2015 Australian Open

Further information on draws: Men's singles draw and Women's singles draw

The 2015 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park from 19 January to 1 February 2015. It was the 103rd edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.

2015 Australian Open
Date	19 January – 1 February 2015
Edition	103rd
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw	128S/64D/32X
Prize money	A$40,000,000
Surface	Hard (Plexicushion)
Location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Venue	Melbourne Park
Attendance	703,899
Champions
Men's singles
Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini
Women's doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová
Mixed doubles
Martina Hingis / Leander Paes
Wheelchair men's singles
Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's singles
Jiske Griffioen
Wheelchair quad singles
Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's doubles
Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley
Wheelchair quad doubles
Andrew Lapthorne / David Wagner
Boys' singles
Roman Safiullin
Girls' singles
Tereza Mihalíková
Boys' doubles
Jake Delaney / Marc Polmans
Girls' doubles
Miriam Kolodziejová / Markéta Vondroušová

Stan Wawrinka was the defending champion in men's singles but lost to four-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals. Reigning women's champion Li Na did not defend her title, as she retired from professional tennis in September, 2014. Novak Djokovic won an Open Era record fifth men's singles crown by defeating Andy Murray in the final, and this was the third time they met each other in the final. Serena Williams won an Open Era record six women's singles championships by defeating Maria Sharapova in the final, and this was the second time they met each other in the final.

Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini teamed up to win the men's doubles title for the first time over the team of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut. Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová teamed up to win the women's doubles crown for the first time over the team of Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie. Martina Hingis and Leander Paes teamed up to win the mixed doubles title, it was the second for Hingis and third for Paes, over the defending champions Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor.

Tournament

Rod Laver Arena where the Finals of the Australian Open take place

The 2015 Australian Open was the 103rd edition of the tournament and was held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2015 ATP World Tour and the 2015 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which was part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and also singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.

The tournament was played on hard courts and took place over a series of 16 courts with Plexicushion surface, including the three main showcourts – Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena. The latter was unveiled with a capacity increase from 6,000 to 7,500 and also as the third Melbourne Park venue with fully operational retractable roof to make the Australian Open the first Grand Slam tournament with three such tennis stadiums. Partly due to the new roof, the 2015 event set an all-time attendance record of 703,899 fans. The cooler than normal temperatures may also have played a role.

Broadcast

The tournament was broadcast in more than 200 countries around the world. In Australia, all matches were broadcast live by the Seven Network on the network's primary channel under the banner Seven Sport. In the Asia/Pacific region, the tournament was covered by CCTV, iQiyi, SMG (China), Fiji One (Fiji), Sony SIX (India), Wowow, NHK (Japan), Sky TV (New Zealand) and Fox Sports Asia, in Europe by Eurosport, NOS (Netherlands), SRG SSR (Switzerland) and BBC (United Kingdom), in the Middle East by beIN Sports, in Africa by SuperSport, while in the Americas coverage was provided by ESPN.

In 2015, live coverage emanated from all sixteen courts. Qualifying tournaments, draw ceremony and Kids' Day were shown on official tournament website, AusOpen.com.

Controversy

Following a second round victory in Women's singles Canadian Eugenie Bouchard was approached by an interviewer, Ian Cohen, who cited tweets made by Bouchard the previous evening which complimented fellow competitor Serena Williams's on court attire. The interviewer, explaining that Williams "was kind enough to give us a twirl", asked Bouchard to offer her own twirl. Though Bouchard obliged, the request was met with criticism, with many accusing the interviewer of being sexist. The controversy was referred to by some media outlets as "twirlgate." Billie Jean King responded to the interview by saying "This is truly sexist. If you ask the women, you have to ask the guys to twirl as well." For her part, Bouchard said the request would not be sexist if men were asked to "flex their muscles and stuff." At least one media outlet pointed out that as part of a pre-tournament interview Rafael Nadal was asked to take off his shirt for the enjoyment of female fans.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Senior points

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	2000	1200	720	360	180	90	45	10	25	16	8	0
Men's doubles							0	—	—	—	—	—
Women's singles		1300	780	430	240	130	70	10	40	30	20	2
Women's doubles							10	—	—	—	—	—

Wheelchair points

Event	W	F	SF/3rd	QF/4th
Singles	800	500	375	100
Doubles	800	500	100	—
Quad singles	800	500	100	—
Quad doubles	800	100	—	—

Junior points

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3
Boys' singles	375	270	180	120	75	30	25	20
Girls' singles
Boys' doubles	270	180	120	75	45	—	—	—
Girls' doubles						—	—	—

Prize money

The Australian Open total prize money for 2015 was increased to A$40,000,000, with men's and women's singles champions to receive a tournament-record 3.1 million Australian dollars reward. Out of total prize money, A$28,796,000 was paid for players competing in singles main draw, further A$1,344,000 for players, who lost in qualifying, A$5,165,200 – for doubles players, A$480,000 for mixed doubles players and A$605,330 for competitors in other events, while A$3,609,470 was used to cover other fees, including players' per diem and trophies.

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 1281	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	A$3,100,000	A$1,550,000	A$650,000	A$340,000	A$175,000	A$97,500	A$60,000	A$34,500	A$16,000	A$8,000	A$4,000
Doubles*	A$575,000	A$285,000	A$142,500	A$71,000	A$39,000	A$23,000	A$14,800	—	—	—	—
Mixed doubles*	A$142,500	A$71,500	A$35,600	A$16,300	A$8,200	A$4,000	—	—	—	—	—

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 128 prize money.
*per team}

Singles players

2015 Australian Open – Men's singles

2015 Australian Open – Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries

Events

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Men's singles

• Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray, 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 6–0

This was the third time these two players met in the final. The other two times were in 2011 and 2013, when Djokovic won. This time would prove no different with Djokovic winning his fifth title, an Open Era record, to go along with his titles in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2013. This victory was Djokovic's eighth grand slam title, tying him in the Open Era with Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl and Andre Agassi. This was Murray's fourth loss in the final of the Australian Open, three of them to Djokovic and one to Roger Federer in 2010. This marks the first time since Björn Borg at the US Open that someone has lost all four of his final appearances at a particular grand slam event.

Women's singles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Women's singles

• Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)

This marked the second time these two players met in the final. The other time was in 2007, which Williams won. This time would be exactly the same, with Williams winning her sixth title (an Open Era record), to go along with wins in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010. This was her nineteenth career grand slam singles title, behind only Steffi Graf's twenty-two titles in the Open Era of tennis. This was Sharapova's third loss in the final; the other two losses were in 2012 to Victoria Azarenka and to Williams in 2007. Sharapova won the title in 2008.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Men's doubles

• Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut, 6–4, 6–4

This was the first men's doubles title for the team of Bolelli and Fognini at the event and in their respective careers.

Women's doubles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Women's doubles

• Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová defeated Chan Yung-jan / Zheng Jie, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)

This was the first women's doubles title for the team of Mattek-Sands and Šafářová at the event and in their respective careers. One of their finalist opponents, Zheng Jie won the title in 2006 with Yan Zi.

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

• Martina Hingis / Leander Paes defeated Kristina Mladenovic / Daniel Nestor, 6–4, 6–3

This was a match of past mixed doubles champions at the event, which Hingis won with Mahesh Bhupathi in 2006, while her partner Paes won titles in 2003 with Martina Navratilova and in 2010 with Cara Black. Their finalist opponents' won the event last year, but Nestor won titles in 2007 with Elena Likhovtseva and 2011 with Katarina Srebotnik. This was Hingis' second mixed doubles title for her career, and for Paes' it is his seventh mixed doubles grand slam crown for his career.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Boys' singles

• Roman Safiullin defeated Hong Seong-chan, 7–5, 7–6^(7–2)

Girls' singles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Girls' singles

• Tereza Mihalíková defeated Katie Swan, 6–1, 6–4

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Boys' doubles

• Jake Delaney / Marc Polmans defeated Hubert Hurkacz / Alex Molčan, 0–6, 6–2, [10–8]

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Girls' doubles

• Miriam Kolodziejová / Markéta Vondroušová defeated Katharina Hobgarski / Greet Minnen, 7–5, 6–4

Wheelchair

Wheelchair men's singles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles

• Shingo Kunieda defeated Stéphane Houdet, 6–2, 6–2

Wheelchair women's singles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's singles

• Jiske Griffioen defeated Yui Kamiji, 6–3, 7–5

Wheelchair quad singles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad singles

• Dylan Alcott defeated David Wagner, 6–2, 6–3

Wheelchair men's doubles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's doubles

• Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda defeated Gustavo Fernández / Gordon Reid, 6–2, 6–1

Wheelchair women's doubles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles

• Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley defeated Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot, 4–6, 6–4, 7–5

Wheelchair quad doubles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad doubles

• Andrew Lapthorne / David Wagner defeated Dylan Alcott / Lucas Sithole, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2

Singles seeds

Seedings are based on rankings as of 12 January 2015. Rankings and points before are as of 19 January 2015.
Points defending includes results from both the 2014 Australian Open and tournaments from the week of 27 January 2014 (Davis Cup for the men, and Paris and Pattaya for the women).

Men's singles

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Novak Djokovic	11,405	360	2,000	13,045	Champion, defeated Andy Murray [6]
2	2	Roger Federer	9,875	720+40	90	9,205	Third round lost to Andreas Seppi
3	3	Rafael Nadal	6,585	1,200	360	5,745	Quarterfinals lost to Tomáš Berdych [7]
4	4	Stan Wawrinka	5,370	2,000+40	720	4,050	Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
5	5	Kei Nishikori	5,025	180	360	5,205	Quarterfinals lost to Stan Wawrinka [4]
6	6	Andy Murray	4,675	360+145	1,200+90	5,460	Runner-up, lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
7	7	Tomáš Berdych	4,660	720	720	4,660	Semifinals lost to Andy Murray [6]
8	8	Milos Raonic	4,575	90	360	4,845	Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
9	10	David Ferrer	4,145	360	180	3,965	Fourth round lost to Kei Nishikori [5]
10	11	Grigor Dimitrov	3,645	360	180	3,465	Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [6]
11	13	Ernests Gulbis	2,455	45	10	2,420	First round lost to Thanasi Kokkinakis [WC]
12	14	Feliciano López	2,130	90	180	2,220	Fourth round lost to Milos Raonic [8]
13	16	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,110	180	45	1,975	Second round lost to Gilles Müller
14	15	Kevin Anderson	2,125	180	180	2,125	Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [3]
15	17	Tommy Robredo	2,015	180	10	1,845	First round retired against Édouard Roger-Vasselin
16	18	Fabio Fognini	1,790	180+80	10	1,540	First round lost to Alejandro González
17	19	Gaël Monfils	1,770	90	45	1,725	Second round lost to Jerzy Janowicz
18	20	Gilles Simon	1,730	90	90	1,730	Third round lost to David Ferrer [9]
19	21	John Isner	1,685	10	90	1,765	Third round lost to Gilles Müller
20	22	David Goffin	1,669	(35)+55†	45+35	1,659	Second round lost to Marcos Baghdatis
21	23	Alexandr Dolgopolov	1,455	45	10	1,420	First round lost to Paolo Lorenzi
22	24	Philipp Kohlschreiber	1,415	0	45	1,460	Second round lost to Bernard Tomic
23	27	Ivo Karlović	1,365	10	45	1,400	Second round lost to Nick Kyrgios
24	28	Richard Gasquet	1,350	90+40	90	1,310	Third round lost to Kevin Anderson [14]
25	25	Julien Benneteau	1,390	45	10	1,355	First round lost to Benjamin Becker
26	26	Leonardo Mayer	1,389	45	45	1,389	Second round lost to Viktor Troicki
27	29	Pablo Cuevas	1,227	(20)†	10	1,217	First round lost to Matthias Bachinger [Q]
28	30	Lukáš Rosol	1,210	10	45	1,245	Second round lost to Dudi Sela
29	31	Jérémy Chardy	1,195	90	45	1,150	Second round lost to Andreas Seppi
30	32	Santiago Giraldo	1,175	10	45	1,210	Second round lost to Steve Johnson
31	33	Fernando Verdasco	1,135	45	90	1,180	Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
32	34	Martin Kližan	1,133	106	45	1,072	Second round retired against João Sousa

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points Before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Withdrawal reason
9	Marin Čilić	4,150	45	0	4,105	Shoulder injury
12	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2,740	180+40	0+40	2,520	Forearm inflammation

†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2014. Accordingly, this was the 18th best result deducted instead.

Women's singles

Seed	Rank	Player	Points Before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Serena Williams	8,016	240	2,000	9,776	Champion, defeated Maria Sharapova [2]
2	2	Maria Sharapova	7,335	240+185	1,300	8,210	Runner-up, lost to Serena Williams [1]
3	3	Simona Halep	6,571	430	430	6,571	Quarterfinals lost to Ekaterina Makarova [10]
4	4	Petra Kvitová	6,360	10	130	6,480	Third round lost to Madison Keys
5	5	Ana Ivanovic	4,845	430	10	4,425	First round lost to Lucie Hradecká [Q]
6	6	Agnieszka Radwańska	4,810	780	240	4,270	Fourth round lost to Venus Williams [18]
7	7	Eugenie Bouchard	4,715	780	430	4,365	Quarterfinals lost to Maria Sharapova [2]
8	8	Caroline Wozniacki	4,625	130	70	4,565	Second round lost to Victoria Azarenka
9	9	Angelique Kerber	3,360	240	10	3,130	First round lost to Irina-Camelia Begu
10	11	Ekaterina Makarova	2,970	240+280	780+55	3,285	Semifinals lost to Maria Sharapova [2]
11	10	Dominika Cibulková	3,007	1,300	430	2,137	Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [1]
12	12	Flavia Pennetta	2,861	430	10	2,441	First round lost to Camila Giorgi
13	13	Andrea Petkovic	2,780	10+100	10+55	2,735	First round lost to Madison Brengle
14	14	Sara Errani	2,735	10+305	130+1	2,551	Third round lost to Yanina Wickmayer
15	15	Jelena Janković	2,590	240	10	2,360	First round lost to Timea Bacsinszky
16	16	Lucie Šafářová	2,545	130	10	2,425	First round lost to Yaroslava Shvedova
17	17	Carla Suárez Navarro	2,415	130	10	2,295	First round lost to Carina Witthöft
18	18	Venus Williams	2,370	10	430	2,790	Quarterfinals lost to Madison Keys
19	19	Alizé Cornet	2,255	130+185	130+55	2,125	Third round lost to Dominika Cibulková [11]
20	21	Samantha Stosur	1,895	130	70	1,835	Second round lost to CoCo Vandeweghe
21	22	Peng Shuai	1,880	10+60	240+30	2,080	Fourth round lost to Maria Sharapova [2]
22	20	Karolína Plíšková	2,075	70+180	130+60	2,015	Third round lost to Ekaterina Makarova [10]
23	25	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1,820	130+470	10+1	1,231	First round lost to Yanina Wickmayer
24	24	Garbiñe Muguruza	1,845	240	240	1,845	Fourth round lost to Serena Williams [1]
25	23	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	1,870	70	130	1,930	Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka
26	26	Elina Svitolina	1,780	130+100	130+60	1,740	Third round lost to Serena Williams [1]
27	27	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1,730	10+30	10+1	1,701	First round lost to Caroline Garcia
28	28	Sabine Lisicki	1,681	70+30	10+1	1,592	First round lost to Kristina Mladenovic
29	29	Casey Dellacqua	1,542	240	70	1,372	Second round lost to Madison Keys
30	30	Varvara Lepchenko	1,480	70	130	1,540	Third round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [6]
31	31	Zarina Diyas	1,460	170	130	1,420	Third round lost to Maria Sharapova [2]
32	34	Belinda Bencic	1,391	110+12	10+1	1,280	First round lost to Julia Görges

Doubles seeds

Men's doubles

• ¹ Rankings were as of 12 January 2015.

Women's doubles

• ¹ Rankings are as of 12 January 2015.

Mixed doubles

• ¹ Rankings are as of 12 January 2015.

Main draw wildcard entries

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries

As part of an agreement between Tennis Australia, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and the French Tennis Federation (FFT), one male and one female player from the United States and France received a wild card into the Australian Open singles event. USTA gave it to Denis Kudla and Irina Falconi, thanks to their positions in 2014 USTA Pro Circuit's Australian Open Wild Card Challenge standing, while Lucas Pouille and Océane Dodin were chosen by internal FFT selection.

Further four wildcards were awarded at Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Playoff into the men's and women's singles and doubles main draw events, while Tennis Australia organized its own playoff competitions, where Jordan Thompson, Daria Gavrilova and Sam Thompson & Masa Jovanovic mixed doubles team received entries to Australian Open.

Remaining wildcard places were filled by Australian internal selection.

Men's singles

• James Duckworth
• Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Denis Kudla
• John Millman
• Lucas Pouille
• Luke Saville
• Jordan Thompson
• Zhang Ze

Women's singles

• Chang Kai-chen
• Océane Dodin
• Duan Yingying
• Irina Falconi
• Daria Gavrilova
• Arina Rodionova
• Olivia Rogowska
• Storm Sanders

Men's doubles

• Alex Bolt / Andrew Whittington
• James Duckworth / Luke Saville
• Matthew Ebden / Matt Reid
• Omar Jasika / John-Patrick Smith
• Thanasi Kokkinakis / Nick Kyrgios
• Lee Hsin-han / Zhang Ze
• John Millman / Benjamin Mitchell

Women's doubles

• Monique Adamczak / Olivia Rogowska
• Naiktha Bains / Sara Tomic
• Kimberly Birrell / Priscilla Hon
• Daria Gavrilova / Storm Sanders
• Maddison Inglis / Alexandra Nancarrow
• Jessica Moore / Abbie Myers
• Yang Zhaoxuan / Ye Qiuyu

Mixed doubles

• Chang Kai-chen / Zhang Ze
• Casey Dellacqua / John Peers
• Jarmila Gajdošová / Mahesh Bhupathi
• Daria Gavrilova / Luke Saville
• Masa Jovanovic / Sam Thompson
• Andreja Klepač / Chris Guccione
• Arina Rodionova / Max Mirnyi

Main draw qualifier entries

The qualifying competition took place in Melbourne Park on 14 – 17 January 2015.

Men's singles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying

Men's singles qualifiers

1. Tim Pütz
2. Jürgen Melzer
3. Elias Ymer
4. Tim Smyczek
5. Matthias Bachinger
6. Jan Hernych
7. Aljaž Bedene
8. Jimmy Wang
9. Michael Russell
10. Ruben Bemelmans
11. Marius Copil
12. Kyle Edmund
13. Alexander Kudryavtsev
14. Illya Marchenko
15. Yuki Bhambri
16. Laurent Lokoli

Lucky loser

1. Hiroki Moriya

Women's singles

Main article: 2015 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying

Women's singles qualifiers

1. Denisa Allertová
2. Stéphanie Foretz
3. Renata Voráčová
4. Tatjana Maria
5. Alexandra Panova
6. Lucie Hradecká
7. Ons Jabeur
8. Urszula Radwańska
9. Richèl Hogenkamp
10. Evgeniya Rodina
11. Anna Tatishvili
12. Petra Martić

Lucky loser

1. Yulia Putintseva

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Men's singles

• Juan Martín del Potro (PR 7)
• Stéphane Robert (PR 103)

Women's singles

• Bethanie Mattek-Sands (PR 52)
• Romina Oprandi (PR 40)
• Vera Zvonareva (PR 15)

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament but withdrew.

Men's singles

• Marin Čilić → replaced by James Ward
• Juan Martín del Potro → replaced by Hiroki Moriya
• Tommy Haas → replaced by Stéphane Robert
• Jack Sock → replaced by Máximo González
• Radek Štěpánek → replaced by Blaž Kavčič
• Janko Tipsarević → replaced by Marsel İlhan
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Kenny de Schepper

Women's singles

• Jana Čepelová → replaced by Yulia Putintseva
• Petra Cetkovská → replaced by Alison Van Uytvanck

Retirements

Men's singles

• Peter Gojowczyk
• Martin Kližan
• Adrian Mannarino
• Tommy Robredo

External links

• Official website