2015 Baku Cup

{{TennisEventInfo|2015|Baku Cup| | date=27 July – 2 August | edition=5th | category=[[WTA International tournaments|WTA International]] | draw=32S / 16D | prize_money=$250,000 | surface=[[Hardcourt|Hard]] | location=[[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]] | champs={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Margarita Gasparyan]] | champd={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Margarita Gasparyan]] / {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexandra Panova]] }}

The '''2015 [[Baku Cup]]''' was a professional tennis tournament played on [[hardcourt|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.

==Points and prize money==

=== Point distribution === {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- |style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Event''' |style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' |style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F |style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF |style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |width=85|Q |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- !style="background:#ededed;"|Women's singles |rowspan=2|280 |rowspan=2|180 |rowspan=2|110 |rowspan=2|60 |30 |1 |18 |12 |1 |- !style="background:#ededed;"|Women's doubles |1 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |}

=== Prize money === {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9|'''Event''' |width=80 bgcolor=lime|'''W''' |width=85 bgcolor=thistle|F |width=85 bgcolor=ffff00|SF |width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd|QF |width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 16 |width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 32 |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- !style=background:#ededed|Women's singles |$43,000 |$21,400 |$11,500 |$6,175 |$3,400 |$2,100 |$1,020 |$600 |- !style=background:#ededed|Women's doubles |$12,300 |$6,400 |$3,435 |$1,820 |$960 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |}

==Singles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]] |41 |1 |- |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Karin Knapp]] |43 |2 |- |{{flag|SVK}} |[[Dominika Cibulková]] |56 |3 |- |{{flag|JPN}} |[[Kurumi Nara]] |60 |4 |- |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Bojana Jovanovski]] |67 |5 |- |<s>{{flag|UKR}}</s> |<s>[[Lesia Tsurenko]]</s> |<s>71</s> |<s>6</s> |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Vitalia Diatchenko]] |74 |7 |- |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Francesca Schiavone]] |85 |8 |- |{{flag|MNE}} |[[Danka Kovinić]] |86 |9 |} * 1 Rankings are as of July 20, 2015

===Other entrants=== The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandra Korashvili]] * {{flagicon|POL}} [[Magda Linette]] * {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Zuleykha Šafářová]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Nigina Abduraimova]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Olga Ianchuk]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Valentyna Ivakhnenko]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Olga Savchuk]] * {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Patricia Maria Țig]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yang Zhaoxuan]]

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Yuliya Beygelzimer]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Denisa Allertová]] → replaced by {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kateryna Bondarenko]] * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Klára Koukalová]] → replaced by {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Donna Vekić]] * {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Andreea Mitu]] → replaced by {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexandra Panova]] * {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Monica Niculescu]] → replaced by {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Barbora Krejčíková]] * {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Yaroslava Shvedova]] → replaced by {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Margarita Gasparyan]] * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Kateřina Siniaková]] → replaced by {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elizaveta Kulichkova]] * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tereza Smitková]] → replaced by {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Çağla Büyükakçay]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Lesia Tsurenko]] (right wrist injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Yuliya Beygelzimer]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberta Vinci]] → replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Misa Eguchi]] * {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Yanina Wickmayer]] → replaced by {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhu Lin (tennis)|Zhu Lin]]

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Yuliya Beygelzimer]] (neck injury) * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kateryna Bondarenko]] (right lower leg injury) * {{flagicon|MNE}} [[Danka Kovinić]] (gastrointestinal illness)

==Doubles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Margarita Gasparyan]] |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Alexandra Panova]] |132 |1 |-style="background:#fcc;" |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Vitalia Diatchenko]] |{{flag|UKR}} |[[Olga Savchuk]] |162 |2 |- |{{flag|JPN}} |[[Hiroko Kuwata]] |{{flag|NED}} |[[Demi Schuurs]] |201 |3 |- |{{flag|GEO}} |[[Oksana Kalashnikova]] |{{flag|MNE}} |[[Danka Kovinić]] |226 |4 |} * 1 Rankings are as of July 20, 2015

=== Other entrants === The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Amina Dik]] / {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Zuleykha Šafářová]]

==Champions==

===Singles=== {{main|2015 Baku Cup – Singles}} * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Margarita Gasparyan]]''' def. {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Patricia Maria Țig]], 6–3, 5–7, 6–0

===Doubles=== {{main|2015 Baku Cup – Doubles}} * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Margarita Gasparyan]]''' / {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Alexandra Panova]]''' def. {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vitalia Diatchenko]] / {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Olga Savchuk]], 6–3, 7–5

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120713050138/http://www.bakucup.az/?lang=2 Official website]

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