page_title: Varvara Lepchenko
section_title: 2015
hierarchical_section_title: Varvara Lepchenko / Professional career / 2015
caption_attribution_description: English: Lepchenko practicing at the 2015 US Open.
context_page_description: Varvara Petrivna Lepchenko is an American professional tennis player. She formerly played for Uzbekistan, and she is of Ukrainian descent. She has won 12 ITF singles titles and one ITF doubles title.
context_section_description: Lepchenko started the 2015 season at the Brisbane International. In the first round, she beat home crowd favorite Samantha Stosur, 4–6, 6–4, 7–5. In the second round, she defeated compatriot Madison Keys, 6–4, 6–4. In the quarterfinals, she beat lucky loser Alla Kudryavtseva, 7–5, 7–5. In the semifinals, Lepchenko lost to second seed Ana Ivanovic, 6–7, 4–6. Lepchenko twice served for the opening set but Ivanovic came back both times to win the first-set tiebreaker and eventually the match. Seeded 30 at the Australian Open, After beating Vitalia Diatchenko and Ajla Tomljanović, Lepchenko was defeated in the third round by sixth seed Agnieszka Radwańska, 6–0, 7–5.
  Seeded top for qualifying at the Monterrey Open, Lepchenko lost in the first round of qualifying to Michelle Larcher de Brito 0–6, 1–6. Seeded 26 at the BNP Paribas Open, Lepchenko was given a bye into the second round. She was defeated in the third round by third seed and eventual champion, Simona Halep, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1. Seeded 28 at the Miami Open, Lepchenko received a first round bye. She lost in the second round to Kaia Kanepi, 2–6, 4–6.
  Lepchenko began her clay court season at the Family Circle Cup. Seeded 10, she retired down 2–6, 1–2 in her first round match against Andreea Mitu due to a lower back injury. At the Mutua Madrid Open, Lepchenko lost in the second round to Barbora Strýcová 4–6, 2–6. Despite qualifying for the Internationaux de Strasbourg, Lepchenko lost in the first round to Lesia Tsurenko, 4–6, 6–7. Ranked 34 at the French Open, she was defeated in the first round by 16th seed and compatriot Madison Keys, 7–6, 6–3.
  Lepchenko started her preparations for Wimbledon at the 1st edition of the Aegon Open Nottingham. As the 3rd seed, she lost in the first round to eventual finalist Monica Niculescu, 6–4, 3–6, 1–6. At the Aegon Classic, Lepchenko was defeated in the first round by 12th seed Victoria Azarenka, 7–6, 6–4. Playing at the Aegon International, she lost in the first round to Heather Watson, 6–7, 2–6. Ranked 40 at the Wimbledon Championships, Lepchenko was defeated in the first round by 20th seed and eventual finalist Garbiñe Muguruza, 6–4, 6–1.
  Lepchenko started her US Open Series at the Bank of the West Classic. She started the tournament off by beating Mirjana Lučić-Baroni in the first round, 3–6, 6–2, 7–6. In the second round, she stunned top seed Caroline Wozniacki, 6–4, 6–2. In the quarterfinals, Lepchenko defeated Mona Barthel, 6–7, 6–2, 6–3 to reach the semifinals for the second year in a row. In her semifinal match, she lost to fourth seed Karolína Plíšková, 2–6, 5–7. At the Rogers Cup, Lepchenko was defeated in the first round by Barbora Strýcová, 6–2, 6–4. Lepchenko played one more tournament before the US Open, which was at the Western & Southern Open. She reached the third round where she lost to qualifier Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6. Ranked 46 at the US Open, Lepchenko advanced to the fourth round defeating Kirsten Flipkens, Lesia Tsurenko, and Mona Barthel. She was defeated in the fourth round by 20th seed Victoria Azarenka, 6–3, 6–4.
  Seeded 4 at the Korea Open, Lepchenko lost in the second round to Elizaveta Kulichkova, 0–6, 2–6. At the Wuhan Open, she was defeated in the second round by 12th seed Elina Svitolina, 6–4, 6–2. Staying in China to play at the China Open, she lost in the first round to Chinese wildcard Wang Qiang, 2–6, 6–3, 2–6. At the Generali Ladies Linz, Lepchenko lost in the first round to Kirsten Flipkens, 3–6, 6–7. Lepchenko competed in her final tournament of the year at the Kremlin Cup. She was defeated in the first round by Margarita Gasparyan, 7–5, 7–6.
  Lepchenko ended the year ranked No. 46.
caption: Lepchenko during the 2015 US Open
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