# 2015 China Open (tennis)

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 (19th for the women). 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.

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 0 | — | 20 | 10 | 0 |
| Men's doubles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | 30 | 20 | 2 |
| Women's doubles | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 5 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $654,725 | $295,180 | $139,820 | $67,470 | $34,400 | $18,920 | — | $2,130 | $1,175 |
| Men's doubles | $193,420 | $87,270 | $41,150 | $19,890 | $10,210 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | $973,505 | $487,161 | $237,689 | $114,182 | $54,953 | $26,603 | $15,280 | $4,071 | $2,376 |
| Women's doubles | $329,354 | $165,268 | $73,577 | $33,959 | $15,850 | $7,360 | — | — | — |

## ATP singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 5 | 2 |
| ESP | Rafael Nadal | 7 | 3 |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 8 | 4 |
| CAN | Milos Raonic | 9 | 5 |
| USA | John Isner | 13 | 6 |
| BEL | David Goffin | 15 | 7 |
| FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 16 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of September 28, 2015

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Lu Yen-hsun
* Wu Di
* Zhang Ze
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Aljaž Bedene
* Simone Bolelli
* Denis Istomin
* John Millman

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Philipp Kohlschreiber → replaced by Andreas Haider-Maurer
* Florian Mayer → replaced by Vasek Pospisil
* Leonardo Mayer → replaced by Víctor Estrella Burgos

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | ROU | Horia Tecău | 9 | 1 |
| POL | Marcin Matkowski | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 24 | 2 |
| ITA | Simone Bolelli | ITA | Fabio Fognini | 30 | 3 |
| CAN | Daniel Nestor | FRA | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 35 | 4 |
* Rankings are as of September 28, 2015

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Djordje Djokovic / Novak Djokovic
* Gong Maoxin / Michael Venus
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Julian Knowle / Oliver Marach

## WTA singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 2 | 1 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 4 | 2 |
| ITA | Flavia Pennetta | 6 | 3 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 7 | 4 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 8 | 5 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 9 | 6 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 10 | 7 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 11 | 8 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 12 | 9 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 13 | 10 |
| SUI | Belinda Bencic | 14 | 11 |
| SUI | Timea Bacsinszky | 15 | 12 |
| GER | Andrea Petkovic | 16 | 13 |
| USA | Madison Keys | 17 | 14 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 18 | 15 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 20 | 16 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of September 28, 2015.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Casey Dellacqua
* Han Xinyun
* Wang Qiang
* Zhang Shuai
* Zheng Saisai
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
* Dominika Cibulková
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Lara Arruabarrena
* Kateryna Bondarenko
* Mariana Duque Mariño
* Irina Falconi
* Bojana Jovanovski
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands
* Monica Puig
* Yulia Putintseva

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Victoria Azarenka (thigh injury)→replaced by Alison Van Uytvanck
* Karin Knapp →replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
* Sabine Lisicki (knee and leg injury)→replaced by Carina Witthöft
* Ekaterina Makarova (leg injury) →replaced by Mona Barthel
* Peng Shuai (back injury)→replaced by Roberta Vinci
* Lucie Šafářová (abdominal injury and bacterial infection) →replaced by Alexandra Dulgheru
* Maria Sharapova (left forearm injury) →replaced by Julia Görges
* Serena Williams (fatigue and injuries)→replaced by Teliana Pereira

#### During the tournament

* Belinda Bencic (right hand injury)

### Retirements

* Madison Keys (thigh injury)
* Eugenie Bouchard (dizziness due to ongoing concussion)
* Zarina Diyas (left lower calf injury)
* Simona Halep (left ankle injury)
* Lesia Tsurenko (right elbow injury)
* CoCo Vandeweghe (left ankle injury)

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| SUI | Martina Hingis | IND | Sania Mirza | 3 | 1 |
| USA | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 9 | 2 |
| AUS | Casey Dellacqua | KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 12 | 3 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 19 | 4 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 25 | 5 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 28 | 6 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 31 | 7 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 37 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of September 28, 2015

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Alizé Cornet / Magda Linette
* Han Xinyun / Yang Zhaoxuan
* Svetlana Kuznetsova / Samantha Stosur
* Liang Chen / Wang Yafan
The following pair received entry as alternates:
* Kateryna Bondarenko / Olga Savchuk

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Garbiñe Muguruza (left ankle injury and gastrointestinal injury)

#### During the tournament

* Alla Kudryavtseva (left hip injury)
* Mona Barthel (right wrist injury)

## Champions
### Men's singles

* Novak Djokovic def Rafael Nadal 6–2, 6–2

### Women's singles

* Garbiñe Muguruza def Tímea Bacsinszky 7–5, 6–4

### Men's doubles

* Vasek Pospisil / Jack Sock def Daniel Nestor / Édouard Roger-Vasselin 3–6, 6–3, [10–6]

### Women's doubles

* Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza def Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan, 6–7$^{(9–11)}$, 6–1, [10–8]