The 2015 Baku Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. This was the fifth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan between 27 July and 2 August 2015.
| 2015 Baku Cup | |
|---|---|
| Date | 27 July – 2 August |
| Edition | 5th |
| Category | WTA International |
| Draw | 32S / 16D |
| Prize money | $250,000 |
| Surface | Hard |
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Margarita Gasparyan | |
| Doubles | |
| Margarita Gasparyan / Alexandra Panova | |
Points and prize money edit
Point distribution edit
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money edit
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | $1,020 | $600 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — |
Singles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUS
|
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 41 | 1 |
 ITA
|
Karin Knapp | 43 | 2 |
 SVK
|
Dominika Cibulková | 56 | 3 |
 JPN
|
Kurumi Nara | 60 | 4 |
 SRB
|
Bojana Jovanovski | 67 | 5 |
 UKR |
|||
| RUS
|
Vitalia Diatchenko | 74 | 7 |
| ITA
|
Francesca Schiavone | 85 | 8 |
 MNE
|
Danka Kovinić | 86 | 9 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 20, 2015
Other entrants edit
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals edit
- Before the tournament
Denisa Allertová → replaced by 
Kateryna Bondarenko- Klára Koukalová → replaced by
Donna Vekić 
Andreea Mitu → replaced by 
Alexandra Panova- Monica Niculescu → replaced by Barbora Krejčíková
Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan- Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Elizaveta Kulichkova
- Tereza Smitková → replaced by
Çağla Büyükakçay - Lesia Tsurenko (right wrist injury) → replaced by Yuliya Beygelzimer
Roberta Vinci → replaced by 
Misa Eguchi
Yanina Wickmayer → replaced by 
Zhu Lin
Retirements edit
- Yuliya Beygelzimer (neck injury)
- Kateryna Bondarenko (right lower leg injury)
Danka Kovinić (gastrointestinal illness)
Doubles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUS
|
Margarita Gasparyan | RUS
|
Alexandra Panova | 132 | 1 |
| RUS
|
Vitalia Diatchenko | UKR
|
Olga Savchuk | 162 | 2 |
| JPN
|
Hiroko Kuwata |  NED
|
Demi Schuurs | 201 | 3 |
 GEO
|
Oksana Kalashnikova | MNE
|
Danka Kovinić | 226 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 20, 2015
Other entrants edit
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Champions edit
Singles edit
- Margarita Gasparyan def. Patricia Maria Țig, 6–3, 5–7, 6–0
Doubles edit
- Margarita Gasparyan / Alexandra Panova def. Vitalia Diatchenko / Olga Savchuk, 6–3, 7–5