The 2015 Aegon Championships, also known traditionally as the Queen's Club Championships, was a men's

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the 113th edition of those

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and was part of the

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of the

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, upgraded from a 250 series event for the first time. It took place at the

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, United Kingdom between 15 June and 21 June 2015. Despite the elevated status of the event from an

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to an

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series event, the draw featured one round less for the first time in its history, meaning reduced numbers of players in the draw. However, there were no byes into the second round for any of the higher-ranked players, as there were previously. First-seeded

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won the singles title.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

_{*per team}

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of June 8, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

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Thanasi Kokkinakis Athanasios "Thanasi" Kokkinakis ( ; born 10 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player and a doubles specialist. He has been ranked as high as world No. 69 in singles by the ATP, which he first achieved on 8 June 2015. He has won o ...

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

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→replaced by

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→replaced by

João Sousa João Pedro Coelho Marinho de Sousa (born 30 March 1989), known as João Sousa (), is a Portuguese professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 28 on 16 May 2016 and a doubles ranking of No. 26 on 13 May 2 ...

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of June 8, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

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The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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André Sá André Rezende Sá (; born 6 May 1977) is a former Brazilian tennis player. In singles, he was a Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2002. Sá reached the semifinals of ATP tournaments in Memphis and Hong Kong in 2000 and 2001 respectively. He reached ...

Finals

Singles

defeated Kevin Anderson, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Pierre-Hugues Herbert Pierre-Hugues Herbert (; born 18 March 1991) is a French professional tennis player. In doubles, he has completed the Career Grand Slam with titles at the 2015 US Open, the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, the 2018 French Open, the 2021 French O ...

Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut (; born 21 January 1982) is a French professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having completed the career Grand Slam with victories at the ...

defeated

Marcin Matkowski Marcin Matkowski (; born 15 January 1981) is a Polish former professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. He played college tennis at UCLA, where Jean-Julien Rojer was one of his teammates. Matkowski and Mariusz Fyrstenberg won the ...

Nenad Zimonjić Nenad Zimonjić ( sr-Cyrl, Ненад Зимоњић, ; born 4 June 1976) is a Serbian former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles. He is an eight-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2008 and 2009 Wimbledon Cham ...

, 6–2, 6–2

References

External links

Official website

ATP tournament profile
{{2015 ATP World Tour

Aegon Championships The Queen's Club Championships is an annual tournament for male tennis players, held on grass courts at the Queen's Club in West Kensington, London. The event is part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ...

Queen's Club Championships