The 2015

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was a professional

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. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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between 1 and 7 June 2015.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of May 25, 2015.

Other entrants

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

Lee Duck-hee Lee Duck-hee (이덕희; born 29 May 1998) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He has won 10 titles on the ITF Junior Circuit as a teenager, including Grade 2 tournaments in Nanjing and Sarawak. Personal life Lee was born deaf. ...

Lee Jea-moon Lee Jea-moon ( ko, 이재문; born 2 July 1993) is a South Korean tennis player. Lee has a career high ATP singles ranking of 558 achieved on 22 May 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 431 achieved on 13 November 2017. Lee ...

* Kim Young-seok *

Kwon Soon-woo Kwon Soon-woo ( ko, 권순우; born 2 December 1997) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 52 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in November 2021. H ...

The following players used protected ranking to gain entry into the singles main draw: * Karunuday Singh The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jang Woo-hyeok *

Blake Mott Blake Mott (born 21 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player. He competes mainly in the Challenger Tour. He reached his career high singles ranking of World No. 220 in June 2017. He won his first Challenger title in the 2016 La ...

Na Jung-woong Na Jung-woong (; born 31 October 1992) is a South Korean tennis player. Career Na has a career high ATP singles ranking of 404 achieved on 16 September 2013. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 966, achieved on 19 May 2014. He re ...

Christopher O'Connell Christopher O'Connell (born 3 June 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. He grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. O'Connell reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 78 on 28 November 2022 and a doubles ranking ...

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of May 25, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Kim Jae-hwan /

* Kwak Sung-hyuk / Um Eun-sik * Masamichi Imamura / Hiroki Koshimizu

Champions

Singles

Alexander Sarkissian Alexander Sarkissian (born April 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each pl ...

def. Connor Smith, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4

Doubles

* Li Zhe /

Jose Rubin Statham Rubin Statham (born 25 April 1987), often referred to by his nickname of "José," is a professional tennis player from New Zealand. His twin brother Mikal (usually referred to by his nickname of "Oliver") is also a professional tennis player. H ...

def. Dean O'Brien /

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, 6–4, 6–1

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Gimcheon Open ATP Challenger 2015 in South Korean tennis