# 2015 Baku Cup – Singles

Elina Svitolina was the two-time defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.
Margarita Gasparyan won her first WTA title, defeating Patricia Maria Țig in the final, 6–3, 5–7, 6–0.

## Seeds

* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (semifinals)
* Karin Knapp (semifinals)
* Dominika Cibulková (first round)
* Kurumi Nara (first round)
* Bojana Jovanovski (first round)
* Lesia Tsurenko (withdrew)
* Vitalia Diatchenko (second round)
* Francesca Schiavone (first round)
* Danka Kovinić (first round, retired)

## 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 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 3 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Q | Patricia Maria Țig | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Q | Patricia Maria Țig | 6 | 6 | | Q | Patricia Maria Țig | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| | | | | | | Margarita Gasparyan | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| | Margarita Gasparyan | 6 | 5 | 6 | | Margarita Gasparyan | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Karin Knapp | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 1 | A Pavlyuchenkova | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Kulichkova | 6 | 2 | 6$^4$ | 1 | A Pavlyuchenkova | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bondarenko | 6 | 6 | | | K Bondarenko | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | V Ivakhnenko | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | A Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ç Büyükakçay | 1 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | K Flipkens | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | K Flipkens | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | K Flipkens | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Abduraimova | 3 | 4 | | 7 | V Diatchenko | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | V Diatchenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Pavlyuchenkova | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | K Nara | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | PM Țig | 6 | 6 |
| Q | O Savchuk | 6 | 6 | | Q | O Savchuk | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | O Ianchuk | 4 | 2 | | Q | PM Țig | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | PM Țig | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | PM Țig | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Kr Plíšková | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | D Vekić | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | L Zhu | 3 | 7 | 6 | | L Zhu | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Vekić | 6 | 6 | | | D Vekić | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | F Schiavone | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 9 | D Kovinić | 0 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Rodina | 6 | 2 | | E Rodina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | O Korashvili | 6 | 6 | WC | O Korashvili | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Z Safarova | 0 | 0 | | | | | | E Rodina | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| LL | Y Beygelzimer | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | M Gasparyan | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Z Yang | 6 | 0 | Q | Z Yang | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Gasparyan | 6 | 7 | | M Gasparyan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | D Cibulková | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | M Gasparyan | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | B Jovanovski | 6$^6$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | 2 | K Knapp | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| | A Hlaváčková | 7 | 7 | | A Hlaváčková | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Linette | 4 | 1 | | A Panova | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Panova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | A Panova | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| | A Kontaveit | 7 | 6 | | | | | 2 | K Knapp | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | M Eguchi | 5 | 2 | | A Kontaveit | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Vögele | 1 | 4 | 2 | K Knapp | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | K Knapp | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Patricia Maria Țig (qualified)
* Yang Zhaoxuan (qualified)
* Yuliya Beygelzimer (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Hiroko Kuwata (qualifying competition)
* İpek Soylu (qualifying competition)
* Nigina Abduraimova (qualified)
* Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (first round)
* Kateřina Vaňková (qualifying competition)
* Olga Ianchuk (qualified)
* Valentyna Ivakhnenko (qualified)
* Olga Savchuk (qualified)
* Elizaveta Ianchuk (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Patricia Maria Țig
* Yang Zhaoxuan
* Olga Savchuk
* Valentyna Ivakhnenko
* Olga Ianchuk
* Nigina Abduraimova

### Lucky loser

* Yuliya Beygelzimer

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | | 1 | Patricia Maria Țig | 6 | 6 |
| | Oksana Kalashnikova | 2 | 6 | 6 | | Oksana Kalashnikova | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Patricia Mayr-Achleitner | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | 2 | Yang Zhaoxuan | 6 | 6 |
| | Olga Fridman | 4 | 0 | 8 | Kateřina Vaňková | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Kateřina Vaňková | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | 3 | Yuliya Beygelzimer | 4 | 0 |
| | Anna Morgina | 0 | 0 | 11 | Olga Savchuk | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | Olga Savchuk | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | 4 | Hiroko Kuwata | 4 | 1 |
| | Polina Monova | 3 | 3 | 10 | Valentyna Ivakhnenko | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | Valentyna Ivakhnenko | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | İpek Soylu | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Eva Hrdinová | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | Eva Hrdinová | 1 | 1 | 5 | İpek Soylu | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | 9 | Olga Ianchuk | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Amina Dik | 2 | 0 | 9 | Olga Ianchuk | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Olga Ianchuk | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 6 | Nigina Abduraimova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Ksenia Lykina | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Ksenia Lykina | 3 | 4 | | 6 | Nigina Abduraimova | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Nastassja Burnett | 5 | 3 |
| | Nastassja Burnett | 7 | 5 | 6 | | Nastassja Burnett | 5 | 3 |
| 12 | Elizaveta Ianchuk | 5 | 7 | 3 | | | | |