2015 WTA Tour

2015 WTA Tour
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
Duration4 January – 8 November 2015
Edition45th
Tournaments59
CategoriesGrand 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 titlesUnited States Serena Williams (5)
Most tournament finalsCzech Republic Karolína Plíšková (6)
Prize money leaderUnited States Serena Williams
(US$10,582,642)[1]
Points leaderUnited States Serena Williams (9,945)[2]
Awards
Player of the yearUnited States Serena Williams
Doubles team of the yearSwitzerland Martina Hingis
India Sania Mirza
Most improved
player of the year
Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Newcomer of the yearRussia Daria Gavrilova
Comeback
player of the year
United States Venus Williams
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2016


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]

  1. ^ "Women's Tennis Scores | WTA Tennis". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  2. ^ "The Official Home of the Women's Tennis Association | WTA Tennis". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  3. ^ "2015 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 6 January 2015.