The 2015 Connecticut Open was a women's

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 47th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the

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. It took place at the

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in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 23 through August 29. It was the last event of the

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before the 2015 US Open.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of August 17, 2015

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Agnieszka Radwańska * Alison Riske *

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* Caroline Wozniacki The following player received entry using a protected ranking: * Dominika Cibulková The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Olga Govortsova Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( be, Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranki ...

* Polona Hercog *

Yulia Putintseva Yulia Antonovna Putintseva ( rus, Ю́лия Анто́новна Пути́нцева; , ''puh-TEEN-tseh-vah''; born 7 January 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She is a three-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist (twic ...

* Magdaléna Rybáriková *

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* Roberta Vinci The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Lesia Tsurenko

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Belinda Bencic → replaced by Daria Gavrilova * Simona Halep (Left thigh injury) → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko * Ekaterina Makarova → replaced by Barbora Strýcová * Sloane Stephens → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova

Retirements

Elina Svitolina Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina ( uk, Еліна Михайлівна Світоліна, ; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and 108 in doubles. Svitolina ...

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*Rankings are as of August 17, 2015

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: * Lauren Davis / Alison Riske

Finals

Singles

* Petra Kvitová defeated

, 6–7^(6–8), 6–2, 6–2

Doubles

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defeated

Chuang Chia-jung Chuang Chia-jung (; ; born 10 January 1985) is a retired Taiwanese tennis player. In her career, she won 22 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three doubles titles on tournaments of the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as ten singles titles and ...

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, 6–3, 6–1

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Connecticut Open Connecticut Open by year 2015 WTA Tour 2015 US Open Series