-record 3.1 million Australian dollars reward.Record prize money for Australian Open 2015 http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2015-01-09/record_prize_money_for_australian_open_2015.html AusOpen.com 9 January 2015 12 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150112001746/http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2015-01-09/record_prize_money_for_australian_open_2015.html dead Out of total prize money, A$28,796,000 was paid for players competing in singles main draw, further A$1,344,000 for players, who lost in qualifying, A$5,165,200 – for doubles players, A$480,000 for mixed doubles players and A$605,330 for competitors in other events, while A$3,609,470 was used to cover other fees, including players' per diem and trophies.Prize Money http://event.ausopen.com/tournament-facts/prizemoney AusOpen.com 14 January 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150119231804/http://event.ausopen.com/tournament-facts/prizemoney 19 January 2015 EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 1281Q3Q2Q1SinglesA$3,100,000A$1,550,000A$650,000A$340,000A$175,000A$97,500A$60,000A$34,500A$16,000A$8,000A$4,000Doubles*A$575,000A$285,000A$142,500A$71,000A$39,000A$23,000A$14,800Mixed doubles*A$142,500A$71,500A$35,600A$16,300A$8,200A$4,000 1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 128 prize money. *per team Singles players 2015 Australian Open – Men's singles Champion Runner-up SRB Novak Djokovic [1] GBR Andy Murray [6] Semifinals out SUI Stan Wawrinka [4] CZE Tomáš Berdych [7] Quarterfinals out CAN Milos Raonic [8] JPN Kei Nishikori [5] ESP Rafael Nadal [3] AUS Nick Kyrgios 4th round out LUX Gilles Müller ESP Feliciano López [12] ESP Guillermo García López ESP David Ferrer [9] AUS Bernard Tomic RSA Kevin Anderson [14] BUL Grigor Dimitrov [10] ITA Andreas Seppi 3rd round out ESP Fernando Verdasco [31] USA John Isner [19] POL Jerzy Janowicz GER Benjamin Becker FIN Jarkko Nieminen CAN Vasek Pospisil FRA Gilles Simon [18] USA Steve Johnson SRB Viktor Troicki AUS Sam Groth FRA Richard Gasquet [24] ISR Dudi Sela POR João Sousa CYP Marcos Baghdatis TUN Malek Jaziri SUI Roger Federer [2] 2nd round out RUS Andrey Kuznetsov JPN Go Soeda AUT Andreas Haider-Maurer ESP Roberto Bautista Agut [13] FRA Adrian Mannarino FRA Gaël Monfils [17] AUS Lleyton Hewitt USA Donald Young ROU Marius Copil (Q) GER Matthias Bachinger (Q) ITA Paolo Lorenzi COL Alejandro González UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky ESP Marcel Granollers COL Santiago Giraldo [30] CRO Ivan Dodig AUT Jürgen Melzer (Q) ARG Leonardo Mayer [26] GER Philipp Kohlschreiber [22] AUS Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) LTU Ričardas Berankis AUS James Duckworth (WC) CZE Lukáš Rosol [28] USA Tim Smyczek (Q) AUS Marinko Matosevic SVK Martin Kližan [32] BEL David Goffin [20] SVK Lukáš Lacko FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin CRO Ivo Karlović [23] FRA Jérémy Chardy [29] ITA Simone Bolelli 1st round out SVN Aljaž Bedene (Q) ESP Albert Ramos Viñolas SWE Elias Ymer (Q) GBR James Ward TPE Jimmy Wang (Q) FRA Laurent Lokoli (Q) ESP Pablo Carreño AUT Dominic Thiem USA Denis Kudla (WC) SVN Blaž Rola JPN Hiroki Moriya (LL) FRA Lucas Pouille (WC) FRA Julien Benneteau [25] CHN Zhang Ze (WC) GER Tim Pütz (Q) UKR Illya Marchenko (Q) TUR Marsel İlhan ESP Pablo Andújar KAZ Andrey Golubev URU Pablo Cuevas [27] UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov [21] USA Sam Querrey GER Peter Gojowczyk ITA Fabio Fognini [16] BRA Thomaz Bellucci SRB Dušan Lajović FRA Stéphane Robert (PR) NED Robin Haase CZE Jan Hernych (Q) GBR Kyle Edmund (Q) BRA João Souza ESP Nicolás Almagro COL Alejandro Falla DOM Víctor Estrella Burgos CZE Jiří Veselý AUS John Millman (WC) FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu GER Tobias Kamke SRB Filip Krajinović LAT Ernests Gulbis [11] ARG Diego Schwartzman NED Igor Sijsling SLO Blaz Kavčič ARG Carlos Berlocq FRA Kenny de Schepper GER Jan-Lennard Struff AUS Luke Saville (WC) RUS Mikhail Youzhny IND Yuki Bhambri (Q) RUS Alexander Kudryavtsev (Q) AUS Jordan Thompson (WC) JPN Tatsuma Ito USA Michael Russell (Q) RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili ARG Máximo González GER Dustin Brown ESP Tommy Robredo [15] KAZ Mikhail Kukushkin ARG Federico Delbonis BEL Ruben Bemelmans (Q) CRO Borna Ćorić UZB Denis Istomin ARG Juan Mónaco TPE Lu Yen-hsun 2015 Australian Open – Women's singles Champion Runner-up USA Serena Williams [1] RUS Maria Sharapova [2] Semifinals out USA Madison Keys RUS Ekaterina Makarova [10] Quarterfinals out SVK Dominika Cibulková [11] USA Venus Williams [18] ROU Simona Halep [3] CAN Eugenie Bouchard [7] 4th round out ESP Garbiñe Muguruza [24] BLR Victoria Azarenka USA Madison Brengle POL Agnieszka Radwańska [6] GER Julia Görges BEL Yanina Wickmayer ROU Irina-Camelia Begu CHN Peng Shuai [21] 3rd round out UKR Elina Svitolina [26] SUI Timea Bacsinszky FRA Alizé Cornet [19] CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová [25] CZE Petra Kvitová [4] USA CoCo Vandeweghe ITA Camila Giorgi USA Varvara Lepchenko [30] CZE Lucie Hradecká (Q) CZE Karolína Plíšková [22] ITA Sara Errani [14] USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands (PR) FRA Caroline Garcia GER Carina Witthöft KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ Zarina Diyas [31] 2nd round out RUS Vera Zvonareva (PR) USA Nicole Gibbs SVK Daniela Hantuchová USA Anna Tatishvili (Q) BUL Tsvetana Pironkova CZE Denisa Allertová (Q) TPE Chang Kai-chen (WC) DEN Caroline Wozniacki [8] GER Mona Barthel AUS Casey Dellacqua [29] AUS Samantha Stosur [20] USA Irina Falconi (WC) CZE Tereza Smitková USA Lauren Davis AUS Ajla Tomljanović SWE Johanna Larsson SLO Polona Hercog CZE Klára Koukalová FRA Océane Dodin (WC) ITA Roberta Vinci ESP Sílvia Soler Espinosa ESP Lara Arruabarrena FRA Kristina Mladenovic AUS Jarmila Gajdošová NED Kiki Bertens SUI Stefanie Vögele USA Christina McHale CZE Kateřina Siniaková PUR Monica Puig SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková SVK Anna Schmiedlová RUS Alexandra Panova (Q) 1st round out BEL Alison Van Uytvanck TUN Ons Jabeur (Q) AUS Olivia Rogowska (WC) KAZ Yulia Putintseva (LL) NZL Marina Erakovic CHN Zheng Saisai JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm SRB Jelena Janković [15] BEL Kirsten Flipkens GBR Heather Watson SUI Romina Oprandi (PR) CHN Zhang Shuai HUN Tímea Babos CHN Zheng Jie USA Sloane Stephens USA Taylor Townsend NED Richèl Hogenkamp (Q) CRO Donna Vekić UKR Lesia Tsurenko AUT Yvonne Meusburger ROU Monica Niculescu ITA Francesca Schiavone EST Kaia Kanepi GER Andrea Petkovic [13] ITA Flavia Pennetta [12] CRO Mirjana Lučić-Baroni SRB Aleksandra Krunić ESP María Teresa Torró Flor RUS Vitalia Diatchenko USA Shelby Rogers RUS Alla Kudryavtseva JPN Kurumi Nara SRB Ana Ivanovic [5] CHN Wang Qiang AUS Storm Sanders (WC) SUI Belinda Bencic [32] RUS Evgeniya Rodina (Q) USA Alison Riske SRB Bojana Jovanovski BEL An-Sophie Mestach USA Grace Min GER Annika Beck CZE Renata Voráčová (Q) RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [23] GER Sabine Lisicki [28] CHN Duan Yingying (WC) ROU Alexandra Dulgheru ITA Karin Knapp GER Anna-Lena Friedsam AUS Daria Gavrilova (WC) FRA Pauline Parmentier RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova [27] ESP Carla Suárez Navarro [17] FRA Stéphanie Foretz (Q) RUS Elena Vesnina GER Angelique Kerber [9] CZE Lucie Šafářová [16] AUS Arina Rodionova (WC) CRO Ana Konjuh GER Tatjana Maria (Q) POL Urszula Radwańska (Q) RSA Chanelle Scheepers ROU Sorana Cîrstea CRO Petra Martić (Q) Day-by-day summaries 2015 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries Events Seniors Men's singles 2015 Australian Open – Men's singles SRB Novak Djokovic defeated GBR Andy Murray, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–0 This was the third time these two players met in the final. The other two times were in 2011 and 2013, when Djokovic won. This time would prove no different with Djokovic winning his fifth title, an Open Era record, to go along with his titles in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2013. This victory was Djokovic's eighth grand slam title, tying him in the Open Era with Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl and Andre Agassi. This was Murray's fourth loss in the final of the Australian Open, three of them to Djokovic and one to Roger Federer in 2010. This marks the first time since Björn Borg at the US Open that someone has lost all four of his final appearances at a particular grand slam event. Women's singles 2015 Australian Open – Women's singles USA Serena Williams defeated RUS Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) This marked the second time these two players met in the final. The other time was in 2007, which Williams won. This time would be exactly the same, with Williams winning her sixth title (an Open Era record), to go along with wins in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010. This was her nineteenth career grand slam singles title, behind only Steffi Graf's twenty-two titles in the Open Era of tennis. This was Sharapova's third loss in the final; the other two losses were in 2012 to Victoria Azarenka and to Williams in 2007. Sharapova won the title in 2008. Men's doubles 2015 Australian Open – Men's doubles ITA Simone Bolelli / ITA Fabio Fognini defeated FRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert / FRA Nicolas Mahut, 6–4, 6–4 This was the first men's doubles title for the team of Bolelli and Fognini at the event and in their respective careers. Women's doubles 2015 Australian Open – Women's doubles USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands / CZE Lucie Šafářová defeated TPE Chan Yung-jan / CHN Zheng Jie, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) This was the first women's doubles title for the team of Mattek-Sands and Šafářová at the event and in their respective careers. One of their finalist opponents, Zheng Jie won the title in 2006 with Yan Zi. Mixed doubles 2015 Australian Open – Mixed doubles SUI Martina Hingis / IND Leander Paes defeated FRA Kristina Mladenovic / CAN Daniel Nestor, 6–4, 6–3 This was a match of past mixed doubles champions at the event, which Hingis won with Mahesh Bhupathi in 2006, while her partner Paes won titles in 2003 with Martina Navratilova and in 2010 with Cara Black. Their finalist opponents' won the event last year, but Nestor won titles in 2007 with Elena Likhovtseva and 2011 with Katarina Srebotnik. This was Hingis' second mixed doubles title for her career, and for Paes' it is his seventh mixed doubles grand slam crown for his career. Juniors Boys' singles 2015 Australian Open – Boys' singles RUS Roman Safiullin defeated KOR Hong Seong-chan, 7–5, 7–6(7–2) Girls' singles 2015 Australian Open – Girls' singles SVK Tereza Mihalíková defeated GBR Katie Swan, 6–1, 6–4 Boys' doubles 2015 Australian Open – Boys' doubles AUS Jake Delaney / AUS Marc Polmans defeated POL Hubert Hurkacz / SVK Alex Molčan, 0–6, 6–2, [10–8] Girls' doubles 2015 Australian Open – Girls' doubles CZE Miriam Kolodziejová / CZE Markéta Vondroušová defeated GER Katharina Hobgarski / BEL Greet Minnen, 7–5, 6–4 Wheelchair Wheelchair men's singles 2015 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles JPN Shingo Kunieda defeated FRA Stéphane Houdet, 6–2, 6–2 Wheelchair women's singles 2015 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's singles NED Jiske Griffioen defeated JPN Yui Kamiji, 6–3, 7–5 Wheelchair quad singles 2015 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad singles AUS Dylan Alcott defeated USA David Wagner, 6–2, 6–3 Wheelchair men's doubles 2015 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's doubles FRA Stéphane Houdet / JPN Shingo Kunieda defeated ARG Gustavo Fernández / GBR Gordon Reid, 6–2, 6–1 Wheelchair women's doubles 2015 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles JPN Yui Kamiji / GBR Jordanne Whiley defeated NED Jiske Griffioen / NED Aniek van Koot, 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 Wheelchair quad doubles 2015 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad doubles GBR Andrew Lapthorne / USA David Wagner defeated AUS Dylan Alcott / RSA Lucas Sithole, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2 Singles seeds Seedings are based on rankings as of 12 January 2015. Rankings and points before are as of 19 January 2015. Points defending includes results from both the 2014 Australian Open and tournaments from the week of 27 January 2014 (Davis Cup for the men, and Paris and Pattaya for the women). Men's singles SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus11SRB Novak Djokovic11,4053602,00013,045Champion, defeated GBR Andy Murray [6]22SUI Roger Federer9,875720+40909,205Third round lost to ITA Andreas Seppi33ESP Rafael Nadal6,5851,2003605,745Quarterfinals lost to CZE Tomáš Berdych [7]44SUI Stan Wawrinka5,3702,000+407204,050Semifinals lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [1]55JPN Kei Nishikori5,0251803605,205Quarterfinals lost to SUI Stan Wawrinka [4]66GBR Andy Murray4,675360+1451,200+905,460Runner-up, lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [1]77CZE Tomáš Berdych4,6607207204,660Semifinals lost to GBR Andy Murray [6]88CAN Milos Raonic4,575903604,845Quarterfinals lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [1]910ESP David Ferrer 4,1453601803,965Fourth round lost to JPN Kei Nishikori [5]1011BUL Grigor Dimitrov 3,6453601803,465Fourth round lost to GBR Andy Murray [6]1113LAT Ernests Gulbis2,45545102,420First round lost to AUS Thanasi Kokkinakis [WC] 1214ESP Feliciano López2,130901802,220Fourth round lost to CAN Milos Raonic [8]1316ESP Roberto Bautista Agut2,110180451,975Second round lost to LUX Gilles Müller1415RSA Kevin Anderson2,1251801802,125Fourth round lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [3]1517ESP Tommy Robredo 2,015180101,845First round retired against FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin1618ITA Fabio Fognini 1,790180+80101,540First round lost to COL Alejandro González 1719FRA Gaël Monfils 1,77090451,725Second round lost to POL Jerzy Janowicz 1820FRA Gilles Simon 1,73090901,730Third round lost to ESP David Ferrer [9]1921USA John Isner 1,68510901,765Third round lost to LUX Gilles Müller2022BEL David Goffin 1,669(35)+55†45+351,659Second round lost to CYP Marcos Baghdatis2123UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 1,45545101,420First round lost to ITA Paolo Lorenzi 2224GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 1,4150451,460Second round lost to AUS Bernard Tomic2327CRO Ivo Karlović 1,36510451,400Second round lost to AUS Nick Kyrgios2428FRA Richard Gasquet 1,35090+40901,310Third round lost to RSA Kevin Anderson [14]2525FRA Julien Benneteau 1,39045101,355First round lost to GER Benjamin Becker 2626ARG Leonardo Mayer 1,38945451,389Second round lost to SRB Viktor Troicki2729URU Pablo Cuevas 1,227(20)†101,217First round lost to GER Matthias Bachinger [Q] 2830CZE Lukáš Rosol 1,21010451,245Second round lost to ISR Dudi Sela2931FRA Jérémy Chardy 1,19590451,150Second round lost to ITA Andreas Seppi 3032COL Santiago Giraldo 1,17510451,210Second round lost to USA Steve Johnson3133ESP Fernando Verdasco 1,13545901,180Third round lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [1]3234SVK Martin Kližan 1,133106451,072Second round retired against POR João Sousa The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event. RankPlayerPoints BeforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterWithdrawal reason9CRO Marin Čilić4,1504504,105Shoulder injuryhttps://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/30759947 Marin Cilic: US Open champion withdraws from Australian Open BBC Sport 10 January 201512FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga2,740180+400+402,520Forearm inflammationhttp://www.jowiltsonga.fr/blog/revenir-dans-les-meilleures-dispositions-possibles https://web.archive.org/web/20150107225147/http://www.jowiltsonga.fr/blog/revenir-dans-les-meilleures-dispositions-possibles dead 7 January 2015 Revenir dans les meilleures dispositions possibles! jowiltsonga.fr 7 January 2015 †The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2014. Accordingly, this was the 18th best result deducted instead. Women's singles SeedRankPlayerPoints BeforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus11USA Serena Williams8,0162402,0009,776Champion, defeated RUS Maria Sharapova [2]22RUS Maria Sharapova 7,335240+1851,3008,210Runner-up, lost to USA Serena Williams [1]33ROU Simona Halep6,5714304306,571Quarterfinals lost to RUS Ekaterina Makarova [10]44CZE Petra Kvitová 6,360101306,480Third round lost to USA Madison Keys55SRB Ana Ivanovic4,845430104,425First round lost to CZE Lucie Hradecká [Q] 66POL Agnieszka Radwańska4,8107802404,270Fourth round lost to USA Venus Williams [18]77CAN Eugenie Bouchard 4,7157804304,365Quarterfinals lost to RUS Maria Sharapova [2]88DEN Caroline Wozniacki 4,625130704,565Second round lost to BLR Victoria Azarenka 99GER Angelique Kerber 3,360240103,130First round lost to ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 1011RUS Ekaterina Makarova 2,970240+280780+553,285Semifinals lost to RUS Maria Sharapova [2]1110SVK Dominika Cibulková3,0071,3004302,137Quarterfinals lost to USA Serena Williams [1]1212ITA Flavia Pennetta2,861430102,441First round lost to ITA Camila Giorgi 1313GER Andrea Petkovic2,78010+10010+552,735First round lost to USA Madison Brengle 1414ITA Sara Errani2,73510+305130+12,551Third round lost to BEL Yanina Wickmayer1515SRB Jelena Janković2,590240102,360First round lost to SUI Timea Bacsinszky 1616CZE Lucie Šafářová2,545130102,425First round lost to KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 1717ESP Carla Suárez Navarro2,415130102,295First round lost to GER Carina Witthöft 1818USA Venus Williams2,370104302,790Quarterfinals lost to USA Madison Keys1919FRA Alizé Cornet2,255130+185130+552,125Third round lost to SVK Dominika Cibulková [11] 2021AUS Samantha Stosur1,895130701,835Second round lost to USA CoCo Vandeweghe2122CHN Peng Shuai1,88010+60240+302,080Fourth round lost to RUS Maria Sharapova [2]2220CZE Karolína Plíšková2,07570+180130+602,015Third round lost to RUS Ekaterina Makarova [10]2325RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova1,820130+47010+11,231First round lost to BEL Yanina Wickmayer 2424ESP Garbiñe Muguruza1,8452402401,845Fourth round lost to USA Serena Williams [1]2523CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová1,870701301,930Third round lost to BLR Victoria Azarenka2626UKR Elina Svitolina1,780130+100130+601,740Third round lost to USA Serena Williams [1]2727RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova1,73010+3010+11,701First round lost to FRA Caroline Garcia 2828GER Sabine Lisicki1,68170+3010+11,592First round lost to FRA Kristina Mladenovic 2929AUS Casey Dellacqua1,542240701,372Second round lost to USA Madison Keys 3030USA Varvara Lepchenko1,480701301,540Third round lost to POL Agnieszka Radwańska [6]3131KAZ Zarina Diyas1,4601701301,420Third round lost to RUS Maria Sharapova [2]3234SUI Belinda Bencic1,391110+1210+11,280First round lost to GER Julia Görges Doubles seeds Men's doubles Team Rank1 SeedUSA Bob BryanUSA Mike Bryan21FRA Julien BenneteauFRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin112ESP Marcel GranollersESP Marc López173CRO Ivan DodigBRA Marcelo Melo194AUT Alexander PeyaBRA Bruno Soares205NED Jean-Julien RojerROU Horia Tecău326IND Rohan BopannaCAN Daniel Nestor347PAK Aisam-ul-Haq QureshiSRB Nenad Zimonjić408SWE Robert LindstedtPOL Marcin Matkowski409RSA Raven KlaasenIND Leander Paes4410COL Juan Sebastián CabalCOL Robert Farah4511USA Eric ButoracAUS Sam Groth5112AUT Julian KnowleCAN Vasek Pospisil5613GBR Dominic InglotROU Florin Mergea7314CRO Marin DraganjaFIN Henri Kontinen7415GBR Jamie MurrayAUS John Peers7716 1 Rankings were as of 12 January 2015. Women's doubles Team Rank1 SeedITA Sara ErraniITA Roberta Vinci21TPE Hsieh Su-weiIND Sania Mirza112RUS Ekaterina MakarovaRUS Elena Vesnina143SUI Martina HingisITA Flavia Pennetta234USA Raquel Kops-JonesUSA Abigail Spears245ESP Garbiñe MuguruzaESP Carla Suárez Navarro336FRA Caroline GarciaSLO Katarina Srebotnik357TPE Chan Hao-chingCZE Květa Peschke378CZE Andrea HlaváčkováCZE Lucie Hradecká389HUN Tímea BabosFRA Kristina Mladenovic3910ESP Anabel Medina GarriguesKAZ Yaroslava Shvedova4711RUS Alla KudryavtsevaRUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova4912NED Michaëlla KrajicekCZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová6113TPE Chan Yung-janCHN Zheng Jie6314JPN Kimiko Date-KrummAUS Casey Dellacqua6315GER Julia GörgesGER Anna-Lena Grönefeld7216 1 Rankings are as of 12 January 2015. Mixed doubles Team Rank1 SeedIND Sania MirzaBRA Bruno Soares161SLO Katarina SrebotnikBRA Marcelo Melo182FRA Kristina MladenovicCAN Daniel Nestor223CZE Andrea HlaváčkováAUT Alexander Peya254ZIM Cara BlackCOL Juan Sebastián Cabal265KAZ Yaroslava ShvedovaSRB Nenad Zimonjić286SUI Martina HingisIND Leander Paes347CZE Květa PeschkePOL Marcin Matkowski378 1 Rankings are as of 12 January 2015. Main draw wildcard entries 2015 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries As part of an agreement between Tennis Australia, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and the French Tennis Federation (FFT), one male and one female player from the United States and France received a wild card into the Australian Open singles event. USTA gave it to Denis Kudla and Irina Falconi, thanks to their positions in 2014 USTA Pro Circuit's Australian Open Wild Card Challenge standing,http://www.usta.com/Pro-Tennis/Pro-Circuit/2015_australian_open_wild_card_challenge_standings/ USTA.com 2015 Australian Open Wild Card Challenge 26 December 2014 10 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150910182730/http://www.usta.com/Pro-Tennis/Pro-Circuit/2015_australian_open_wild_card_challenge_standings/ dead while Lucas Pouille and Océane Dodin were chosen by internal FFT selection.http://www.fft.fr/actualites/fil-d-infos/open-daustralie-dodin-et-pouille-invites Fédération Française de Tennis Open D'Australie Dodin et Pouille invites 12 December 2014 12 December 2014 Further four wildcards were awarded at Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Playoff into the men's and women's singles and doubles main draw events,http://www.tennis.com.au/news/2014/12/01/australian-open-wildcards-for-chang-zhang Australian Open wildcards for Chang and Zhang Tennis Australia 1 December 2014 1 December 2014 10 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150910182948/http://www.tennis.com.au/news/2014/12/01/australian-open-wildcards-for-chang-zhang dead while Tennis Australia organized its own playoff competitions, where Jordan Thompson, Daria Gavrilova and Sam Thompson & Masa Jovanovic mixed doubles team received entries to Australian Open.http://www.tennis.com.au/news-and-events/pro-tournaments/ao-play-off Australian Open Play-off Tennis.com.au 2014-12-17 15 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150315034523/http://www.tennis.com.au/news-and-events/pro-tournaments/ao-play-off dead Remaining wildcard places were filled by Australian internal selection. Men's singles AUS James Duckworth AUS Thanasi Kokkinakis USA Denis Kudla AUS John Millman FRA Lucas Pouille AUS Luke Saville AUS Jordan Thompson CHN Zhang Ze Women's singles TPE Chang Kai-chen FRA Océane Dodin CHN Duan Yingying USA Irina Falconi AUS Daria Gavrilova AUS Arina Rodionova AUS Olivia Rogowska AUS Storm Sanders Men's doubles AUS Alex Bolt / AUS Andrew Whittington AUS James Duckworth / AUS Luke Saville AUS Matthew Ebden / AUS Matt Reid AUS Omar Jasika / AUS John-Patrick Smith AUS Thanasi Kokkinakis / AUS Nick Kyrgios TPE Lee Hsin-han / CHN Zhang Ze AUS John Millman / AUS Benjamin Mitchell Women's doubles AUS Monique Adamczak / AUS Olivia Rogowska AUS Naiktha Bains / AUS Sara Tomic AUS Kimberly Birrell / AUS Priscilla Hon AUS Daria Gavrilova / AUS Storm Sanders AUS Maddison Inglis / AUS Alexandra Nancarrow AUS Jessica Moore / AUS Abbie Myers CHN Yang Zhaoxuan / CHN Ye Qiuyu Mixed doubles TPE Chang Kai-chen / CHN Zhang Ze AUS Casey Dellacqua / AUS John Peers AUS Jarmila Gajdošová / IND Mahesh Bhupathi AUS Daria Gavrilova / AUS Luke Saville AUS Masa Jovanovic / AUS Sam Thompson SLO Andreja Klepač / AUS Chris Guccione AUS Arina Rodionova / BLR Max Mirnyi Main draw qualifier entries The qualifying competition took place in Melbourne Park on 14 – 17 January 2015.http://schedule.ausopen.com/tournament-schedule Tournament Schedule AusOpen.com 28 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150105204503/http://schedule.ausopen.com/tournament-schedule 5 January 2015 dead dmy-all Men's singles 2015 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying Men's singles qualifiers GER Tim Pütz AUT Jürgen Melzer SWE Elias Ymer USA Tim Smyczek GER Matthias Bachinger CZE Jan Hernych SLO Aljaž Bedene TPE Jimmy Wang USA Michael Russell BEL Ruben Bemelmans ROU Marius Copil GBR Kyle Edmund RUS Alexander Kudryavtsev UKR Illya Marchenko IND Yuki Bhambri FRA Laurent Lokoli Lucky loser JPN Hiroki Moriya Women's singles 2015 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying Women's singles qualifiers CZE Denisa Allertová FRA Stéphanie Foretz CZE Renata Voráčová GER Tatjana Maria RUS Alexandra Panova CZE Lucie Hradecká TUN Ons Jabeur POL Urszula Radwańska NED Richèl Hogenkamp RUS Evgeniya Rodina USA Anna Tatishvili CRO Petra Martić Lucky loser KAZ Yulia Putintseva Protected ranking The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: Men's singles ARG Juan Martín del Potro (7) FRA Stéphane Robert (103) Women's singles RUS Vera Zvonareva (15) SUI Romina Oprandi (40) USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands (52) Withdrawals The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament but withdrew. Men's singles ‡ USA Jack Sock (42) → replaced by ARG Máximo González (103) ‡ GER Tommy Haas (77) → replaced by FRA Stéphane Robert (103 PR) ‡ SRB Janko Tipsarević (39 PR) → replaced by TUR Marsel İlhan (104) ‡ CZE Radek Štěpánek (68) → replaced by SLO Blaž Kavčič (105) ‡ FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (12) → replaced by FRA Kenny de Schepper (106) ‡ CRO Marin Čilić (9) → replaced by GBR James Ward (107) § ARG Juan Martín del Potro (7 PR) → replaced by JPN Hiroki Moriya (LL) Women's singles † CZE Petra Cetkovská (58) → replaced by BEL Alison Van Uytvanck (106) § SVK Jana Čepelová (56) → replaced by KAZ Yulia Putintseva (LL)https://www.facebook.com/jana.cepelova.official/posts/779169032167623:0April 2022 † – not included on entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list § – withdrew from main draw Retirements Men's singles GER Peter Gojowczyk SVK Martin Kližan FRA Adrian Mannarino ESP Tommy Robredo References 30em External links Tennis Australia 2014 US Open Grand Slams 2015 French Open Category:2015 in Australian tennis Category:2015 ATP World Tour Category:2015 WTA Tour Category:January 2015 sports events in Australia Category:2015 in sport in Melbourne Category:2015 in Victoria (state) Category:February 2015 sports events in Australia