2015 US Open (tennis)

The 2015 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 135th edition of the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Further information on Singles draws: Men's Singles draw and Women's Singles draw
2015 US Open
DateAugust 31 – September 13
Edition135th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S/64D/32X
Prize money$42,253,400
SurfaceHard
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
VenueUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Attendance691,280
Champions
Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic
Women's Singles
Flavia Pennetta
Men's Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut
Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
Mixed Doubles
Martina Hingis / Leander Paes
Boys' Singles
Taylor Harry Fritz
Girls' Singles
Dalma Gálfi
Boys' Doubles
Félix Auger-Aliassime / Denis Shapovalov
Girls' Doubles
Viktória Kužmová / Aleksandra Pospelova
Men's Champions Invitational
Pat Cash / Mark Philippoussis
Women's Champions Invitational
Final not played
Wheelchair Men's Singles
Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair Women's Singles
Jordanne Whiley
Wheelchair Quad Singles
Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Gordon Reid
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot
Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Nick Taylor / David Wagner

Marin Čilić was the defending champion in the men's singles event, but lost to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Serena Williams was the three-time defending champion in the women's singles event and was also trying to complete the calendar Grand Slam, but she lost to Roberta Vinci in the semifinals. Flavia Pennetta won the Women's Singles title and became the first Italian to win the US Open. The finalists Roberta Vinci and Flavia Pennetta where childhood friend from Southern Italy which grew up together.[1]

Tournament
Arthur Ashe Stadium, where the Finals of US Open took place

The 2015 US Open was the 135th edition of the tournament and it was held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.

The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2015 ATP World Tour and the 2015 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There are singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.

In addition, the annual men's and women's Champions Invitational doubles events were held, with eight male and eight female former Grand Slam champions taking part. For the second year running, the American Collegiate Invitational competitions is organized, where top sixteen American collegiate players compete in men's and women's singles events. Exhibition matches also take place.

The tournament is played on hard courts and takes place over a series of 17 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the three main showcourts – Arthur Ashe Stadium (with permanent steel erected and new video boards, LED court lighting and sound system in place, as part of a refurbishment project), Louis Armstrong Stadium and Grandstand. It is the last ever US Open played on courts without the operational roof on centre court and with the old Grandstand in place. Starting from the 2016 edition, the Arthur Ashe Stadium will have completed retractable roof and matches will be played on newly built Grandstand.

After two years of tournament being scheduled across 15 days, the US Open returns to a traditional 14-day schedule in 2015, which has impact on all senior events. Women's singles semifinals have been scheduled for September 10 evening session, while men's singles semifinal matches will be played on Friday September 11 after mixed doubles final. Men's doubles final will be played before women's singles final on Saturday September 12, and men's singles final will follow women's doubles final.

Because Serena Williams could become the first woman to win all four major tennis titles in a calendar year since Steffi Graf accomplished the feat in 1988 and because she could tie Graf's major title count of 22, the women's final sold out before the men's final for the first time.[2]

Broadcast

In the United States, the 2015 US Open was the first under a new, 11-year, $825 million contract with ESPN, in which the broadcaster holds exclusive rights to the entire tournament and the US Open Series, thus ending CBS Sports' 46-year association with the tournament, and availability of coverage on broadcast television. This also made ESPN the exclusive U.S. broadcaster for three of the four tennis majors (the French Open is split between Tennis Channel for cable coverage and NBC for over-the-air coverage, with portions previously sub-licensed to ESPN until 2016).[3][4][5]

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Senior
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's Singles 2000 1200 720 360 180 90 45 10 25 16 8 0
Men's Doubles 0 — — — — —
Women's Singles 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10 40 30 20 2
Women's Doubles 10 — — — — —

Prize money

The US Open total prize money for 2015 was increased by 10.5 percent to a record $42,253,400, which potentially could reach almost 45 million dollars, as the top three finishers in the Emirates Airline US Open Series may earn up an additional $2.625 million in bonus money at the US Open.

Of the total prize money, $33,017,800 (plus $1,760,000 in qualifying competitions) is distributed for singles players, $4,927,600 for teams competing in doubles events and $500,000 for mixed doubles teams. Competitors in Legends Exhibition, Wheelchair and Champions Invitational events earn $570,000 while players' per diem is estimated at $1,478,000.[6]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $3,300,000 $1,600,000 $805,000 $410,975 $213,575 $120,200 $68,600 $39,500 $15,000 $10,000 $5,000
Doubles [lower-alpha 1] $570,000 $275,000 $133,150 $67,675 $35,025 $21,700 $14,200 — — — —
Mixed Doubles [lower-alpha 1] $150,000 $70,000 $30,000 $15,000 $10,000 $5,000 — — — — —
Bonus prize money

Top three players in the 2015 US Open Series receive bonus prize money, depending on where they finished in the 2015 US Open, according to money schedule below.[7]

2015 Emirates Airline US Open Series Finish 2015 US Open Finish Awardees
W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128
1st Place $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $70,000 $40,000 $25,000 $15,000 Andy Murray$70,000
Karolína Plíšková$15,000
2nd Place $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $62,500 $35,000 $20,000 $12,500 $7,500 Novak Djokovic$500,000
Serena Williams$125,000
3rd Place $250,000 $125,000 $62,500 $31,250 $17,500 $10,000 $6,250 $3,750 John Isner$17,500
Simona Halep$62,500

Singles players
2015 US Open – Men's Singles
2015 US Open – Women's Singles

Day-by-day summaries
Main article: 2015 US Open – Day-by-day summaries

Before the tournament
  • Maria Sharapova, the 2006 champion, ranked third in the world (formerly first), withdrew from the tournament due to a leg injury the day before tournament began. Making her withdrawal that was for the second time in three years.[8]

Day 4

Day 6
  • Eugenie Bouchard announced that she is withdrawing from the tournament citing a concussion days before her scheduled fourth round match with 43rd-ranked Roberta Vinci. She also withdrew from Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Due to a withdrawal issue, Vinci advanced to her US Open quarterfinal in four years.[10]

Day 8

Day 9 and 10

Day 11
  • The women's semifinals was scheduled to be on September 10 but was cancelled due to a rain.[14]

Day 12
  • Roberta Vinci defeated Women's No. 1 and 3-time defending champion Serena Williams in three sets. This loss ended Williams' bid to win a calendar-year Grand Slam.[15]

Day 13
  • In the women's final, the two players were Italian: Vinci and Flavia Pennetta. This was the first time this happened in the Open Era.[16]

Events

Men's Singles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Men's Singles

Women's Singles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Women's Singles

Men's Doubles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Men's Doubles

Women's Doubles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Women's Doubles

Mixed Doubles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Mixed Doubles

Junior Boys' Singles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Boys' Singles

Junior Girls' Singles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Girls' Singles

Junior Boys' Doubles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Boys' Doubles

Junior Girls' Doubles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Girls' Doubles

Men's Champions Doubles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Men's Champions Invitational

Women's Champions Doubles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Women's Champions Invitational

Wheelchair Men's Singles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles

Wheelchair Women's Singles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles

Wheelchair Quad Singles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles

Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles

Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles

Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Main article: 2015 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Doubles

Singles seeds

Seedings are based on rankings as of August 24, 2015. Rankings and points before are as of August 31, 2015.

Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2014, points defending includes results from both the 2014 US Open and tournaments from the week of 8 September 2014 (Davis Cup for the men; Hong Kong, Québec, and Tashkent for the women).

Men's Singles
Seed Rank Player Points
before		 Points
defending		 Points
won		 Points
after		 Status
1 1 Novak Djokovic 14,865 720 2,000 16,145 Champion, defeated Roger Federer [2]
2 2 Roger Federer 9,065 720+140 1,200 9,405 Runner-up, lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
3 3 Andy Murray 8,840 360 180 8,660 Fourth round lost to Kevin Anderson [15]
4 4 Kei Nishikori 6,205 1,200 10 5,015 First round lost to Benoît Paire
5 5 Stan Wawrinka 5,710 360+70 720 6,000 Semifinals lost to Roger Federer [2]
6 6 Tomáš Berdych 5,230 360 180 5,050 Fourth round lost to Richard Gasquet [12]
7 7 David Ferrer 3,695 90 90 3,695 Third round lost to Jérémy Chardy [27]
8 8 Rafael Nadal 3,680 0 90 3,770 Third round lost to Fabio Fognini [32]
9 9 Marin Čilić 3,550 2,000 720 2,270 Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
10 10 Milos Raonic 2,880 180 90 2,790 Third round lost to Feliciano López [18]
11 11 Gilles Simon 2,730 180 10 2,560 First round lost to Donald Young
12 12 Richard Gasquet 2,240 90+65 360+45 2,490 Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [2]
13 13 John Isner 2,235 90 180 2,325 Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [2]
14 15 David Goffin 2,130 90+15 90 2,115 Third round retired against Roberto Bautista Agut [23]
15 14 Kevin Anderson 2,160 90 360 2,430 Quarterfinals lost to Stan Wawrinka [5]
16 16 Gaël Monfils 1,850 360 10 1,500 First round retired against Illya Marchenko [Q]
17 17 Grigor Dimitrov 1,735 180 45 1,600 Second round lost to Mikhail Kukushkin
18 19 Feliciano López 1,665 90 360 1,935 Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
19 18 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1,675 180+70 360 1,785 Quarterfinals lost to Marin Čilić [9]
20 20 Dominic Thiem 1,645 180 90 1,555 Third round lost to Kevin Anderson [15]
21 21 Ivo Karlović 1,620 45 45 1,620 Second round lost to Jiří Veselý
22 22 Viktor Troicki 1,559 (83)+100 90+45 1,511 Third round lost to Donald Young
23 23 Roberto Bautista Agut 1,510 180 180 1,510 Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
24 24 Bernard Tomic 1,465 45 90 1,510 Third round lost to Richard Gasquet [12]
25 25 Andreas Seppi 1,430 45 90 1,475 Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
26 26 Tommy Robredo 1,405 180 90 1,315 Third round lost to Benoît Paire
27 27 Jérémy Chardy 1,300 45 180 1,435 Fourth round lost to Marin Čilić [9]
28 28 Jack Sock 1,250 10 45 1,285 Second round retired against Ruben Bemelmans
29 29 Philipp Kohlschreiber 1,230 180 90 1,140 Third round lost to Roger Federer [2]
30 30 Thomaz Bellucci 1,190 45 90 1,235 Third round lost to Andy Murray [3]
31 31 Guillermo García-López 1,190 45 90 1,235 Third round lost to Tomáš Berdych [6]
32 32 Fabio Fognini 1,165 45 180 1,300 Fourth round lost to Feliciano López [18]

Women's Singles
Seed Rank Player Points
before		 Points
defending		 Points
won		 Points
after		 Status
1 1 Serena Williams 12,721 2,000 780 11,501 Semifinals lost to Roberta Vinci
2 2 Simona Halep 6,130 130 780 6,780 Semifinals lost to Flavia Pennetta [26]
3 3 Maria Sharapova 6,035 240 0 5,795 Withdrew due to right leg injury[8]
4 5 Caroline Wozniacki 4,740 1,300 70 3,510 Second round lost to Petra Cetkovská [PR]
5 4 Petra Kvitová 4,995 130 430 5,295 Quarterfinals lost to Flavia Pennetta [26]
6 6 Lucie Šafářová 3,800 240 10 3,570 First round lost to Lesia Tsurenko
7 7 Ana Ivanovic 3,500 70 10 3,440 First round lost to Dominika Cibulková
8 8 Karolína Plíšková 3,335 130 10 3,215 First round lost to Anna Tatishvili [Q]
9 9 Garbiñe Muguruza 3,245 10 70 3,305 Second round lost to Johanna Konta [Q]
10 10 Carla Suárez Navarro 3,190 130 10 3,070 First round lost to Denisa Allertová
11 11 Angelique Kerber 3,150 130 130 3,150 Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka [20]
12 12 Belinda Bencic 3,035 430 130 2,735 Third round lost to Venus Williams [23]
13 13 Ekaterina Makarova 2,920 780 240 2,380 Fourth round lost to Kristina Mladenovic
14 14 Timea Bacsinszky 2,896 70 10 2,836 First round lost to Barbora Strýcová
15 15 Agnieszka Radwańska 2,760 70 130 2,820 Third round lost to Madison Keys [19]
16 16 Sara Errani 2,610 430 130 2,310 Third round lost to Samantha Stosur [22]
17 17 Elina Svitolina 2,530 10 130 2,650 Third round lost to Ekaterina Makarova [13]
18 18 Andrea Petkovic 2,450 130 130 2,450 Third round lost to Johanna Konta [Q]
19 19 Madison Keys 2,275 70 240 2,445 Fourth round lost to Serena Williams [1]
20 20 Victoria Azarenka 2,271 430 430 2,271 Quarterfinals lost to Simona Halep [2]
21 21 Jelena Janković 2,135 240 10 1,905 First round lost to Océane Dodin [WC]
22 22 Samantha Stosur 2,135 70 240 2,305 Fourth round lost to Flavia Pennetta [26]
23 23 Venus Williams 2,072 130+180 430+1 2,193 Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [1]
24 24 Sabine Lisicki 1,945 130+280 240+1 1,776 Fourth round lost to Simona Halep [2]
25 25 Eugenie Bouchard 1,887 240 240 1,887 Fourth round withdrew due to a concussion
26 26 Flavia Pennetta 1,747 430 2,000 3,317 Champion, defeated Roberta Vinci
27 27 Alizé Cornet 1,745 130 10 1,625 First round lost to Kurumi Nara
28 28 Irina-Camelia Begu 1,676 70+30 10+1 1,587 First round lost to Olga Govortsova
29 29 Sloane Stephens 1,621 70 10 1,561 First round lost to Coco Vandeweghe
30 30 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1,572 10 10 1,572 First round lost to Kristina Mladenovic
31 31 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1,550 70 70 1,550 Second round lost to Anett Kontaveit (Q)
32 32 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 1,451 10 130 1,571 Third round lost to Petra Kvitová [5]

Doubles seeds

Mixed Doubles
Team Rank1 Seed
Sania Mirza Bruno Soares 21 1
Chan Yung-jan Rohan Bopanna 26 2
Lucie Hradecká Marcin Matkowski 30 3
Martina Hingis Leander Paes 31 4
Michaëlla Krajicek Jean-Julien Rojer 35 5
Yaroslava Shvedova Juan Sebastián Cabal 42 6
Raquel Kops-Jones Raven Klaasen 43 7
Julia Görges Nenad Zimonjić 44 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of 24 August 2015.

Wild Card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Mixed Doubles

Qualifier entries

The qualifying competitions took place at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on 25 – 28 August 2015.

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.

Retirements


See also

Notes
  1. Prize money listed per team
  2. Winner of the Men's USTA Pro Circuit's US Open Wild Card Challenge held in Binghamton, NY, Lexington, KY and Aptos, CA
  3. Winner of the men's singles tournament in the 2015 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
  4. Winner of the Kalamazoo Wild Card tournament
  5. Winner of the Women's USTA Pro Circuit's US Open Wild Card Challenge held in Stockton, CA, Sacramento, CA and Lexington, KY [17]
  6. Winner of the San Diego Wild Card tournament
  7. Winner of the women's singles tournament in the 2015 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
  8. Winner of the men's doubles tournament in the US Open National Playoffs
  9. Winner of the women's doubles tournament in the US Open National Playoffs [18]
  10. Winner of the mixed doubles tournament in the US Open National Playoffs

References
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  7. "Bonus Challenge - Emirates Airlines US Open Series". emiratesusopenseries.com. 20 July 2015.
  8. Rothenberg, Ben (August 30, 2015). "Maria Sharapova Withdraws From the U.S. Open". The New York Times. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  9. Briggs, Simon (September 3, 2015). "Johanna Konta beats Wimbledon finalist Garbine Muguruza in longest ever women's match at US Open". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
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  16. Rothenberg, Ben (September 11, 2015). "All-Italian Open Final Is an Unlikely First". The New York Times. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
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Preceded by
2015 Wimbledon Championships		 Grand Slams Succeeded by
2016 Australian Open
Preceded by
2014 US Open		 US Open Succeeded by
2016 US Open
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