The 2015
Delhi Open
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was a professional
tennis
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tournament played on outdoor
hard court
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s. It is the second edition of the tournament for the men and for the women. It was part of the
2015 ATP Challenger Tour
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and the
2015 ITF Women's Circuit
The 2015 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2015 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with p ...
, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money in the men's event and $25,000 in the women's event. It took place in
New Delhi
New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...
, India, on 16–22 February 2015.
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
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1 Rankings as of 9 February 2015
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
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Yuki Bhambri
Yuki Bhambri (born 4 July 1992) is an Indian professional tennis player. He is a former junior no. 1 and winner of the 2009 Australian Open Junior Championship. He is the first Indian to win the junior Australian Open title and the fourth Indi ...
* Karunuday Singh
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Sanam Singh
Sanam Krishan Singh (born 11 January 1988), is a former Indian tennis player. Singh won the doubles gold medal and the bronze in the team event at the 2010 Asian Games. He added another Asian Games medal to his tally by winning the Silver meda ...
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Vishnu Vardhan
Vishnu Vardhan (born 27 July 1987), also known as J. Vishnuvardhan, is a professional tennis player from India. He won bronze medal in men's doubles at 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China. He paired-up with and Sania Mirza for mixed doubles an ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Vijay Sundar Prashanth
Vijay Sundar Prashanth (born 27 October 1986) is a professional Indian tennis player. He caught everyone eye, when he won against Indian Davis Cup player Yuki Bhambri at 2015 Aircel Chennai Open. Prashanth has a career high ATP singles rankin ...
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Dino Marcan
Dino Marcan (born 12 February 1991 in Rijeka, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian professional tennis player. Dino mostly competes on the ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series ...
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Sriram Balaji
Sriram Balaji (born 18 March 1990) is an Indian professional tennis player. Balaji has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 287, achieved on 19 June 2017 and a doubles ranking of world No. 96 achieved on 23 July 2018. Balaji has won ...
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Richard Becker
The following players received entry into the main draw as a lucky loser:
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Andrew Whittington
Champions
Men's singles
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Somdev Devvarman
Somdev Kishore Devvarman (born 13 February 1985) is a former professional Indian tennis player. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning back-to-back finals i ...
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Yuki Bhambri
Yuki Bhambri (born 4 July 1992) is an Indian professional tennis player. He is a former junior no. 1 and winner of the 2009 Australian Open Junior Championship. He is the first Indian to win the junior Australian Open title and the fourth Indi ...
, 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Women's singles
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Magda Linette
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Tadeja Majerič
Tadeja Majerič (born 31 August 1990, in Maribor) is a former tennis player from Slovenia.
Majerič has won nine singles and six doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 25 November 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 11 ...
, 6–1, 6–1
Men's doubles
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Egor Gerasimov
Egor Alekseyevich Gerasimov ( be, Ягор Аляксеевіч Герасімаў; russian: Егор Алексеевич Герасимов; born 11 November 1992 in Minsk) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP s ...
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Alexander Kudryavtsev
Alexander Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev (russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Кудря́вцев; born 26 October 1985) is a retired Russian professional tennis player who has played professionally since 2003. He made his breakthro ...
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Riccardo Ghedin
Riccardo Ghedin (born 5 December 1985) is an Italian tennis player. He began playing tennis when he was 12 years old.
At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Ghedin advanced successfully through the qualifying rounds to reach his first and only gr ...
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Toshihide Matsui
is a professional Japanese tennis player. On 12 June 2006, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 261. On 7 May 2018, he achieved his highest doubles ranking of No. 130.
Career
He was the runner-up in men's singles at the Japanese ...
, 6–7
(5–7), 6–4,
0–6
Women's doubles
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Tang Haochen
Tang Haochen (; ; born 21 February 1994) is a former tennis player from China.
Tang has won two singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 15 December 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 371. On 15 July 2013, s ...
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Yang Zhaoxuan
Yang Zhaoxuan (; ; born 11 February 1995) is a Chinese professional tennis player.
Yang reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 11 in the WTA rankings, WTA doubles rankings on 24 October 2022.
Yang has won six doubles titles on the WTA To ...
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Hsu Ching-wen
Hsu Ching-wen (; born 19 August 1996) is a Taiwanese former professional tennis
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Lee Pei-chi
Lee Pei-chi (; born 16 October 1994) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player.
Lee has won 11 singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 31 March 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 389. On 21 November 202 ...
, 7–5, 6–1
External links
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Delhi Open
The Delhi Open (formerly known as ONGC–GAIL Delhi Open) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's Circuit. Since 2014, it has been held annually at t ...
2015 ITF Women's Circuit
Sports competitions in Delhi
2015 in Indian tennis
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