2015 Tianjin Open Explained

The 2015 Tianjin Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hardcourts. The 2nd edition of the tournament was part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Tianjin, China between 12 and 18 October 2015.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles	280	180	110	60	1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32¹	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$111,163	$55,323	$29,730	$8,934	$4,928	$3,199	$1,852	$1,081
Doubles *	$17,724	$9,222	$4,951	$2,623	$1,383

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
Italy	Flavia Pennetta	7	1
Poland	Agnieszka Radwańska	8	2
Czech Republic	Karolína Plíšková	9	3
Ukraine	Elina Svitolina	18	4
France	Kristina Mladenovic	28	5
Brazil	Teliana Pereira	52	6
	Alison Riske	60	7
China	Zheng Saisai	65	8

¹ Rankings are as of October 5, 2015

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Belinda Bencic →replaced by Alla Kudryavtseva
Alexandra Dulgheru →replaced by Nao Hibino
Marina Erakovic →replaced by Ons Jabeur
Polona Hercog →replaced by Patricia Maria Țig
Monica Niculescu →replaced by Liu Fangzhou

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
China	Han Xinyun		Martina Hingis	96	1
China	Xu Yifan	China	Zheng Saisai	104	2
Ukraine	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Ukraine	Nadiia Kichenok	115	3
Ukraine	Kateryna Bondarenko	Ukraine	Olga Savchuk	127	4