2015 Australian Open

2015 Australian Open
Date	19 January – 1 February 2015
Edition	103rd
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw	128S/64D/32X
Prize money	A$40,000,000
Surface	Hard (Plexicushion)
Location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Venue	Melbourne Park
Attendance	703,899
Champions
Men's singles
Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini
Women's doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová
Mixed doubles
Martina Hingis / Leander Paes
Wheelchair men's singles
Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's singles
Jiske Griffioen
Wheelchair quad singles
Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's doubles
Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley
Wheelchair quad doubles
Andrew Lapthorne / David Wagner
Boys' singles
Roman Safiullin
Girls' singles
Tereza Mihalíková
Boys' doubles
Jake Delaney / Marc Polmans
Girls' doubles
Miriam Kolodziejová / Markéta Vondroušová
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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.

Contents

• Tournament
• Broadcast
• Controversy
• Point and prize money distribution
• Point distribution
• Prize money
• Singles players
• Day-by-day summaries
• Events
• Seniors
• Juniors
• Wheelchair
• Singles seeds
• Men's singles 2
• Women's singles 2
• Doubles seeds
• Men's doubles 2
• Women's doubles 2
• Mixed doubles 2
• Main draw wildcard entries
• Main draw qualifier entries
• Men's singles 3
• Women's singles 3
• Protected ranking
• Withdrawals
• Retirements
• References
• External links

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. ^[1] 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. ^[2] 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. ^[3]

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. ^[4] 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. ^[5] 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. ^[6]

Tournament

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. ^[7] 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. ^[8] 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. ^[9]

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. ^[10]

In 2015, live coverage emanated from all sixteen courts. Qualifying tournaments, draw ceremony and Kids' Day were shown on official tournament website, AusOpen.com. ^[11]

Controversy

Following a second round victory in Women's singles Canadian Eugenie Bouchard was approached by an interviewer, Ian Cohen, who cited tweets made by Bouchard the previous evening which complimented fellow competitor Serena Williams's on court attire. The interviewer, explaining that Williams "was kind enough to give us a twirl", asked Bouchard to offer her own twirl. ^[12] Though Bouchard obliged, the request was met with criticism, with many accusing the interviewer of being sexist. ^[13] The controversy was referred to by some media outlets as "twirlgate." ^[14] Billie Jean King responded to the interview by saying "This is truly sexist. If you ask the women, you have to ask the guys to twirl as well." For her part, Bouchard said the request would not be sexist if men were asked to "flex their muscles and stuff." At least one media outlet pointed out that as part of a pre-tournament interview Rafael Nadal was asked to take off his shirt for the enjoyment of female fans. ^[15]

Point and prize money distribution

Singles players

2015 Australian Open – Men's singles

Champion		Runner-up
Novak Djokovic [1]		Andy Murray [6]
Semifinals out
Stan Wawrinka [4]		Tomáš Berdych [7]
Quarterfinals out
Milos Raonic [8]	Kei Nishikori [5]	Rafael Nadal [3]	Nick Kyrgios
4th round out
Gilles Müller	Feliciano López [12]	Guillermo García López	David Ferrer [9]
Bernard Tomic	Kevin Anderson [14]	Grigor Dimitrov [10]	Andreas Seppi
3rd round out
Fernando Verdasco [31]	John Isner [19]	Jerzy Janowicz	Benjamin Becker
Jarkko Nieminen	Vasek Pospisil	Gilles Simon [18]	Steve Johnson
Viktor Troicki	Sam Groth	Richard Gasquet [24]	Dudi Sela
João Sousa	Marcos Baghdatis	Malek Jaziri	Roger Federer [2]
2nd round out
Andrey Kuznetsov	Go Soeda	Andreas Haider-Maurer	Roberto Bautista Agut [13]
Adrian Mannarino	Gaël Monfils [17]	Lleyton Hewitt	Donald Young
Marius Copil (Q)	Matthias Bachinger (Q)	Paolo Lorenzi	Alejandro González
Sergiy Stakhovsky	Marcel Granollers	Santiago Giraldo [30]	Ivan Dodig
Jürgen Melzer (Q)	Leonardo Mayer [26]	Philipp Kohlschreiber [22]	Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC)
Ričardas Berankis	James Duckworth (WC)	Lukáš Rosol [28]	Tim Smyczek (Q)
Marinko Matosevic	Martin Kližan [32]	David Goffin [20]	Lukáš Lacko
Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Ivo Karlović [23]	Jérémy Chardy [29]	Simone Bolelli
1st round out
Aljaž Bedene (Q)	Albert Ramos Viñolas	Elias Ymer (Q)	James Ward
Jimmy Wang (Q)	Laurent Lokoli (Q)	Pablo Carreño	Dominic Thiem
Denis Kudla (WC)	Blaž Rola	Hiroki Moriya (LL)	Lucas Pouille (WC)
Julien Benneteau [25]	Zhang Ze (WC)	Tim Pütz (Q)	Illya Marchenko (Q)
Marsel İlhan	Pablo Andújar	Andrey Golubev	Pablo Cuevas [27]
Alexandr Dolgopolov [21]	Sam Querrey	Peter Gojowczyk	Fabio Fognini [16]
Thomaz Bellucci	Dušan Lajović	Stéphane Robert (PR)	Robin Haase
Jan Hernych (Q)	Kyle Edmund (Q)	João Souza	Nicolás Almagro
Alejandro Falla	Víctor Estrella Burgos	Jiří Veselý	John Millman (WC)
Paul-Henri Mathieu	Tobias Kamke	Filip Krajinović	Ernests Gulbis [11]
Diego Schwartzman	Igor Sijsling	Blaz Kavčič	Carlos Berlocq
Kenny de Schepper	Jan-Lennard Struff	Luke Saville (WC)	Mikhail Youzhny
Yuki Bhambri (Q)	Alexander Kudryavtsev (Q)	Jordan Thompson (WC)	Tatsuma Ito
Michael Russell (Q)	Teymuraz Gabashvili	Máximo González	Dustin Brown
Tommy Robredo [15]	Mikhail Kukushkin	Federico Delbonis	Ruben Bemelmans (Q)
Borna Ćorić	Denis Istomin	Juan Mónaco	Lu Yen-hsun

2015 Australian Open – Women's singles

Champion		Runner-up
Serena Williams [1]		Maria Sharapova [2]
Semifinals out
Madison Keys		Ekaterina Makarova [10]
Quarterfinals out
Dominika Cibulková [11]	Venus Williams [18]	Simona Halep [3]	Eugenie Bouchard [7]
4th round out
Garbiñe Muguruza [24]	Victoria Azarenka	Madison Brengle	Agnieszka Radwańska [6]
Julia Görges	Yanina Wickmayer	Irina-Camelia Begu	Peng Shuai [21]
3rd round out
Elina Svitolina [26]	Timea Bacsinszky	Alizé Cornet [19]	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová [25]
Petra Kvitová [4]	CoCo Vandeweghe	Camila Giorgi	Varvara Lepchenko [30]
Lucie Hradecká (Q)	Karolína Plíšková [22]	Sara Errani [14]	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (PR)
Caroline Garcia	Carina Witthöft	Yaroslava Shvedova	Zarina Diyas [31]
2nd round out
Vera Zvonareva (PR)	Nicole Gibbs	Daniela Hantuchová	Anna Tatishvili (Q)
Tsvetana Pironkova	Denisa Allertová (Q)	Chang Kai-chen (WC)	Caroline Wozniacki [8]
Mona Barthel	Casey Dellacqua [29]	Samantha Stosur [20]	Irina Falconi (WC)
Tereza Smitková	Lauren Davis	Ajla Tomljanović	Johanna Larsson
Polona Hercog	Klára Koukalová	Océane Dodin (WC)	Roberta Vinci
Sílvia Soler Espinosa	Lara Arruabarrena	Kristina Mladenovic	Jarmila Gajdošová
Kiki Bertens	Stefanie Vögele	Christina McHale	Kateřina Siniaková
Monica Puig	Magdaléna Rybáriková	Anna Schmiedlová	Alexandra Panova (Q)
1st round out
Alison Van Uytvanck	Ons Jabeur (Q)	Olivia Rogowska (WC)	Yulia Putintseva (LL)
Marina Erakovic	Zheng Saisai	Kimiko Date-Krumm	Jelena Janković [15]
Kirsten Flipkens	Heather Watson	Romina Oprandi (PR)	Zhang Shuai
Tímea Babos	Zheng Jie	Sloane Stephens	Taylor Townsend
Richèl Hogenkamp (Q)	Donna Vekić	Lesia Tsurenko	Yvonne Meusburger
Monica Niculescu	Francesca Schiavone	Kaia Kanepi	Andrea Petkovic [13]
Flavia Pennetta [12]	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	Aleksandra Krunić	María Teresa Torró Flor
Vitalia Diatchenko	Shelby Rogers	Alla Kudryavtseva	Kurumi Nara
Ana Ivanovic [5]	Wang Qiang	Storm Sanders (WC)	Belinda Bencic [32]
Evgeniya Rodina (Q)	Alison Riske	Bojana Jovanovski	An-Sophie Mestach
Grace Min	Annika Beck	Renata Voráčová (Q)	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [23]
Sabine Lisicki [28]	Duan Yingying (WC)	Alexandra Dulgheru	Karin Knapp
Anna-Lena Friedsam	Daria Gavrilova (WC)	Pauline Parmentier	Svetlana Kuznetsova [27]
Carla Suárez Navarro [17]	Stéphanie Foretz (Q)	Elena Vesnina	Angelique Kerber [9]
Lucie Šafářová [16]	Arina Rodionova (WC)	Ana Konjuh	Tatjana Maria (Q)
Urszula Radwańska (Q)	Chanelle Scheepers	Sorana Cîrstea	Petra Martić (Q)

Day-by-day summaries

Events

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

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Novak Djokovic	11,405	360	2,000	13,045	Champion, defeated Andy Murray [6]
2	2	Roger Federer	9,875	720+40	90	9,205	Third round lost to Andreas Seppi
3	3	Rafael Nadal	6,585	1,200	360	5,745	Quarterfinals lost to Tomáš Berdych [7]
4	4	Stan Wawrinka	5,370	2,000+40	720	4,050	Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
5	5	Kei Nishikori	5,025	180	360	5,205	Quarterfinals lost to Stan Wawrinka [4]
6	6	Andy Murray	4,675	360+145	1,200+90	5,460	Runner-up, lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
7	7	Tomáš Berdych	4,660	720	720	4,660	Semifinals lost to Andy Murray [6]
8	8	Milos Raonic	4,575	90	360	4,845	Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
9	10	David Ferrer	4,145	360	180	3,965	Fourth round lost to Kei Nishikori [5]
10	11	Grigor Dimitrov	3,645	360	180	3,465	Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [6]
11	13	Ernests Gulbis	2,455	45	10	2,420	First round lost to Thanasi Kokkinakis [WC]
12	14	Feliciano López	2,130	90	180	2,220	Fourth round lost to Milos Raonic [8]
13	16	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,110	180	45	1,975	Second round lost to Gilles Müller
14	15	Kevin Anderson	2,125	180	180	2,125	Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [3]
15	17	Tommy Robredo	2,015	180	10	1,845	First round retired against Édouard Roger-Vasselin
16	18	Fabio Fognini	1,790	180+80	10	1,540	First round lost to Alejandro González
17	19	Gaël Monfils	1,770	90	45	1,725	Second round lost to Jerzy Janowicz
18	20	Gilles Simon	1,730	90	90	1,730	Third round lost to David Ferrer [9]
19	21	John Isner	1,685	10	90	1,765	Third round lost to Gilles Müller
20	22	David Goffin	1,669	(35)+55†	45+35	1,659	Second round lost to Marcos Baghdatis
21	23	Alexandr Dolgopolov	1,455	45	10	1,420	First round lost to Paolo Lorenzi
22	24	Philipp Kohlschreiber	1,415	0	45	1,460	Second round lost to Bernard Tomic
23	27	Ivo Karlović	1,365	10	45	1,400	Second round lost to Nick Kyrgios
24	28	Richard Gasquet	1,350	90+40	90	1,310	Third round lost to Kevin Anderson [14]
25	25	Julien Benneteau	1,390	45	10	1,355	First round lost to Benjamin Becker
26	26	Leonardo Mayer	1,389	45	45	1,389	Second round lost to Viktor Troicki
27	29	Pablo Cuevas	1,227	(20)†	10	1,217	First round lost to Matthias Bachinger [Q]
28	30	Lukáš Rosol	1,210	10	45	1,245	Second round lost to Dudi Sela
29	31	Jérémy Chardy	1,195	90	45	1,150	Second round lost to Andreas Seppi
30	32	Santiago Giraldo	1,175	10	45	1,210	Second round lost to Steve Johnson
31	33	Fernando Verdasco	1,135	45	90	1,180	Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
32	34	Martin Kližan	1,133	106	45	1,072	Second round retired against João Sousa

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points Before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Withdrawal reason
9	Marin Čilić	4,150	45	0	4,105	Shoulder injury [18]
12	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2,740	180+40	0+40	2,520	Forearm inflammation [19]

†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2014. Accordingly, this was the 18th best result deducted instead.

Women's singles

Seed	Rank	Player	Points Before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Serena Williams	8,016	240	2,000	9,776	Champion, defeated Maria Sharapova [2]
2	2	Maria Sharapova	7,335	240+185	1,300	8,210	Runner-up, lost to Serena Williams [1]
3	3	Simona Halep	6,571	430	430	6,571	Quarterfinals lost to Ekaterina Makarova [10]
4	4	Petra Kvitová	6,360	10	130	6,480	Third round lost to Madison Keys
5	5	Ana Ivanovic	4,845	430	10	4,425	First round lost to Lucie Hradecká [Q]
6	6	Agnieszka Radwańska	4,810	780	240	4,270	Fourth round lost to Venus Williams [18]
7	7	Eugenie Bouchard	4,715	780	430	4,365	Quarterfinals lost to Maria Sharapova [2]
8	8	Caroline Wozniacki	4,625	130	70	4,565	Second round lost to Victoria Azarenka
9	9	Angelique Kerber	3,360	240	10	3,130	First round lost to Irina-Camelia Begu
10	11	Ekaterina Makarova	2,970	240+280	780+55	3,285	Semifinals lost to Maria Sharapova [2]
11	10	Dominika Cibulková	3,007	1,300	430	2,137	Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [1]
12	12	Flavia Pennetta	2,861	430	10	2,441	First round lost to Camila Giorgi
13	13	Andrea Petkovic	2,780	10+100	10+55	2,735	First round lost to Madison Brengle
14	14	Sara Errani	2,735	10+305	130+1	2,551	Third round lost to Yanina Wickmayer
15	15	Jelena Janković	2,590	240	10	2,360	First round lost to Timea Bacsinszky
16	16	Lucie Šafářová	2,545	130	10	2,425	First round lost to Yaroslava Shvedova
17	17	Carla Suárez Navarro	2,415	130	10	2,295	First round lost to Carina Witthöft
18	18	Venus Williams	2,370	10	430	2,790	Quarterfinals lost to Madison Keys
19	19	Alizé Cornet	2,255	130+185	130+55	2,125	Third round lost to Dominika Cibulková [11]
20	21	Samantha Stosur	1,895	130	70	1,835	Second round lost to CoCo Vandeweghe
21	22	Peng Shuai	1,880	10+60	240+30	2,080	Fourth round lost to Maria Sharapova [2]
22	20	Karolína Plíšková	2,075	70+180	130+60	2,015	Third round lost to Ekaterina Makarova [10]
23	25	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1,820	130+470	10+1	1,231	First round lost to Yanina Wickmayer
24	24	Garbiñe Muguruza	1,845	240	240	1,845	Fourth round lost to Serena Williams [1]
25	23	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	1,870	70	130	1,930	Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka
26	26	Elina Svitolina	1,780	130+100	130+60	1,740	Third round lost to Serena Williams [1]
27	27	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1,730	10+30	10+1	1,701	First round lost to Caroline Garcia
28	28	Sabine Lisicki	1,681	70+30	10+1	1,592	First round lost to Kristina Mladenovic
29	29	Casey Dellacqua	1,542	240	70	1,372	Second round lost to Madison Keys
30	30	Varvara Lepchenko	1,480	70	130	1,540	Third round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [6]
31	31	Zarina Diyas	1,460	170	130	1,420	Third round lost to Maria Sharapova [2]
32	34	Belinda Bencic	1,391	110+12	10+1	1,280	First round lost to Julia Görges

Doubles seeds

Men's doubles Team Rank1 Seed Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 2 1 Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin 11 2 Marcel Granollers Marc López 17 3 Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo 19 4 Alexander Peya Bruno Soares 20 5 Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău 32 6 Rohan Bopanna Daniel Nestor 34 7 Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Nenad Zimonjić 40 8 Robert Lindstedt Marcin Matkowski 40 9 Raven Klaasen Leander Paes 44 10 Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah 45 11 Eric Butorac Sam Groth 51 12 Julian Knowle Vasek Pospisil 56 13 Dominic Inglot Florin Mergea 73 14 Marin Draganja Henri Kontinen 74 15 Jamie Murray John Peers 77 16 1 Rankings were as of 12 January 2015.

Women's doubles Team Rank1 Seed Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 2 1 Hsieh Su-wei Sania Mirza 11 2 Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 14 3 Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta 23 4 Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 24 5 Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro 33 6 Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik 35 7 Chan Hao-ching Květa Peschke 37 8 Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 38 9 Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 39 10 Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova 47 11 Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 49 12 Michaëlla Krajicek Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 61 13 Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie 63 14 Kimiko Date-Krumm Casey Dellacqua 63 15 Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld 72 16 1 Rankings are as of 12 January 2015.

Mixed doubles

Team		Rank1	Seed
Sania Mirza	Bruno Soares	16	1
Katarina Srebotnik	Marcelo Melo	18	2
Kristina Mladenovic	Daniel Nestor	22	3
Andrea Hlaváčková	Alexander Peya	25	4
Cara Black	Juan Sebastián Cabal	26	5
Yaroslava Shvedova	Nenad Zimonjić	28	6
Martina Hingis	Leander Paes	34	7
Květa Peschke	Marcin Matkowski	37	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 12 January 2015.

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, ^[20] while Lucas Pouille and Océane Dodin were chosen by internal FFT selection. ^[21]

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, ^[22] 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. ^[23]

Remaining wildcard places were filled by Australian internal selection.

Main draw qualifier entries

The qualifying competition took place in Melbourne Park on 14 – 17 January 2015. ^[24]

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament but withdrew.

Retirements

Men's singles

• Peter Gojowczyk
• Martin Kližan
• Adrian Mannarino
• Tommy Robredo

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The 2015 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 119th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 24 May to 7 June and consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players also took part in singles and doubles events.

The 2015 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament which took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom, from 29 June to 12 July 2015.

The 2015 WTA Finals was a women's tennis tournament at Singapore. It was the 45th edition of the singles event and the 40th edition of the doubles competition. The tournament was contested by eight singles players and eight doubles teams.

The 2015 BNP Paribas Open was a professional tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California, in March 2015. It was the 42nd edition of the men's event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2015 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2015 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, United States, from March 11 through March 22, 2015, on outdoor hard courts.

This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2015. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

The 2015 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the China Open for the men. It was part of ATP World Tour 500 series on the 2015 ATP World Tour, and the last WTA Premier Mandatory tournament of the 2015 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from October 5 to October 11, 2015.

The 2016 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 18 and 31 January 2016. It was the 104th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments.

This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2016. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

The 2016 French Open described below in detail, in the form of day-by-day summaries.

The 2017 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 16 and 29 January 2017. It was the 105th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments. As in previous years, the tournament's title sponsor was Kia.

The 2014 Australian Open described in detail, in the form of day-by-day summaries.

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