The 2015
Launceston Tennis International was a professional
tennis
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 player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
tournament played on outdoor
hard courts. It was the first edition (for men) and fourth edition (for women) of the tournament which is part of the
2015 ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, in 2015 in tennis, 2015 was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2015 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 166 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $40,000 up to $220,000. It was the ...
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 $50,000 in prize money for both genders. It took place in
Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston () or () is a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia, at the confluence of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River (kanamaluka). As of 2021, Launceston has a population of 87,645. Material was copied ...
, Australia, on 8–15 February 2015.
Men's singles entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of 2 February 2015
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Harry Bourchier
Harry Bourchier (born 24 January 1996) is an Australian tennis player.
Bourchier has a career high ATP singles ranking of 279 achieved on 13 January 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 275 achieved on 2 March 2020.
Bourchie ...
*
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 ...
*
Christopher O'Connell
*
Marc Polmans
Marc David Polmans (born 2 May 1997) is a South African-born Australian tennis player.
Polmans has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 116 achieved on 12 October 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 68 a ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Omar Jasika
* Gavin van Peperzeel
*
Yūichi Sugita
*
Finn Tearney
Finn Tearney (born 27 September 1990) is a tennis player from New Zealand.
Tearney has a career high ATP singles ranking of 356 achieved on 10 October 2016 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 402 achieved on 8 February 2016.
He has won t ...
Women's singles entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of 2 February 2015
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Destanee Aiava
Destanee Gabriella Aiava (born 10 May 2000) is an Australian professional tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 147 in singles, achieved on 11 September 2017, and of 192 in doubles, achieved October 2019. Aiava has won five single ...
*
Alison Bai
Alison Bai (born 18 January 1990) is a professional Australian tennis player. Her highest WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking is No. 305, which she reached on 2 November 2015. Her career-high in doubles is No. 125, set on 20 January 2020.
On the ...
*
Seone Mendez
*
Viktorija Rajicic
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Alexa Glatch
*
Nudnida Luangnam
Nudnida "Chun" Luangnam ( th, ณัฐนิดา หลวงแนม; born 27 February 1987) is a former tennis player from Thailand. She has career-high WTA rankings of 195 in singles, set on 13 May 2013, and 342 in doubles, achieved on 13 ...
*
Xun Fangying
*
Zhang Yuxuan
Zhang Yuxuan (; ; born 19 August 1994) is a inactive professional tennis player from China.
In her career, she won five singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. On 18 April 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of ...
Champions
Men's singles
*
Bjorn Fratangelo
Bjorn Fratangelo ( ; born July 19, 1993) is a professional American tennis player.
He won the boys' singles title at the 2011 French Open defeating Dominic Thiem. Fratangelo is only the second American out of three to win the event, following J ...
def.
Chung Hyeon, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Women's singles
*
Daria Gavrilova def.
Tereza Mrdeža, 6–1, 6–2
Men's doubles
*
Radu Albot /
Mitchell Krueger def.
Adam Hubble
Adam Hubble (born 25 March 1986) was an Australian professional tennis player playing on the ITF Men's Circuit and the ATP Challenger Tour who specialized in doubles. On 30 November 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 679 whils ...
/
Jose Rubin Statham, 3–6, 7–5,
1–9
Women's doubles
*
Han Xinyun /
Junri Namigata def.
Wang Yafan /
Yang Zhaoxuan, 6–4, 3–6,
0–6
References
External links
2015 Launceston Tennis Internationalat tennis.com.au
2015 Launceston Tennis Internationalat ITFtennis.com
{{2015 ITF Women's Circuit
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February 2015 sports events in Australia