# 2015 Malaysian Open – Singles

Donna Vekić was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.
Caroline Wozniacki won the title, defeating Alexandra Dulgheru in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–1.

## Seeds

* Caroline Wozniacki (champion)
* Sabine Lisicki (first round)
* Casey Dellacqua (first round)
* Jarmila Gajdošová (semifinals)
* Klára Koukalová (second round)
* Kurumi Nara (quarterfinals)
* Bojana Jovanovski (first round)
* Julia Görges (quarterfinals)

## 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 |
| 1 | Caroline Wozniacki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | Hsieh Su-wei | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| WC | Hsieh Su-wei | 2 | 2 | | 1 | Caroline Wozniacki | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Alexandra Dulgheru | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Jarmila Gajdošová | 7 | 5 | 6$^4$ | | Alexandra Dulgheru | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| | Alexandra Dulgheru | 5 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |

### 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 | C Wozniacki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Wang | 3 | 1 | | 1 | C Wozniacki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Beygelzimer | 4 | 6 | 3 | | L Zhu | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Zhu | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | C Wozniacki | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Doi | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | C Witthöft | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| | C Witthöft | 7 | 7 | | | C Witthöft | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Mayr-Achleitner | 1 | 3 | | 5 | K Koukalová | 6$^3$ | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | K Koukalová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C Wozniacki | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | C Dellacqua | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | S-w Hsieh | 2 | 2 |
| WC | S-w Hsieh | 7 | 2 | 6 | WC | S-w Hsieh | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-S Mestach | 6 | 5 | 3 | | M Eguchi | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Eguchi | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | WC | S-w Hsieh | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | Y Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | E Kulichkova | 6$^4$ | 6 | 0 | | | | |
| WC | J Noordin | 2 | 1 | | | Y Putintseva | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E Kulichkova | 6 | 6 | | Q | E Kulichkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | B Jovanovski | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | K Nara | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Vögele | 3 | 6$^4$ | | 6 | K Nara | 7 | 5 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Q Wang | 6 | 3 | 0 | Q | M Linette | 5 | 7 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Linette | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | K Nara | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | J Namigata | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | 4 | J Gajdošová | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Kumkhum | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | L Kumkhum | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ç Büyükakçay | 5 | 4 | | 4 | J Gajdošová | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Gajdošová | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Gajdošová | 7 | 5 | 6$^4$ |
| 8 | J Görges | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Dulgheru | 5 | 7 | 7$^7$ |
| | A Kudryavtseva | 1 | 6$^2$ | | 8 | J Görges | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kozlova | 6 | 6 | | | K Kozlova | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Zheng | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 8 | J Görges | 6$^5$ | 5 | | | | | | |
| | Y Duan | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | A Dulgheru | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Xu | 0 | 6 | 3 | | Y Duan | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Dulgheru | 6 | 7 | | | A Dulgheru | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2/WC | S Lisicki | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Daria Gavrilova (qualifying competition)
* Zhu Lin (moved to the main draw)
* Magda Linette (qualified)
* Yuliya Beygelzimer (qualified)
* Wang Yafan (qualified)
* Xu Yifan (qualified)
* Nigina Abduraimova (qualifying competition)
* Zhang Kailin (qualifying competition)
* Naomi Broady (qualifying competition)
* Liu Fangzhou (qualifying competition)
* Elizaveta Kulichkova (qualified)
* Risa Ozaki (first round)
* Junri Namigata (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Elizaveta Kulichkova
* Junri Namigata
* Magda Linette
* Yuliya Beygelzimer
* Wang Yafan
* Xu Yifan

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Daria Gavrilova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Yang Zhaoxuan | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Yang Zhaoxuan | 4 | 2 | 1 | Daria Gavrilova | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | 11 | Elizaveta Kulichkova | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Theiviya Selvarajoo | 2 | 2 | 11 | Elizaveta Kulichkova | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | Elizaveta Kulichkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 13 | Junri Namigata | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | Liang Chen | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | |
| | Liang Chen | 6$^2$ | 4 | 13 | Junri Namigata | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | Lyudmyla Kichenok | 6$^5$ | 0 |
| | Lyudmyla Kichenok | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Lyudmyla Kichenok | 6$^5$ | 0 |
| 12 | Risa Ozaki | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Magda Linette | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Sofia Shapatava | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Sofia Shapatava | 3 | 5 | | 3 | Magda Linette | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 10 | Liu Fangzhou | 2 | 1 |
| | Chang Kai-chen | 5 | 7$^9$ | 5 | 10 | Liu Fangzhou | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Liu Fangzhou | 7 | 6$^7$ | 7 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Yuliya Beygelzimer | 6 | 6$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | Nadiia Kichenok | 4 | 7$^{10}$ | 6$^5$ | | | | |
| | Nadiia Kichenok | 4 | 7$^{10}$ | 6$^5$ | 4 | Yuliya Beygelzimer | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | | 8 | Zhang Kailin | 4 | 6$^2$ |
| | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | Zhang Kailin | 4 | 6$^2$ |
| 8 | Zhang Kailin | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Wang Yafan | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Alt | Darija Jurak | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| Alt | Darija Jurak | 3 | 1 | 5 | Wang Yafan | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 7 | Nigina Abduraimova | 4 | 2 |
| | Katarzyna Piter | 6$^6$ | 6$^4$ | 7 | Nigina Abduraimova | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | Nigina Abduraimova | 7$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 6 | Xu Yifan | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Olga Savchuk | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Olga Savchuk | 3 | 4 | | 6 | Xu Yifan | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 9 | Naomi Broady | 5 | 2 |
| | Emily Webley-Smith | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | Naomi Broady | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | Naomi Broady | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | |