The 2015

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was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the twentieth (ATP) and eighteenth (ITF) edition of the tournament and part of the

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and

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, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money in both events. It took place in Lexington, United States, on 27 July–2 August 2015.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of July 20, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Omar Jasika * Tom Jomby * Mitchell Krueger * Eric Quigley The following player received entry as a special exempt: * Sekou Bangoura The following players received entry as an alternate: * Ryan Sweeting The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Carsten Ball Carsten Thomas Ball (born 20 June 1987) is an American-Australian retired professional tennis player. Although born and based in the United States, Carsten has represented Australia on tour. Tennis career Carsten Ball was born in Newport Bea ...

* Alex Kuznetsov *

Matija Pecotić Matija Pecotić (born 3 July 1989) is a Croatian-Maltese tennis player. Pecotić has a career high ATP singles ranking of 206 achieved on 23 November 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 485 achieved on 16 November 2015. Pecot ...

* Noah Rubin The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Yasutaka Uchiyama * Erik Crepaldi

Women's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 20 July 2015

Other entrants

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

Catherine Bellis Catherine Cartan "CiCi" Bellis (born April 8, 1999) is an American former tennis player. In early 2018, she was the second youngest player in the top 100 of the WTA rankings. Bellis has a career-high of 35, which she achieved in August 2017. She ...

* Julia Elbaba * Danielle Lao The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Nicha "Eve" Lertpitaksinchai ( th, ณิชาต์ เลิศพิทักษ์สินชัย; born 14 August 1991) is a former professional tennis player from Thailand. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 280 in singles, achie ...

* Jamie Loeb * Peangtarn Plipuech * Chanel Simmonds

Champions

Men's singles

* John Millman def. Yasutaka Uchiyama, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4

Women's singles

Nao Hibino is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 56 in singles and No. 43 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Hibino has won two singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Along with that, she ...

def. Samantha Crawford, 6–2, 6–1

Men's doubles

/ Brydan Klein def. Dean O'Brien / Ruan Roelofse, 6-4, 7-6^(7-4)

Women's doubles

/ Emily Webley-Smith def.

/ Peangtarn Plipuech, 6–2, 6–2

External links

2015 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships
at ITFtennis.com
Official website
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