.jpg) Serena Williams finished the year as world No. 1 for the fifth time in her career. She won five tournaments during the season, including three majors at the Australian Open, the French Open, and the Wimbledon Championships (completing a non-calendar year Grand Slam). She also won two Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 events. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4 January – 8 November 2015 |
| Edition | 45th |
| Tournaments | 59 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Finals WTA Elite Trophy WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (32) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Serena Williams (5) |
| Most tournament finals |  Karolína Plíšková (6) |
| Prize money leader | Serena Williams (US$10,582,642)[1] |
| Points leader | Serena Williams (9,945)[2] |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Serena Williams |
| Doubles team of the year |  Martina Hingis  Sania Mirza |
| Most improved player of the year | Timea Bacsinszky |
| Newcomer of the year |  Daria Gavrilova |
| Comeback player of the year | Venus Williams |
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The 2015 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2015 tennis season. The 2015 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Finals and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2015 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.[3]
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- ^ "2015 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 6 January 2015.