2015 Aegon Classic

The 2015 Aegon Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 34th edition of the event, and the second edition of the event as a Premier tournament on the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, from 15 June until 21 June 2015. Fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber won the singles title. Sabine Lisicki set the WTA Tour record for the most aces hit in a women's singles match at this tournament, hitting 27 aces in her second-round win over Belinda Bencic on 17 June 2015. == Points and prize money == === Point distribution === === Prize money === == Singles main draw entrants == === Seeds === 1 Rankings as of June 8, 2015. === Other entrants === The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Eugenie Bouchard Naomi Broady Jelena Janković Johanna Konta Katie Swan The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: Petra Cetkovská The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Tímea Babos Kateryna Bondarenko Misaki Doi Marina Erakovic Klára Koukalová Aleksandra Krunić Michelle Larcher de Brito Tatjana Maria The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Zheng Saisai === Withdrawals === Before the tournament Timea Bacsinszky →replaced by Tereza Smitková Mona Barthel →replaced by Ajla Tomljanović Madison Brengle →replaced by Monica Niculescu Dominika Cibulková →replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Camila Giorgi (right hip injury) →replaced by Zheng Saisai Madison Keys →replaced by Kateřina Siniaková Peng Shuai →replaced by Lauren Davis Lucie Šafářová →replaced by Christina McHale Yaroslava Shvedova →replaced by Bojana Jovanovski During the tournament Victoria Azarenka (left foot injury) == Doubles main draw entrants == === Seeds === 1 Rankings as of June 8, 2015. === Other entrants === The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Eugenie Bouchard / Svetlana Kuznetsova Simona Halep / Heather Watson Jocelyn Rae / Anna Smith === Withdrawals === During the tournament Simona Halep (right arm strain) Kristina Mladenovic (low back injury) == Finals == === Singles === Angelique Kerber defeated Karolína Plíšková, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4) === Doubles === Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro defeated Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 6–4, 6–4 == References == http://www.lta.org.uk/major-events/aegon-classic-birmingham/aegon-classic-news/ Archived 9 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine == External links == Official website Archived 16 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine