# 2015 WTA Shenzhen Open – Singles

Li Na was the two-time defending champion, but retired from professional tennis on 19 September 2014. First-seeded Simona Halep won the title, defeating Timea Bacsinszky in the final, 6–2, 6–2.

## Seeds

* Simona Halep (champion)
* Petra Kvitová (semifinals)
* Peng Shuai (first round)
* Zarina Diyas (quarterfinals)
* Klára Koukalová (first round)
* Irina-Camelia Begu (first round)
* Monica Niculescu (first round)
* Timea Bacsinszky (final)

## Draw
### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Simona Halep | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Zheng Saisai | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | Zheng Saisai | 2 | 3 | 1 | Simona Halep | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 8 | Timea Bacsinszky | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Timea Bacsinszky | 6 | 6 | 8 | Timea Bacsinszky | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Petra Kvitová | 4 | 4 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | S Halep | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Beck | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | S Halep | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-L Friedsam | 6 | 3 | 3 | WC | N Vikhlyantseva | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Vikhlyantseva | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | S Halep | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | A Krunić | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | Q | A Krunić | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | L Zhu | 4 | 6$^4$ | | Q | A Krunić | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Schmiedlová | 6 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | A Schmiedlová | 6 | 6$^1$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | K Koukalová | 3 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | S Halep | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Z Diyas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Zheng | 2 | 3 |
| | D Vekić | 3 | 1 | | 4 | Z Diyas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Babos | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | T Babos | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Q Wang | 7$^7$ | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | Z Diyas | 6 | 6$^2$ | 2 | | | | |
| | A Dulgheru | 5 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | S Zheng | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | S Zheng | 7 | 5 | 6 | | S Zheng | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hercog | 6 | 7 | | | P Hercog | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Niculescu | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | T Bacsinszky | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Vögele | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | T Bacsinszky | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Knapp | 6 | 6 | | | K Knapp | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Parmentier | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | T Bacsinszky | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | Ç Büyükakçay | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | PR | V Zvonareva | 2$^r$ | | | | | |
| | L Arruabarrena | 4 | 3 | | Q | Ç Büyükakçay | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | V Zvonareva | 4 | 6 | 6 | PR | V Zvonareva | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | S Peng | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | T Bacsinszky | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | I-C Begu | 7$^7$ | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | P Kvitová | 4 | 4 |
| | K Siniaková | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | K Siniaková | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | O Govortsova | 6 | 3 | 3 | | T Smitková | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Smitková | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | T Smitková | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| | MT Torró Flor | 2 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | 2 | P Kvitová | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | B Jovanovski | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | B Jovanovski | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Duan | 3 | 1 | | 2 | P Kvitová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | P Kvitová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

    01. Aleksandra Krunić (qualified)
    02. Carina Witthöft (first round)
    03. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (first round)
    04. Luksika Kumkhum (qualifying competition)
    05. Shahar Pe'er (first round)
    06. Magda Linette (first round)
    07. Zhu Lin (qualified)
    08. Çağla Büyükakçay (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Aleksandra Krunić
* Çağla Büyükakçay
* Olga Govortsova
* Zhu Lin

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Aleksandra Krunić | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | |
| | Liu Fangzhou | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | Liu Fangzhou | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | Aleksandra Krunić | 7$^8$ | 6 |
| | | | | | WC | Yang Zhaoxuan | 6$^6$ | 3 |
| WC | Yang Zhaoxuan | 6 | 6 | | WC | Yang Zhaoxuan | 6$^6$ | 3 |
| 5 | Shahar Pe'er | 1 | 0 | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Carina Witthöft | 6 | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | | |
| | Nigina Abduraimova | 2 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | Nigina Abduraimova | 2 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Nigina Abduraimova | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | | 8 | Çağla Büyükakçay | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Xu Shilin | 1 | 6$^5$ | | 8 | Çağla Büyükakçay | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Çağla Büyükakçay | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Patricia Mayr-Achleitner | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | Wang Yafan | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Wang Yafan | 4 | 6 | 6 | Wang Yafan | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | Olga Govortsova | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | Olga Govortsova | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | Olga Govortsova | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Magda Linette | 7$^7$ | 2 | 2 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Luksika Kumkhum | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Risa Ozaki | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | Risa Ozaki | 2 | 2 | | 4 | Luksika Kumkhum | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | 7 | Zhu Lin | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | Johanna Konta | 6 | 6$^3$ | 4 | 7 | Zhu Lin | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Zhu Lin | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |