# 2015 Nanjing Ladies Open – Singles

Zhang Shuai was the defending champion of 2013, as this tournament was not held in 2014, however she lost in the second round to Tian Ran.
Hsieh Su-wei won the title, defeating Yulia Putintseva in the final, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 2–6, 6–2.

## Seeds

* Zheng Saisai (first round)
* Nao Hibino (first round)
* Kurumi Nara (second round)
* Yulia Putintseva (final)
* Elizaveta Kulichkova (second round)
* Wang Qiang (first round)
* Duan Yingying (first round)
* Hsieh Su-wei (champion)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 8 | Hsieh Su-wei | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | Zhang Kailin | 0 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | Zhang Kailin | 0 | 7$^7$ | 2 | 8 | Hsieh Su-wei | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | Yulia Putintseva | 6$^5$ | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | Yulia Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | 4 | Yulia Putintseva | 6$^5$ | 6 | 2 |
| WC | Xu Shilin | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1/WC | S Zheng | 3 | 7$^8$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Tian | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6 | Q | R Tian | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-r Lee | 3 | 0 | | | S Zhang | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | R Tian | 3 | 0 | | | | | |
| | Yaf Wang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | S-w Hsieh | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | C Daniels | 4 | 1 | | | Yaf Wang | 7 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Hozumi | 1 | 2 | | 8 | S-w Hsieh | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | S-w Hsieh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | S-w Hsieh | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 |
| 3 | K Nara | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | K Zhang | 0 | 7$^7$ | 2 |
| WC | C Liang | 3 | 3 | | 3 | K Nara | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Zhang | 6 | 7 | | | K Zhang | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Zhang | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | K Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | F Liu | 5 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | Q | J Lu | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | J Lu | 7 | 7$^9$ | | Q | J Lu | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Yang | 6 | 7 | | | Z Yang | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Y Duan | 3 | 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 |
| 5 | E Kulichkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Kumkhum | 1 | 1 | | 5 | E Kulichkova | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kučová | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | K Kučová | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Bychkova | 7 | 6$^1$ | 3 | | | | | | | K Kučová | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | Y Zhang | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | Y Putintseva | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | A Komardina | 3 | 6 | 6 | | A Komardina | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Aoyama | 4 | 1 | | 4 | Y Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Y Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Y Putintseva | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Q Wang | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | S Xu | 1 | 1 |
| | Y Xu | 6 | 6 | | | Y Xu | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Xu | 7$^7$ | 6 | | WC | S Xu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Njirić | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | WC | S Xu | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Yan Wang | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | X Han | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| | X Han | 6 | 6 | | | X Han | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Liu | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | C Liu | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | N Hibino | 6$^6$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |