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2015 Aegon Classic
Date	15–21 June
Edition	34th
Category	WTA Premier
Draw	56S / 16D
Prize money	$731,000
Surface	Grass
Location	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue	Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Angelique Kerber
Doubles
Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro
←  2014 · Birmingham Classic ·  2016 →

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. ^[1]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Simona Halep	3	1
SRB	Ana Ivanovic	6	2
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	9	3
GER	Angelique Kerber	10	4
CAN	Eugenie Bouchard	11	5
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	12	6
GER	Andrea Petkovic	14	7
GER	Sabine Lisicki	19	8
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	21	9
CZE	Barbora Strýcová	22	10
FRA	Alizé Cornet	25	11
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	26	12
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	28	13
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	29	14
SRB	Jelena Janković	30	15
FRA	Caroline Garcia	31	16

• 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

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUS	Casey Dellacqua	IND	Sania Mirza	17	1
HUN	Tímea Babos	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	17	2
USA	Raquel Kops-Jones	USA	Abigail Spears	28	3
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	36	4

• 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