The 2015 Apia International Sydney women's singles was a joint
2015 ATP World Tour
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and
2015 WTA Tour
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tennis
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tournament, played on outdoor
hard court
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s in
Sydney
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,
New South Wales
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, Australia.
Tsvetana Pironkova
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was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to
Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová, OLY ( , ; born 8 March 1990) is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová has won 29 career singles titles, including two major titles at Wimbledon in 2011 and i ...
. Kvitová won the title by defeating compatriot
Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Hrdličková ( née Plíšková; ; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in singles, reaching the top of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings on 17 July 2017 and holding the pos ...
in the final, 7–6
(7–5), 7–6
(8–6).
Seeds
The top two
seeds
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received a
bye into the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
Qualifying
Seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky loser
#
Nicole Gibbs
Nicole Gibbs (born March 3, 1993) is an American retired tennis player.
She won seven singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 25 July 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 68. On 19 September 2016, she peaked at ...
Draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
References
Main DrawQualifying Draw
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Women's Singles